¹وذهب رجل من بيت لاوي واخذ بنت لاوي.

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

²فحبلت المرأة وولدت ابنا. ولما رأته انه حسن خبأته ثلاثة اشهر.

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

³ولما لم يمكنها ان تخبئه بعد اخذت له سفطا من البردي وطلته بالحمر والزفت ووضعت الولد فيه ووضعته بين الحلفاء على حافة النهر.

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 she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

⁴ووقفت اخته من بعيد لتعرف ماذا يفعل به

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

⁵فنزلت ابنة فرعون الى النهر لتغتسل وكانت جواريها ماشيات على جانب النهر. فرأت السفط بين الحلفاء فارسلت أمتها واخذته.

⁵And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.

⁶ولما فتحته رأت الولد واذا هو صبي يبكي. فرقّت له وقالت هذا من اولاد العبرانيين.

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

⁷فقالت اخته لابنة فرعون هل اذهب وادعو لك امرأة مرضعة من العبرانيات لترضع لك الولد.

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

⁸فقالت لها ابنة فرعون اذهبي. فذهبت الفتاة ودعت ام الولد.

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

⁹فقالت لها ابنة فرعون اذهبي بهذا الولد وارضعيه لي وانا اعطي اجرتك. فاخذت المرأة الولد وارضعته.

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 woman took the child, and nursed it.

¹⁰ولما كبر الولد جاءت به الى ابنة فرعون فصار لها ابنا. ودعت اسمه موسى وقالت اني انتشلته من الماء

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

¹¹وحدث في تلك الايام لما كبر موسى انه خرج الى اخوته لينظر في اثقالهم. فرأى رجلا مصريا يضرب رجلا عبرانيا من اخوته.

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

¹²فالتفت الى هنا وهناك ورأى ان ليس احد فقتل المصري وطمره في الرمل.

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

¹³ثم خرج في اليوم الثاني واذا رجلان عبرانيان يتخاصمان. فقال للمذنب لماذا تضرب صاحبك.

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

¹⁴فقال من جعلك رئيسا وقاضيا علينا. أمفتكر انت بقتلي كما قتلت المصري. فخاف موسى وقال حقا قد عرف الامر.

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

¹⁵فسمع فرعون هذا الامر فطلب ان يقتل موسى. فهرب موسى من وجه فرعون وسكن في ارض مديان وجلس عند البئر

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.

¹⁶وكان لكاهن مديان سبع بنات. فاتين واستقين وملأن الاجران ليسقين غنم ابيهنّ.

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

¹⁷فاتى الرعاة وطردوهنّ فنهض موسى وانجدهنّ وسقى غنمهنّ.

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

¹⁸فلما اتين الى رعوئيل ابيهنّ قال ما بالكنّ اسرعتنّ في المجيء اليوم.

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

¹⁹فقلن رجل مصري انقذنا من ايدي الرعاة وانه استقى لنا ايضا وسقى الغنم.

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

²⁰فقال لبناته واين هو. لماذا تركتنّ الرجل. ادعونه لياكل طعاما.

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.

²¹فارتضى موسى ان يسكن مع الرجل. فاعطى موسى صفورة ابنته.

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

²²فولدت ابنا فدعا اسمه جرشوم. لانه قال كنت نزيلا في ارض غريبة

²²And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

²³وحدث في تلك الايام الكثيرة ان ملك مصر مات. وتنهّد بنو اسرائيل من العبودية وصرخوا. فصعد صراخهم الى الله من اجل العبودية.

²³And it came to pass in the course of those many days, 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.

²⁴فسمع الله انينهم فتذّكر الله ميثاقه مع ابراهيم واسحق ويعقوب.

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

²⁵ونظر الله بني اسرائيل وعلم الله

²⁵And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge [of them].