2 Mosebok 1
1 No skal de få høyra namni på Israels-sønerne som kom til Egyptarland; med Jakob kom dei, kvar med sin huslyd:
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
2 Ruben og Simeon og Levi og Juda,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issakar og Sebulon og Benjamin,
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naftali, Gad og Asser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Med alle i hop var det sytti mann som var ætta frå Jakob; Josef han var no alt i Egyptarland.
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 døydde, og alle brørne hans, og heile den ætti.
[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-folket muna og voks og auka og vart uhorveleg mannsterke, so dei fyllte heile landet.
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 Då kom det ein ny konge i Egyptarland, som ikkje visste noko um 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 sagde med folki sine: «Sjå, Israels-lyden er større og sterkare enn me.
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 Lat oss no fara klokt fram, so dei ikkje skal aukast so mykje! For kjem det ufred, so kunde dei gjerne slå seg i hop med uvenerne våre, og strida mot oss, og fara or 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 So sette dei futar yver deim, som skulde plåga deim med tungarbeid, og dei laut byggja tvo byar med varehus for Farao; det var Pitom og Ramses.
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 di meir dei plåga deim, di meir auka dei, og di meir breidde dei seg ut, og egyptarane tok til å fæla for Israels-folket.
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 Soleis nøydde dei no Israels-folket til å træla for seg,
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 og gjorde livet surt for deim med hardt arbeid i leirtaki og tiglverki og med allslags jordarbeid: alt arbeidet dei vilde ha gjort, det truga dei deim til å gjera.
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 Egyptarland sagde til dei hebraiske ljosmøderne - den eine av dei heitte 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 «Kvar gong de hjelper ei hebraisk barnsengkona, » sagde han, «so skal de sjå i fødestolen: Er det son ho hev fenge, so drep honom! er det dotter, so må ho liva.»
“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 ljosmøderne hadde age for Gud, og gjorde ikkje som kongen i Egyptarland sagde, men let småsveinarne liva.
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 Då kalla kongen ljosmøderne fyre seg, og sagde med deim: «Kvi gjer de dette og let sveinborni liva?»
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 «Dei hebraiske konorne er ikkje som dei egyptiske, » svara ljosmøderne; «dei er sterkare; innan ljosmori kjem, hev dei fenge barnet.»
[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 Då gjorde Gud vel imot ljosmøderne; og folket auka, og vart ovleg mangment.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Og for di ljosmøderne hadde age for Gud, so gav han deim ætt og avkjøme.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Men Farao sende bod utyver til heile folket sitt og sagde: «Kvar son som kjem til verdi, skal de kasta i elvi; berre døtterne skal de lata liva!»
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.”
