Exodus 1
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1These are the names of the children of Israel, that went into Egypt with Jacob: they went in, every man with his household:
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。
2Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda,
2有 呂便 、 西緬 、 利未 、 猶大 、
3Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin,
3以薩迦 、 西布倫 、 便雅憫 、
4Dan, and Nephtali, Gad and Aser.
4但 、 拿弗他利 、 迦得 、 亞設 。
5And all the souls that came out of Jacob’s thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt.
5凡從 雅各 而生的，共有七十人。 約瑟 已經在 埃及 。
6After he was dead, and all his brethren, and all that generation,
6約瑟 和他的弟兄，並那一代的人，都死了。
7The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.
7以色列 人生養眾多，並且繁茂，極其強盛，滿了那地。
8In the mean time there arose a new king over Egypt, that knew not Joseph:
8有不認識 約瑟 的新王起來，治理 埃及 ，
9And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we.
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 wisely oppress them, lest they multiply: and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land.
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。」
11Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens, and they built for Pharao cities of tabernacles, Phithom and Ramesses.
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 oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:
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。
13And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:
13埃及 人嚴嚴地使 以色列 人做工，
14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay, and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.
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。
15And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,
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：
16Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.
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。」
17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
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。
18And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?
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？」
19They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.
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。」
20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.
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 built them houses.
21收生婆因為敬畏上帝，上帝便叫她們成立家室。
22Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.
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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