Exodus 2
Lexham English Bible
The Birth and Early Life of Moses
2 And a man from the family[a] of Levi went, and he took a descendent of Levi.[b] 2 And the woman conceived, and she gave birth to a son, and she saw him, that he was a fine baby, and she hid him three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to wash at the Nile, while her maidservants were walking alongside the Nile, and she saw the basket in the midst of the reeds, and she sent her slave woman for it and took it 6 and opened it and saw him—the boy—and it was a lad weeping, and she had compassion for him and said, “This must be from the boys of the Hebrews.”[c] 7 And his sister said to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Shall I go and call for you a woman from the Hebrews who is nursing so that she will nurse the boy for you?” 8 And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Go.” And the girl went, and she called the mother of the boy. 9 And the daughter of Pharaoh said, “Take this boy and nurse him for me, and I myself will give you wages, and the woman took the boy, and she nursed him. 10 And the boy grew, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son, and she called his name Moses, and she said, “Because I drew him out from the water.”
11 And then[d] in those days when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers, and he saw their forced labor,[e] and he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man, one of his brothers.[f] 12 And he turned here and there, and he saw no one,[g] and he struck the Egyptian, and he hid him in the sand. 13 And he went out on the second day, and there were two Hebrew men fighting, and he said to the guilty one, “Why do you strike your neighbor?” 14 And he said, “Who appointed you as a commander[h] and a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?” And Moses was afraid, and he said, “Surely the matter has become known.” 15 And Pharaoh heard this matter, and he sought to kill Moses, and Moses fled from Pharaoh, and he lived in the land of Midian, and he lived at a certain well.[i]
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.[j] 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and came to their rescue and watered their flock. 18 And they came to Reuel, their father, and he said, “Why have you come so quickly[k] today?” 19 And they said, “An Egyptian man delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 And he said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why then[l] have you left the man? Call him so that he can eat some food.”[m] 21 And Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, “I am an alien in a foreign land.”[n]
23 And then[o] during those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites[p] groaned because of the work, and they cried out, and their cry for help because of the work went up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, 25 and God saw the Israelites,[q] and God took notice.[r]
Footnotes
- Exodus 2:1 Literally “house”
- Exodus 2:1 Literally “daughter of Levi”
- Exodus 2:6 Each instance of the implied “she” in verses 5 and 6 is the daughter of Pharaoh
- Exodus 2:11 Literally “and he/it was”
- Exodus 2:11 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”
- Exodus 2:11 Or “a Hebrew man from his brothers”
- Exodus 2:12 Literally “and he saw that there was not a man”
- Exodus 2:14 Literally “put you for a man, a commander” or “placed you for a man, a commander”
- Exodus 2:15 Literally “the well”
- Exodus 2:16 The Hebrew noun translated “flock” is used here and in verses 17 and 19 collectively for sheep or goats or a mix of the two
- Exodus 2:18 Literally “why did you hasten coming”
- Exodus 2:20 Literally “why this”
- Exodus 2:20 Literally “call to or “summon/invite” him and he will eat bread”
- Exodus 2:22 The word translated “alien” sounds like the first syllable in the name Gershom. The second syllable sounds like the word for “there”
- Exodus 2:23 Literally “and he/it was”
- Exodus 2:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 2:25 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 2:25 Or “and God knew”
Exodus 2
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Ang Pagkatawo ni Moises
2 May usa ka tawo nga kaliwat ni Levi nga nakapangasawa ug usa ka babaye nga kaliwat ra usab ni Levi. 2 Namabdos ang maong babaye ug nanganak ug batang lalaki. Sa dihang nakita niya nga maayog panglawas ang bata, gitagoan niya kini sulod sa tulo ka bulan. 3 Apan sa dihang dili na niya matago ang bata, nagkuha siyag basket nga hinimo sa tanom nga pafiros ug gibulitan niya kinig alkitran aron dili masudlan ug tubig. Unya gisulod niya ang bata sa basket ug gibutang kini sa may kasagbotan sa daplin sa Suba sa Nilo. 4 Ang igsoong babaye sa bata mitindog sa unahan aron sa pagtan-aw kon unsay mahitabo sa bata.
5 Niadtong higayona, miadto sa Suba sa Nilo ang anak nga babaye sa hari sa Ehipto[a] aron maligo. Ug samtang naligo siya, ang iyang mga sulugoong babaye naglakaw-lakaw sa daplin sa suba. Unya, nakita niya ang basket diha sa kasagbotan. Gipakuha niya kini sa usa sa iyang mga sulugoon. 6 Sa pag-abli niya sa basket, nakita niya ang bata nga nagahilak. Nalooy kaayo siya sa bata ug miingon, “Usa kini sa mga batang Hebreohanon.”
