Exode 1
1 Et voici les noms des fils d'Israël venus en Egypte avec Jacob; ils vinrent chacun avec sa maison:
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 Issaschar, Zabulon et Benjamin;
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan et Nephthali; Gad et Asser;
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 et toutes les personnes issues des entrailles de Jacob étaient au nombre de soixante-dix âmes; or Joseph était en Egypte.
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 Et Joseph mourut ainsi que tous ses frères et toute cette génération-là.
[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 furent féconds et pullulèrent et se multiplièrent et s'accrurent de plus en plus, et ils remplirent le pays.
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 Alors il s'éleva un nouveau roi sur l'Egypte, qui ne connaissait point 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: Voilà que le peuple des enfants d'Israël est plus grand et plus fort 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 eh bien! opposons-lui la prudence afin qu'il n'augmente pas, et que, le cas échéant d'une guerre, il ne se joigne pas à nos ennemis pour nous combattre, puis partir 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 Et l'on préposa sur lui des chefs de corvée dans le but de l'accabler sous leur faix; et il bâtit pour Pharaon des villes de dépôt, 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 on l'accablait, plus il multipliait et se propageait; 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 peser sur les enfants d'Israël une servitude oppressive,
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
14 et par de rudes travaux en argile et en briques, et par tous les travaux de la campagne ils empoisonnaient leur vie, par tout l'ouvrage auquel ils les employaient tyranniquement.
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 Et le roi d'Egypte parla aux sages-femmes des Hébreux, parmi lesquelles une se nommait Siphra, et une autre Puha,
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 dit: Lorsque vous accoucherez les femmes des Hébreux, et que pendant le travail vous verrez que c'est un fils, tuez-le; mais si c'est une fille, laissez-la vivre.
“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 se conformèrent point à l'ordre du roi d'Egypte, et elles laissèrent vivre les enfants.
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'Egypte manda les sages-femmes et leur dit: Pourquoi avez-vous agi de la sorte et laissé vivre les enfants?
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 pas comme les Egyptiennes, car elles sont vigoureuses, et, avant l'arrivée de la sage-femme, elles ont déjà enfanté.
[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 s'accrut beaucoup.
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
21 Et parce que les sages femmes avaient eu la crainte de Dieu, Dieu leur éleva des maisons.
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
22 Alors Pharaon prescrivit cet ordre à tout son peuple: Vous jetterez au Nil tous les fils qui naîtront, mais vous laisserez vivre 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.”
