Exodus 1
1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
Ето имената на синовете на Израиля, които дойдоха в Египет заедно с Якова; всеки дойде с челядта си:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Рувим, Симеон, Левий и Юда,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Исахар, Завулон, и Вениамин,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Дан и Нефталим, Гад и Асир.
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.
Всичките човеци, които излязоха из чреслата на Якова бяха седемдесет души; а Иосиф беше вече в Египет.
6 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
И умря Иосиф, всичките му братя, и цялото онова поколение.
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).
А потомците на Израиля се наплодиха и размножиха, увеличиха се и толкова много се засилиха, щото земята се изпълни от тях.
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].
Тогава се възцари над Египет нов цар, който не познаваше Иосифа.
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!
И той рече на людете си: Вижте, тия люде, израилтяните са по-много и по-силни от нас;
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.”
елате, да постъпим разумно спрямо тях, за да се не размножават, да не би, в случай на война, да се съединят и те с неприятелите ни, да воюват против нас и да си отидат от земята.
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].
Затова поставиха над тях настойници, които да ги измъчват с тежък труд; и те съзидаха на Фараона Питом и Рамесий, градове за житници.
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.
Но колкото повече ги измъчваха, толкова повече те се размножаваха и се разширяваха, така че египтяните се отвращаваха от израилтяните.
13 They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
Затова египтяните караха жестоко израилтяните да работят;
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.
огорчаваха живота им с тежка работа, да правят кал и кирпичи и да вършат всякакъв вид полска работа, всичките работи, с които ги караха да работят, бяха твърде тежки.
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],
При това, египетският цар заръча на еврейските баби, (от които едната се именуваше Шифра, а другата Фуа), като им каза:
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).”
Когато бабувате на еврейките и видите, че раждат, ако родят син, убивайте го, но ако родят дъщеря, тогава нека живее.
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.
Но бабите се бояха от Бога, та не правеха каквото им заръча египетския цар, а оставяха живи мъжките деца.
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?”
Тогава египетския цар повика бабите и им рече: Защо правите това та оставяте живи мъжките деца?
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].”
И бабите казаха на Фараона: Понеже еврейките не са като египтянките; защото са пъргави и раждат преди да дойдат бабите при тях.
20 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
Затова Бог правеше добро на бабите. А людете се размножаваха и засилваха твърде много.
21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
И понеже бабите се бояха от Бога, Той им направи домове.
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.”
Тогава Фараон заръча на всичките си люде, като каза: Всеки син, който се роди на евреите, хвърляйте го в Нил, а всяка дъщеря оставяйте жива.
