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

¹Huan, Levi inn a kipan pasal khat a paikhia a, Levi tanu ji in anei hi.

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

²Huan. Numei in nau apai a, tapa anei a: Naupang mel hoih ahi chih a theih in, kha thum a selta hi.

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.

³Huchia a sel joh nawnlouh takin, phaiphek bawm abawl saka, vahai buan leh chimin ajutbit a, asungah nau a koih a; lui pangah loupa kawm ah a koih hi.

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

⁴Huchiin, asanggamnu gamla kuamah a dinga, bang ahong suak hiam chih thei ding in.

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.

⁵Huan, Pharo tanu luiah kisil dingin a hong paisuk a; a nungjui nute lui geiah avak uhi; huchia loupa laka bawm a muh in, a nungjui nu vala dingin a sawl hi.

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.”

⁶Ahon leh, naupang amuta: huan, ngaiin, naungek akapta hi. Huchiin, a hehpih ta a, hiai Hebru tate laka khat ahi achi hi.

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?”

⁷Huan, a sanggam nun Pharo tanu kiang, nau hon donsak ding, Hebru numei te laka nau don mi khat kon va sapsak na ut hia? Achia.

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

⁸Huan, Pharo tanu in a kiangah, kuanin, a chi a. Huchiin nungak a kuantaa, naungek nu a vasamta hi.

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.

⁹Huchiin Pharo tanuin a kiangah hiai nau la khia inla hondonsak in, na loh kon pe ding, a chi a. huchiin huai numeiin nau a lataa, a donta hi.

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.”

¹⁰Huan, nau a khanga, pharo tanu kiangah a honpi a huchiin a tapa a honghita hi. A min dingin Mosi asa: Tui a kipana ka kaihkhiak a hih jiak in, a chi a.

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.

¹¹Huai laiin hichi a honghi a, Mosi a hong letin, a unaute kiangah a vahoha, a puakgikte uh a vamu hi, a unaute laka khat, Hebru mi khat Aigupta miin a vuak lai a vamuta.

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.

¹²Huchiin, a dak loplopa kuamah a om kei chih a theihtakin, Aigupta mi a thattaa, piaunel ah a sel hi.

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?”

¹³Huan, a ni nih nia a va hoh nawn leh, ngaiin, Hebru mite laka mi nih a kilai ua; a gilou hihpa kiang, bang dinga na lawm vua na hia? a chi a.

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.”

¹⁴Huan, aman, ka tung ua lal leh vaihawm dia nang kuan honbawl ahia? Aigupta mi na thah banga, honthah tum na hi maw? A chi a. Huchiin, Mosi a lauthawnga, hiai thil kitheikhe petmah eive, a chi a.

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.

¹⁵Huchia Pharoin hiai a jakin, Mosi thah dingin a zongta. Himahleh Pharo maia kipanin Mosi a taimangtaa, Midian gamah a tengta: huchiin tuileh kiangah a tu hi.

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

¹⁶Huan, Midian siampuin tanu sagih a neia: a hongpai ua, tui a hongtawi ua, a pa uh ganhon buahna dingin a tuitheite uh a dim dim uh.

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

¹⁷Huan, belamchingte a hong ua, a hawl mang ua: a hihhangin, Mosi a dinga, amau a panpiha, a ganhon uh tui a buak hi.

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

¹⁸Huchiin, a pa uh Reuel kianga a hong tak un, bangachia, tuniin hongpai baih ve uchia? A na chi a.

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

¹⁹Huan, amau, belamchingte khuta kipanin Aigupta mi khatin hon hunkhiaa, tui leng a hontawi chingsaka, ganhon a buak hi, a chi ua.

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

²⁰Huan, aman a tanute kiangah, ahihleh kaw om ahia? Bangdia huai mi honnusia? An ne dingin sam un, a chi a.

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

²¹Huchiin, Mosi huai mi kianga ten a lung a kima: huchiin aman a tanu Zippora Mosi a peta hi.

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.”

²²Tapa a neihsaka, a min Gersom a sa: Melmak gama mikhual ka hita, a chih jiakin.

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.

²³Hun hongpai jel ah hichi ahi a, Aigupta kumpipa a sitaa: huchiin a koltanna jiak un Israel suantea thumthum ua, a kap ua, a kahna uh a koltan jiak un Pathian kiangah a tungtou hi.

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

²⁴A mauna uh Pathianin a jaa, huchiin Pathianin Abraham toh, Isaak toh Jakob toh a thukhun a theigige hi.Huchiin Pathianin Israel suante a ena, Pathianin a mau a zah hi.

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

²⁵Huchiin Pathianin Israel suante a ena, Pathianin a mau a zah hi.