So in Exodus 4:22, Yahweh tells Moses to say to Pharaoh "Thus says the Lord, 'Israel is my firstborn son.

所以在《出埃及记》第四章第22节中，耶和华让摩西告诉法老,“犹太人是我的长子“

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In the case of the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Pharaoh was himself a god, and insisted on being worshipped in that way.

以埃及法老为例,法老自己就是神明,并且要向神明那般膜拜

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Come, therefore, I will send you to Pharaoh, ] and you shall free my people, the Israelites, from Egypt."

故此，我要打发你去见法老，使你可以将我的百姓以色列人从埃及领出来“

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So following the theophany at the burning bush, Moses returns to Egypt, and he initiates what will become ultimately a battle of wills between Pharaoh and God.

神在燃烧着的灌木上出现，摩西回到埃及,开始了最终成为上帝与法老之间的较量。

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They were written by people in Canaan to the Pharaoh in Egypt remember the Pharaoh still has control over Canaan at this time.

由迦南人写给埃及法老的,记住当时法老仍然控制着迦南地区。

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So some scholars have speculated that that's the historic reality behind the statement in Exodus 1:18, that a new pharaoh, who knew nothing of Joseph and what he had done for Egypt, began to oppress the Hebrews.

因此一些学者猜测,那是《出埃及记》第1章18节背后的历史事实，一个新的法老，对约瑟夫和他为埃及所做的事情一无所知，开始压迫希伯来人。

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But at the last moment, His brother Judah convinces the brothers that, if instead of killing him, they sell him, they can profit a little for their troubles. So Joseph is sold ultimately ends up in the household of Pharaoh in Egypt, and his adventures there prove his meritorious character.

但是在最后一刻，他的哥哥犹太说服了其余的兄弟们，不要杀他，如果卖了他，他们还能从中获利，于是约瑟夫就被卖了,他最后生活在埃及一个法老的家里，他在那儿的冒险也证明了他值得称道的品格。

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Israel's descent to Egypt sets the stage for the rise of a pharaoh who, the text says, didn't know Joseph and all that he had done for Egypt.

以色列人下埃及也为一个法老的得势打下基础，文中说法老不认识约瑟夫，也不知他为埃及做的一切。

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It is a trading post and it's there by permission of and under the protection of the King of Egypt, and that's because he wants--it's handy for him to have a merchant settlement of Greeks for him to do business with.

这里是个通商驿站,而且获得了,埃及法老的许可和庇护,因为他认为,与希腊商人通商交易,为他提供了一些便利

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Yahweh is doing battle here with a human foe, the Egyptian pharaoh and his army.

耶和华在这里是与人类的敌人战斗，即埃及法老和他的敌人。

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So Collins suggests that the poem in Exodus 15 is celebrating and preserving a historical memory of an escape from or a defeat of Pharaoh and that the drowning image is used metaphorically as it is elsewhere in Hebrew poetry to describe the Egyptians' humiliation and defeat.

所以Collins，指出在《出埃及记》15中的诗中,是对逃脱或者打败法老统治的这一历史性时刻的庆祝,溺水这一画面被赋予象征意义，就像犹太诗中,经常出现描写埃及人被打败被侮辱的场景一样。

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