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

¹Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):

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.

⁵All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.

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

⁶Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.

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

⁷The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

⁸Egiptuses tõusis uus kuningas, kes Joosepit ei tundnud,

⁸Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.

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

⁹He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier 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, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”

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

¹¹Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

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 the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

¹³Ja egiptlased panid väevõimuga Iisraeli lapsed töötama.

¹³The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,

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 made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

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

¹⁵The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other 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 you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is 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, The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

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

¹⁸The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys 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.'

¹⁹The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”

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

²⁰God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

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

²¹It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.

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

²²Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”