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

¹ Kala Lawi kunda alboro fo koy ka Lawi ize way fo hiiji.

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

² Waybora din mo te gaa-hinka ka hay ize alboro. Waato kaŋ a di kaŋ arwasu hanno no, a n'a tugu handu hinza.

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.

³ Saaya kaŋ a si tugu koyne, a na isa subu cilla fo sambu, a n'a tuusu nda botogo nda gudron _haro se|_. A na ize aro daŋ a ra k'a jisi burgu ra isa me gaa.

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

⁴ Koociya wayme mo go ga kay nangu mooro, zama nga ma di haŋ kaŋ i ga te a se.

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.

⁵ Kala Firawna ize wayo koy isa me nga ma nyumay se. A koŋŋey mo go ga bar-bare isa me gaa. A di cilla burgo ra ka nga koŋŋa fo donton a m'a sambu.

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.”

⁶ Kal a n'a fiti, a di zanka. A go mo, alborayze no kaŋ goono ga hẽ. A bakaraw n'a di. A ne: «Woone, Ibraniyancey ize no.»

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?”

⁷ Kala waymo ne Firawna ize wayo din se: «Ay ma koy ka ce ni se naanandiko Ibraniyancey wayborey ra no, zama a ma zanka naanandi ni se?»

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

⁸ Firawna ize wayo binde ne a se: «Koy!» Kala wandiya koy ka zanka nyaŋo ce.

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.

⁹ Firawna ize wayo binde ne a se: «Ma zanka wo sambu ka naanandi ay se, ay mo ga ni bana ni alhakko.» Waybora binde na zanka sambu. A koy k'a naanandi.

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.”

¹⁰ Zanka binde beeri. A kond'a Firawna ize wayo do, a ciya mo a se ize. A n'a maa daŋ Musa ka ne: «Zama ay n'a soolam no ka kaa haro ra.»

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.

¹¹ I go no jirbey din ra, waato kaŋ Musa beeri, a koy nga nya-izey do zama nga m'i taabey guna. Kal a di Misirance fo go ga Ibraniyance fo kar, Musa nya-izey ra.

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.

¹² Kala Musa guna ne, a guna yongo. Saaya kaŋ a mana di boro kulu, a na Misiranca wi k'a fiji taaso ra.

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?”

¹³ Zaari hinkanta ra mo koyne a ye ka fatta. Kal a di Ibraniyancey ra boro hinka go ga yanje. Musa ne toonyanta se: «Ifo se no ni ga ni nya-izo kar?»

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.”

¹⁴ Nga mo ne: «May ka ni daŋ koy da ciitiko iri boŋ? Ni ga ne ni g'ay mo wi mate kaŋ ni na Misiranca wi, wala?» Kala Musa humburu. A ne: «Daahir, i bay hayo wo gaa.»

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.

¹⁵ Waato kaŋ Firawna maa baaro, a ceeci nga ma Musa wi, amma Musa zuru Firawna se ka koy goro Midiyan laabo ra ka goro noodin day fo me gaa.

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

¹⁶ Midiyan alfaga* gonda ize way iyye. I koy zama ngey ma hari guru. I na ngey garbey toonandi zama ngey ma ngey baabo kurey haŋandi.

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

¹⁷ Hawjiyey binde kaa k'i gaaray, amma Musa tun ka faasa i se, a n'i kurey haŋandi i se mo.

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

¹⁸ Waato kaŋ wayborey koy ngey baabo Reyul do, a ne: «Mate no araŋ te ka kaa da waasi ya-cine hunkuna?»

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

¹⁹ I ne: «Misirance fo no ka iri faaba hawjiyey kambe ra, hal a na hari candi zaati iri se ka kuro haŋandi.»

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

²⁰ Reyul ne nga izey se: «Man a go mo? Ifo se no araŋ na bora din naŋ? Wa koy k'a ce, a ma kaa ka ŋwa.»

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

²¹ Musa laakalo kani mo bora din do goray gaa. Nga mo na Musa no nga ize way fo kaŋ maa Zippora.

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.”

²² A hay ize alboro. Musa n'a maa daŋ Gerson, zama a ne: «Ay goro yaw laabu waani fo ra.»

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.

²³ A ciya, jirbey din banda, kala Misira bonkoono bu. Israyla izey mo go ga bine jisi tamtara sabbay se, i na jinde sambu mo. I hẽeno koy Irikoy do tamtara sabbay se.

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

²⁴ Irikoy maa i durayyaŋo mo. Irikoy fongu nga alkawlo gaa kaŋ go nga nda Ibrahim da Isaka nda Yakuba game ra.

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

²⁵ Irikoy binde na Israyla izey guna. Irikoy n'i saal.