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

هَذِهِ هِيَ أسْماءُ أبْناءِ إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا إلَى مِصرَ مَعَ يَعقُوبَ وَمَعَ عائِلاتِهِمْ:

2 R euben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

رَأُوبَيْنُ وَشِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي وَيَهُوذا

3 I ssachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

وَيَسّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ وَبَنْيامِيْنُ

4 D an and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

وَدانٌ وَنَفتالِي وَجادٌ وَأشِيرُ.

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

وَكانَ مَجمُوعُ أفْرَادِ نَسلِ يَعقُوبَ سَبعِينَ. وَعاشَ يُوسُفُ فِي مِصرَ.

6 A nd Joseph died and all his brethren and all that generation.

وَماتَ يُوسُفُ وَإخوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ الجِيلِ.

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

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

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

وَوَصَلَ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٌ إلَى السُّلطَةِ فِي مِصرَ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هَذا المَلِكُ قَدْ عَرَفَ يُوسُفَ.

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

فَقالَ مَلِكُ مِصرَ لِشَعبِهِ: «بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ أكثَرُ عَدَداً وَقُوَّةً مِنّا.

10 N ow, 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.

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

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

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

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

وَبِالرُّغْمِ مِنْ مُضايِقَةِ المِصرِيِّينَ لَهُمْ كانُوا يَتَكاثَرُونَ وَيَزدادُونَ. فَصارَ المِصرِيُّونَ يَخافُونَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

13 A nd the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with rigor,

وَاستَعبَدُوا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَأجبَرُوهُمْ عَلَى القِيامِ بِأعمالٍ شاقَّةٍ.

14 a nd 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.

وَجَعَلَ 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

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

وَكانَتْ هُناكَ قابِلَتانِ عِبرانِيَّتانِ تُدْعَيانِ شِفْرَةَ وَفُوعَةَ. فَقالَ مَلِكُ مِصرَ لَهُما:

16 a nd 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.

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

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

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

18 A nd 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?

فَدَعا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ القابِلَتَيْنِ وَقالَ لَهُما: «لِماذا عَمِلْتُما هَذِا وَتَرَكْتُما الأولادَ يَعِيشُونَ؟»

19 A nd 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.

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

20 T herefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty.

وَبارَكَ اللهُ القابِلَتَيْنِ. وَكَثُرَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَصارُوا أقوِياءَ جِدّاً.

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

وَأعطَى اللهُ عائِلاتٍ لِلقابِلَتَيْنِ لِأنَّهُما خافَتاهُ.

22 T hen 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.

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