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١ 1 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاءُ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ قَدِمُوا مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَعَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ.

These are the names of the sons of Israel, who went into Egypt with Jacob. They entered, each one with his house:

٢ 2 رَأُوبَيْنُ، وَشِمْعُونُ، وَلاَوِي وَيَهُوذَا،

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

٣ 3 وَيَسَّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ وَبَنْيَامِينُ،

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

٤ 4 وَدَانُ وَنَفْتَالِي وَجَادُ وَأَشِيرُ.

Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

٥ 5 وَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ النُّفُوسِ الْمَوْلُودِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ سَبْعِينَ نَفْساً. أَمَّا يُوسُفُ فَقَدْ كَانَ فِي مِصْرَ.

Therefore, all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob’s thigh were seventy. Now Joseph was in Egypt.

٦ 6 ثُمَّ مَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَإِخْوَتُهُ جَمِيعاً وَكَذَلِكَ سَائِرُ ذَلِكَ الْجِيلِ.

When he had died, along with all of his brothers and all of that generation,

٧ 7 وَنَمَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَتَوَالَدُوا وَتَكَاثَرُوا وَعَظُمُوا جِدّاً حَتَّى اكْتَظَّتْ بِهِمِ الأَرْضُ.

the sons of Israel increased, and they multiplied like seedlings. And having been strengthened exceedingly, they filled the land.

٨ 8 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قَامَ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٌ عَلَى مِصْرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ يُوسُفَ.

Meanwhile, there arose a new king over Egypt, who was ignorant of Joseph.

٩ 9 فَقَالَ لِشَعْبِهِ: «هَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَكْثَرُ مِنَّا وَأَعْظَمُ قُوَّةً.

And he said to his people: “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are many, and they are stronger than we are.

١٠ 10 فَلْنَتَآمَرْ عَلَيْهِمْ لِكَيْلاَ يَتَكَاثَرُوا وَيَنْضَمُّوا إِلَى أَعْدَائِنَا إِذَا نَشَبَ قِتَالٌ وَيُحَارِبُونَا ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُوا مِنَ الأَرْضِ».

Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply; and if any war should advance against us, they may be added to our enemies, and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”

١١ 11 فَعَهِدُوا بِهِمْ إِلَى مُشْرِفِينَ عُتَاةٍ لِيُسَخِّرُوهُمْ بِالأَعْمَالِ الشَّاقَةِ. فَبَنَوْا مَدِينَتَيْ فِيثُومَ وَرَعَمْسِيسَ لِتَكُونَا مَخَازِنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

And so he set over them masters of the works, in order to afflict them with burdens. And they built for Pharaoh the cities of the tabernacles: Pithom and Raamses.

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنْ كُلَّمَا زَادُوا مِنْ إذْلاَلِهِمْ، اِزْدَادَ تَكَاثُرُهُمْ وَنُمُوُّهُمْ، فَتَخَوَّفُوا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

And the more they oppressed them, so much more did they multiply and increase.

١٣ 13 فَتَزَايَدَ عُنْفُ اسْتِعْبَادِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel, and they afflicted them and mocked them.

١٤ 14 وَأَتْعَسُوا حَيَاتَهُمْ بالأَعْمَالِ الشَّاقَةِ فِي الطِّينِ وَاللِّبْنِ كَادِحِينَ فِي الْحُقُولِ. وسَخَّرَهُمُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ بِعُنْفٍ فِي كُلِّ أَعْمَالِهِمِ الشَّاقَةِ.

And they led their life directly into bitterness, with hard work in clay and brick, and with all kinds of servitude, so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ قَالَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ لِلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ الْعِبْرَانِيَّتَيْنِ الْمَدْعُوَّتَيْنِ شِفْرَةَ وَفُوعَةَ:

Then the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews, (one of whom one was called Shiphrah, another Puah)

١٦ 16 «عِنْدَمَا تُشْرِفَانِ عَلَى تَوْلِيدِ النِّسَاءِ الْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ رَاقِبَاهُنَّ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْوِلادَةِ، فَإنْ كَانَ الْمَوْلُودُ صَبِيّاً فَاقْتُلاهُ، وَإنْ كَانَ بِنْتاً فاتْرُكَاهَا تَحْيَا.

instructing them: “When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery has arrived: if it is male, put it to death; if it is female, retain it.”

١٧ 17 غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْقَابِلَتَيْنِ كَانَتَا تَخَافَانِ اللهَ فَلَمْ تُنَفِّذَا أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ فاسْتَحْيَتَا الأَطْفَالَ الذُّكُورَ.

But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.

١٨ 18 فَاسْتَدْعَى مَلِكُ مِصْرَ الْقَابِلَتَيْنِ وَسَأَلَهُمَا: «لِمَاذَا فَعَلْتُمَا هَذَا الأَمْرَ واسْتَحْيَيْتُمَا الأَطْفَالَ الذُّكُورَ؟»

And summoning them, the king said, “What did you intend to do, so that you would save the boys?”

١٩ 19 فَأَجَابَتَاهُ: «إنَّ النِّسَاءَ الْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ لَسْنَ كَالْمِصْرِيَّاتِ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ قَوِيَّاتٌ يَلِدْنَ قَبْلَ وُصُولِ الْقَابِلَةِ إِلَيْهِنَّ».

They responded: “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them.”

٢٠ 20 وَتَكَاثَرَ الشَّعْبُ وَعَظُمَ جِدّاً.

Therefore, God acted favorably toward the midwives. And the people increased, and they were strengthened exceedingly.

٢١ 21 وَإِذْ خَافَتِ الْقَابِلَتَانِ اللهَ أَثَابَهُمَا بِنَسْلٍ.

And because the midwives feared God, he built houses for them.

٢٢ 22 ثُمَّ أَصْدَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ أَمْرَهُ لِجَمِيعِ شَعْبِهِ قَائِلاً: «اطْرَحُوا كُلَّ ابْنٍ (عِبْرَانِيٍّ) يُوْلَدُ فِي النَّهْرِ، أَمَّا الْبَنَاتُ فَاسْتَحْيُوهُنَّ».

Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people, saying: “Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river; whatever will be born of the female sex, retain it.”