¹[Ny nitomboan'ny Zanak'Isiraely, sy ny fahoriana nanjo azy tany Egypta] Ary izao no anaran'ny zanak'Isiraely izay niaraka tamin'i Jakoba nankany Egypta; samy nandeha mbamin'ny ankohonany avy izy rehetra:

¹And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come;

²Robena sy Simeona sy Levy ary Joda;

²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

³Isakara sy Zebolona ary Benjamina;

³Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

⁴Dana sy Naftaly, ary Gada sy Asera.

⁴Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

⁵Ary ny isan'ny olona rehetra naterak'i Jakoba dia fito-polo; fa Josefa efa tany Egypta rahateo.

⁵And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

⁶Ary maty Josefa sy ny rahalahiny rehetra mbamin'izany taranaka rehetra izany.

⁶And Joseph dieth, and all his brethren, and all that generation;

⁷Ary ny Zanak'Isiraely niteraka ka nitombo betsaka sy nihamaro ary nihahery dia nihahery indrindra, ka dia henika azy ny tany.

⁷and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

⁸Ary nisy mpanjaka vaovao nanjaka tany Egypta, izay tsy nahalala an'i Josefa.

⁸And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph,

⁹Ary izy niteny tamin'ny vahoakany hoe: Indro, ny firenen'ny Zanak'Isiraely efa maro sy mahery noho isika;

⁹and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel [is] more numerous and mighty than we;

¹⁰andeha hanaovantsika hevitra ireo, fandrao hihamaro izy, ka raha tahìny hisy ady, dia homba ny fahavalontsika koa izy ka hiady amintsika, ary dia hiakatra hiala amin'ny tany.

¹⁰give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.`

¹¹Koa dia nanendreny mpifehy izy, mba hampahory azy amin'ny fanompoany mafy. Ary nanao tanàna fitehirizana ho an'i Farao izy, dia Pitoma sy Ramesesa.

¹¹And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;

¹²Nefa araka ny nampahoriany azy no vao mainka nihamaroany sy nitomboany kosa; ka dia natahotra ny Zanak'Isiraely indrindra ny Egyptiana.

¹²and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

¹³Dia nampanompoin'ny Egyptiana fatratra ny Zanak'Isiraely,

¹³and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,

¹⁴ka nataony mangidy ny fiainany tamin'ny fanompoana mafy, dia tamin'ny feta sy ny biriky mbamin'ny fanompoana rehetra any an-tsaha, dia ny fanompoana rehetra izay nampanompoany azy fatratra.

¹⁴and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every [kind] of service in the field; all their service in which they have served [is] with rigour.

¹⁵Ary ny mpanjakan'i Egypta niteny tamin'ny mpampivelona Hebreo (Sifra no anaran'ny anankiray, ary Poa no anaran'ny anankiray)

¹⁵And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one [is] Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),

¹⁶ka nanao hoe: Raha mampivelona ny vehivavy Hebreo ianareo, ka hitanareo eo amin'ny fipetrahany fa zazalahy, dia vonoy, fa raha zazavavy kosa, dia velomy.

¹⁶and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it [is] a son — then ye have put him to death; and if it [is] a daughter — then she hath lived.`

¹⁷Nefa natahotra an'Andriamanitra ny mpampivelona ka tsy nanao araka izay nolazain'ny mpanjakan'i Egypta taminy, fa novelominy ihany ny zazalahy.

¹⁷And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

¹⁸Dia nampaka ny mpampivelona ny mpanjakan'i Egypta ka nanao taminy hoe: Nahoana no nanao izany zavatra izany ianareo, ka novelominareo ihany ny zazalahy?

¹⁸and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?`

¹⁹Fa hoy ny mpampivelona tamin'i Farao: Tsy mba tahaka ny vehivavy Egyptiana ny vehivavy Hebreo; fa matanjaka izy, ka raha tsy mbola tonga any aminy akory ny mpampivelona, dia velona izy.

¹⁹And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, `Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them — they have borne!`

²⁰Dia nasian'Andriamanitra soa ny mpampivelona; ary nihamaro sy nihahery indrindra ny olona.

²⁰And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

²¹Ary tamin'izany, satria natahotra an'Andriamanitra ny mpampivelona dia nomen'Andriamanitra zanaka izy.Dia nandidy ny vahoakany rehetra Farao ka nanao hoe: Ny zazalahy rehetra izay teraka dia ario an'i Neily, fa ny zazavavy rehetra kosa no velomy.

²¹and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

²²Dia nandidy ny vahoakany rehetra Farao ka nanao hoe: Ny zazalahy rehetra izay teraka dia ario an'i Neily, fa ny zazavavy rehetra kosa no velomy.

²²and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, `Every son who is born — into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.`