Gadili Asi 2
1 Amo esoga, Lifai fi dunu afae da Lifai fi a: fini lai.
(There was a man who/My father) was descended from [Jacob’s son] Levi. He married a woman who was [also] descended from Levi.
2 Amo uda da ema dunu mano lalelegei. E da ea mano da noga: i mano ba: beba: le, e da oubi udiana amoga mano wamolegei.
She became pregnant and gave birth to (a baby boy/me). When she saw that he/I was a good-looking baby, she hid him/me for three months, [because she was not willing to do what the king commanded].
3 Be bu wamolegemu hamedei ba: loba, e da daba saga: amoga amuni lale, hano da amoga mae ha: ina sa: ima: ne edele amoga legei. E da ea mano amo ganodini sanasili, Naile hano bega: saga: sedade amo ganodini ligisi.
When she was unable to (hide him/me/keep it a secret) any longer, she got a basket made from tall reeds. She covered the basket with tar ([to make it waterproof/so water could not get in]). Then she put him/me in the basket and put the basket in [the water] in the middle of the tall grass at the edge of the Nile [River].
4 Mano dudubu ea dalusi da fonobahadi sedagawane fa: no misunu hou ba: musa: lelu.
His/My older sister was standing not far away, [watching to see] what would happen to him/me.
5 Felou idiwi da hano ulimusa: misi. Ea hawa: hamosu a: fini ilia da hano bega: lalu. E da daba amo saga: ganodini dialebe ba: i. E da ea udigili hawa: hamosu a: fini afae amo lama: ne asunasi.
[Soon] the king’s daughter went down to the river to bathe. Her female servants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket amid the tall grass [in the river]. So she sent [one of] her servants to get it.
6 Felou idiwi da daba ea figisu doagadole, dunu mano dudubu ganodini dialebe ba: i. E da dinanu amola Felou idiwi da e asigili ba: i. E amane sia: i, “Amo da Hibulu mano esala.”
When [the servant brought the basket to her], she opened it, and was surprised to see (a baby that was/me), crying. She felt sorry for him/me, and said, “This [must] be one of the Hebrews’ babies.”
7 Amalalu, amo mano dudubu ea dalusi da Felou idiwi ema amane adole ba: i, “Na da Hibulu uda amo di fidima: ne, amo manoma dodo ima: ne misa: ne sia: mu da defeala: ?
Then (the baby’s/my) [older] sister [approached] the king’s daughter and said, “Do you want me to go and find someone from among the Hebrew women who will [be able to] nurse the baby for you?”
8 Felou idiwi da bu adole i, “Defea! Amo misa: ne sia: ma.” Amalalu, mano ea dalusi da asili, mano dudubu hi amedafa ema oule misi.
The king’s daughter said to her, “[Yes], go [and find one].” So the girl went and summoned (the baby’s/my) mother.
9 Felou idiwi da amo udama amane sia: i, “Di amo mano dudubu lale, nama bu imunusa: ouligima. Na da dima bidi imunu.” Amalalu, e da mano dudubu lale, dodo ianu.
The king’s daughter said to her, “[Please] take this baby and nurse him for me. I will pay you [for doing that].” So (the woman/my mother) took him/me and nursed him/me.
10 Fa: no, mano da fonobahadi asigilaloba, ea ame da e Felou idiwima bu oule asi. Amalalu, e da amo mano fofoi dagoi. E da hima adole i, “Na da amo mano hano ganodini dialu lai. Amaiba: le, na da ema Mousese dio asula.” (Mousese dawa: loma: ne Idibidi sia: ga da ‘lalelegei’ amola Hibulu sia: ga da ‘ganodini dialu lai.’)
([A few years later]/when (the child/I) grew [older]), she brought him/me to the king’s daughter. She adopted him/me [as though I was] her own son. She named him/me Moses, [which sounds like the Hebrew words ‘pull out’], because she said “I pulled him out of the water.”
11 Mousese da asigi laloba, e da ea fi dunu (Hibulu dunu) amo ba: musa: sofe asi. E da Idibidi dunu da ilima gasa fili, hawa: hamosu gasa bagade ilima i, amo ba: i dagoi. Amola Idibidi dunu afae e da Mousese ea fi Hibulu dunu amo fanelegei dagoi, amo Mousese da ba: i dagoi.
One day, after Moses/I had grown up, he/I went out [of the palace area] to see his/my people, [the Hebrews]. He/I saw how they were being [forced to work] very hard. He/I [also] saw an Egyptian [man] beating one of his/my Hebrew people.
12 Mousese da la: idi ba: lega, la: idi ba: lega hogolalu, dunu eno hame ba: beba: le, e da amo Idibidi dunu fanelegele, ea da: i hodo wamolegemusa: , sa: i boso amoga uli dogone sali.
He/I looked around [to see if anyone was watching]. Seeing no one, he/I killed the Egyptian man and buried his [body] in the sand.
13 Aya esoga, e da bu asili, Hibulu dunu aduna gegenanebe ba: i. E da giadofale hamoi dunuma amane sia: i, “Dia da abuliba: le dia Hibulu na: iyado fananala: ?”
