Exodus 1

1 Haec sunt nomina filiorum Israel qui ingressi sunt in Aegyptum cum Iacob: singuli cum domibus suis introierunt:

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:

2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Iudas,

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3 Issachar, Zabulon et Beniamin,

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4 Dan, et Nephthali, Gad, et Aser.

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5 Erant igitur omnes animae eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Iacob, septuaginta: Ioseph autem in Aegypto erat.

And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

6 Quo mortuo, et universis fratribus eius, omnique cognatione sua,

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7 filii Israel creverunt, et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt: ac roborati nimis, impleverunt terram.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

8 Surrexit interea rex novus super Aegyptum, qui ignorabat Ioseph:

And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

9 et ait ad populum suum: Ecce, populus filiorum Israel multus, et fortior nobis est.

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

10 Venite, sapienter opprimamus eum, ne forte multiplicetur: et si ingruerit contra nos bellum, addatur inimicis nostris, expugnatisque nobis egrediatur de terra.

Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

11 Praeposuit itaque eis magistros operum, ut affligerent eos oneribus: aedificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni, Phithom, et Ramesses.

And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

12 Quantoque opprimebant eos, tanto magis multiplicabantur, et crescebant:

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

13 oderantque filios Israel Aegyptii, et affligebant illudentes eis:

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

14 atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris luti, et lateris, omnique famulatu, quo in terrae operibus premebantur.

and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

15 Dixit autem Rex Aegypti obstetricibus Hebraeorum: quarum una vocabatur Sephora, altera Phua,

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 was Puah —

16 praecipiens eis: Quando obstetricabitis Hebraeas, et partus tempus advenerit: si masculus fuerit, interficite eum: si femina, reservate.

and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

17 Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum, et non fecerunt iuxta praeceptum regis Aegypti, sed conservabant mares.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

18 Quibus accersitis ad se, rex ait: Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis, ut pueros servaretis?

And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

19 Quae responderunt: Non sunt Hebreae sicut Aegyptiae mulieres: ipsae enim obstetricandi habent scientiam, et priusquam veniamus ad eas, pariunt.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.

20 Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus: et crevit populus, confortatusque est nimis.

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

21 Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum, aedificavit eis domos.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22 Praecepit ergo Pharao omni populo suo, dicens: Quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, in flumen proiicite: quidquid feminini, reservate.

Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.