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

Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob:

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, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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

All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already ).

6 و َماتَ يُوسُفُ وَإخوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ الجِيلِ.

And Joseph died, all his brothers, 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

But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly 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 a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

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

And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children 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.»

come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of 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 for Pharaoh supply cities, 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. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.

13 و َاستَعبَدُوا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَأجبَرُوهُمْ عَلَى القِيامِ بِأعمالٍ شاقَّةٍ.

So the Egyptians made the children 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—in mortar, in 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:

Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other 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 you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you 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 saved the male children alive.

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

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”

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

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”

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

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

21 و َأعطَى اللهُ عائِلاتٍ لِلقابِلَتَيْنِ لِأنَّهُما خافَتاهُ.

And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them.

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

So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”