Exodus 1 – NIV & NEN

New International Version

Exodus 1:1-22

The Israelites Oppressed

1These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 3Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. 5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy1:5 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 in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.

6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 7but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

8Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. 9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. 10Come, we must deal shrewdly 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.”

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

15The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, 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.” 17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. 18Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

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

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

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

Kiswahili Contemporary Version

Kutoka 1:1-22

Waisraeli Waonewa

11:1 Mwa 46:8Haya ndiyo majina ya wana wa Israeli ambao walikwenda Misri na Yakobo, kila mmoja akiwa pamoja na jamaa yake: 2Reubeni, Simeoni, Lawi na Yuda; 3Isakari, Zabuloni na Benyamini; 41:4 Mwa 35:22-26; Hes 1:20-43Dani na Naftali, Gadi na Asheri. 51:5 Mwa 46:26Wazao wote wa Yakobo walikuwa watu sabini; Yosefu alikuwa tayari yuko Misri.

61:6 Mwa 50:26; Mdo 7:15Basi Yosefu na kaka zake wote na kizazi kile chote walikufa, 71:7 Mwa 12:2; Kum 7:13; Eze 16:7lakini Waisraeli walikuwa wamezaana na kuongezeka sana, idadi yao ikawa kubwa mno, kwa hiyo wakaijaza nchi.

81:8 Yer 43:11; 46:2Kisha mfalme mpya ambaye hakufahamu habari za Yosefu akatawala Misri. 91:9 Mwa 26:16Akawaambia watu wake, “Tazameni, Waisraeli wamekuwa wengi mno kwa idadi kutuliko sisi. 101:10 Mwa 15:13; Kut 3:7; 18:11; Za 64:2; 71:10; 83:3; 105:24-25; Isa 53:3; Mdo 7:17-19Njooni, ni lazima tuwashughulikie kwa uangalifu, la sivyo watazidi kuwa wengi zaidi, na ikiwa patatokea vita, watajiunga na adui zetu kupigana dhidi yetu na kuondoka katika nchi hii.”

111:11 Kut 3:7; 5:4, 10-14; 6:6-7; 2:11; Mwa 15:13; 47:11; Yos 9:27; Isa 60:10; 1Fal 9:19, 21; 1Nya 22:2; 2Nya 8:4Basi Wamisri wakaweka wasimamizi wa kuwasimamia na kuwatesa Waisraeli kwa kazi ngumu, nao wakajenga miji ya Pithomu na Ramesesi ya kuweka akiba ya Farao. 12Lakini walivyozidi kuteswa ndivyo walivyozidi kuongezeka na kuenea katika nchi; Wamisri wakawaogopa Waisraeli, 131:13 Mwa 15:13-14; Kut 5:21; 16:3; Law 25:43-53; Kum 4:20; 26:6; 1Fal 8:15; Za 129:1; Isa 30:6; 48:10; Yer 11:4kwa hiyo wakawatumikisha kwa ukatili. 141:14 Kum 26:6; Ezr 9:9; Isa 14:3; Mwa 11:3; Kut 2:23; 3:9; Hes 20:15; Mdo 7:19; 1Sam 10:11; 2Sam 13:4Wakafanya maisha ya Waisraeli kuwa machungu kwa kufanya kazi ngumu ya kutengeneza lami na kufyatua matofali, na kazi zote za mashambani; katika kazi zao zote ngumu, Wamisri waliwatumia Waisraeli kwa ukatili.

151:15 Mwa 35:17Mfalme wa Misri akawaambia wakunga wa Kimisri waliowazalisha wanawake wa Kiebrania, ambao majina yao ni Shifra na Pua, 16“Mtakapowazalisha wanawake wa Kiebrania, chunguzeni wanapojifungua. Ikiwa ni mtoto wa kiume, muueni, lakini ikiwa ni msichana, mwacheni aishi.” 171:17 Mit 16:6; 1Sam 22:17; Dan 3:16-18; Mdo 4:18-20; 5:29Lakini hao wakunga walimcha Mungu na hawakufanya kile mfalme wa Misri alichowaambia kufanya, bali wakawaacha watoto wa kiume waishi. 18Ndipo mfalme wa Misri akawaita hao wakunga, akawauliza, “Kwa nini mmefanya hivi? Mbona mmeacha watoto wa kiume waishi?”

191:19 Law 19:11; Yos 2:4-6; 1Sam 19:14; 2Sam 17:20Wakunga wakamjibu Farao, “Wanawake wa Kiebrania ni tofauti na wanawake wa Kimisri; wao wana nguvu, nao hujifungua watoto kabla wakunga hawajafika.”

201:20 Mit 11:18; 22:8; Mhu 8:12; Isa 3:10; Ebr 6:10Kwa hiyo Mungu akawatendea mema wakunga hao. Waisraeli wakaongezeka na kuendelea kuwa wengi zaidi. 211:21 1Sam 2:35; 2Sam 7:11, 27-29; 1Fal 11:38; 14:10Kwa vile hao wakunga walimcha Mungu, Mungu akawajalia kuwa na jamaa zao wenyewe.

221:22 Mwa 41:1; Mdo 7:19Kisha Farao akatoa agizo hili kwa watu wake wote: “Kila mtoto wa kiume atakayezaliwa kwa Waebrania lazima atupwe katika Mto Naili, bali kila mtoto wa kike aachwe aishi.”