Zmavarene 1

1 Israeli ne' mofavre naga'mo'za a'mofavre zamine Isipima nezmafa Jekopu'enema vu'naza naga'mokizmi zamagi'a ama'ne,

These were the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob) who came with him to Egypt along with their families:

2 Rubeni'ma, Simioni'ma, Levi'ma Juda'ma,

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3 Isaka'ma, Zebuluni'ma, Benzamini'ma,

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4 Dani'ma Naftali'ma, Gati ene Asa'e.

Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

5 Hagi Josefe'a ko Isipi umani'nege'za, Jekopumpinti fore'ma hu'naza nagara maka 70'a naga'mo'za vu'naze. Hianagi Josefe'a ko Isipi umani'ne.

Jacob had 70 descendants there, including Joseph who was already in Egypt.

6 Hagi Josefe'ene ana maka afu'aganahe'zane ana knafima magokama vu'naza naga'a fri vagare'naze.

Eventually Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died.

7 Hianagi Israeli vahe'mo'za mofavrea kase'za eri hakare hazageno, tusi hankvenentake vahe fore hu'za Isipi mopa mani avite'naze.

However, the Israelites had many children and their numbers increased rapidly. In fact there were so many of them that they became very powerful—the country was full of them.

8 Hagi henka Josefe'ma hu'nea zantmima keno antahino osu'nea ne'mo, Isipia kasefa kini efore huno kegava hu'ne.

Then a new king came to power who didn't know anything about Joseph.

9 Ana kini ne'mo'a vahe'agura amanage huno zamasmi'ne, Keho, Israeli vahe'mo'za tagrira tagatere'za, rama'a vahe fore nehazageno, hankave zamimo'a tagatenere.

He conferred with his fellow Egyptians and said, “Look at these Israelites—there are more than them than us, and they're more powerful than us.

10 E'ina hu'negu enketa mago'a kanku haketa zamazeri haviza hanunke'za vahera fore huhakarea osnaze. Ha'ma fore hanige'za, ha' vahetirega ante'za ha' hunerante'za kumatia atre'za vugahaze.

We've got to make plan to deal with them before they become so many that if there's a war they'll side with our enemies and fight us, and flee the country.”

11 Anage hige'za, kazokzo eri'za kva vahe zamazeri otizageno, Isipi kini ne' Fero'ma fenoma antesnia rankumatre, Pitomu kuma'ene, Rameses kuma'enena Israeli vahera zamazeri haviza nehazage'za ki'naze.

So the Egyptians made them do forced labor and put taskmasters in charge of them. They used them to build the storage towns of Pithom and Rameses.

12 Tusiza hu'za Israeli vahera zamazeri haviza hazanagi, mago'ane rupazi hu'za rama'a nehazageno, Isipi vahe'mo'za Israeli vahekura koro huzmante'naze.

But the more the Israelites were mistreated, the more they grew in numbers and spread out—and the more the Egyptians detested them.

13 Israeli vahera zamasunkura huozmantage'za eri'zana hanaveti'za eri'naze.

The Egyptians worked the Israelites brutally,

14 Tusi'a eri'za fukinteti briki trohu eri'zane, hozafi eri'zane mago'a eri'za zami'za, nomani'zazmia tusiza hu'za zamazeri amuho hazage'za zamarimpa akahezampi mani'naze.

making their lives a misery. They made them do hard labor, building with mortar and brick, and all kind of heavy work in the fields. In all of this hard labor they treated them brutally.

15 Anante Isipi kini ne'mo'a, Hibru a'ne'mo'zama mofavre'ma kasenteku'ma nehzageno zamazama hukema kse nezmia Hibru a'trena, Sifrane Puagiznia amanage huno znasmi'ne,

Then the king gave orders to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah.

16 Hibru ane'mozama mofavrema kasentenaku'ma nehanageta zamaza hutama kasezmantesuta, mofa'nema kasezmantesagetma, zmatrenke'za maniho, hagi ne'mofavrema kasezmantesageta zamahe friho.

He told them, “When you assist the Hebrew women during childbirth, if you see it's a boy, kill him; but if it's a girl, let her live.”

17 Hianagi ana a'tre'mokea Anumzamofonku koro nehuke, Isipi kini ne'mo'ma hanave kema huno'ma ne' mofavre'ramima zamahe frihoma hu'neana, zamahe ofri zmatrege'za mani'naze.

But because the midwives revered God, they didn't do what the king of Egypt had ordered. They let the boys live as well.

18 Ana higeno Izipi kini ne'mo'a ana a'trena ke higeke akeno anage huno znantahige'ne, Na'a higetna ne' mofavre'rmina zamahe ofrita zmatrake'za mani'naze?

The king of Egypt called the midwives in and demanded to know, “Why have you done this— letting the male children live?”

19 Mofavrema zamaza huke kasezmi a'tre'mokea amanage huke Ferona kenona'a hunte'na'e, Hibru a'ne'mo'za zamagra Isipi a'negnara osu'za hanavenentake hu'nazanki'za, uohanati'nonke'za hanatinonke'za ame'ama hu'za mofavrea kasenentaze.

“Hebrew women aren't like Egyptian women,” the midwives told Pharaoh. “They give birth more easily—they have them before we midwives arrive.”

20 Ana higeno Anumzamo'a mofavrema zamazama huke kasezami a'tre'na knare huznantegeno, Israeli vahera kase hakare hazage'za hanavenentake vahetami rama'a fore hu'za vu'naze.

God treated the midwives well, and the people increased in number so there were even more of them.

21 Ana a'tremokea Anumzamofonku koro nehaku huno Anumzamo'a asomu huznantegeke znagranena agafa huke mofavre kasente'na'e.

Because the midwives revered God, he gave them families of their own.

22 Anante Fero'a ana maka Isipi vahe'a amanage huno hanavenentake ke huzmante'ne, Hibru a'nemo'zama ne' mofavrema kasezmantesazana, zmavaretma Naeli timpi matevu nezmatreta, mofa'nema kasezmantesagetma ozmahe zmatrenke'za maniho.

Then Pharaoh issued this order to all his people: “Throw every Hebrew boy that's born into the Nile, but let every girl live.”