Exodus 1

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

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, that came into Egypt with Jacob, every man and his household they came.

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 came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; together with Joseph who was already in Egypt.

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

And Joseph died, and all his brothers, 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 increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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

Now there rose up a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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

And he said unto his people: Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and mightier 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, let us deal wisely with them lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there happen to be a war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and depart 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 taskmasters, to afflict them with their burdensome labors; and they built treasure cities, for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

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

But in the measure that they afflicted them, so they multiplied and so they spread out; and they felt abhorrence because of the children of Israel.

13 oderantque filios Israel Aegyptii, et affligebant illudentes eis:

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to labor with rigor:

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

And they made their lives bitter with hard labor, in mortar, and in bricks, and in all manner of labor in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them labor with rigor.

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

And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;

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

And he said: When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birth; if it be a son, then shall ye kill him; but if it be a daughter, then may she live.

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

But the midwives feared God, and they did not as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

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

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and he said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-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 unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively; ere the midwife cometh in unto them they are delivered.

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

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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.

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