Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
OR questi [sono] i nomi de' figliuoli d'Israele, che vennero in Egitto: essi [vi] vennero con Giacobbe, ciascuno con la sua famiglia.
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Ruben, Simeone, Levi, e Giuda;
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Issacar, Zabulon, e Beniamino;
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan, Neftali, Gad, e Aser.
5 Altogether there were 70 people [who went with] Jacob. That included his [sons, his grandsons, and two great-grandsons]. [His son] Joseph was already in Egypt.
E tutte le persone, uscite dell'anca di Giacobbe, erano settanta. Or Giuseppe era [già] in Egitto.
6 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
E Giuseppe morì, e tutti i suoi fratelli, e tutta quella generazione.
7 But Jacob’s descendants kept giving birth to many children [IDM]. The number [of his descendants] kept becoming larger and larger. As a result, there were so many of them that they were everywhere in Egypt (OR, that they [became a threat] to the Egyptians).
E i figliuoli d'Israele fruttarono e moltiplicarono copiosamente, e crebbero, e divennero grandemente possenti, talchè il paese fu ripieno di essi.
8 Then [several hundred years later], a new king began to rule [MTY] in Egypt. He did not know [what] Joseph [had done for the people of Egypt long ago].
Or sorse un nuovo re sopra l'Egitto, il qual non avea conosciuto Giuseppe.
9 He said to his people, “Look [at what has happened]! The Israeli people have become so numerous and so powerful that they [now might conquer] us!
[Costui] disse al suo popolo: Ecco, il popolo de' figliuoli d'Israele [è] più grande [e] più possente di noi.
10 We must find a way to control them! If we do not do that, their population will continue to grow. Then, if enemies [PRS] attack us, they will join with our enemies and fight against us, and they will escape from [our] land.”
Ora procediamo saggiamente intorno ad esso; che talora non moltiplichi; onde, se alcuna guerra avvenisse, egli non si congiunga anche esso co' nostri nemici, e non guerreggi contro a noi, o se ne vada via dal paese.
11 So [the king and his officials] put supervisors over the Israeli people to cause them to suffer very much by [forcing them] to work very hard. They forced [the Israeli people to] build [two] cities, Pithom and Ramses, in which to store [supplies for the king/government].
Furono adunque costituiti sopra il popolo d'Israele commissari d'angherie, per affliggerlo con le lor gravezze. E il [popolo] edificò a Faraone delle città da magazzini, [cioè], Pitom e Raamses.
12 But the more cruelly they treated the [Israeli people], the bigger the Israeli [population] grew, and they became more numerous all over [the land]. So the Egyptian people began to be afraid of the Israeli people.
Ma quanto [più] l'affliggevano, tanto [più] cresceva, e tanto [più] moltiplicava fuor di modo; onde [gli Egizj] portavano gran noia de' figliuoli d'Israele.
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
E gli Egizj facevano servire i figliuoli d'Israele con asprezza.
14 and by making them slaves, they made their lives miserable. They [forced them] to [build many buildings with] mortar and bricks. [They also forced them to do] other work in the fields. [In making them do all this work, the Egyptian officials treated them] ruthlessly/cruelly.
E li facevano vivere in amaritudine, con dura servitù, [adoperandoli] intorno all'argilla, e a' mattoni, e ad ogni servigio de' campi; tutta la servitù, nella quale li adoperavano, [era] con asprezza.
15 There were two Hebrew (midwives/women who helped the women when they were giving birth). [Hebrew means the same as Israeli.] The names of the women were Shiphrah and Puah. The king of Egypt said to [those two women],
Il re di Egitto disse ancora alle levatrici delle donne Ebree, il nome dell'una delle quali [era] Sifra, e quel dell'altra Pua:
16 “When you help the Hebrew women when they are giving birth [MTY], if [the baby that is born] is a boy, you must kill it. If [the baby] is a girl, you (may let it live/do not have to kill them).”
Quando voi ricoglierete i parti delle [donne] Ebree, e [le] vedrete in su la seggiola, se il parto [è] un figliuol [maschio], uccidetelo; ma se [è] una figliuola [femmina], lasciatela vivere.
17 But the midwives feared/revered God. So they did not do what the king told them to do. They allowed the baby boys to live.
Ma quelle levatrici temettero Iddio, e non fecero secondo che il re di Egitto avea loro detto; anzi lasciarono vivere i fanciulli.
18 So the king summoned the [two] midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?”
E il re di Egitto chiamò le levatrici, e disse loro: Perchè avete voi fatto questo, di lasciar vivere i fanciulli?
19 [One of] the midwives replied to the king, “[You need to realize that] the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. The Hebrew women are very strong/healthy. They give birth [to their babies] before we can get to them [to help them].”
E le levatrici dissero a Faraone: Le donne Ebree non [sono] come l'Egizie, perciocchè sono vigorose; avanti che la levatrice sia venuta a loro, hanno partorito.
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
E Iddio fece del bene a quelle levatrici; e il popolo crebbe, e divenne grandemente possente.
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
E perchè quelle levatrici temettero Iddio, egli edificò loro delle case.
22 Then the king commanded all (the [Egyptian] people/his [advisors]): “You must throw into the Nile [River] every baby boy born that the [Hebrew women] give birth to! But you can allow the baby girls to live.”
Allora Faraone comandò a tutto il suo popolo, dicendo: Gittate nel fiume ogni figliuol [maschio] che nascerà, e lasciate vivere tutte le figliuole [femmine].
