以色列人受欺壓

以色列的眾子帶著家眷跟雅各[a]一起去了埃及,以下是他們的名字: 呂便、西緬、利未、猶大、 以薩迦、西布倫、便雅憫、 但、拿弗他利、迦得、亞設。 雅各的子孫總共有七十人。那時,約瑟已經住在埃及。 後來,約瑟和他的弟兄以及同輩的人都相繼去世。 以色列人生養眾多,人口大增,很快就遍佈埃及,成為一個強大的民族。 那時,埃及有一位不認識約瑟的新王登基, 對他的百姓說:「你們看,以色列人比我們多,又比我們強。 10 來吧!我們要設法阻止他們人口增長,否則一遇到戰爭,他們便會加入我們敵人的陣營來攻打我們,然後一走了之。」

11 於是,埃及人派監工強迫以色列人服勞役,在比東和蘭塞兩地為法老興建儲貨城。 12 以色列人越受奴役,人口增長得越快,散居的範圍也越廣,令埃及人感到恐懼。 13 於是,埃及人更殘酷地奴役他們, 14 強迫他們和泥造磚,並做田間一切的苦工,使他們痛苦不堪。 15 埃及王又命令兩個希伯來的接生婆施弗拉和普阿: 16 「你們在替希伯來婦女接生的時候,如果看到生下的是男嬰,就把他殺掉;如果是女嬰,就讓她活下來。」 17 但這兩個接生婆敬畏上帝,沒有執行王的命令,而是保留了男嬰的性命。 18 埃及王召見那兩個接生婆,質問她們:「你們為什麼這樣做?為什麼讓男嬰活著?」 19 她們回答說:「因為希伯來婦女跟埃及婦女不同。她們身體強健,我們還沒有趕到,嬰兒就生下來了。」 20-21 因此,以色列人口繼續增加,更加繁盛。因為這兩個接生婆敬畏上帝,上帝便賜福給她們,使她們生兒育女。 22 後來,法老命令全埃及的人把以色列人生的所有男嬰都拋進尼羅河裡,只讓女嬰活著。

Footnotes

  1. 1·1 雅各」就是「以色列」,上帝為雅各改名以色列,故事參考創世記32·28
'出 埃 及 記 1 ' not found for the version: Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version.

Gilutos ang mga Israelinhon didto sa Ehipto

Mao kini ang mga anak nga lalaki ni Jacob[a] nga miuban kaniya sa Ehipto, uban ang ilang mga pamilya: Si Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Isacar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naftali, Gad, ug Asher. Si Jose didto nang daan sa Ehipto. 70 tanan ang kaliwat ni Jacob sa dihang miadto siya sa Ehipto.

Sa paglabay sa panahon, namatay si Jose ug ang tanan niyang mga igsoon. Milabay ang ilang henerasyon, apan paspas kaayo nga midaghan ang ilang mga kaliwat. Busa nalukop ang Ehipto sa ilang kadaghan.

Unya may bag-ong hari ang Ehipto nga walay nasayran bahin kang Jose. Miingon siya sa iyang katawhan, “Tan-awa ninyo! Ang mga Israelinhon daghan na kaayo kay kanato. 10 Mangita kitag maayong paagi nga dili na sila modaghan pa. Kay basin unya sa panahon sa gira modapig sila sa atong mga kaaway ug makigkontra kanato, ug unya mobiya sila gikan sa atong nasod.”

11 Busa gipadumalahan nila ang mga Israelinhon sa mga tawo nga molisod-lisod ug mopugos kanila sa pagtrabaho ug bug-at. Gipatrabaho kanila ang mga lungsod sa Pitom ug Rameses aron mahimong bodega sa pagkaon sa hari sa Ehipto.[b] 12 Apan bisan gilutos sila pag-ayo, misamot hinuon sila kadaghan, ug mikatag pag-ayo sa Ehipto. Busa nahadlok na ang mga Ehiptohanon kanila. 13 Tungod niini, gidugangan pa gayod nila ang ilang kabangis ngadto sa mga Israelinhon. 14 Wala gayod silay kalooy sa mga Israelinhon. Gilisod-lisod gayod nila sila pinaagi sa pagpahimo kanila ug mga tisa[c] ug pangpilit niini. Gipatrabaho pa gayod nila sila ug grabe sa uma.

15 Unya miingon ang hari sa Ehipto ngadto kanila ni Shefra ug Pua nga mga Hebreohanong mananabang, 16 “Kon magpaanak kamo sa mga babayeng Hebreohanon, patya ninyo kon ang bata lalaki apan kon babaye, pasagdi lang ninyo nga mabuhi.” 17 Apan nahadlok sa Dios ang mga mananabang, busa wala nila tumana ang giingon sa hari. Gipasagdan nila nga mabuhi ang mga batang lalaki.

18 Busa gipatawag sa hari sa Ehipto ang mga mananabang ug gipangutana, “Nganong gihimo ninyo kini? Nganong gipasagdan ninyo nga mabuhi ang mga batang lalaki?” 19 Mitubag ang mga mananabang, “Ang mga Hebreohanon nga babaye dili pareho sa mga Ehiptohanon nga babaye; dali ra silang manganak bisan dili pa makaabot ang mananabang.” 20 Busa gipanalanginan sa Dios ang mga mananabang, ug midaghan pa gayod ang mga Israelinhon. 21 Ug tungod kay mitahod sa Dios ang mga mananabang, gihatagan sila sa Dios ug ilang kaugalingong pamilya. 22 Unya nagmando ang hari sa Ehipto sa tanan niyang katawhan, “Ilabay ninyo sa Suba sa Nilo ang tanang batang lalaki sa mga Israelinhon nga bag-ong natawo, apan pasagdi lang nga mabuhi ang mga batang babaye.”

Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Jacob: sa Hebreo, Israel.
  2. 1:11 hari sa Ehipto: sa Hebreo, Faraon.
  3. 1:14 tisa: sa English, brick.

The Israelites Oppressed

These are the names of the sons of Israel(A) who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.(B) The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy[a] in all;(C) Joseph was already in Egypt.

Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,(D) but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers(E) and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.(F) “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous(G) for us.(H) 10 Come, we must deal shrewdly(I) with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”(J)

11 So they put slave masters(K) over them to oppress them with forced labor,(L) and they built Pithom and Rameses(M) as store cities(N) for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 13 and worked them ruthlessly.(O) 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor(P) in brick(Q) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.(R)

15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives,(S) whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.”(T) 17 The midwives, however, feared(U) God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do;(V) they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”(W)

20 So God was kind to the midwives(X) and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared(Y) God, he gave them families(Z) of their own.

22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile,(AA) but let every girl live.”(AB)

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:5 Masoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) seventy-five

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

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

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

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

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

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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

13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

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

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

18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

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

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

22 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.