출애굽기 1
1 야곱과 함께 각기 권속을 데리고 애굽에 이른 이스라엘 아들들의 이름은 이러하니
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
2 르우벤과, 시므온과, 레위와, 유다와
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 잇사갈과, 스불론과, 베냐민과
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 단과, 납달리와, 갓과, 아셀이요
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 이미 애굽에 있는 요셉까지 야곱의 혈속이 모두 칠십인이었더라
Altogether there were 70 people [who went with] Jacob. That included his [sons, his grandsons, and two great-grandsons]. [His son] Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 요셉과 그의 모든 형제와 그 시대 사람은 다 죽었고
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
7 이스라엘 자손은 생육이 중다하고 번식하고 창성하고 심히 강대하여 온 땅에 가득하게 되었더라
But Jacob’s descendants kept giving birth to many children [IDM]. The number [of his descendants] kept becoming larger and larger. As a result, there were so many of them that they were everywhere in Egypt (OR, that they [became a threat] to the Egyptians).
8 그가 그 신민에게 이르되 `이 백성 이스라엘 자손이 우리보다 많고 강하도다
Then [several hundred years later], a new king began to rule [MTY] in Egypt. He did not know [what] Joseph [had done for the people of Egypt long ago].
9 자, 우리가 그들에게 대하여 지혜롭게 하자 두렵건대 그들이 더 많게 되면 전쟁이 일어날 때에 우리 대적과 합하여 우리와 싸우고 이 땅에서 갈까 하노라' 하고
He said to his people, “Look [at what has happened]! The Israeli people have become so numerous and so powerful that they [now might conquer] us!
10 감독들을 그들 위에 세우고 그들에게 무거운 짐을 지워 괴롭게 하여 그들로 바로를 위하여 국고성 비돔과 라암셋을 건축하게 하니라
We must find a way to control them! If we do not do that, their population will continue to grow. Then, if enemies [PRS] attack us, they will join with our enemies and fight against us, and they will escape from [our] land.”
11 그러나 학대를 받을수록 더욱 번식하고 창성하니 애굽 사람이 이스라엘 자손을 인하여 근심하여
So [the king and his officials] put supervisors over the Israeli people to cause them to suffer very much by [forcing them] to work very hard. They forced [the Israeli people to] build [two] cities, Pithom and Ramses, in which to store [supplies for the king/government].
12 이스라엘 자손의 역사를 엄하게 하여
But the more cruelly they treated the [Israeli people], the bigger the Israeli [population] grew, and they became more numerous all over [the land]. So the Egyptian people began to be afraid of the Israeli people.
13 고역으로 그들의 생활을 괴롭게 하니 곧 흙 이기기와 벽돌 굽기와 농사의 여러가지 일이라 그 시키는 역사가 다 엄하였더라
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 애굽 왕이 히브리 산파 십브라라 하는 자와 부아라 하는 자에게 일러
and by making them slaves, they made their lives miserable. They [forced them] to [build many buildings with] mortar and bricks. [They also forced them to do] other work in the fields. [In making them do all this work, the Egyptian officials treated them] ruthlessly/cruelly.
15 가로되 `너희는 히브리 여인을 위하여 조산할 때에 살펴서 남자여든 죽이고 여자여든 그는 살게 두라'
There were two Hebrew (midwives/women who helped the women when they were giving birth). [Hebrew means the same as Israeli.] The names of the women were Shiphrah and Puah. The king of Egypt said to [those two women],
16 그러나 산파들이 하나님을 두려워하여 애굽 왕의 명을 어기고 남자를 살린지라
“When you help the Hebrew women when they are giving birth [MTY], if [the baby that is born] is a boy, you must kill it. If [the baby] is a girl, you (may let it live/do not have to kill them).”
17 애굽 왕이 산파를 불러서 그들에게 이르되 `너희가 어찌 이같이 하여 남자를 살렸느냐?'
But the midwives feared/revered God. So they did not do what the king told them to do. They allowed the baby boys to live.
18 산파가 바로에게 대답하되 `히브리 여인은 애굽 여인과 같지 아니하고 건장하여 산파가 그들에게 이르기 전에 해산하였더이다' 하매
So the king summoned the [two] midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?”
19 하나님이 그 산파들에게 은혜를 베푸시니라 백성은 생육이 번성하고 심히 강대하며
[One of] the midwives replied to the king, “[You need to realize that] the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. The Hebrew women are very strong/healthy. They give birth [to their babies] before we can get to them [to help them].”
20 산파는 하나님을 경외하였으므로 하나님이 그들의 집을 왕성케 하신지라
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 그러므로 바로가 그 모든 신민에게 명하여 가로되 `남자가 나거든 너희는 그를 하수에 던지고 여자여든 살리라' 하였더라
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
Then the king commanded all (the [Egyptian] people/his [advisors]): “You must throw into the Nile [River] every baby boy born that the [Hebrew women] give birth to! But you can allow the baby girls to live.”
