¹In ta so imena sinov Izraelovih, ki so prišli v Egipt z Jakobom; vsak je prišel z rodbino svojo:

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;

²Ruben, Simeon, Levi in Juda,

²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

³Isahar, Zebulon in Benjamin,

³Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

⁴Dan in Neftali, Gad in Aser.

⁴Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

⁵In bilo je vseh duš, ki so izšle iz ledij Jakobovih, sedemdeset; a Jožef je bil prej v Egiptu.

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

⁶In umrl je Jožef in vsi bratje njegovi in vse to pokolenje.

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

⁷In sinovi Izraelovi so bili plodoviti, rodili so se obilo, razmnoževali so se in postali so jako, jako mogočni; in napolnila se je zemlja ž njimi.

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.

⁸Nastopi pa v Egiptu nov kralj, ki ni poznal Jožefa.

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

⁹Ta reče ljudstvu svojemu: Glejte, ljudstvo sinov Izraelovih je številnejše in mogočnejše od nas.

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

¹⁰Dejte, pametno ravnajmo proti njemu, da se ne razmnoži, in zgodilo bi se, ako nastane vojna, da se tudi ono pridruži sovražnikom našim in se bo vojskovalo zoper nas in odšlo iz dežele.

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.`

¹¹Nastavijo torej nad njimi priganjače za raboto, da naj jih tlačijo pri njih težaškem delu. Zidali so pa Faraonu mesta za skladišča, Pitom in Rameses.

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;

¹²A čim bolj so jih tlačili, tem bolj so se razmnoževali, tem bolj so se razširjali: in Egipčane je bilo groza sinov Izraelovih.

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

¹³In neusmiljeno so Egipčani priganjali sinove Izraelove k delu;

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

¹⁴in grenili so jim življenje s trdim delom z ilovico in z opeko in z vsakovrstnim opravilom na polju, z vsem njih delom, katero so jim nakladali neusmiljeno.

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.

¹⁵In ukaže kralj egiptovski dvema hebrejskima babicama, katerih prvi je bilo ime Šifra in drugi ime Pua,

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),

¹⁶rekoč: Ko pomagate ženam hebrejskim pri porodu, pazite na rojenje: če je sin, usmrtite ga, če pa hči, naj ostane živa.

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.`

¹⁷Bali sta se pa ti babici Boga in nista delali, kakor jima je bil ukazal kralj egiptovski, temuč pustili sta dečke živeti.

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

¹⁸In pokliče kralj egiptovski ti babici in jima reče: Zakaj sta to storili in pustili dečke živeti?

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

¹⁹Babici pa odgovorita Faraonu: Niso Hebrejke kakor egiptovske žene: ker so krepke narave, porodijo, preden pride k njim babica.

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!`

²⁰In Bog je dobro storil tema babicama. Ljudstvo pa se je množilo in postalo zelo mogočno.

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

²¹In ker sta se babici bali Boga, jima je napravil hiši.In zapove Faraon vsemu ljudstvu svojemu, rekoč: Vsakega sina, ki se jim narodi, vrzite v reko, a vsako hčer ohranite živo.

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

²²In zapove Faraon vsemu ljudstvu svojemu, rekoč: Vsakega sina, ki se jim narodi, vrzite v reko, a vsako hčer ohranite živo.

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.`