¹وذهب رجل من بيت لاوي واخذ بنت لاوي.

¹And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi.

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

²And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and 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 no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid [it] in the sedge on the bank of the river.

⁴ووقفت اخته من بعيد لتعرف ماذا يفعل به

⁴And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen 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 went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her handmaid and fetched 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 boy 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.

⁷And his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a wet-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 damsel 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 to 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 when the child was grown, she brought him to 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, that he went out to 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 turned 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 on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling; and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why art thou smiting thy neighbour?

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 ruler and judge over us? dost thou intend to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared, and said, Surely the matter is known.

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

¹⁵And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by the well.

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

¹⁶And 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 rose 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, Why are ye 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 also drew [water] abundantly for us, and watered the flock.

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

²⁰And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread.

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

²¹And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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

²²And she bore 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 during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because 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 looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged [them].