Exodus 1

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

وَهذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ. مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ جَاءَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَبَيْتُهُ:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

رَأُوبَيْنُ وَشِمْعُونُ وَلاَوِي وَيَهُوذَا

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

وَيَسَّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ وَبَنْيَامِينُ

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

وَدَانُ وَنَفْتَالِي وَجَادُ وَأَشِيرُ.

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

وَكَانَتْ جَمِيعُ نُفُوسِ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ سَبْعِينَ نَفْسًا. وَلكِنْ يُوسُفُ كَانَ فِي مِصْرَ.

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

وَمَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَكُلُّ إِخْوَتِهِ وَجَمِيعُ ذلِكَ الْجِيلِ.

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

وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَثْمَرُوا وَتَوَالَدُوا وَنَمَوْا وَكَثُرُوا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، وَامْتَلأَتِ الأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ.

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

ثُمَّ قَامَ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٌ عَلَى مِصْرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ يُوسُفَ.

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

فَقَالَ لِشَعْبِهِ: «هُوَذَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبٌ أَكْثَرُ وَأَعْظَمُ مِنَّا.

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.

هَلُمَّ نَحْتَالُ لَهُمْ لِئَلاَّ يَنْمُوا، فَيَكُونَ إِذَا حَدَثَتْ حَرْبٌ أَنَّهُمْ يَنْضَمُّونَ إِلَى أَعْدَائِنَا وَيُحَارِبُونَنَا وَيَصْعَدُونَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ».

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

فَجَعَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ رُؤَسَاءَ تَسْخِيرٍ لِكَيْ يُذِلُّوهُمْ بِأَثْقَالِهِمْ، فَبَنَوْا لِفِرْعَوْنَ مَدِينَتَيْ مَخَازِنَ: فِيثُومَ، وَرَعَمْسِيسَ.

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

وَلكِنْ بِحَسْبِمَا أَذَلُّوهُمْ هكَذَا نَمَوْا وَامْتَدُّوا. فَاخْتَشَوْا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

فَاسْتَعْبَدَ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِعُنْفٍ،

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.

وَمَرَّرُوا حَيَاتَهُمْ بِعُبُودِيَّةٍ قَاسِيَةٍ فِي الطِّينِ وَاللِّبْنِ وَفِي كُلِّ عَمَل فِي الْحَقْلِ. كُلِّ عَمَلِهِمِ الَّذِي عَمِلُوهُ بِوَاسِطَتِهِمْ عُنْفًا.

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:

وَكَلَّمَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ قَابِلَتَيِ الْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ اللَّتَيْنِ اسْمُ إِحْدَاهُمَا شِفْرَةُ وَاسْمُ الأُخْرَى فُوعَةُ،

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.

وَقَالَ: «حِينَمَا تُوَلِّدَانِ الْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ وَتَنْظُرَانِهِنَّ عَلَى الْكَرَاسِيِّ، إِنْ كَانَ ابْنًا فَاقْتُلاَهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ بِنْتًا فَتَحْيَا».

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

وَلكِنَّ الْقَابِلَتَيْنِ خَافَتَا اللهَ وَلَمْ تَفْعَلاَ كَمَا كَلَّمَهُمَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ، بَلِ اسْتَحْيَتَا الأَوْلاَدَ.

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?

فَدَعَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ الْقَابِلَتَيْنِ وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «لِمَاذَا فَعَلْتُمَا هذَا الأَمْرَ وَاسْتَحْيَيْتُمَا الأَوْلاَدَ؟»

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.

فَقَالَتِ الْقَابِلَتَانِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنَّ النِّسَاءَ الْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ لَسْنَ كَالْمِصْرِيَّاتِ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ قَوِيَّاتٌ يَلِدْنَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُنَّ الْقَابِلَةُ».

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

فَأَحْسَنَ اللهُ إِلَى الْقَابِلَتَيْنِ، وَنَمَا الشَّعْبُ وَكَثُرَ جِدًّا.

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

وَكَانَ إِذْ خَافَتِ الْقَابِلَتَانِ اللهَ أَنَّهُ صَنَعَ لَهُمَا بُيُوتًا.

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.

ثُمَّ أَمَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ جَمِيعَ شَعْبِهِ قَائِلاً: «كُلُّ ابْنٍ يُولَدُ تَطْرَحُونَهُ فِي النَّهْرِ، لكِنَّ كُلَّ بِنْتٍ تَسْتَحْيُونَهَا».