¹Toto sú mená synov Izraelových, ktorí prišli do Egypta s Jakobom. Každý prišiel so svojím domom.

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

²Rúben, Simeon, Lévi a Júda,

²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

³Izachár, Zabulon a Benjamin,

³Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

⁴Dán, Naftali, Gád a Aser.

⁴Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

⁵A bolo všetkých duší, ktoré pošly z bedra Jakobovho, sedemdesiat duší. A Jozef bol v Egypte.

⁵And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

⁶A Jozef zomrel i všetci jeho bratia i celé to pokolenie.

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

⁷A synovia Izraelovi sa plodili a hemžili a množili sa a mocneli prenáramne a naplnená bola nimi zem.

⁷And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

⁸Potom povstal nový kráľ nad Egyptom, ktorý neznal Jozefa.

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

⁹A povedal svojmu ľudu: Hľa, ľudu synov Izraelových je viac ako nás a je to mocnejší ľud ako my.

⁹And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

¹⁰Nože buďme opatrní voči nemu, aby sa príliš nerozmnožil, a stalo by sa, keby povstala vojna proti nám, že by sa aj on pridal k tým, ktorí nás nenávidia, a bojoval by proti nám a vyšiel by hore zo zeme.

¹⁰come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

¹¹Preto postavili nad ním úradníkov, ktorí vyberali dane, aby ho trápili svojimi bremenami. A ľud vystavil faraonovi mestá skladíšť, mesto Pitom a Ramses.

¹¹Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.

¹²Ale čím viacej ho trápili, tým viacej sa množil a tým viacej sa rozširoval. A hrozili sa synov Izraelových.

¹²But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

¹³A Egypťania podrobovali synov Izraelových v službu ukrutne ich utláčajúc.

¹³And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

¹⁴A strpčovali ich život tvrdou prácou, blatom a tehlami, a všelijakou prácou na poli, a k tomu každou inou svojou prácou, ktorú konali nimi, ukrutne ich utláčajúc.

¹⁴and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.

¹⁵A egyptský kráľ rozkázal porodným babám hebrejským, z ktorých jednej bolo meno Šifra, a druhej Pua,

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

¹⁶a povedal: Keď budete pomáhať hebrejským ženám pri pôrode a budete hľadieť na rodenie, vtedy, ak bude syn, zabijete ho, a keď dcéra, bude žiť.

¹⁶and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

¹⁷Ale baby sa bály Boha, a neurobily tak, ako im hovoril egyptský kráľ, lež nechaly chlapcov žiť.

¹⁷But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

¹⁸A egyptský kráľ povolal baby a povedal im: Prečo ste to urobily, že ste nechaly chlapcov žiť?

¹⁸And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?

¹⁹A baby riekly faraonovi: Hebrejky nie sú jako egyptské ženy, lebo tie sú zdravé a silné; prv ako k nim prijde baba, porodia.

¹⁹And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.

²⁰A Bôh učinil dobre babám, a ľud sa množil a mocneli veľmi.

²⁰And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

²¹A stalo sa, keď sa baby bály Boha, že im učinil domy.

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

²²A faraon rozkázal všetkému svojmu ľudu a povedal: Každého syna, ktorý sa narodí, hodíte do rieky, a každú dcéru necháte žiť.

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