1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ أسْماءُ أبْناءِ إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا إلَى مِصرَ مَعَ يَعقُوبَ وَمَعَ عائِلاتِهِمْ:

¶ Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; each one came in with his household.

2 ر َأُوبَيْنُ وَشِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي وَيَهُوذا

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3 و َيَسّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ وَبَنْيامِيْنُ

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 و َدانٌ وَنَفتالِي وَجادٌ وَأشِيرُ.

Dan and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 و َكانَ مَجمُوعُ أفْرَادِ نَسلِ يَعقُوبَ سَبعِينَ. وَعاشَ يُوسُفُ فِي مِصرَ.

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

6 و َماتَ يُوسُفُ وَإخوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ الجِيلِ.

And Joseph died and all his brethren and all that generation.

7 و َأمّا بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ فَقَدْ أثْمَرُوا وَازدادَ عَدَدُهُمْ. فَكَثُرُوا جِدّاً وَصارُوا أقْوِياءَ حَتَّى إنَّ الأرْضَ امْتَلأتْ مِنْهُمْ. ضِيقٌ عَلَى بَني إسْرائِيل

And the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8 و َوَصَلَ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٌ إلَى السُّلطَةِ فِي مِصرَ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هَذا المَلِكُ قَدْ عَرَفَ يُوسُفَ.

¶ Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

9 ف َقالَ مَلِكُ مِصرَ لِشَعبِهِ: «بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ أكثَرُ عَدَداً وَقُوَّةً مِنّا.

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.

10 ف َلْنَضَعْ خُطَّةً لِمَنعِهِمْ مِنَ التَّزايُدِ فِي العَدَدِ وَالقُوَّةِ. فَإنْ لَمْ نَفعَلْ ذَلِكَ، سَيَنْضَمُّونَ إلَى أعدائِنا وَيُحارِبُونَنا، ثُمَّ يَهرُبُونَ مِنَ الأرْضِ.»

Now, therefore, let us be wise concerning him, that he not multiply and it come to pass that when war comes, he shall also join with our enemies and fight against us and so leave the land.

11 ف َعَيَّنَ المِصرِيُّونَ مُشْرِفِينَ لِيُضَيِّقُوا عَلَيهِمْ بِأعْمالٍ شاقَّةٍ. وَبَنَى بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مَدينَتَيْ مَخازِنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ هُما فِيثُومُ وَرَعَمْسِيسُ.

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built the supply cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

12 و َبِالرُّغْمِ مِنْ مُضايِقَةِ المِصرِيِّينَ لَهُمْ كانُوا يَتَكاثَرُونَ وَيَزدادُونَ. فَصارَ المِصرِيُّونَ يَخافُونَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew, so much that they loathed the sons of Israel.

13 و َاستَعبَدُوا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَأجبَرُوهُمْ عَلَى القِيامِ بِأعمالٍ شاقَّةٍ.

And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with rigor,

14 و َجَعَلَ المِصرِيُّونَ حَياةَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مُرَّةً. أجبَرُوهُمْ عَلَى العَمَلِ فِي الطِّينِ وَالطُّوبِ وَكُلِّ أعمالِ الحُقُولِ. وَقَدْ قَسَوْا عَلَيهِمْ فِي جَميعِ الأعمالِ الَّتِي أجبَرُوهُمْ عَلَيها. القابِلَتانِ العِبرانِيَّتان

and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, making mortar and brick and in all manner of service in the field; all their service, in which they made them serve, was with rigor.

15 و َكانَتْ هُناكَ قابِلَتانِ عِبرانِيَّتانِ تُدْعَيانِ شِفْرَةَ وَفُوعَةَ. فَقالَ مَلِكُ مِصرَ لَهُما:

¶ And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and another named Puah;

16 « حِينَ تُساعِدانِ النِّساءَ العِبْرانِيّاتِ فِي الوِلادَةِ وَهُنَّ عَلَى سَرِيرِ الوِلادَةِ، انْظُرا إلَى المَولودِ، فَإذا كانَ وَلَداً فاقتُلاهُ، وَإنْ بِنتاً فاترُكاها لِتَعِيشَ.»

and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see the sex, if it is a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

17 ل َكِنَّ القابِلَتَيْنِ كانَتا تَخافانِ اللهَ، فَلَمْ تَفعَلا كَما طَلَبَ مِنهُما مَلِكُ مِصرَ، بَلْ تَرَكَتا الأولادَ لِيَعِيشُوا.

But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but gave the men children their lives.

18 ف َدَعا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ القابِلَتَيْنِ وَقالَ لَهُما: «لِماذا عَمِلْتُما هَذِا وَتَرَكْتُما الأولادَ يَعِيشُونَ؟»

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing and have given the men children their lives?

19 ف َقالَتِ القابِلَتانِ لِفِرْعَونَ: «النِّساءُ العِبرانِيّاتُ لَسْنَ كَالمِصرِيّاتِ، فَهُنَّ قَوِيّاتٌ، فَيَلِدْنَ سَرِيعاً قَبلَ وُصُولِ القابِلاتِ.»

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively and are delivered before the midwives come in unto them.

20 و َبارَكَ اللهُ القابِلَتَيْنِ. وَكَثُرَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَصارُوا أقوِياءَ جِدّاً.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty.

21 و َأعطَى اللهُ عائِلاتٍ لِلقابِلَتَيْنِ لِأنَّهُما خافَتاهُ.

And it came to pass because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22 ث ُمَّ أصدَرَ فِرعَوْنُ أمراً لِشَعبِهِ وَقالَ: «كُلُّ وَلَدٍ يُولَدُ لِلعِبْرانِيِّينَ، ألقُوهُ فِي نَهرِ النِّيلِ، وَاسْتَبقُوا حَياةَ البَناتِ فَقَطْ.»

Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall give them their lives.