Xuất Hành 2
Vietnamese Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Cậu bé Mô-se
2 Có một người thuộc họ Lê-vi, kết hôn với một cô gái cũng thuộc họ Lê-vi. 2 Nàng mang thai và sinh một bé trai. Thấy con mình kháu khỉnh, nên đem giấu nó suốt ba tháng. 3 Sau ba tháng, thấy không thể giấu được nữa, nàng lấy một cái thúng trét nhựa để nó nổi trên nước. Nàng đặt đứa bé vào thúng rồi thả trong đám lau sậy dọc theo bờ sông Nin. 4 Chị đứa bé đứng xa xa nhìn, để theo dõi mọi việc.
5 Lúc đó công chúa Ai-cập xuống sông tắm, còn các đầy tớ gái thì đi dọc theo bờ sông. Nàng thấy cái thúng trong đám lau sậy, liền sai các đầy tớ gái đến lấy. 6 Khi mở thúng ra, công chúa thấy một bé trai đang khóc nên động lòng thương. Nàng nói, “Đây là một trong những con của người Do-thái [a].”
7 Lúc đó chị của đứa bé hỏi công chúa, “Cô có muốn cháu đi kêu một người đàn bà Do-thái để nuôi nó không?”
8 Công chúa đáp, “Ừ, em đi kiếm giùm tôi đi.”
Nên cô đi kêu mẹ đứa trẻ.
9 Công chúa bảo người đàn bà, “Chị hãy nuôi đứa bé nầy cho tôi, tôi sẽ trả công cho chị.”
Nên người đàn bà mang đứa nhỏ về nuôi. 10 Khi đứa nhỏ đã lớn, người đàn bà mang nó vào cho công chúa. Công chúa nhận nó làm con nuôi và đặt tên là Mô-se [b], vì nàng đã vớt nó ra khỏi nước.
Mô-se muốn giúp đồng bào mình
11 Mô-se lớn lên, rồi trưởng thành. Một ngày nọ ông đi thăm dân mình, thì thấy họ bị bắt buộc làm việc rất cực nhọc. Ông thấy một người Ai-cập đánh một người Do-thái là đồng bào mình. 12 Nhìn quanh quất không thấy ai, ông liền giết người Ai-cập rồi vùi xác trong cát.
13 Hôm sau Mô-se trở lại thấy hai người Do-thái đang đánh nhau. Ông bảo người có lỗi rằng, “Sao anh đánh đồng bào ruột thịt của mình?”
14 Người đó trả lời, “Ai cử anh làm quan cai trị và thẩm phán cho chúng tôi? Bộ anh muốn giết tôi như đã giết người Ai-cập hôm qua sao?”
Nghe vậy, Mô-se đâm hoảng và nghĩ thầm, “Thôi chết, mọi người biết hết chuyện tôi làm rồi!”
Mô-se cư ngụ trong xứ Mi-đi-an
15 Khi vua nghe việc Mô-se làm, thì tìm cách giết ông. Mô-se liền chạy trốn khỏi xứ Ai-cập và đến sinh sống trong xứ Mi-đi-an. Tới nơi rồi, ông ngồi cạnh một giếng nước. 16 Ở Mi-đi-an có một thầy tế lễ có bảy cô con gái. Các cô ấy đi đến giếng lấy nước để đổ vào máng cho bầy gia súc của cha mình uống. 17 Có mấy chú chăn chiên đến đuổi các cô đi, nên Mô-se ra tay bênh vực các cô và lấy nước cho bầy gia súc của cha các cô uống.
18 Khi các cô về nhà cha mình, là Rêu-ên [c], thì ông hỏi, “Sao hôm nay các con về sớm vậy?”
19 Các cô đáp, “Có một ông người Ai-cập bênh vực chúng con khỏi bọn chăn chiên. Ông ta lấy nước và cho súc vật uống giùm chúng con.”
20 Người cha hỏi, “Ông ta đâu rồi? Sao các con bỏ ông ta ngoài đó vậy? Mời ông ta vào dùng bữa với chúng ta.”
21 Mô-se bằng lòng ở lại với ông ấy. Ông gả con gái mình là Xíp-bô-ra cho Mô-se làm vợ. 22 Nàng sinh ra một con trai. Mô-se đặt tên là Ghẹt-sôn [d], vì ông đang sống ở nước ngoài.
