Exodus 1
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
1以色列 的眾子，各帶家眷，和 雅各 一同來到 埃及 。他們的名字記在下面。
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
2有 呂便 、 西緬 、 利未 、 猶大 、
3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
3以薩迦 、 西布倫 、 便雅憫 、
4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
4但 、 拿弗他利 、 迦得 、 亞設 。
5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
5凡從 雅各 而生的，共有七十人。 約瑟 已經在 埃及 。
6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
6約瑟 和他的弟兄，並那一代的人，都死了。
7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
7以色列 人生養眾多，並且繁茂，極其強盛，滿了那地。
8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
8有不認識 約瑟 的新王起來，治理 埃及 ，
9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
9對他的百姓說：「看哪，這 以色列 民比我們還多，又比我們強盛。
10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
10來吧，我們不如用巧計待他們，恐怕他們多起來，日後若遇甚麼爭戰的事，就連合我們的仇敵攻擊我們，離開這地去了。」
11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
11於是 埃及 人派督工的轄制他們，加重擔苦害他們。他們為法老建造兩座積貨城，就是 比東 和 蘭塞 。
12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
12只是越發苦害他們，他們越發多起來，越發蔓延； 埃及 人就因 以色列 人愁煩。
13They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
13埃及 人嚴嚴地使 以色列 人做工，
14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
14使他們因做苦工覺得命苦；無論是和泥，是做磚，是做田間各樣的工，在一切的工上都嚴嚴地待他們。
15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
15有 希伯來 的兩個收生婆，一名 施弗拉 ，一名 普阿 ； 埃及 王對她們說：
16“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
16「你們為 希伯來 婦人收生，看她們臨盆的時候，若是男孩，就把他殺了；若是女孩，就留她存活。」
17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
17但是收生婆敬畏上帝，不照 埃及 王的吩咐行，竟存留男孩的性命。
18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
18埃及 王召了收生婆來，說：「你們為甚麼做這事，存留男孩的性命呢？」
19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
19收生婆對法老說：「因為 希伯來 婦人與 埃及 婦人不同； 希伯來 婦人本是健壯的，收生婆還沒有到，她們已經生產了。」
20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
20上帝厚待收生婆。 以色列 人多起來，極其強盛。
21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
21收生婆因為敬畏上帝，上帝便叫她們成立家室。
22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
22法老吩咐他的眾民說：「 以色列 人所生的男孩，你們都要丟在河裏；一切的女孩，你們要存留她的性命。」
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