Éxodo 1
1 Estos son los nombres de los hijos de Israel que entraron con Jacob en Egipto, cada uno con su familia:
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
2 Rubén, Simeón, Leví, Judá,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Isacar, Zabulón, Benjamín,
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan, Neftalí, Gad y Aser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Todas las personas descendientes directos de Jacob fueron 70, pero 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, y 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 Pero los hijos de Israel fueron fecundos y aumentaron grandemente. Se multiplicaron, y fueron aumentados y muy fortalecidos de tal manera que 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 Entonces se levantó en Egipto un nuevo rey que no conoció 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 Él dijo a su pueblo: Ciertamente el pueblo de los hijos de Israel es más numeroso y fuerte 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 Vamos, procedamos con astucia contra ellos, no sea que se multipliquen, y en el caso de una guerra, se unan también con los que nos aborrecen, luchen contra nosotros y se vayan de esta tierra.
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 Entonces les impusieron capataces de trabajos forzados para que los oprimieran con sus cargas. Así se edificaron las ciudades de almacenaje Pitón y Ramsés para Faraón.
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 oprimían, más se multiplicaban y esparcían, hasta que [los egipcios] sintieron aversión hacia 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 obligaron con dureza a trabajar a los hijos de Israel.
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 Amargaron su vida con el duro trabajo de preparar arcilla y hacer ladrillos, con toda [clase] de labores del campo y trabajos que les imponían con rigor.
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 Entonces el rey de Egipto habló a las parteras de las hebreas, una de las cuales se llamaba Sifra, y la otra Fúa,
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 dijo: Cuando asistan a las mujeres hebreas en sus partos, al observar en la silla de parto que es un hijo, mátenlo, y si es una hija, que 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 Pero las parteras temieron a ʼElohim, y no hicieron según lo que el rey de Egipto les ordenó, sino dejaron vivir a los niños.
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 egipcio llamó a las parteras y les dijo: ¿Por qué hacen esto de dejar vivir 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 respondieron a Faraón: Porque las mujeres hebreas no son como las egipcias, pues son vigorosas y dan a luz antes 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 El pueblo se multiplicó y se fortaleció muchísimo. ʼElohim favoreció a las parteras.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Por haber temido las parteras a ʼElohim, Él les concedió familias a ellas.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Entonces Faraón ordenó a todo su pueblo: Echen al Nilo a todo hijo que nazca, pero a toda hija sálvenle la 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.”
