2 Mosebok 1
1 Dette er navnene på Israels sønner som kom til Egypten; med Jakob kom de, hver med sitt hus:
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi og Juda,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issakar, Sebulon og Benjamin,
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan og Naftali, Gad og Aser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 De som nedstammet fra Jakob, var i alt sytti sjeler; men Josef var allerede i Egypten.
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 Og Josef døde og alle hans brødre og hele den slekt.
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
7 Men Israels barn var fruktbare og tok sterkt til og blev mange og overmåte tallrike, og landet blev fullt av dem.
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 Da kom det en ny konge over Egypten, som ikke visste noget om Josef.
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 Og han sa til sitt folk: Se, israelittenes folk er større og tallrikere enn vi.
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 Nu vel, la oss gå klokt til verks mot dem, forat de ikke skal ta mere til, og forat de ikke, om det kommer krig, skal slå sig i lag med våre fiender og føre krig mot oss og dra ut av landet.
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 Så satte de arbeidsfogder over dem til å plage dem med tvangsarbeid; og de måtte bygge for Farao to byer til oplagssteder, Pitom og Ra'amses.
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 Men jo mere de plaget dem, dess mere tok de til, og dess mere bredte de sig ut, så egypterne begynte å grue for Israels barn.
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 Og egypterne tvang Israels barn til å træle for sig,
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 og de forbitret livet for dem med hårdt trælarbeid i ler og tegl og med alle slags trælarbeid på marken, alt det trælarbeid som de tvang dem til å gjøre.
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 Og kongen i Egypten sa til de hebraiske jordmødre - den ene av dem hette Sifra og den andre Pua -:
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 Når I hjelper de hebraiske kvinner til å føde, så skal I se efter i jordmorstolen; er det da en sønn, sa drep ham, men er det en datter, da kan hun leve.
“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 Men jordmødrene fryktet Gud og gjorde ikke som kongen i Egypten bød dem, men lot guttebarna leve.
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 Da kalte kongen i Egypten jordmødrene til sig og sa til dem: Hvorfor gjør I dette og lar guttebarna leve?
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 Jordmødrene svarte Farao: De hebraiske kvinner er ikke som de egyptiske, de er sterkere; før jordmoren kommer til dem, har de født.
[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 Og Gud gjorde vel imot jordmødrene; og folket tok til og blev overmåte tallrikt.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Og fordi jordmødrene fryktet Gud, gav han dem avkom.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Da bød Farao alt sitt folk og sa: Hver sønn som fødes, skal kastes i elven, men hver datter skal I la leve.
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.”
