¹Foi-se um homem da casa de Levi e casou com uma filha de Levi.

¹A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.

²A mulher concebeu e deu � luz um filho; e, vendo que ele era formoso, escondeu-o três meses.

²The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

³Não podendo, porém, escondê-lo por mais tempo, tomou para ele uma arca de juncos, e a revestiu de betume e pez; e, pondo nela o menino, colocou-a entre os juncos a margem do rio.

³When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.

⁴E sua irmã postou-se de longe, para saber o que lhe aconteceria.

⁴His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.

⁵A filha de Faraó desceu para banhar-se no rio, e as suas criadas passeavam � beira do rio. Vendo ela a arca no meio os juncos, mandou a sua criada buscá-la.

⁵Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.

⁶E abrindo-a, viu a criança, e eis que o menino chorava; então ela teve compaixão dele, e disse: Este é um dos filhos dos hebreus.

⁶She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

⁷Então a irmã do menino perguntou � filha de Faraó: Queres que eu te vá chamar uma ama dentre as hebréias, para que crie este menino para ti?

⁷Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”

⁸Respondeu-lhe a filha de Faraó: Vai. Foi, pois, a moça e chamou a mãe do menino.

⁸Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The maiden went and called the child’s mother.

⁹Disse-lhe a filha de Faraó: Leva este menino, e cria-mo; eu te darei o teu salário. E a mulher tomou o menino e o criou.

⁹Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it.

¹⁰Quando, pois, o menino era já grande, ela o trouxe � filha de Faraó, a qual o adotou; e lhe chamou Moisés, dizendo: Porque das águas o tirei.

¹⁰The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Moses” sounds like the Hebrew for “draw out”. and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

¹¹Ora, aconteceu naqueles dias que, sendo Moisés já homem, saiu a ter com seus irmãos e atentou para as suas cargas; e viu um egípcio que feria a um hebreu dentre, seus irmãos.

¹¹It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

¹²Olhou para um lado e para outro, e vendo que não havia ninguém ali, matou o egipcio e escondeu-o na areia.

¹²He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

¹³Tornou a sair no dia seguinte, e eis que dois hebreus contendiam; e perguntou ao que fazia a injustiça: Por que feres a teu próximo?

¹³He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”

¹⁴Respondeu ele: Quem te constituiu a ti príncipe e juiz sobre nós? Pensas tu matar-me, como mataste o egípcio? Temeu, pois, Moisés e disse: Certamente o negócio já foi descoberto.

¹⁴He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”

¹⁵E quando Faraó soube disso, procurou matar a Moisés. Este, porém, fugiu da presença de Faraó, e foi habitar na terra de Midiã; e sentou-se junto a um poço.

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

¹⁶O sacerdote de Midiã tinha sete filhas, as quais vieram tirar água, e encheram os tanques para dar de beber ao rebanho de seu pai.

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

¹⁷Então vieram os pastores, e as expulsaram dali; Moisés, porém, levantou-se e as defendeu, e deu de beber ao rebanho delas.

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

¹⁸Quando elas voltaram a Reuel, seu pai, este lhes perguntou: como é que hoje voltastes tão cedo?

¹⁸When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”

¹⁹Responderam elas: um egípcio nos livrou da mão dos pastores; e ainda tirou água para nós e deu de beber ao rebanho.

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

²⁰E ele perguntou a suas filhas: Onde está ele; por que deixastes lá o homem? chamai-o para que coma pão.

²⁰He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”

²¹Então Moisés concordou em marar com aquele homem, o qual lhe deu sua filha Zípora.

²¹Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.

²²E ela deu � luz um filho, a quem ele chamou Gérson, porque disse: Peregrino sou em terra estrangeira.

²²She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there.” for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”

²³No decorrer de muitos dias, morreu o rei do Egito; e os filhos de Israel gemiam debaixo da servidão; pelo que clamaram, e subiu a Deus o seu clamor por causa dessa servidão.

²³It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

²⁴Então Deus, ouvindo-lhes os gemidos, lembrou-se do seu pacto com Abraão, com Isaque e com Jacó.

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

²⁵E atentou Deus para os filhos de Israel; e Deus os conheceu.

²⁵God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about them.