Exode 1
1 Or, voici les noms des fils d'Israël qui vinrent en Égypte avec Jacob. Ils y vinrent chacun avec sa famille.
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
2 Ruben, Siméon, Lévi et Juda,
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issacar, Zabulon et Benjamin,
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan et Nephtali, Gad et Asser.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 Toutes les personnes issues de Jacob étaient soixante et dix; et Joseph était en Égypte.
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.
6 Or Joseph mourut, ainsi que tous ses frères, et toute cette génération.
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
7 Et les enfants d'Israël s'accrurent et foisonnèrent, et se multiplièrent et devinrent très puissants; et le pays en fut rempli.
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).
8 Mais il s'éleva sur l'Égypte un nouveau roi, qui n'avait point connu Joseph.
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].
9 Et il dit à son peuple: Voici, le peuple des enfants d'Israël est plus grand et plus puissant que nous;
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!
10 Allons! agissons prudemment avec lui, de peur qu'il ne s'accroisse, et que s'il arrive quelque guerre, il ne se joigne aussi à nos ennemis, ne combatte contre nous, et ne monte hors du pays.
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.”
11 Ils établirent donc sur lui des chefs de corvées, pour l'accabler par leurs travaux; et il bâtit pour Pharaon des villes de munitions, Pithom et Ramsès.
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].
12 Mais plus ils l'accablaient, plus il multipliait et se répandait; et ils prirent peur des enfants d'Israël.
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.
13 Et les Égyptiens firent servir les enfants d'Israël avec rigueur;
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 Et ils leur rendirent la vie amère, par un rude travail à l'argile et aux briques, et par toutes sortes de travaux des champs, ainsi que tous les services qu'ils leur imposaient avec rigueur.
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.
15 Le roi d'Égypte parla aussi aux sages-femmes des Hébreux, dont l'une s'appelait Shiphra, et l'autre Pua,
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],
16 Et il dit: Quand vous accoucherez les femmes des Hébreux, et que vous les verrez sur les sièges, si c'est un fils, vous le ferez mourir; mais si c'est une fille, qu'elle vive.
“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).”
17 Mais les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, et ne firent pas ce que le roi d'Égypte leur avait dit; et elles laissèrent vivre les garçons.
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.
18 Alors le roi d'Égypte appela les sages-femmes, et leur dit: Pourquoi avez-vous fait ainsi, et avez-vous laissé vivre les garçons?
So the king summoned the [two] midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?”
19 Et les sages-femmes répondirent à Pharaon: C'est que les femmes des Hébreux ne sont point comme les Égyptiennes, car elles sont vigoureuses; avant que la sage-femme arrive auprès d'elles, elles ont accouché.
[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].”
20 Et Dieu fit du bien aux sages-femmes; et le peuple se multiplia et devint très nombreux.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Et parce que les sages-femmes craignirent Dieu, il fit prospérer leurs maisons.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Alors Pharaon donna cet ordre à tout son peuple: Jetez dans le fleuve tous les fils qui naîtront, mais laissez vivre toutes les filles.
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.”