Thượng Đế quyết định giúp đỡ người Ít-ra-en
23 Sau đó khá lâu, vua Ai-cập qua đời. Dân Ít-ra-en than van vì họ bị bắt buộc làm việc quá nhọc nhằn. Khi họ kêu xin, Thượng Đế nghe tiếng họ. 24 Ngài nghe tiếng than khóc của họ và nhớ lại giao ước Ngài lập với Áp-ra-ham, Y-sác và Gia-cốp. 25 Ngài thấy nỗi cực nhọc của dân Ít-ra-en và ái ngại cho họ.
Footnotes
- Xuất Hành 2:6 Do-thái Hay “Hê-bơ-rơ.” Xem thêm các câu 7, 11, 13.
- Xuất Hành 2:10 Mô-se Tên Mô-se trong tiếng Do-thái nghe giống như “lấy ra” hay “vớt ra.”
- Xuất Hành 2:18 Rêu-ên Ông ta cũng có tên là Giê-trô.
- Xuất Hành 2:22 Ghẹt-sôn Nghĩa là “người xa lạ tại đó.”
Exodus 2
English Standard Version
The Birth of Moses
2 Now a (A)man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and (B)when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes[a] and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the (C)reeds by the river bank. 4 And (D)his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. 5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews' children.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became (E)her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I (F)drew him out of the water.”[b]
Moses Flees to Midian
11 One day, (G)when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their (H)burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.[c] 12 He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he (I)struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 When (J)he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” 14 He answered, (K)“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” 15 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But (L)Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by (M)a well.
16 Now the (N)priest of Midian had seven daughters, and (O)they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and (P)watered their flock. 18 When they came home to their father (Q)Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come home so soon today?” 19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and (R)watered the flock.” 20 He said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may (S)eat bread.” 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter (T)Zipporah. 22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name (U)Gershom, for he said, “I have been a (V)sojourner[d] in a foreign land.”
God Hears Israel's Groaning
23 (W)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel (X)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. (Y)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And (Z)God heard their groaning, and God (AA)remembered his covenant with (AB)Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God (AC)saw the people of Israel—and God (AD)knew.
Footnotes
- Exodus 2:3 Hebrew papyrus reeds
- Exodus 2:10 Moses sounds like the Hebrew for draw out
- Exodus 2:11 Hebrew brothers
- Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner
Exodus 2
New King James Version
Moses Is Born(A)
2 And (B)a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. 2 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And (C)when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of (D)bulrushes for him, daubed it with (E)asphalt and (F)pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds (G)by the river’s bank. 4 (H)And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
5 Then the (I)daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. 6 And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became (J)her son. So she called his name [a]Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
Moses Flees to Midian(K)
11 Now it came to pass in those days, (L)when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he (M)killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 And (N)when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men (O)were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?”
14 Then he said, (P)“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?”
So Moses (Q)feared and said, “Surely this thing is known!” 15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But (R)Moses fled from [b]the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of (S)Midian; and he sat down by (T)a well.
16 (U)Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. (V)And they came and drew water, and they filled the (W)troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 Then the (X)shepherds came and (Y)drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and (Z)watered their flock.
18 When they came to (AA)Reuel[c] their father, (AB)he said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?”
19 And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”
20 So he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may (AC)eat bread.”
21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave (AD)Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bore him a son. He called his name (AE)Gershom,[d] for he said, “I have been (AF)a [e]stranger in a foreign land.”
23 Now it happened (AG)in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel (AH)groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and (AI)their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 So God (AJ)heard their groaning, and God (AK)remembered His (AL)covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God (AM)looked upon the children of Israel, and God (AN)acknowledged them.
Footnotes
- Exodus 2:10 Heb. Mosheh, lit. Drawn Out
- Exodus 2:15 the presence of Pharaoh
- Exodus 2:18 Jethro, Ex. 3:1
- Exodus 2:22 Lit. Stranger There
- Exodus 2:22 sojourner, temporary resident
© 2010 Bible League International
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