7 Unya miduol ang igsoong babaye sa bata ngadto sa prinsesa[b] ug nangutana, “Gusto ka ba nga kuhaan ko ikaw ug usa ka Hebreohanon nga babaye nga mopasuso ug moatiman sa bata alang kanimo?” 8 Mitubag ang prinsesa, “Sige.” Busa milakaw ang igsoon sa bata ug giadtoan niya ang ilang inahan ug gikuyogan ngadto sa prinsesa. 9 Miingon ang prinsesa sa inahan sa bata, “Dad-a kining bata, ug pasusoha alang kanako. Atimana siya kay suholan ko ikaw.” Busa gikuha niya ang bata ug giatiman.
10 Sa dihang nalutas na ang bata, gidala kini sa iyang inahan ngadto sa prinsesa, ug giisip kini sa prinsesa nga iyang anak. Ginganlan sa prinsesa ang bata ug Moises,[c] kay miingon siya, “Gikuha ko siya gikan sa tubig.”
Miikyas si Moises sa Midian
11 Usa ka adlaw, sa dihang dako na si Moises, miadto siya sa iyang mga kadugo ug nakita niya ang ilang grabe nga paghago. Nakita niya nga ginakulata sa usa ka Ehiptohanon ang usa ka Hebreohanon nga iyang kadugo. 12 Milingi-lingi si Moises sa palibot kon aduna bay nagtan-aw; ug sa dihang wala siyay nakita, gipatay niya ang Ehiptohanon ug gilubong kini sa balas.
13 Pagkasunod adlaw, misuroy na usab siya ug nakita niya nga may duha ka Hebreohanon nga nagaaway. Gipangutana niya ang usa nga maoy sad-an, “Nganong ginakulata mo man ang imong isigka-Hebreohanon?” 14 Mitubag ang tawo, “Kinsay naghimo kanimong pangulo ug maghuhukom kanamo? Patyon mo ba usab ako sama sa gihimo mo sa Ehiptohanon?” Nahadlok si Moises ug miingon sa iyang kaugalingon, “Nasayod diay ang mga tawo sa akong gihimo.”
15 Pagkahibalo sa hari sa Ehipto sa gihimo ni Moises, gipapangita niya si Moises aron patyon. Apan miikyas si Moises ngadto sa Midian aron didto mopuyo. Pag-abot niya sa Midian, milingkod siya duol sa atabay. 16 Naatol nga ang pito ka mga anak nga babaye sa pari sa Midian nagsag-ob didto sa atabay aron paimnon ang kahayopan sa ilang amahan. 17 May miabot usab didto nga mga magbalantay sa kahayopan ug gipapahawa ang mga babaye ug ang ilang kahayopan. Apan gitabangan ni Moises ang mga babaye ug gipainom niya ang ilang kahayopan.
18 Pag-uli sa mga babaye didto sa ilang amahan nga si Reuel,[d] gipangutana niya sila, “Nganong sayo man kamo nakauli?” 19 Mitubag sila, “May usa ka Ehiptohanon nga nanalipod kanamo batok sa mga magbalantay sa kahayopan. Gisag-oban pa gani niya kami, ug gipainom ang kahayopan.” 20 Nangutana ang ilang amahan, “Hain na man siya? Nganong gibiyaan man ninyo? Tawga siya aron makakaon.”
21 Misugot si Moises nga didto mopuyo sa ila ni Reuel, ug unya, gipaasawa ni Reuel kaniya ang iyang anak nga si Zipora. 22 Namabdos si Zipora ug nanganak ug lalaki. Ginganlan kini ni Moises ug Gershom,[e] kay ingon niya, “Usa ako ka langyaw niining dapita.”
23 Human sa daghang katuigan, namatay ang hari sa Ehipto. Apan nagpadayon pa gihapon ang pag-antos sa mga Israelinhon sa ilang pagkaulipon. Nangayo sila ug tabang, ug miabot kini sa Dios. 24 Nadungog sa Dios ang ilang mga pag-agulo, ug gihinumdoman niya ang iyang kasabotan kang Abraham, Isaac, ug kang Jacob. 25 Nakita sa Dios ang ilang kahimtang ug nalooy gayod siya kanila.
Footnotes
- 2:5 hari sa Ehipto: sa Hebreo, Faraon.
- 2:7 prinsesa: sa literal, anak nga babaye sa Faraon. Mao usab sa bersikulo 8, 9, 10.
- 2:10 Moises: Posible nga ang buot ipasabot sa Hebreo, gikuha.
- 2:18 Reuel: Mao ang laing ngalan ni Jetro. Tan-awa sa 3:1.
- 2:22 Gershom: Posible nga ang buot ipasabot sa Hebreo, langyaw didto.
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