¹And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

¹Jun li cuînk xcomoneb li ri xmam laj Leví quixsicß rixakil. Xcomoneb ajcuiß li ralal xcßajol laj Leví li ixk li quixsicß.

²And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

²Li rixakil quicana chi yaj aj ixk. Quicuan jun xcßulaßal têlom. Quiril nak cßajoß xchakßal ru li cßulaßal ut quixmuk oxib po.

³And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

³Nak incßaß chic quiru xmukbal li cßulaßal, li naßbej quixyîb jun li chacach riqßuin li bayal. Quixtzßap ru li chacach riqßuin jun li ban asfalto xcßabaß joß ajcuiß lix kßol li cheß brea re nak incßaß tâoc li haß chi saß. Quixqßue li cßulaßal saß li chacach. Tojoßnak coxcanab chak saß nimaß bar cuiß cuan li caxlan aj.

⁴And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

⁴Li ranab li cßulaßal najt caßchßin quixqßue rib riqßuin li cßulaßal ut yô chixcßacßalenquil re nak mâcßaß tixcßul.

⁵And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

⁵Lix rabin laj faraón quicuulac chi atînc saß nimaß rochbeneb lix môs ixk. Nak yôqueb chi bêc chire li nimaß, lix rabin laj faraón quiril li chacach saß xyânk li caxlan aj ut quixtakla jun lix môs ixk chixxocbal.

⁶And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

⁶Lix rabin laj faraón quixte li chacach ut quiril li cßulaßal. Quiril xtokßobâl ru nak yô chi yâbac ut quixye: —Li chßina têlom aßin xcomoneb tana laj hebreo, chan.

⁷Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

⁷Li ranab li cßulaßal quijiloc chi xcßatk lix rabin laj faraón ut quixye re: —¿Ma tâcuaj tinsicß chak junak ixk aj hebreo re tixqßuiresi li cßulaßal aßin chokß âcue? chan.

⁸And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

⁸Lix rabin laj faraón quixye re: —Ayu. Sicß chak.— Ut li xkaßal cô xbokbal lix naß.

⁹And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it.

⁹Nak quicuulac li ixk, lix rabin laj faraón quixye re: —Cßam ut tâqßuiresi li cßulaßal aßin chokß cue. Lâin tatintoj, chan. Ut li naßbej quixcßam li cßulaßal ut quixqßuiresi.

¹⁰And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

¹⁰Nak ac nim chic, quixcßam li chßina al riqßuin lix rabin laj faraón ut aran quicana joß tzßakal re. Lix rabin laj faraón quixye: —Li chßina al aßin aj Moisés xcßabaß xban nak lâin xcuisi saß li haß, chan. (Saß râtinobâleb laj hebreo li cßabaßej Moisés naraj naxye “isinbil saß li haß”.)

¹¹And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

¹¹Laj Moisés quicuînkiloß. Saß jun li cutan cô chirilbaleb li ras rîtzßin ut quiril nak ra yôqueb chixcßulbal. Quiril jun li cuînk aj Egipto yô chixsacßbal jun aj hebreo rech tenamitil laj Moisés.

¹²And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

¹²Laj Moisés qui-iloc chirix ut chi caß pacßalil. Quiril nak mâ jun chic cuan aran ut quixcamsi laj Egipto. Aran quixmuk saß li samaib.

¹³And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

¹³Joß cuulajak chic laj Moisés qui-el cuißchic chi bêc ut quiril cuib aj hebreo yôqueb chi pletic. Quixye re li jun li quipaltoß: —¿Cßaßut nak yôcat chixsacßbal lâ cuech cristianil?—

¹⁴And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

¹⁴Ut aßan quichakßoc ut quixye re: —Ut lâat, ¿ani xqßuehoc âcue chi taklânc saß kabên? ¿Ma tinâcamsi lâin joß nak xacamsi laj Egipto? chan. Tojoßnak laj Moisés quixucuac ut quixye saß xchßôl: —Xnauman peß li cßaßru xinbânu.—

¹⁵Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

¹⁵Quicuulac resil aßin riqßuin laj faraón ut quixcamsi raj laj Moisés. Ut laj Moisés quiêlelic saß junpât chiru laj faraón. Cô saß li tenamit Madián xcßabaß.

¹⁶Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

¹⁶Ut aran coxtau jun li becbil haß ut coxchunlâk aran. Laj tij saß li tenamit Madián cuukub lix rabin cuan. Eb aßan queßcuulac chirisinquil li haß re nak teßxbutß xnaßajeb rucßa lix quetômk lix yucuaß.

¹⁷And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

¹⁷Nak queßcuulac jalan chic laj ilol xul, queßrâlinaheb li xkaßal chire li haß. Laj Moisés quicuacli chixtenkßanquileb li xkaßal chixqßuebal rucßaheb li quetômk.

¹⁸And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

¹⁸Eb li xkaßal queßsukßi saß rochocheb. Lix yucuaß aj Reuel xcßabaß. Aßan quixpatzß reheb: —¿Cßaßut nak saß junpât xexsukßi chak anakcuan?— chan.

¹⁹And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

¹⁹Eb aßan queßchakßoc ut queßxye re: —Jun li cuînk aj Egipto xoxcol chiruheb laj ilol xul. Aßan ajcuiß x-isin re li haß ut xqßue rucßaheb li kaquetômk, chanqueb.

²⁰And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

²⁰Laj Reuel quixye reheb lix rabin: —¿Bar cuan li cuînk aßan? ¿Cßaßut nak xecanab chak aran? Ayukex, bokomak chak re nak tâcuaßak kiqßuin, chan.

²¹And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

²¹Laj Moisés quicuulac ut aran quicana saß rochoch laj Reuel. Laj Reuel quixsumub lix Séfora lix rabin riqßuin laj Moisés.

²²And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

²²Laj Moisés quicuan jun li ralal riqßuin lix Séfora. Quixye: —Lâin jalan intenamit. Mâcuaßin aj arin. Joßcan nak tinqßue aj Gersón chokß xcßabaß.—

²³And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

²³Ac xnumeß chic nabal cutan nak quicam lix reyeb laj Egipto. Eb laj Israel japjôqueb re xban li raylal yôqueb chixcßulbal joß rahobtesinbil môs. Li Dios quirabi nak yôqueb chi kßokônc.

²⁴And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

²⁴Nak li Dios quirabi nak yôqueb chi kßokônc, quijulticoß re li usilal li quixyechißi chak reheb laj Abraham, laj Isaac ut laj Jacob junxil.Li Dios quixqßue retal li raylal li yôqueb chixcßulbal eb laj Israel ut quiril xtokßobâl ruheb.

²⁵And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

²⁵Li Dios quixqßue retal li raylal li yôqueb chixcßulbal eb laj Israel ut quiril xtokßobâl ruheb.