Egzòd 1
1 Alò sa yo se non fis Israël yo ki te vini an Égypte avèk Jacob; yo chak te vini avèk fanmi pa yo:
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2 Ruben, Siméon, Lévi, Juda,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Isacar, Zabulon, Benjamin,
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, Nephthali, Gad, ak Aser.
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Tout moun ki te sòti nan zantray Jacob yo te swasann-dis moun, men Joseph te deja an Égypte.
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 Joseph te mouri, ni tout frè li yo avèk tout jenerasyon sila a.
And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Men fis Israël yo te pwodwi anpil, yo te vin miltipliye anpil, e yo te vin trè fò, jiskaske peyi a te vin ranpli avèk yo.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Alò yon wa tounèf ki pa te konnen Joseph te vin leve sou Égypte.
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9 Li te di a pèp pa li a: “Gade byen, moun a fis Israël yo vin plis, e pi fò ke nou.
And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
10 Vini, annou aji avèk sajès avèk yo, sinon yo va miltipliye, e si gen lagè, yo va fè alyans avèk sa ki rayi nou yo, pou goumen kont nou e kite peyi a.”
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falls out any war, they join also to our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
11 Konsa, yo te chwazi sipèvizè sou yo pou aji di avèk yo pou fè yo travay pi rèd. Yo te bati pou Farawon vil Pithom avèk Ramsès yo pou konsève sereyal.
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12 Men plis ke yo t ap aflije yo, plis ke yo t ap ogmante, e plis yo t ap grandi. Konsa Ejipsyen yo te vin gen gwo laperèz pou fis Israël yo.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13 Yo te vin fòse fis Israël yo travay di.
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
14 Yo te fè vi yo vin amè avèk travay di nan mòtye avèk brik, e ak tout kalite travay nan chan an. Tout se te kòve ke yo te enpoze byen rèd sou yo.
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.
15 Alò wa Égypte la te pale avèk fanm saj Ebre yo. Youn nan yo te rele Schiparaavèk, e lòt la yo te rele Pua.
And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16 Li te di yo: “Lè nou ap ede fanm Ebre yo akouche, e wè yo sou chèz doulè a, si se yon gason, nou va mete l a lanmò; men si se fi, li va viv.”
And he said, When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the stools; if it be a son, then you shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17 Men fanm saj yo te pè Bondye, yo pa t fè jan wa Égypte la te kòmande yo a, men yo te kite gason yo viv.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
18 Epi wa Égypte la te rele fanm saj yo. Li te di yo: “Poukisa nou te fè bagay sa a, e kite gason yo viv la?”
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
19 Fanm saj yo te di a Farawon: “Akoz fanm Ebre yo pa tankou fanm Ejipsyen yo. Yo gen anpil fòs, e yo akouche pitit yo avan ke fanm saj la rive kote yo.”
And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered before the midwives come in to them.
20 Alò Bondye te bay gras a fanm saj yo. Konsa, pèp Ebre a te vin miltipliye e te vin trè fò.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21 Akoz fanm saj yo te krent Bondye, Li te bay yo gran fanmi yo.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22 Alò Farawon te kòmande tout pèp li a e te di: “Chak fis ki ne, nou va jete l nan lariviyè Nil lan, e chak fi nou va kenbe l vivan.”
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.
