¹Üks mees, Leevi soost, läks ja võttis ühe Leevi tütre.

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

²Ja naine jäi lapseootele ning tõi poja ilmale; ta nägi, et see oli ilus, ja ta peitis teda kolm kuud.

²And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.

³Aga kui ta enam ei saanud teda peita, siis ta võttis tema jaoks pilliroost laeka, pigitas selle maapigi ja vaiguga, pani sellesse lapse ja asetas jõe äärde kõrkjaisse.

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.

⁴Ta õde võttis eemal aset, et teada saada, mis temaga juhtub.

⁴And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him.

⁵Siis tuli vaarao tütar alla jõe äärde ennast pesema; ta toaneitsid aga kõndisid jõe kaldal. Kui ta nägi laegast kõrkjate sees, siis ta läkitas oma teenija ja laskis selle ära tuua.

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.

⁶Kui ta selle avas ja nägi last, vaata, siis üks poeglaps nuttis. Aga ta halastas tema peale ning ütles: 'See on üks heebrealaste poeglaps.'

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.

⁷Selle õde ütles siis vaarao tütrele: 'Kas pean minema ja kutsuma sulle heebrea naiste hulgast imetaja, et ta sulle last imetaks?'

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?

⁸Ja vaarao tütar vastas temale: 'Mine!' Ja tüdruk läks ning kutsus lapse ema.

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

⁹Ja vaarao tütar ütles sellele: 'Vii see laps ja imeta teda minu jaoks, ja ma annan sulle tasu!' Ja naine võttis lapse ning imetas teda.

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.

¹⁰Kui laps oli kasvanud, siis ta tõi selle vaarao tütrele ja see võttis tema enesele pojaks; ta pani temale nimeks Mooses ja ütles: 'Sest ma olen ta veest välja tõmmanud!'

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.

¹¹Ja see sündis neil päevil, kui Mooses oli suureks kasvanud, et ta läks välja oma suguvendade juurde ja nägi nende teoorjust; ja ta nägi ühte egiptuse meest peksvat heebrea meest tema suguvendade hulgast.

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.

¹²Ja kui ta vaatas sinna ja tänna ja nägi, et seal kedagi ei olnud, siis ta lõi egiptlase maha ja mattis liivasse.

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.

¹³Kui ta teisel päeval läks välja, vaata, siis taplesid kaks heebrea meest, ja ta ütles õelale: 'Miks sa peksad oma ligimest?'

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?

¹⁴Aga see vastas: 'Kes on pannud sind meile ülemaks ja kohtumõistjaks? Kas mõtled tappa ka mind, nagu sa tapsid egiptlase?' Siis Mooses kartis ja mõtles: 'Asi on tõesti ilmsiks tulnud!'

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.

¹⁵Ka vaarao kuulis sellest loost ja ta püüdis Moosest tappa. Aga Mooses põgenes vaarao eest ja asus Midjanimaale. Kord istus ta seal ühe kaevu ääres.

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.

¹⁶Midjani preestril oli seitse tütart; need tulid ja ammutasid vett ning täitsid künad, et joota oma isa lambaid ja kitsi.

¹⁶And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

¹⁷Aga karjased tulid ja tõrjusid nad eemale; siis Mooses tõusis ja aitas neid ning jootis nende loomi.

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

¹⁸Kui nad tulid oma isa Reueli juurde, küsis see: 'Kuidas te täna jõudsite nii kiiresti?'

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

¹⁹Nad vastasid: 'Keegi egiptuse mees päästis meid karjaste käest; ta ammutas meile ka vett ning jootis lambaid ja kitsi.'

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.

²⁰Siis ta ütles oma tütardele: 'Kus ta on? Miks jätsite mehe sinna? Kutsuge ta leiba võtma!'

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.

²¹Ja Mooses otsustas jääda selle mehe juurde; see andis oma tütre Sippora Moosesele.

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

²²Temale sündis poeg ja ta pani sellele nimeks Geersom, sest ta ütles: 'Ma olen võõras võõral maal.'

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

²³Alles hulga aja pärast juhtus, et Egiptuse kuningas suri. Ent Iisraeli lapsed ohkasid ja kaebasid orjuse pärast; ja nende hädakisa orjuse pärast tõusis Jumalani.

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;

²⁴Ja Jumal kuulis nende ägamist, ja Jumal mõtles oma lepingule Aabrahami, Iisaki ja Jaakobiga.

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

²⁵Jumal vaatas Iisraeli laste peale ja Jumal mõistis neid.

²⁵and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged [them].