出埃及記 2
1 有肋末家族的一個男子娶了肋末家族的一個女人為妻。
And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,
2 這女人懷孕生了一個兒子，見他俊美，就把他藏了三個月。
and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he [is] fair, and she hideth him three months,
3 以後不能再藏了，就拿了一個蒲草筐子，塗上瀝青和石漆，把孩子放在裏面，將筐放在尼羅河邊的蘆葦叢中。
and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth [it] in the weeds by the edge of the River;
4 孩子的姐姐遠遠的站著，想知道孩子究竟怎樣。
and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.
5 當時法朗的一個公主下到尼羅河邊洗澡，使女們在河邊上徘徊。公主發現蘆葦叢中那個筐子，就吩咐自己的使女將筐子取來。
And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,
6 她打開一看，見有一個孩子正在哭涕，就動了可憐他的心說：「這必是一個希伯來人的孩子。」
and openeth, and seeth him — the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.'
7 孩子的姐姐就對法朗的公主說：「你願意我從希伯來婦女中給你請一個奶媽，為你乳養這個孩子嗎﹖」
And his sister saith unto the daughter of Pharaoh, 'Do I go? when I have called for thee a suckling woman of the Hebrews, then she doth suckle the lad for thee;'
8 法兩的公主回答說：「你去罷! 」少女便去叫了孩子的母親來。
and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, 'Go;' and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad,
9 法朗的公主對她說：「你將這孩子抱去，為我乳養他，我必給你工錢。」那婦人就接過去，乳養這個孩子。
and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, 'Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I — I give thy hire;' and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him.
10 孩子長大了，那婦人就把他帶到公主那裏；公主遂收他作自己的兒子，給他起名叫梅瑟，說：「因為我從水裏拉出了他。」梅瑟逃往米德楊
And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, 'Because — from the water I have drawn him.'
11 過了許久梅瑟已經長大，有一次出去探望自己的同胞，看見他們作苦工，又見一個埃及人打他的一個同胞希伯來人；
And it cometh to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goeth out unto his brethren, and looketh on their burdens, and seeth a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, [one] of his brethren,
12 他向四面一望，見沒有人，便將那埃及人打死，將他埋在沙土中。
and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand.
13 第二天他又出去，見兩個希伯來人打架，就對那無理的一方說：「你為什麼打你同族的人﹖」
And he goeth out on the second day, and lo, two men, Hebrews, striving! and he saith to the wrong-doer, 'Why dost thou smite thy neighbour?'
14 那人回答說：「誰立了你作我們的首領和判官﹖難到你想殺我，像殺那埃及仁一樣嗎﹖」梅瑟就害怕了，心裏想：「那事一定叫人知道了! 」
and he saith, 'Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying [it], as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and saith, 'Surely the thing hath been known.'
15 法朗聽說這事，就想殺死梅瑟；而梅瑟卻離開法朗逃走，去了米德楊地，坐在井邊。
And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well.
16 米德楊的司祭有七個女兒，她們來打水，灌滿水槽，要飲父親的羊群。
And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,
17 別的牧童來了，趕走了她們；，梅瑟便起來保護了她們，也飲了她們的羊。
and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock.
18 她們回到父親勒烏爾那裏，父親問她們說：「你們今天為什麼回來的這麼快﹖」
And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, 'Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?'
19 她們回答說：「有一個埃及人救我們擺脫了牧童的手，還給我們打水飲了羊群。」
and they say, 'A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;'
20 他對女兒們說：「他在那裏﹖你們為什麼撇下他﹖去請他來吃飯! 」
and he saith unto his daughters, 'And where [is] he? why [is] this? — ye left the man! call for him, and he doth eat bread.'
21 於是梅瑟決定住在那人那裏，那人將自己的女兒漆頗辣給了梅瑟為妻。
And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
22 她生了一個兒子，梅瑟給他起名叫革爾熊，因為他說：「我在外方作了旅客。」
and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
23 過了很久，埃及王死了。那時以色列子民由於勞苦工作，都嘆息唉號：他們因勞役所發出的求救聲，升到天主面前。
And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;
24 天主聽見了他們的哀號，就記起了他與亞巴郎、依撒格和雅各伯所立的盟約。
and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
25 天主遂眷顧了以色列子民，特別垂念她們。
and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.
