1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 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 put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. 4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5¶ And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. 7Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. 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. 10And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.2.10 Moses: that is, Drawn out
11¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.2.14 a prince: Heb. a man, a prince 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: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.2.16 priest: or, prince 17And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?2.18 Reuel: called also Jethro, or, Jether 19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 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. 21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.2.22 Gershom: that is, A stranger here
23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, 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. 24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.2.25 had…: Heb. knew
የሙሴ መወለድ
1በዚያን ጊዜ ከሌዊ ነገድ የሆነ አንድ ሰው አንዲት ሌዋዊት ሴት አገባ። 2እርሷም ፀንሳ ወንድ ልጅ ወለደች፤ ሕፃኑ መልከ መልካም መሆኑን ባየች ጊዜ ሦስት ወር ሸሸገችው። 3ከዚያ በላይ ልትሸሽገው ባልቻለች ጊዜ ግን የደንገል ቅርጫት ወስዳ፣ በዝፍትና በቅጥራን ለቀለቀችው፤ ሕፃኑንም በውስጡ አስተኝታ ቅርጫቱን አባይ ወንዝ ዳር ቄጠማ መካከል አስቀመጠችው። 4የሕፃኑም እኅት የሚደርስበትን ነገር ለማወቅ ራቅ ብላ ቆማ ታይ ነበር።
5በዚህ ጊዜ የፈርዖን ልጅ ልትታጠብ ወደ አባይ ወንዝ ወረደች፤ በምትታጠብበትም ጊዜ ደንገጥሮቿ በወንዙ ዳር ወዲያና ወዲህ ይሉ ነበር፤ በቄጠማውም መካከል የተቀመጠ ቅርጫት አይታ ከደንገጥሮቿ አንዷን እንድታመጣው ላከቻት። 6ቅርጫቱን ስትከፍተው ሕፃኑን በውስጡ አየች፤ ያለቅስ ስለ ነበርም ዐዘነችለትና፣ “ከዕብራውያን ሕፃናት አንዱ መሆን አለበት” አለች።
7የሕፃኑ እኅት ለፈርዖን ልጅ፣ “ሕፃኑን እያጠባች የምታሳድግልሽ ከዕብራውያን ሴቶች መካከል ሞግዚት ላምጣልሽን?” አለቻት።
8የፈርዖንም ልጅ፣ “መልካም፣ ሂጂ” አለቻት። ልጂቱም ሄዳ የሕፃኑን እናት ይዛ መጣች። 9የፈርዖንም ልጅ ሴቲቱን፣ “ይህን ሕፃን ወስደሽ እያጠባሽ አሳድጊልኝ፤ ደመወዝ እከፍልሻለሁ” አለቻት። ሴትዮዋም ሕፃኑን ወስዳ አሳደገችው። 10ሕፃኑም ባደገ ጊዜ ወደ ፈርዖን ልጅ አመጣችው፤ ልጇም ሆነ፤ እርሷም፣ “ከውሃ አውጥቼዋለሁና” ስትል ስሙን ሙሴ2፥10 በዕብራይስጥ ሙሴ የሚለው የቃል ድምፅ፣ ማውጣት ከሚለው ቃል ጋር ተመሳሳይ ድምፅ አለው። ብላ ጠራችው።
ሙሴ ወደ ምድያም ምድር ሸሸ
11ሙሴ ካደገ በኋላ አንድ ቀን ወገኖቹ ወደሚገኙበት ስፍራ ወጣ፤ በዚያም ተገድደው ከባድ ሥራ ሲሠሩ ተመለከተ፤ ዕብራዊ ወገኑንም አንድ ግብፃዊ ሲደበድበው አየ። 12ሙሴም አካባቢውን ቃኝቶ ማንም አለመኖሩን ካረጋገጠ በኋላ፣ ግብፃዊውን ገድሎ አሸዋ ውስጥ ደበቀው። 13በማግስቱም በወጣ ጊዜ ሁለት ዕብራውያን እርስ በርሳቸው ሲጣሉ አየ፤ ጥፋተኛውንም፣ “የገዛ ወገንህን የምትመታው ለምንድን ነው?” አለው።
14ሰውየውም፣ “አንተን በእኛ ላይ ገዥና ዳኛ ማን አደረገህ? ግብፃዊውን እንደ ገደልኸው እኔንም ልትገድለኝ ትፈልጋለህን?” አለው። ሙሴም፣ “ለካስ ያደረግሁት ነገር ታውቋል!” በማለት ፈራ።
15ፈርዖንም ይህን በሰማ ጊዜ፣ ሙሴን ሊገድለው ፈለገ፤ ሙሴ ግን ከፈርዖን ሸሽቶ ወደ ምድያም ሄደ፤ እዚያም እንደ ደረሰ በአንድ የውሃ ጕድጓድ አጠገብ ተቀመጠ። 16የምድያም ካህን ሰባት ሴቶች ልጆች ነበሩት፤ እነርሱም ወደ ውሃው ጕድጓድ መጥተው የአባታቸውን በጎች ውሃ ለማጠጣት ገንዳውን ሞሉት። 17እረኞችም መጥተው ሴቶቹን ሲያባርሯቸው ሙሴ ከተቀመጠበት ተነሥቶ ተከላከለላቸው፤ በጎቻቸውንም አጠጣላቸው።
18ሴቶቹም ወደ አባታቸው ወደ ራጉኤል በተመለሱ ጊዜ፣ “ዛሬስ ያለወትሯችሁ እንዴት ፈጥናችሁ ተመለሳችሁ?” አላቸው።
19እነርሱም፣ “አንድ ግብፃዊ ከእረኞች እጅ አዳነን፤ እንዲያውም ውሃ ቀድቶ በጎቻችንን አጠጣልን” አሉት።
20አባታቸውም፣ “ሴቶች ልጆቹን የት አለ? ለምን ትታችሁት መጣችሁ? ጥሩትና አብሮን እንጀራ ይብላ” አላቸው።
21ሙሴም ከሰውየው ጋር ለመኖር ተስማማ፤ ራጉኤልም ልጁን ሲፓራን ዳረለት። 22ሲፓራም ወንድ ልጅ ወለደች፤ ሙሴም፣ “በባዕድ አገር መጻተኛ ነኝ” ሲል የልጁን ስም ጌርሳም2፥22 በዕብራይስጥ ጌርሳም የሚለው ቃል ድምፅ፣ መጻተኛ በዚያ አለ ከሚለው ሐረግ ጋር ተመሳሳይ ድምፅ አለው። ብሎ ጠራው።
23ከብዙ ዓመት በኋላ የግብፅ ንጉሥ ሞተ፤ እስራኤላውያንም በባርነት ከደረሰባቸው ግፍ የተነሣ ይጮኹ ነበር፤ ከባርነት ቀንበር ለመላቀቅ ያሰሙትም ጩኸት ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) ደረሰ። 24እግዚአብሔርም (ኤሎሂም) የጩኸታቸውን ሲቃ ሰማ፤ ከአብርሃም፣ ከይስሐቅና ከያዕቆብ ጋር የገባውንም ቃል ኪዳን ዐሰበ። 25እግዚአብሔርም (ኤሎሂም) እስራኤላውያንን ተመለከተ፤ ስለ እነርሱም ገደደው።
