< Exodus 1 >

1 And these [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Israel who went Egypt towards with Jacob everyone and household his they went.
Estes pois são os nomes dos filhos de Israel, que entraram no Egito com Jacob: cada um entrou com sua casa:
2 Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah.
Ruben, Simeão, Levi, e Judá;
3 Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin.
Issacar, Zabulon, e Benjamin;
4 Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher.
Dan e Naphtali, Gad e Aser.
5 And it was every person [who] came out of [the] thigh of Jacob seventy person[s] and Joseph he was in Egypt.
Todas as almas, pois, que procederam da coxa de Jacob, foram setenta almas: José, porém, estava no Egito.
6 And he died Joseph and all brothers his and all the generation that.
Sendo pois José falecido, e todos os seus irmãos, e toda aquela geração,
7 And [the] people of Israel they were fruitful and they swarmed and they multiplied and they became mighty with muchness muchness and it was filled the land with them.
Os filhos de Israel frutificaram, e aumentaram muito, e multiplicaram-se, e foram fortalecidos grandemente; de maneira que a terra se encheu deles.
8 And he arose a king new over Egypt who not he knew Joseph.
Depois levantou-se um novo rei sobre o Egito, que não conhecera a José;
9 And he said to people his here! [the] people of [the] people of Israel [is] numerous and mighty more than us.
O qual disse ao seu povo: Eis que o povo dos filhos de Israel é muito, e mais poderoso do que nós.
10 Give! let us deal wisely to it lest it should increase and it will be that they will happen war and it will be added also it to [those who] hate us and it will fight against us and it will go up from the land.
Eia, usemos sabiamente para com ele, para que não se multiplique, e aconteça que, vindo guerra, ele também se ajunte com os nossos inimigos, e peleje contra nós, e suba da terra.
11 And they appointed over it overseers of slave gangs so as to afflict it with forced labor their and it built cities of storage for Pharaoh Pithom and Rameses.
E puseram sobre eles maiorais de tributos, para os afligirem com suas cargas. Porque edificaram a faraó cidades de tesouros, Pitom e Ramsés.
12 And just as people afflicted it so it increased and so it spread and people felt dread because of [the] people of Israel.
Mas quanto mais o afligiam, tanto mais se multiplicava, e tanto mais crescia: de maneira que se enfadavam por causa dos filhos de Israel.
13 And they compelled to labor Egypt [the] people of Israel with harshness.
E os egípcios faziam servir os filhos de Israel com dureza;
14 And they made bitter lives their with labor hard in mortar and in bricks and in all labor in the field all labor their which they labored by them with harshness.
Assim que lhes fizeram amargar a vida com dura servidão em barro, e em tijolos, e com todo o trabalho no campo; com todo o seu serviço, em que os serviam com dureza.
15 And he said [the] king of Egypt to the midwives Hebrew who [the] name of the one [was] Shiphrah and [the] name of the second [was] Puah.
E o rei do Egito falou às parteiras das hebreias (das quais o nome de uma era Siphra, e o nome da outra Puá),
16 And he said when assist as midwife you the Hebrew [women] and you will look at the stones if [is] a son he and you will kill him and if [is] a daughter she and she will live.
E disse: Quando ajudardes a parir as hebreias, e as virdes sobre os assentos, se for filho, matai-o; mas se for filha, então viva.
17 And they feared the midwives God and not they did just as he had spoken to them [the] king of Egypt and they let live the [male] children.
As parteiras, porém, temeram a Deus, e não fizeram como o rei do Egito lhes dissera, antes conservavam os meninos com vida.
18 And he summoned [the] king of Egypt the midwives and he said to them why? have you done the thing this and have you let live? the [male] children.
Então o rei do Egito chamou as parteiras, e disse-lhes: Porque fizestes isto, que guardastes os meninos com vida?
19 And they said the midwives to Pharaoh for not [are] like the women Egyptian the Hebrew [women] that [are] vigorous they before she comes to them the midwife and they give birth.
E as parteiras disseram a faraó: Porquanto as mulheres hebreias não são como as egípcias: porque são vivas, e já tem parido antes que a parteira venha a elas.
20 And he did good God to the midwives and it increased the people and they became mighty exceedingly.
Portanto Deus fez bem às parteiras. E o povo se aumentou, e se fortaleceu muito.
21 And it was that they feared the midwives God and he appointed for them households.
E aconteceu que, porquanto as parteiras temeram a Deus, estabeleceu-lhes casas.
22 And he commanded Pharaoh to all people his saying every son born the River towards you will throw him and every daughter you will let live!
Então ordenou faraó a todo o seu povo, dizendo: A todos os filhos que nascerem lancareis no rio, mas a todas as filhas guardareis com vida.

< Exodus 1 >