Sunglatnah 1

1 He rhoek he Egypt la aka kun Israel ca a ming ni. Te vaengah Jakob neh a imkhui kah hlang neh,

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi neh Judah,

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3 Issakhar, Zebulun neh Benjamin,

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad neh Asher te ha pawk.

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5 Te vaengah Jacob hlit lamkah aka thoeng hinglu boeih he hinglu sawmrhih lo coeng tih Joseph khaw Egypt ah om coeng.

And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

6 Te phoeiah Joseph neh a manuca boeih neh te kah cadilcahma tah boeih duek.

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7 Tedae Israel ca rhoek tah pungtai uh tih luem uh, ping uh tih yet uh. Te dongah amih te khohmuen ah mawk mawk bae uh.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

8 Te vaengah Egypt ah manghai a thai phoe tih te long te Joseph ming pawh.

And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

9 Te dongah a pilnam te, 'Pilnam he, Israel ca rhoek he mamih lakah muep pilnu coeng.

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

10 Anih te cueih pae pawn sih ping aih ve. Caemtloek ha thoeng tih anih neh koei uh koinih mamih m'hmuhuet ni. Te vaengah mamih m'vathoh thil vetih khohmuen lamloh cet hae ni.

Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

11 Te dongah amih bitloh neh phaep sak ham saldong mangpa a khueh thil uh. Te vaengah Pharaoh kah rhuengim khopuei la Pithom neh Raamses te a thoh pah.

And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

12 Anih a phaep uh vanbangla ping van tih pungtai van. Te dongah Israel ca rhoek kah mikhmuh ah a mueipuel uh.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

13 Te dongah Egypt loh Israel ca rhoek te mangkhak la a thohtat sak.

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

14 Amih kah hingnah te amlai dong neh laiboeng dongah thohtatnah nen khaw, lohma kah thohtatnah cungkuem nen khaw, mat a phaep uh. Amih kah thohtatnah cungkuem dongah Israel ca te mangkhak la a thohtat sakuh.

and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

15 Te phoeiah Egypt manghai loh Hebrew ca-om rhoi, a ming la pakhat ah Shiphrah neh a pabae ah a ming la Puah te a uen.

And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives — of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah —

16 Te vaengah, “Hebrew nu te na om sak vaengah a omnah te so rhoi. tongpa atah ngawn rhoi lamtah huta atah hing saeh.

and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

17 Tedae ca-om rhoi loh Pathen te a rhih rhoi. Te dongah Egypt manghai loh amih rhoi taengkah a thui bangla saii rhoi pawt tih camoe te a hing sak rhoi.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

18 Te dongah Egypt manghai loh ca-om rhoek te a khue tih amamih taengah, “Balae tih he kah hno he na saii uh tih camoe na hing sak uh,” a ti nah.

And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

19 Te vaengah ca-om rhoek loh Pharaoh te, “Hebrew nu he Egypt nu bang moenih. Amih tah rhaang uh tih amih taengla ca-om a pawk hlan ah khaw om uh coeng,” a ti nah.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.

20 Te dongah Pathen loh ca-om rhoek te a voelphoeng sak tih pilnam a ping dongah muep rhoeng uh.

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

21 Ca-om rhoek loh Pathen te a rhih uh dongah amih ham im khaw a thoh pah.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22 Te dongah Pharaoh loh a pilnam boeih te a uen tih, “tongpa la aka thaang boeih tah sokko la voei uh kuekluek lamtah huta tah boeih hing sak uh,” a ti nah.

Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.