¹Markaasaa waxaa tegey nin reer Laawi ah, oo wuxuu guursaday gabadh reer Laawi iyana ah.

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

²Markaasay naagtii uuraysatay oo waxay dhashay wiil; oo markay aragtay inuu ilmo wanaagsan yahay, ayay qarisay in saddex bilood ah.

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

³Oo markay in dambe qarin kari weyday, ayay waxay soo qaadday abxad caws duur ah, oo intay dhoobo iyo daamur ku malaastay ayay wiilkii ku ridday, oo waxay dhex gelisay duur webiga qarkiisa ka baxay.

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.

⁴Walaashiisna waxay taagnayd meel ka fog, inay ogaato waxa isaga lagu samayn doono.

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

⁵Markaasaa gabadhii Fircoon webiga timid inay ku maydhato. Gabdhihii addoommada u ahaana waxay socdeen webigii dhinaciisa. Markaasay iyadu waxay aragtay abxadda duurka ku dhex jirta, oo waxay u diratay gabadhii addoonta u ahayd inay u keento.

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.

⁶Markaasay furtay, oo waxay aragtay wiilkii; oo bal eeg, yarkii waa ooyay. Kolkaasay u naxariisatay, oo waxay tidhi, Kanu waa carruurtii Cibraaniyada midkood.

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.”

⁷Markaasaa walaashiis waxay gabadhii Fircoon ku tidhi, Ma kuugu yeedhaa naagaha Cibraaniyadaha middood inay kuu nuujiso ilmaha?

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?”

⁸Gabadhii Fircoonna waxay ku tidhi iyadii, Haah, tag. Gabadhiina way tagtay oo waxay u yeedhay yarkii hooyadiis.

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

⁹Markaasaa gabadhii Fircoon waxay ku tidhi iyadii, Tag, oo ilmahan qaad oo ii nuuji, oo anna waxaan ku siin doonaa mushahaaradaada. Markaasay naagtii yarkii qaadday oo nuujisay.

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.

¹⁰Yarkiina waa koray, markaasay u keentay gabadhii Fircoon, oo wuxuu noqday wiilkeedii. Oo waxay magiciisii u bixisay Muuse, oo waxay tidhi, Maxaa yeelay, anaa biyihii ka soo bixiyey.

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.”

¹¹Oo waayahaas, markii Muuse weynaaday, waxay noqotay inuu walaalihiis u soo baxay, oo uu fiiriyey culaabta saaran. Markaasuu wuxuu arkay mid Masri ah oo dilaya mid Cibraani ah oo walaalihiis ka mid ah.

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.

¹²Markaasuu iska fiiriyey xagga iyo xagga, oo markuu arkay inaan ciduna joogin ayuu Masrigii kaw kaga siiyey, oo ciidda ku qariyey.

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.

¹³Markaasuu haddana maalintii labaad soo baxay, oo wuxuu arkay laba nin oo Cibraaniyo ah oo isla diriraya; oo kii gardarnaa buu wuxuu ku yidhi, War maxaad u dilaysaa wadaygaa?

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?”

¹⁴Markaasuu wuxuu yidhi, Bal yaa amiir iyo xaakin nooga kaa dhigay? Ma waxaad doonaysaa inaad ii disho sidaad u dishay Masriga? Markaasaa Muuse cabsaday, oo wuxuu isyidhi, Hubaal wixii waa la ogaaday.

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.”

¹⁵Haddaba markii Fircoon waxaas maqlay, ayuu wuxuu doondoonay inuu Muuse nafta ka qaado. Laakiinse Muuse waa ka cararay Fircoon hortiisii, oo wuxuu degay dalka Midyaan, oo ceel buu ag fadhiistay.

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.

¹⁶Haddaba wadaadkii Midyaan wuxuu lahaa toddoba gabdhood. Intay ceelkii yimaadeen ayay dhaamiyeen oo berkedihii biyo ka buuxiyeen inay waraabiyaan idihii aabbahood.

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

¹⁷Markaasaa adhijirro yimaadeen oo ka eryeen, laakiinse Muuse intuu istaagay, ayuu caawiyey iyagii, oo idahoodii u waraabiyey.

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

¹⁸Oo markay u yimaadeen Recuu'eel oo aabbahood ah ayuu wuxuu ku yidhi, Waa sidee, maanta waad soo dhaqsateene?

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

¹⁹Markaasay waxay yidhaahdeen, Midkoo Masri ah ayaa naga samatabbixiyey gacantii adhijirrada, oo weliba biyuu noo dhaamiyey oo idaha isagaa noo waraabiyey.

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

²⁰Markaasuu wuxuu gabdhihiisii ku yidhi, Isagii meeyey? De maxaad ninkii uga soo kacdeen? U yeedha, kibis ha cunee.

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

²¹Muusena raalli buu ka ahaa inuu ninkaas la joogo, oo isagu wuxuu Muuse siiyey gabadhiisii Siforaah.

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

²²Oo waxay u dhashay wiil, markaasuu magiciisii wuxuu u bixiyey Gershoom, waayo, wuxuu yidhi, Qariib baan ku ahaa dal qalaad.

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.”

²³Oo waxay noqotay in waayahaas badan dabadeed uu boqorkii Masar iska dhintay, reer binu Israa'iilna addoonnimada aawadeed ayay ula taaheen, oo way ooyeen, oo oohintoodiina waxay gaadhay Ilaah addoonnimada aawadeed.

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.

²⁴Ilaahna waa maqlay cabaadkoodii, markaasaa Ilaah xusuustay axdigiisii uu la dhigtay Ibraahim, iyo Isxaaq, iyo Yacquub.Markaasaa Ilaah arkay reer binu Israa'iil, Ilaahna wuu ogaaday xaalkoodii.

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

²⁵Markaasaa Ilaah arkay reer binu Israa'iil, Ilaahna wuu ogaaday xaalkoodii.

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