Êxodo 1
1 Estes pois são os nomes dos filhos de Israel, que entraram no Egypto com Jacob: cada um entrou com sua casa:
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
2 Ruben, Simeão, Levi, e Judah;
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issacar, Zabulon, e Benjamin;
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan e Naphtali, Gad e Aser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Todas as almas, pois, que procederam da côxa de Jacob, foram setenta almas: José, porém, estava no Egypto.
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 Sendo pois José fallecido, e todos os seus irmãos, e toda aquella geração,
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
7 Os filhos de Israel fructificaram, e augmentaram muito, e multiplicaram-se, e foram fortalecidos grandemente; de maneira que a terra se encheu d'elles.
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 Depois levantou-se um novo rei sobre o Egypto, que não conhecera a José;
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 O qual disse ao seu povo: Eis que o povo dos filhos de Israel é muito, e mais poderoso do que nós.
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 Eia, usemos sabiamente para com elle, para que não se multiplique, e aconteça que, vindo guerra, elle tambem se ajunte com os nossos inimigos, e peleje contra nós, e suba da terra.
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 E pozeram sobre elles maioraes de tributos, para os affligirem com suas cargas. Porque edificaram a Pharaó cidades de thesouros, Pitom e Ramesses.
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 Mas quanto mais o affligiam, tanto mais se multiplicava, e tanto mais crescia: de maneira que se enfadavam por causa dos filhos de Israel.
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 E os egypcios faziam servir os filhos de Israel com dureza;
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 Assim que lhes fizeram amargar a vida com dura servidão em barro, e em tijolos, e com todo o trabalho no campo; com todo o seu serviço, em que os serviam com dureza.
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 E o rei do Egypto fallou ás parteiras das hebreas (das quaes o nome de uma era Siphra, e o nome da outra 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 E disse: Quando ajudardes a parir as hebreas, e as virdes sobre os assentos, se fôr filho, matae-o; mas se fôr filha, então viva.
“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 As parteiras, porém, temeram a Deus, e não fizeram como o rei do Egypto lhes dissera, antes conservavam os meninos com vida.
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 Então o rei do Egypto chamou as parteiras, e disse-lhes: Porque fizestes isto, que guardastes os meninos com vida?
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 E as parteiras disseram a Pharaó: Porquanto as mulheres hebreas não são como as egypcias: porque são vivas, e já teem parido antes que a parteira venha a ellas.
[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 Portanto Deus fez bem ás parteiras. E o povo se augmentou, e se fortaleceu muito.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 E aconteceu que, porquanto as parteiras temeram a Deus, estabeleceu-lhes casas.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Então ordenou Pharaó a todo o seu povo, dizendo: A todos os filhos que nascerem lancareis no rio, mas a todas as filhas guardareis com vida.
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.”
