¹A nejaký muž z domu Léviho odišiel a vzal si za ženu dcéru z pokolenia Léviho.

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

²A žena počala a porodila syna a vidiac ho, že je krásny, kryla ho tri mesiace.

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

³A keď ho už nemohla ďalej ukryť, vzala pre neho koš z trsti a omazala ho glejovinou a smolou, vložila do neho dieťa a potom položila do rákosia pri brehu rieky.

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.

⁴A jeho sestra sa postavila zďaleka, aby zvedela, čo sa s ním bude diať.

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

⁵V tom sišla dcéra faraonova na pokraj rieky kúpať sa, a jej dievčatá sa prechádzaly popri rieke. A keď uvidela koš medzi rákosím, poslala svoju dievku a vzala ho.

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.

⁶A otvoriac kôš uvidela ho, dieťa, a hľa, plačúce chlapča. A zľutovala sa nad ním a riekla: Toto je z hebrejských detí.

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.

⁷A jeho sestra povedala dcére faraonovej: Či mám ísť a zavolať ti ženu dojku, z hebrejských žien, aby ti odchovala dieťa?

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?

⁸A dcéra faraonova jej riekla: Iď! A deva išla a zavolala matku dieťaťa.

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

⁹A dcéra faraonova jej riekla: Odnes toto dieťa a odchovaj mi ho, a ja ti dám tvoju mzdu. A žena vzala dieťa a chovala ho.

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.

¹⁰A keď odrástlo dieťa, doviedla ho k dcére faraonovej. A bol jej za syna, a nazvala jeho meno Mojžiš, a riekla: Lebo som ho vytiahla z vody.

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.

¹¹A stalo sa v tých dňoch, keď vyrástol Mojžiš, že vyšiel ku svojim bratom a hľadel na ich ťažkú prácu. A videl egyptského muža, ktorý bil hebrejského muža, jedného z jeho bratov.

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.

¹²A obzrúc sa sem i ta a vidiac, že nieto nikoho, zabil Egypťana a ukryl ho v piesku.

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.

¹³Potom vyšiel na druhý deň, a hľa, dvaja hebrejskí mužovia sa vadili. A riekol tomu, ktorý krivdil: Prečo biješ svojho blížneho?

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?

¹⁴Ale ten odpovedal: Kto ťa ustanovil za knieža alebo za sudcu nad nami? Či ma azda chceš zabiť, ako si zabil toho Egypťana? A Mojžiš sa bál a povedal: Vec sa istotne vie.

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.

¹⁵A keď počul faraon tú vec, hľadal zabiť Mojžiša. Ale Mojžiš utiekol od tvári faraonovej a býval v Madianskej zemi. A keď prišiel ta, sadol si pri studni.

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.

¹⁶A madianský kňaz mal sedem dcér, ktoré prišly a ťahaly vodu a nalievaly do válovov, aby napojily stádo oviec a kôz svojho otca.

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

¹⁷Ale prijdúc pastieri odohnali ich. Vtedy vstal Mojžiš a pomohol im a napojil ich stádo.

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

¹⁸Keď potom prišly k Reguelovi, svojmu otcovi, povedal: Prečo ste sa dnes poponáhľaly a prišly ste tak skoro?

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

¹⁹A ony riekly: Nejaký Egypťan nás vyslobodil z ruky pastierov, ba ešte nám i naťahal vody a napojil stádo.

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.

²⁰A povedal svojim dcéram: A kdeže je? Prečo ste tam nechaly človeka? Zavolajte ho, a bude jesť chlieb.

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.

²¹A Mojžiš privolil bývať s mužom. A Reguel dal Mojžišovi Ciporu, svoju dcéru za ženu.

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

²²A porodila syna, a nazval jeho meno Geršom, lebo povedal: Pohostín som v cudzej zemi.

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

²³A stalo sa po dlhom čase, že zomrel egyptský kráľ. A synovia Izraelovi vzdychali od ťažkej roboty a kričali, a ich volanie o pomoc vystúpilo hore k Bohu od tej roboty.

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.

²⁴A Bôh počul ich nárek, a Bôh sa rozpamätal na svoju smluvu s Abrahámom, Izákom a Jakobom.

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

²⁵A Bôh videl synov Izraelových a Bôh zvedel.

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