Êxodo 1
1 Estes pois são os nomes dos filhos de Israel, que entraram no Egito com Jacob: cada um entrou com sua casa:
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel [God prevails], who came into Egypt [Abode of slavery] (every man and his household came with Jacob [Supplanter]):
2 Ruben, Simeão, Levi, e Judá;
Reuben [See, a son!], Simeon [Hearing], Levi [United with], and Judah [Praised],
3 Issacar, Zabulon, e Benjamin;
Issachar [Hire, Reward], Zebulun [Living together], and Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south],
4 Dan e Naphtali, Gad e Aser.
Dan [He judged] and Naphtali [My wrestling], Gad [Good fortune] and Asher [Happy].
5 Todas as almas, pois, que procederam da coxa de Jacob, foram setenta almas: José, porém, estava no Egito.
All the souls who came out of Jacob [Supplanter]’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph [May he add] was in Egypt [Abode of slavery] already.
6 Sendo pois José falecido, e todos os seus irmãos, e toda aquela geração,
Joseph [May he add] died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Os filhos de Israel frutificaram, e aumentaram muito, e multiplicaram-se, e foram fortalecidos grandemente; de maneira que a terra se encheu deles.
The children of Israel [God prevails] were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Depois levantou-se um novo rei sobre o Egito, que não conhecera a José;
Now there arose a new king over Egypt [Abode of slavery], who didn’t know Joseph [May he add].
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, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel [God prevails] are more and mightier than we.
10 Eia, usemos sabiamente para com ele, para que não se multiplique, e aconteça que, vindo guerra, ele também se ajunte com os nossos inimigos, e peleje contra nós, e suba da terra.
Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”
11 E puseram sobre eles maiorais de tributos, para os afligirem com suas cargas. Porque edificaram a faraó cidades de tesouros, Pitom e Ramsés.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
12 Mas quanto mais o afligiam, tanto mais se multiplicava, e tanto mais crescia: de maneira que se enfadavam por causa dos filhos de Israel.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel [God prevails].
13 E os egípcios faziam servir os filhos de Israel com dureza;
The Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery] ruthlessly made the children of Israel [God prevails] serve,
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 they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
15 E o rei do Egito falou às parteiras das hebreias (das quais o nome de uma era Siphra, e o nome da outra Puá),
The king of Egypt [Abode of slavery] spoke to the Hebrew [Immigrant] midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
16 E disse: Quando ajudardes a parir as hebreias, e as virdes sobre os assentos, se for filho, matai-o; mas se for filha, então viva.
and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew [Immigrant] women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
17 As parteiras, porém, temeram a Deus, e não fizeram como o rei do Egito lhes dissera, antes conservavam os meninos com vida.
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt [Abode of slavery] ordered them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 Então o rei do Egito chamou as parteiras, e disse-lhes: Porque fizestes isto, que guardastes os meninos com vida?
The king of Egypt [Abode of slavery] called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?”
19 E as parteiras disseram a faraó: Porquanto as mulheres hebreias não são como as egípcias: porque são vivas, e já tem parido antes que a parteira venha a elas.
The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew [Immigrant] women are not like the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery] women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
20 Portanto Deus fez bem às parteiras. E o povo se aumentou, e se fortaleceu muito.
God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 E aconteceu que, porquanto as parteiras temeram a Deus, estabeleceu-lhes casas.
Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
22 Então ordenou faraó a todo o seu povo, dizendo: A todos os filhos que nascerem lancareis no rio, mas a todas as filhas guardareis com vida.
Pharaoh enjoined all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
