Sunglatnah 1

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

And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come;

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 Jakob hlit lamkah aka thoeng hinglu boeih he hinglu sawmrhih lo coeng tih Joseph khaw Egypt ah om coeng.

And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

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

And Joseph dieth, 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 sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

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

And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph,

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

and he saith unto his people, 'Lo, the people of the sons of Israel [is] more numerous and mighty 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,” a ti.

give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.'

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

And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;

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

and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

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

and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,

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 sak uh.

and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every [kind] of service in the field; all their service in which they have served [is] with rigour.

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 speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one [is] Shiphrah, and the name of the second 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,” a ti nah.

and saith, 'When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it [is] a son — then ye have put him to death; and if it [is] a daughter — then she hath lived.'

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.

And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads 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 calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, 'Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads 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 say unto Pharaoh, 'Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them — they have borne!'

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

And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

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

and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

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.

and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, 'Every son who is born — into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'