Jacob Im Pikin Dem for Egypt
Israel long stay for Egypt turn to slavery. We Papa raise Moses, break Pharaoh with ten plagues, open the sea, and lead the people reach Mount Sinai—where He tie Himself to them for covenant and come live for their midst.
1 1Na dis na di names of Israel im pikin dem wey come Egypt with Jacob, each one with im family: 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5All di people wey comot from Jacob body na seventy people; Joseph don already dey Egypt. 6Den Joseph die, and all im brodas, and all dat generation. 7But Israel im people born plenty, dem full ground like insect, dem multiply, and dem grow strong well well, till di land full with dem.
8Now new king come rule for Egypt, wey no know Joseph. 9E tell im people say, “Look, di Israel people don plenty and get power pass us. 10Make we come, make we use sense handle dem, if not dem go multiply, and if war come, dem go join our enemy, fight us, and comot from di land.” 11So dem put oga-taskmasters ontop dem to press dem down with forced work, dey build Pharaoh im store cities: Pithom and Rameses. 12But as di Egypt people dey press dem down, na so di Israel people dey multiply and dey spread more, till di Egypt people begin fear Israel im people. 13So di Egypt people make di people of Israel work like slave without mercy. 14Dem make dia life bitter with hard work for mud and brick and all kind work for farm. For all dia hard work di Egypt people dey drive dem without mercy.
15Den di king of Egypt tell di Hebrew women wey dey help pikin come born—one dem dey call Shiphrah and di oda one Puah— 16“As una dey help di Hebrew women born pikin, watch for di birth-stool: if na boy, kill am; but if na girl, make she live.” 17But di women wey dey help born fear our Papa wey dey for heaven, and dem no do wetin di king of Egypt command dem; dem let di boys live. 18So di king of Egypt call di women wey dey help born come, and e tell dem, “Why una do dis kind ting, dey let di boys live?”
19Di women wey dey help born tell Pharaoh, “Hebrew women no be like Egypt women—dem get power, dem dey born before di helper reach.”
20So our Papa do good to di women wey dey help born, and di people multiply and grow strong well well. 21And because di women wey dey help born fear our Papa, e give dem dia own family. 22Den Pharaoh command all im people say, “Every boy wey di Hebrew people born, throway am inside River Nile, but make every girl live.”
