¹Ja need on Iisraeli poegade nimed, kes olid Egiptusesse tulnud; koos Jaakobiga oli igaüks tulnud oma perega:

¹And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:

²Ruuben, Siimeon, Leevi, Juuda,

²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

³Issaskar, Sebulon, Benjamin,

³Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

⁴Daan, Naftali, Gaad ja Aaser.

⁴Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

⁵Kõiki hingi, kes Jaakobi niudeist oli lähtunud, oli seitsekümmend hinge; ja Joosep oli juba Egiptuses.

⁵And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

⁶Joosep suri, samuti kõik ta vennad ja kogu see sugupõlv.

⁶And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

⁷Aga Iisraeli lapsed olid viljakad, nad siginesid ja paljunesid ning said väga vägevaiks; ja maa oli neid täis.

⁷And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

⁸Egiptuses tõusis uus kuningas, kes Joosepit ei tundnud,

⁸And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

⁹ja see ütles oma rahvale: 'Vaata, Iisraeli laste rahvast on rohkem ja nad on meist vägevamad.

⁹And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

¹⁰Olgem seepärast nende vastu kavalad, et nad ei saaks paljuneda. Sest kui peaks tulema sõda, siis nad liituvad nendega, kes meid vihkavad, ja nad sõdivad meie vastu ning lähevad maalt ära.'

¹⁰Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

¹¹Siis nad panid nende üle teoorjusele sundijaid, et need rõhuksid neid raske teoga; vaaraole ehitati varaaitade linnu - Pitomit ja Raamsest.

¹¹And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

¹²Aga mida rohkem nad neid rõhusid, seda rohkem neid sai ja seda laiemale nad levisid; ja Iisraeli laste ees hakati hirmu tundma.

¹²But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

¹³Ja egiptlased panid väevõimuga Iisraeli lapsed töötama.

¹³And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

¹⁴Nad tegid nende elu kibedaks raske orjatööga savi ja telliskivide kallal ning kõiksugu orjusega põllul, kõiksugu tööga, mida nad väevõimuga sundisid neid tegema.

¹⁴and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

¹⁵Ja Egiptuse kuningas rääkis heebrealaste ämmaemandatega, kellest ühe nimi oli Sifra ja teise nimi Puua,

¹⁵And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives -- of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah --

¹⁶ning ütles: 'Kui te heebrea naisi aitate sünnitamisel ja näete sugutunnuseist, et on poeglaps, siis surmake see, aga tütarlaps võib jääda elama!'

¹⁶and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

¹⁷Aga ämmaemandad kartsid Jumalat ega teinud nõnda, nagu Egiptuse kuningas neid käskis, vaid jätsid poeglapsed elama.

¹⁷But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

¹⁸Siis Egiptuse kuningas kutsus ämmaemandad ja ütles neile: 'Mispärast teete nõnda ja jätate poeglapsed elama?'

¹⁸And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

¹⁹Ja ämmaemandad vastasid vaaraole: 'Sellepärast et heebrealaste naised pole nagu egiptlaste naised, vaid nad on tublimad: enne kui ämmaemand jõuab nende juurde, on nad sünnitanud.'

¹⁹And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.

²⁰Ja Jumal tegi ämmaemandatele head; rahvas aga suurenes ja nad said väga arvurikkaks:

²⁰And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

²¹et ämmaemandad kartsid Jumalat, siis ta andis neile suured pered.

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

²²Aga vaarao andis käsu kogu oma rahvale, öeldes: 'Kõik poeglapsed, kes sünnivad, peate viskama jõkke, kõik tütarlapsed aga võite jätta elama!'

²²Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.