Exodo 1

1 Ito nga ang mga pangalan ng mga anak ni Israel, na nagsipasok sa Egipto: (bawa't lalake at ang kani-kaniyang sangbahayan ay sumama kay Jacob.)

The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were

2 Si Ruben, si Simeon, si Levi, at si Juda;

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

3 Si Issachar, si Zabulon at si Benjamin;

Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,

4 Si Dan at si Nephtali, si Gad at si Aser.

Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 At lahat ng tao na lumabas sa balakang ni Jacob ay pitong pung tao: at si Jose ay nasa Egipto na.

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 At namatay si Jose, at ang lahat niyang kapatid at ang buong lahing yaon.

[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.

7 At ang mga anak ni Israel ay lumago, at kumapal na maigi at dumami, at naging totoong makapangyarihan; at ang lupain ay napuno nila.

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 May bumangon ngang isang bagong hari sa Egipto, na hindi kilala si Jose.

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 At sinabi niya sa kaniyang bayan, Narito, ang bayan ng mga anak ni Israel ay higit at lalong malakas kay sa atin:

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 Hayo't tayo'y magpakadunong sa kanila; baka sila'y dumami, at mangyari, na, pagka nagkadigma, ay makisanib pati sila sa ating mga kaaway, at lumaban sa atin, at magsilayas sa lupain.

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 Kaya't nangaglagay sila ng mga tagapagpaatag, upang dalamhatiin sila sa atang sa kanila. At kanilang ipinagtayo si Faraon ng mga bayan na kamaligan, na dili iba't ang Phithom at Raamses.

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 Datapuwa't habang dinadalamhati nila sila, ay lalong dumadami at lalong kumakapal. At kinapootan nila ang mga anak ni 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 At pinapaglingkod na may kabagsikan ng mga Egipcio ang mga anak ni Israel:

They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,

14 At kanilang pinapamuhay sila ng masaklap sa pamamagitan ng mahirap na paglilingkod, sa argamasa at sa laryo, at sa lahat ng sarisaring paglilingkod sa bukid, at sa lahat ng paglilingkod nila na ipinapaglingkod sa kanila, na may kabagsikan.

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 At ang hari sa Egipto ay nagsalita sa mga hilot na Hebrea, na ang pangalan ng isa ay Siphra, at ang pangalan ng isa ay Phua:

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 At kaniyang sinabi, Paghilot ninyo sa mga babaing Hebrea, at pagtingin ninyo sa kanila sa dakong panganganakan; kung lalake, ay papatayin nga ninyo: datapuwa't kung babae ay inyong bubuhayin.

“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 Datapuwa't ang mga hilot ay nangatakot sa Dios at hindi ginawa ang gaya ng iniutos sa kanila ng hari sa Egipto, kundi iniligtas na buhay ang mga batang lalake.

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 At ipinatawag ng hari sa Egipto ang mga hilot, at sinabi sa kanila, Bakit ninyo ginawa ang bagay na ito, at inyong iniligtas na buhay ang mga batang lalake?

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 At sinabi ng mga hilot kay Faraon, Sapagka't ang mga babaing Hebrea ay hindi gaya ng mga babaing Egipcia; sapagka't sila'y maliliksi, at nakapanganak na, bago dumating ang hilot sa kanila.

[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 At ang Dios ay gumawa ng mabuti sa mga hilot: at ang bayan ay kumapal, at naging totoong makapangyarihan.

So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.

21 At nangyari, na sapagka't ang mga hilot ay natakot sa Dios, ay iginawa niya sila ng mga sangbahayan.

Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.

22 At iniutos ni Faraon sa kaniyang buong bayan, na sinasabi, Itatapon ninyo sa ilog bawa't lalake na ipanganak, at bawa't babae ay ililigtas ninyong buhay.

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.”