The next day he/I returned [to the same place]. He/I was surprised to see two Hebrew men who were fighting [each other]. He/I said to the man who started the fight, “Why are you (you should not be) striking your fellow [Hebrew].”
14 Amo dunu da bu adole i, “Di da ninia fofada: su dunu amola ouligisu dunu, nowa da hamobela: ? Di da aya Idibidi dunu medole legei amo defele na amola medole legema: bela: ?” Amalalu, Mousese da beda: i ba: i. E da ea dogo ganodini amane sia: i “Dunu huluane da na hamoi dawa: dagoi.”
The man replied, “(Who made you our ruler and judge?/No one made you our ruler and judge!) [RHQ] [You have no right to interfere with us] Are you going to kill me just like you killed that Egyptian man [yesterday]?” Then Moses/I was afraid, [because] he/I thought, “[Since that man knows what I did], surely [other people] know, [too].”
15 Felou da amo hou nababeba: le, e da Mousese fanelegema: ne sia: i, be Mousese da hobeale asili, Midia: ne sogega wamoaligimusa: asi. Eso afaega, Mousese da hano nasu uli dogoi gadenene esalu. Yedelou (Midia: ne gobele salasu dunu) amo ea uda mano fesuale gala da ilia ada ea sibi amola goudi, hano nasu ofodoga nabama: ne, hano dimusa: misi.
[And that was correct]. The king heard about what he/I had done [to that Egyptian. So he ordered his soldiers to] execute/kill Moses/me. But he/I fled from the king [and left Egypt. He/I traveled east to] the Midian [region] and started to live there.
The man who was the (priest/one who offered the people’s gifts to God) for the Midian people, [whose name was Jethro], had seven daughters. [One day] as Moses/I sat down beside a well, those girls came [to the well] and got water, and filled the troughs in order to give water to their father’s flock [of sheep].
17 Be sibi ouligisu dunu eno da Yedelou ea uda manolali sefasi. Amalalu, Mousese da ili gaga: musa: misini, ilia lai gebo amoma ima: ne hano dili i.
Some (shepherds/men who took care of other sheep) came and started to chase away the girls. But Moses/I helped/rescued the girls, and got water for their sheep.
18 Ilia da ilia adama bu misini, e fofogadigili ilima amane, adole ba: i, “Dilia da habodane hedolo bu misibala: ?”
When the girls returned to their father [Jethro], [whose other name is] Reuel, he asked them, “How is it that you were able to [give water to the sheep and] come home so quickly today?”
19 Ilia da bu adole i, “Sibi ouligisu dunu da nini sefasisia, Idibidi dunu afae da nini gaga: i dagoi. Amola e da ninia lai gebo moma: ne, hano dili i.”
They replied, “A man from Egypt kept [MTY] other shepherds from sending us away. He also got water for us [from the well] and gave water to the flock [of sheep].”
20 Yedelou da ea idiwi amoma amane adole ba: i, “E da habila: ? Dilia da abuliba: le e gadili leloma: ne yolesila: ? Masa! E da nini gilisili ha: i manusa: misa: ne sia: ma.”
He said to his daughters, “Where is he? (Why did you leave him [out there]?/You should not leave him [out there]!) [RHQ] Invite him [in], so he can have something to eat [MTY]!”
21 Amaiba: le, Mousese da Midia: ne soge ganodini esalumusa: dawa: i galu. Amalalu, Yedelou da idiwi Siboula e lama: ne Mousesema i dagoi.
[So they did], and Moses/I [accepted and ate with them]. And Moses/I decided to live there. Later Jethro gave him/me his daughter Zipporah [to be his/my wife].
22 Siboula da ema dunu mano lalelegei. Mousese da ea dogo ganodini amane sia: i, “Na da amo soge ganodini ga fi esala. Amaiba: le, amo manoma na da Gesiome (ga fi dunu) dio asula.”
Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses/I named him Gershom, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘foreigner’], because he/I said, “I am living as a foreigner in [this] land.”
23 Ode eno ilia da gidigili, Idibidi hina bagade (Felou) da bogoi. Be gasa bagade udigili hawa: hamosu hamobeba: le, Isala: ili dunu da gogonomane, Gode fidima: ne dinanawane wesu.
Many years later the king of Egypt died. The Israeli people [in Egypt] were still groaning because of the [hard work they had to do as] slaves. They called out for [someone to] help them, and God heard them call out [PRS].
24 Gode da ilia dinanawane wesu nabi dagoi. E da Ea gousa: su, amo E da A: ibalaha: me, Aisage amola Ya: igobe ilima hamoi bu dawa: i.
He heard them groaning. And he (thought about/did not forget) that he had solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [to bless their descendants].
25 E da Isala: ili dunu amo ilia se nabawane udigili hawa: hamosu ba: i dagoi. Amola E da ilima bagade asigisu.
God saw how the Israeli people were [being badly treated], and he was concerned about them.
