Éxodo 1
1 Estos son los nombres de los hijos de Israel que vinieron a Egipto (cada hombre y su familia vinieron con Jacob):
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
2 Rubén, Simeón, Leví y Judá,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Isacar, Zabulón y Benjamín,
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan y Neftalí, Gad y Aser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Todas las almas que salieron del cuerpo de Jacob fueron setenta almas, y José ya estaba en Egipto.
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 José murió, al igual que todos sus hermanos y toda aquella generación.
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
7 Los hijos de Israel fructificaron, se multiplicaron y se hicieron muy poderosos, y la tierra se llenó de ellos.
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 Se levantó un nuevo rey sobre Egipto, que no conocía 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 Dijo a su pueblo: “He aquí, el pueblo de los hijos de Israel es más y más poderoso que nosotros.
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 Vengan, tratemos con sabiduría con ellos, no sea que se multipliquen, y suceda que cuando estalle alguna guerra, ellos también se unan a nuestros enemigos y luchen contra nosotros, y escapen del país.”
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 Por lo tanto, pusieron sobre ellos a los capataces para que los afligieran con sus cargas. Construyeron ciudades de almacenamiento para el Faraón: Pitón y Ramsés.
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 Pero cuanto más los afligían, más se multiplicaban y más se extendían. Comenzaron a temer a los hijos 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 Los egipcios hicieron servir sin piedad a los hijos de Israel,
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 y les amargaron la vida con un duro servicio en la argamasa y en el ladrillo, y en todo tipo de servicio en el campo, todo su servicio, en el que los hicieron servir sin piedad.
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 El rey de Egipto habló con las parteras hebreas, de las cuales una se llamaba Sifra y la otra Fua,
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 y les dijo: “Cuando cumpláis con el deber de partera a las mujeres hebreas y las veáis en el taburete de parto, si es un hijo, lo mataréis; pero si es una hija, vivirá.”
“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 Pero las parteras temían a Dios, y no hicieron lo que el rey de Egipto les ordenaba, sino que salvaron a los niños vivos.
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 El rey de Egipto llamó a las parteras y les dijo: “¿Por qué habéis hecho esto y habéis salvado vivos a los niños?”
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 Las parteras dijeron al faraón: “Porque las mujeres hebreas no son como las egipcias, pues son vigorosas y dan a luz antes de que la partera llegue 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 Dios trató bien a las parteras, y el pueblo se multiplicó y se hizo muy poderoso.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Como las parteras temían a Dios, él les dio familias.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 El faraón ordenó a todo su pueblo, diciendo: “Echaréis al río a todo hijo que nazca, y a toda hija la salvaréis con 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.”
