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.

¹And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

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.

²And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

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.

³And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

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.

⁴And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

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.

⁵And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.

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.»

⁶And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

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?»

⁷Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

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.

⁸And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother.

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.

⁹And Pharaoh's daughter said unto 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.

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.»

¹⁰And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

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.

¹¹And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

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.

¹²And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

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?»

¹³And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

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.»

¹⁴And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

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.

¹⁵Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

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.

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

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.

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

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?»

¹⁸And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?

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.»

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

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.»

²⁰And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.

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.

²¹And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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.»

²²And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

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.

²³And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

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.

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

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

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

²⁵And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge [of them].