निर्गम 1
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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.
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
7 ७ इस्राएल लोक फार फलदायी होऊन त्यांची संख्या अतिशय वाढत गेली; ते महाशक्तीशाली झाले आणि सर्व देश त्यांनी भरून गेला.
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).
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 ९ तो आपल्या लोकांस म्हणाला, “इस्राएली वंशाच्या लोकांकडे पाहा, ते पुष्कळ अधिक आहेत व आपल्यापेक्षा शक्तीमानही झाले आहेत;
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 १० चला, आपण त्यांच्याशी चतुराईने वागू, नाहीतर त्यांची निरंतर अधिक वाढ होईल आणि जर एखादा युद्धाचा प्रसंग आला तर हे लोक आपल्या शत्रूला जाऊन मिळतील; आणि मग ते आपल्याविरुद्ध लढतील आणि देशातून निघून जातील.”
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 ११ म्हणून त्याने त्यांना कामाच्या ओझ्याने जाचण्यासाठी त्यांच्यावर मुकादम नेमले. त्यांनी फारोकरता पिथोम व रामसेस ही दोन शहरे इस्राएल लोकांकडून बांधून घेतली;
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 १२ पण मिसऱ्यांनी त्यांना जसजसे जाचले तसतसे ते संख्येने अधिकच वाढत गेले व अधिकच पसरले, म्हणून इस्राएल लोकांची त्यांना भीती वाटू लागली.
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.
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 १४ अशाप्रकारे त्यांनी इस्राएल लोकांचे जीवन फारच कठीण काबाडकष्टांचे व हाल अपेष्टांचे केले; त्यांनी त्यांना विटा बनविण्याची, बांधकामासाठी चुना बनविण्याची तसेच शेतीची व इतर अतिशय कठीण व कष्टाची कामे बळजबरीने करायला लावली.
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 १५ मग मिसराचा राजा इब्री सुइणींशी बोलला. त्यांच्यातल्या एकीचे नाव शिप्रा व दुसरीचे पुवा असे होते.
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 १६ तो म्हणाला, “तुम्ही इब्री स्त्रियांचे बाळंतपण करत असता, त्या प्रसूत होण्याच्या जागी त्या बसल्या म्हणजे नीट पाहा, आणि त्या स्त्रियांना मुलगी झाली तर तिला जिवंत ठेवा; परंतु त्यांना मुलगा झाला तर त्यास अवश्य मारून टाका.”
“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 १७ परंतु त्या इब्री सुइणी देवाचे भय व आदर धरून त्याच्यावर विश्वास ठेवणाऱ्या होत्या, म्हणून त्यांनी मिसरी राजाची आज्ञा मानली नाही; तर त्यांनी जन्मणाऱ्या मुलांनाही जिवंत ठेवले.
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 १८ तेव्हा मिसराच्या राजाने त्या सुइणींना बोलावून विचारले, “तुम्ही असे का केले? तुम्ही जन्मलेल्या मुलांना का जिवंत ठेवले?”
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 १९ त्या सुइणी फारोला म्हणाल्या, “या इब्री स्त्रिया मिसरच्या स्त्रियांपेक्षा फार ताकदवान आहेत; आम्ही सुइणी त्यांच्याकडे जाऊन पोहचण्यापूर्वीच त्या प्रसूत होतात.”
[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].”
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 २२ तेव्हा फारोने आपल्या सर्व लोकांस आज्ञा दिली, “जो प्रत्येक इब्री मुलगा जन्मेल त्यास तुम्ही नाईल नदीमध्ये फेकून द्या, पण प्रत्येक मुलगी मात्र जिवंत ठेवा.”
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.”
