出埃及记 1

¹以色列的众子，各带家眷，和雅各一同来到埃及。他们的名字记在下面。These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

²有流便、西缅、利未、犹大、Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

³以萨迦、西布伦、便雅悯、Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

⁴但、拿弗他利、迦得、亚设。Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

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⁵凡从雅各而生的，共有七十人。约瑟已经在埃及。The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

⁶约瑟和他的弟兄，并那一代的人，都死了。Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

⁷以色列人生养众多，并且繁茂，极其强盛，满了那地。but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

⁸有不认识约瑟的新王起来，治理埃及，Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

⁹对他的百姓说：“看哪，这以色列民比我们还多，又比我们强盛。“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

¹⁰来吧，我们不如用巧计待他们，恐怕他们多起来，日后若遇什么争战的事，就连合我们的仇敌攻击我们，离开这地去了。”Come, 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.”

¹¹于是埃及人派督工的辖制他们，加重担苦害他们。他们为法老建造两座积货城，就是比东和兰塞。So 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.

¹²只是越发苦害他们，他们越发多起来，越发蔓延；埃及人就因以色列人愁烦。But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

¹³埃及人严严地使以色列人做工，They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

¹⁴使他们因做苦工觉得命苦；无论是和泥，是做砖，是做田间各样的工，在一切的工上都严严地待他们。and 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.

¹⁵有希伯来的两个收生婆，一名施弗拉，一名普阿；埃及王对她们说：Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

¹⁶“你们为希伯来妇人收生，看她们临盆的时候，若是男孩，就把他杀了；若是女孩，就留她存活。”“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.”

¹⁷但是收生婆敬畏　神，不照埃及王的吩咐行，竟存留男孩的性命。The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

¹⁸埃及王召了收生婆来，说：“你们为什么做这事，存留男孩的性命呢？”So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

¹⁹收生婆对法老说：“因为希伯来妇人与埃及妇人不同；希伯来妇人本是健壮的（原文是活泼的），收生婆还没有到，她们已经生产了。”The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

²⁰神厚待收生婆。以色列人多起来，极其强盛。So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

²¹收生婆因为敬畏　神，　神便叫她们成立家室。And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

²²法老吩咐他的众民说：“以色列人所生的男孩，你们都要丢在河里；一切的女孩，你们要存留她的性命。”Then 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.”