Exodus 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Hæc sunt nomina filiorum Israël qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum cum Jacob: singuli cum domibus suis introierunt:
1These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
2Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
3Issachar, Zabulon et Benjamin,
3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
4Dan et Nephthali, Gad et Aser.
4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5Erant igitur omnes animæ eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Jacob, septuaginta: Joseph autem in Ægypto erat.
5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
6Quo mortuo, et universis fratribus ejus, omnique cognatione illa,
6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
7filii Israël creverunt, et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt: ac roborati nimis, impleverunt terram.
7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
8Surrexit interea rex novus super Ægyptum, qui ignorabat Joseph.
8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
9Et ait ad populum suum: Ecce, populus filiorum Israël multus, et fortior nobis est.
9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
10Venite, sapienter opprimamus eum, ne forte multiplicetur: et si ingruerit contra nos bellum, addatur inimicis nostris, expugnatisque nobis egrediatur de terra.
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.”
11Præposuit itaque eis magistros operum, ut affligerent eos oneribus: ædificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni, Phithom et Ramesses.
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.
12Quantoque opprimebant eos, tanto magis multiplicabantur, et crescebant:
12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
13oderantque filios Israël Ægyptii, et affligebant illudentes eis,
13They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
14atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris luti et lateris, omnique famulatu, quo in terræ operibus premebantur.
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.
15Dixit autem rex Ægypti obstetricibus Hebræorum, quarum una vocabatur Sephora, altera Phua,
15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
16præcipiens eis: Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas, et partus tempus advenerit: si masculus fuerit, interficite eum: si femina, reservate.
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.”
17Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum, et non fecerunt juxta præceptum regis Ægypti, sed conservabant mares.
17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
18Quibus ad se accersitis, rex ait: Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis, ut pueros servaretis?
18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
19Quæ responderunt: Non sunt Hebreæ sicut ægyptiæ mulieres: ipsæ enim obstetricandi habent scientiam, et priusquam veniamus ad eas, pariunt.
19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
20Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus: et crevit populus, confortatusque est nimis.
20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
21Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum, ædificavit eis domos.
21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
22Præcepit ergo Pharao omni populo suo, dicens: Quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, in flumen projicite: quidquid feminini, reservate.
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.”
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