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

¹And a man of the house of Levi went and took 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 bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and 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 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.

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

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

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 boy 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?

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?

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

⁸And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the damsel 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 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.

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 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.

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, that he went out to 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 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.

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 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?

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 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.

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.

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.

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

¹⁶And 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 rose 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, Why are ye 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 also drew [water] abundantly 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 to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread.

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

²¹And Moses consented to remain 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 bore 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 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;

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