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:

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

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.

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

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

⁶Joseph died, as did all his brothers, 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.

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

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

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

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

⁹He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier 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.

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.”

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.

¹¹Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage 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.

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.

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

¹³The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,

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 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.

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

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,

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 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.”

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

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.

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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