Exodus 1

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Hæc sunt nomina filiorum Israël qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum cum Jacob : singuli cum domibus suis introierunt :	1 These are the names of the sons of Israel, who went into Egypt with Jacob. They entered, each one with his house:
2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,	2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3 Issachar, Zabulon et Benjamin,	3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan et Nephthali, Gad et Aser.	4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 Erant igitur omnes animæ eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Jacob, septuaginta : Joseph autem in Ægypto erat.	5 Therefore, all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob’s thigh were seventy. Now Joseph was in Egypt.
6 Quo mortuo, et universis fratribus ejus, omnique cognatione illa,	6 When he had died, along with all of his brothers and all of that generation,
7 filii Israël creverunt, et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt : ac roborati nimis, impleverunt terram.	7 the sons of Israel increased, and they multiplied like seedlings. And having been strengthened exceedingly, they filled the land.
8 Surrexit interea rex novus super Ægyptum, qui ignorabat Joseph.	8 Meanwhile, there arose a new king over Egypt, who was ignorant of Joseph.
9 Et ait ad populum suum : Ecce, populus filiorum Israël multus, et fortior nobis est.	9 And he said to his people: “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are many, and they are stronger than we are.
10 Venite, sapienter opprimamus eum, ne forte multiplicetur : et si ingruerit contra nos bellum, addatur inimicis nostris, expugnatisque nobis egrediatur de terra.	10 Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply; and if any war should advance against us, they may be added to our enemies, and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”
11 Præposuit itaque eis magistros operum, ut affligerent eos oneribus : ædificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni, Phithom et Ramesses.	11 And so he set over them masters of the works, in order to afflict them with burdens. And they built for Pharaoh the cities of the tabernacles: Pithom and Raamses.
12 Quantoque opprimebant eos, tanto magis multiplicabantur, et crescebant :	12 And the more they oppressed them, so much more did they multiply and increase.
13 oderantque filios Israël Ægyptii, et affligebant illudentes eis,	13 And the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel, and they afflicted them and mocked them.
14 atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris luti et lateris, omnique famulatu, quo in terræ operibus premebantur.	14 And they led their life directly into bitterness, with hard work in clay and brick, and with all kinds of servitude, so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.
15 Dixit autem rex Ægypti obstetricibus Hebræorum, quarum una vocabatur Sephora, altera Phua,	15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews, (one of whom one was called Shiphrah, another Puah)
16 præcipiens eis : Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas, et partus tempus advenerit : si masculus fuerit, interficite eum : si femina, reservate.	16 instructing them: “When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery has arrived: if it is male, put it to death; if it is female, retain it.”
17 Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum, et non fecerunt juxta præceptum regis Ægypti, sed conservabant mares.	17 But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.
18 Quibus ad se accersitis, rex ait : Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis, ut pueros servaretis ?	18 And summoning them, the king said, “What did you intend to do, so that you would save the boys?”
19 Quæ responderunt : Non sunt Hebreæ sicut ægyptiæ mulieres : ipsæ enim obstetricandi habent scientiam, et priusquam veniamus ad eas, pariunt.	19 They responded: “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them.”
20 Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus : et crevit populus, confortatusque est nimis.	20 Therefore, God acted favorably toward the midwives. And the people increased, and they were strengthened exceedingly.
21 Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum, ædificavit eis domos.	21 And because the midwives feared God, he built houses for them.
22 Præcepit ergo Pharao omni populo suo, dicens : Quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, in flumen projicite : quidquid feminini, reservate.	22 Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people, saying: “Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river; whatever will be born of the female sex, retain it.”