Exodus 1
1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
He rhoek he Egypt la aka kun Israel ca rhoek kah a ming ni. Te vaengah Jakob neh a imkhui kah hlang neh,
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi neh Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Issakhar, Zebulun neh Benjamin,
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad neh Asher te ha pawk.
5 All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Te vaengah Jakob hlit lamkah aka thoeng hinglu boeih he hinglu sawmrhih lo coeng tih Joseph khaw Egypt ah om coeng.
6 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
Te phoeiah Joseph neh a manuca boeih neh te kah cadilcahma tah boeih duek.
7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
Te vaengah Egypt ah manghai a thai phoe tih te long te Joseph ming pawh.
9 He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
Te dongah a pilnam te, “Pilnam he, Israel ca rhoek he mamih lakah muep pilnu coeng.
10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”
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.
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
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.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.
Anih a phaep uh vanbangla ping van tih pungtai van. Te dongah Israel ca rhoek kah mikhmuh ah a mueipuel uh.
13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
Te dongah Egypt loh Israel ca rhoek te mangkhak la a thohtat sak.
14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
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.
15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
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.
16 and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
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.
17 But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
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.
18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
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.
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
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.
20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
Te dongah Pathen loh ca-om rhoek te a voelphoeng sak tih pilnam a ping dongah muep rhoeng uh.
21 Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
Ca-om rhoek loh Pathen te a rhih uh dongah amih ham im khaw a thoh pah.
22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
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.
