¹Odide pa mož iz hiše Levijeve in si vzame hčer Levijevo.

¹And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,

²In žena spočne ter rodi sina, in ko vidi, da je lep, ga skriva tri mesece.

²and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he [is] fair, and she hideth him three months,

³In ko ga ni mogla dalje skrivati, vzame zanj pletenico iz papirovega trstja in jo zamaže z ilovico in s smolo, potem položi dečka vanjo in jo dene v ločje na Nilovem bregu.

³and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth [it] in the weeds by the edge of the River;

⁴Njegova sestra pa se postavi oddaleč, da bi videla, kaj se bo ž njim zgodilo.

⁴and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.

⁵In pride doli hči Faraonova kopat se v reki; in njene dekle se izprehajajo poleg reke. In zagleda pletenico sredi ločja in pošlje svojo deklo, da jo prinese.

⁵And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,

⁶Ko jo pa odpre, vidi dete, in glej, deček joče. In stori se ji milo in reče: Izmed otrok Hebrejcev je ta.

⁶and openeth, and seeth him — the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, `This is [one] of the Hebrews` children.`

⁷In sestra njegova reče hčeri Faraonovi: Ali naj grem in ti pokličem ženo dojnico izmed Hebrejk, da ti odgoji to dete?

⁷And his sister saith unto the daughter of Pharaoh, `Do I go? when I have called for thee a suckling woman of the Hebrews, then she doth suckle the lad for thee;`

⁸In hči Faraonova ji veli: Pojdi! In deklica gre in pokliče otrokovo mater.

⁸and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Go;` and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad,

⁹In hči Faraonova ji veli: Vzemi tega otročička in odgoji mi ga, in dam ti plačilo tvoje. In žena vzame otroka, in ga je vzgajala.

⁹and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I — I give thy hire;` and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him.

¹⁰In ko je deček odrastel, ga je privedla k hčeri Faraonovi. In bil ji je za sina in imenovala je ime njegovo Mojzes, rekoč: Ker sem ga potegnila iz vode.

¹⁰And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, `Because — from the water I have drawn him.`

¹¹In zgodi se v tistih dnevih, da pride Mojzes, ko je bil že velik, k bratom svojim in gleda njih težaško delo; in vidi moža Egipčana, da tepe moža Hebrejca, izmed bratov njegovih.

¹¹And it cometh to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goeth out unto his brethren, and looketh on their burdens, and seeth a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, [one] of his brethren,

¹²In ozre se sem in tja, in ko vidi, da ni nikogar blizu, ubije Egipčana in ga zagrebe v pesek.

¹²and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand.

¹³In izide zopet drugi dan, in glej, dva moža, Hebrejca, se prepirata. In reče tistemu, ki je delal krivico: Zakaj tepeš bližnjega svojega?

¹³And he goeth out on the second day, and lo, two men, Hebrews, striving! and he saith to the wrong-doer, `Why dost thou smite thy neighbour?`

¹⁴Ta pa reče: Kdo te je postavil za kneza in sodnika nam? Misliš li me umoriti, kakor si umoril Egipčana? Tedaj se Mojzes prestraši in reče: Gotovo se je zvedela ta stvar!

¹⁴and he saith, `Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying [it], as thou hast slain the Egyptian?` and Moses feareth, and saith, `Surely the thing hath been known.`

¹⁵In Faraon, ko je začul o tem dogodku, je nameraval Mojzesa umoriti. A Mojzes pobegne izpred obličja Faraonovega, in je prebival v deželi Madianski; in usede se pri nekem studencu.

¹⁵And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well.

¹⁶Duhovnik madianski pa je imel sedmero hčera, ki so prišle zajemat vodo; in napolnile so korita, da bi napojile čredo očeta svojega.

¹⁶And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,

¹⁷A pridejo pastirji in jih odženo. Mojzes pa vstane in jim pomaga in napoji njih čredo.

¹⁷and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock.

¹⁸In ko pridejo k Reguelu, očetu svojemu, jim reče: Zakaj ste se danes vrnile tako hitro?

¹⁸And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, `Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?`

¹⁹In odgovore: Mož Egipčan nas je rešil iz rok pastirjev in tudi nam zajel vode in napojil je čredo.

¹⁹and they say, `A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;`

²⁰On pa reče hčeram svojim: In kje je on? zakaj ste popustile tistega moža? Pokličite ga, da jé z nami kruh!

²⁰and he saith unto his daughters, `And where [is] he? why [is] this? — ye left the man! call for him, and he doth eat bread.`

²¹In Mojzes privoli, da ostane pri tem možu; ta pa da Mojzesu Ziforo, hčer svojo.

²¹And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,

²²In ko porodi sina, imenuje on ime njegovo Gersom, kajti reče: Priseljenec sem v tuji zemlji.

²²and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, `A sojourner I have been in a strange land.`

²³In zgodi se v mnogih tistih dnevih, da umrje egiptovski kralj. In sinovi Izraelovi so zdihovali zaradi tlake in vpili so, in njih vpitje od tlačanstva je prišlo k Bogu.

²³And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;

²⁴In uslišal je Bog njih stokanje, in spomnil se je Bog svoje zaveze z Abrahamom, z Izakom in z Jakobom.In Bog je pogledal na sinove Izraelove, in spoznal jih je Bog.

²⁴and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;

²⁵In Bog je pogledal na sinove Izraelove, in spoznal jih je Bog.

²⁵and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.