Ekoruhe 1

1 Na ko nga ingoa enei o nga tama a Iharaira i haere ki Ihipa; i haere tahi mai ratou me Hakopa, me te whare o tenei, o tenei.

Now these [are] the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

2 Ko Reupena, ko Himiona, ko Riwai, ko Hura,

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3 Ko Ihakara, ko Hepurona, ko Pineamine,

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 Ko Rana, ko Napatari, ko Kara, ko Ahera.

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 Na, ko nga wairua katoa i puta mai i te hope o Hakopa, e whitu tekau wairua: i Ihipa hoki a Hohepa.

And all the souls that descended from Jacob, were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already].

6 Na kua mate a Hohepa, me ona tuakana katoa, me tera whakapaparanga katoa.

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7 A ka tupu nga tama a Iharaira, ka tini haere, ka hira rawa, ka kaha noa atu; a kapi ana te whenua i a ratou.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8 Na kua puta he kingi hou mo Ihipa, kihai i mohio ki a Hohepa.

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

9 A ka ki ia ki tona iwi, Nana, hira ake, kaha ake i a tatou te iwi o nga tama a Iharaira.

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we.

10 Tena, kia ata ngarahu tatou ki a ratou; kei tini haere, a tenei ake, ki te ara he pakanga, na, ka uru hoki ratou ki o tatou hoariri, ka whawhai ki a tatou, a ka maunu atu i te whenua.

Come, let us deal wisely with them: lest they multiply, and it shall come to pass, that when there falleth out any war, they will join with our enemies, and fight against us, and depart from the land.

11 Na ka whakaritea he rangatira akiaki mo ratou, hei whakawhui mo ratou ki a ratou kawenga. A hanga ana e ratou nga pa takotoranga taonga mo Parao, a Pitoma, a Raamahehe.

Therefore they set over them task-masters, to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom, and Raamses.

12 Engari whakawhiu noa ratou i a ratou, e hua tonu mai ana, e tupu ana. A pawera ana ratou i nga tama a Iharaira.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

13 A nanakia noa iho te whakamahinga a nga Ihipiana i nga tama a Iharaira:

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor.

14 A meatia ana e ratou kia kawa ake ratou ki te ora, i te nui o te mahi, i te paru pokepoke, i te pereki, i nga mahi katoa o te mara, a ratou mahi katoa, i whakawhiua ai ratou ki te mahi.

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service in which they made them serve, [was] with rigor.

15 Na ka mea te kingi o Ihipa ki nga wahine whakawhanau i nga wahine a nga Hiperu; ko te ingoa o tetahi ko hipera, ko te ingoa hoki o tetahi ko Pua:

And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: )

16 I ki ia, E whakawhanau korua i nga wahine a nga Hiperu, a ka kite i a ratou i runga i nga kumete, ki te mea he tamaiti tane, whakamatea; he kotiro ia, kia ora tena.

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the stools; if it [shall be] a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it [shall be] a daughter, then she shall live.

17 Otira i wehi nga kaiwhakawhanau ki te Atua, kihai hoki i mea i ta te kingi o Ihipa i mea ai ki a raua, a whakaorangia ana e raua nga tamariki tane.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.

18 Na ka karangatia nga kaiwhakawhanau e te kingi o Ihipa, a ka mea ki a raua, Na te aha tenei mahi a korua, i whakaora ai korua i nga tamariki tane?

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male-children alive?

19 A ka mea nga kaiwhakawhanau ki a Parao, No te mea ra, ehara nga wahine a nga Hiperu i te pena me nga wahine a nga Ihipiana; e maia ana hoki ratou, kahore ano kia tae atu te kaiwhakawhanau ki a ratou kua whanau.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women: for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them.

20 Na ka atawhai te Atua ki nga kaiwhakawhanau; a ka nui haere te iwi, a kaha rawa ana.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

21 A, no te mea i wehi nga kaiwhakawhanau ki te Atua, ka hanga e ia he whare mo raua.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22 Na ka ako a Parao ki tona iwi katoa, ka mea, Ko nga tamariki tane katoa e whanau mai, maka atu e koutou ki te awa, ko nga kotiro katoa ia, me whakaora.

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.