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

¹Odide pa mož iz hiše Levijeve in si vzame hčer Levijevo.

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

²In žena spočne ter rodi sina, in ko vidi, da je lep, ga skriva tri mesece.

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.

³In ko ga ni mogla dalje skrivati, vzame zanj pletenico iz papirovega trstja in jo zamaže z ilovico in s smolo, potem položi dečka vanjo in jo dene v ločje na Nilovem bregu.

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

⁴Njegova sestra pa se postavi oddaleč, da bi videla, kaj se bo ž njim zgodilo.

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.

⁵In pride doli hči Faraonova kopat se v reki; in njene dekle se izprehajajo poleg reke. In zagleda pletenico sredi ločja in pošlje svojo deklo, da jo prinese.

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.

⁶Ko jo pa odpre, vidi dete, in glej, deček joče. In stori se ji milo in reče: Izmed otrok Hebrejcev je ta.

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?

⁷In sestra njegova reče hčeri Faraonovi: Ali naj grem in ti pokličem ženo dojnico izmed Hebrejk, da ti odgoji to dete?

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

⁸In hči Faraonova ji veli: Pojdi! In deklica gre in pokliče otrokovo mater.

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.

⁹In hči Faraonova ji veli: Vzemi tega otročička in odgoji mi ga, in dam ti plačilo tvoje. In žena vzame otroka, in ga je vzgajala.

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.

¹⁰In ko je deček odrastel, ga je privedla k hčeri Faraonovi. In bil ji je za sina in imenovala je ime njegovo Mojzes, rekoč: Ker sem ga potegnila iz vode.

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.

¹¹In zgodi se v tistih dnevih, da pride Mojzes, ko je bil že velik, k bratom svojim in gleda njih težaško delo; in vidi moža Egipčana, da tepe moža Hebrejca, izmed bratov njegovih.

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.

¹²In ozre se sem in tja, in ko vidi, da ni nikogar blizu, ubije Egipčana in ga zagrebe v pesek.

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?

¹³In izide zopet drugi dan, in glej, dva moža, Hebrejca, se prepirata. In reče tistemu, ki je delal krivico: Zakaj tepeš bližnjega svojega?

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.

¹⁴Ta pa reče: Kdo te je postavil za kneza in sodnika nam? Misliš li me umoriti, kakor si umoril Egipčana? Tedaj se Mojzes prestraši in reče: Gotovo se je zvedela ta stvar!

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.

¹⁵In Faraon, ko je začul o tem dogodku, je nameraval Mojzesa umoriti. A Mojzes pobegne izpred obličja Faraonovega, in je prebival v deželi Madianski; in usede se pri nekem studencu.

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

¹⁶Duhovnik madianski pa je imel sedmero hčera, ki so prišle zajemat vodo; in napolnile so korita, da bi napojile čredo očeta svojega.

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

¹⁷A pridejo pastirji in jih odženo. Mojzes pa vstane in jim pomaga in napoji njih čredo.

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

¹⁸In ko pridejo k Reguelu, očetu svojemu, jim reče: Zakaj ste se danes vrnile tako hitro?

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.

¹⁹In odgovore: Mož Egipčan nas je rešil iz rok pastirjev in tudi nam zajel vode in napojil je čredo.

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.

²⁰On pa reče hčeram svojim: In kje je on? zakaj ste popustile tistega moža? Pokličite ga, da jé z nami kruh!

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

²¹In Mojzes privoli, da ostane pri tem možu; ta pa da Mojzesu Ziforo, hčer svojo.

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

²²In ko porodi sina, imenuje on ime njegovo Gersom, kajti reče: Priseljenec sem v tuji zemlji.

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.

²³In zgodi se v mnogih tistih dnevih, da umrje egiptovski kralj. In sinovi Izraelovi so zdihovali zaradi tlake in vpili so, in njih vpitje od tlačanstva je prišlo k Bogu.

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

²⁴In uslišal je Bog njih stokanje, in spomnil se je Bog svoje zaveze z Abrahamom, z Izakom in z Jakobom.In Bog je pogledal na sinove Izraelove, in spoznal jih je Bog.

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

²⁵In Bog je pogledal na sinove Izraelove, in spoznal jih je Bog.