Keluaran 1
1 Yakub yang juga dinamakan Israel, pergi ke Mesir dengan anak-anaknya dan keluarga mereka masing-masing. Anak-anak Yakub itu adalah:
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt (every man and his household who came with Jacob):
2 Ruben, Simeon, Lewi, Yehuda
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Isakhar, Zebulon, Benyamin
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naftali, Gad, Asyer.
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 Keturunan Yakub itu seluruhnya berjumlah tujuh puluh orang. Yusuf sudah lebih dahulu berada di Mesir.
And all the souls who came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls. And Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 Beberapa waktu kemudian Yusuf dan saudara-saudaranya meninggal, begitu juga orang-orang yang seangkatan dengan dia.
And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Tetapi keturunan mereka, yaitu orang-orang Israel, beranak cucu sangat banyak, dan jumlah mereka bertambah dengan cepat sekali, sehingga negeri Mesir penuh dengan mereka.
And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with them.
8 Kemudian seorang raja baru yang tidak mengenal Yusuf mulai memerintah di Mesir.
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
9 Ia berkata kepada rakyatnya, "Orang-orang Israel itu berbahaya sekali bagi kita, karena mereka sangat banyak dan lebih kuat daripada kita.
And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.
10 Andaikata terjadi perang, ada kemungkinan mereka bersekutu dengan musuh untuk melawan kita, lalu lari meninggalkan negeri ini. Kita harus mencari jalan supaya mereka jangan menjadi lebih banyak lagi."
Come, let us deal craftily with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when war happens, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.
11 Maka orang-orang Mesir mengangkat pengawas-pengawas atas bangsa Israel untuk mempersulit hidup mereka dengan kerja keras. Mereka dipaksa membangun bagi raja Mesir kota-kota Pitom dan Raamses untuk pusat penyimpanan barang.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
12 Tetapi makin ditindas oleh orang Mesir, makin bertambah jumlah orang Israel, dan makin tersebar mereka ke seluruh negeri itu, sehingga orang Mesir menjadi takut kepada mereka.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel.
13 Lalu dengan kejamnya mereka menindas orang Israel,
And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor.
14 dan membuat hidup mereka sengsara. Tanpa belas kasihan mereka dipaksa bekerja keras di proyek-proyek pembangunan dan di ladang-ladang.
And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, with which they made them serve with rigor.
15 Kemudian raja Mesir memberi perintah kepada Sifra dan Pua, dua bidan yang menolong wanita-wanita Ibrani bersalin.
And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah.
16 Kata raja Mesir, "Pada waktu kamu menolong wanita Ibrani bersalin, ingatlah ini: Kalau anak yang lahir itu laki-laki, bunuhlah dia! Kalau anak yang lahir itu perempuan, biarkan ia hidup."
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17 Tetapi kedua bidan itu orang yang takut kepada Allah. Mereka tidak mau melakukan perintah raja dan membiarkan semua bayi laki-laki hidup.
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
18 Maka raja memanggil kedua bidan itu dan bertanya, "Mengapa kamu membiarkan anak-anak lelaki hidup?"
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male children alive?
19 Jawab mereka, "Wanita Ibrani tidak seperti wanita Mesir. Mereka gampang sekali melahirkan. Sebelum bidan datang, anaknya sudah lahir."
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 midwife comes to them.
20 Maka Allah memberkati bidan-bidan itu dan memberi keturunan kepada mereka, karena mereka menghormati Allah. Dan orang Israel pun bertambah banyak dan kuat.
And God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
22 Lalu raja memberi perintah ini kepada seluruh rakyatnya, "Tiap anak laki-laki orang Ibrani yang baru lahir harus dibuang ke dalam Sungai Nil, tetapi semua anaknya yang perempuan boleh dibiarkan hidup."
And Pharaoh ordered all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
