出埃及記 2
1 有一個利未家的人娶了一個利未女子為妻。
And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took as wife one of the daughters of Levi.
2 那女人懷孕，生一個兒子，見他俊美，就藏了他三個月，
And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.
3 後來不能再藏，就取了一個蒲草箱，抹上石漆和石油，將孩子放在裏頭，把箱子擱在河邊的蘆荻中。
And when they could no longer hide him, his mother took for him an ark, and besmeared it with bitumen, and cast the child into it, and put it in the ooze by the river.
4 孩子的姊姊遠遠站着，要知道他究竟怎麼樣。
And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.
5 法老的女兒來到河邊洗澡，她的使女們在河邊行走。她看見箱子在蘆荻中，就打發一個婢女拿來。
And the daughter of Pharao came down to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river's side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up.
6 她打開箱子，看見那孩子。孩子哭了，她就可憐他，說：「這是希伯來人的一個孩子。」
And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the daughter of Pharao had compassion on it, and said, This [is one] of the Hebrew's children.
7 孩子的姊姊對法老的女兒說：「我去在希伯來婦人中叫一個奶媽來，為你奶這孩子，可以不可以？」
And his sister said to the daughter of Pharao, Will you that I call to you a nurse of the Hebrews, and shall she suckle the child for you?
8 法老的女兒說：「可以。」童女就去叫了孩子的母親來。
And the daughter of Pharao said, Go: and the young woman went, and called the mother of the child.
9 法老的女兒對她說：「你把這孩子抱去，為我奶他，我必給你工價。」婦人就抱了孩子去奶他。
And the daughter of Pharao said to her, Take care of this child, and suckled it for me, and I will give you the wages; and the woman took the child, and suckled it.
10 孩子漸長，婦人把他帶到法老的女兒那裏，就作了她的兒子。她給孩子起名叫摩西，意思說：「因我把他從水裏拉出來。」
And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharao, and he became her son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him out of the water.
11 後來，摩西長大，他出去到他弟兄那裏，看他們的重擔，見一個埃及人打希伯來人的一個弟兄。
And it came to pass in that length of time, that Moses having grown, went out to his brethren the sons of Israel: and having noticed their distress, he sees an Egyptian striking a certain Hebrew of his brethren the children of Israel.
12 他左右觀看，見沒有人，就把埃及人打死了，藏在沙土裏。
And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he struck the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 第二天他出去，見有兩個希伯來人爭鬥，就對那欺負人的說：「你為甚麼打你同族的人呢？」
And having gone out the second day he sees two Hebrew men fighting; and he says to the injurer, Therefore smite you your neighbour?
14 那人說：「誰立你作我們的首領和審判官呢？難道你要殺我，像殺那埃及人嗎？」摩西便懼怕，說：「這事必是被人知道了。」
And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? will you kill me as you yesterday killed the Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said, If [it be] thus, this matter has become known.
15 法老聽見這事，就想殺摩西，但摩西躲避法老，逃往米甸地居住。
And Pharao heard this matter, and sought to kill Moses; and Moses departed from the presence of Pharao, and lived in the land of Madiam; and having come into the land of Madiam, he sat on the well.
16 一日，他在井旁坐下。米甸的祭司有七個女兒；她們來打水，打滿了槽，要飲父親的群羊。
And the priest of Madiam had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jothor; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jothor.
17 有牧羊的人來，把她們趕走了，摩西卻起來幫助她們，又飲了她們的群羊。
And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.
18 她們來到父親流珥那裏；他說：「今日你們為何來得這麼快呢？」
And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have you come so quickly today?
19 她們說：「有一個埃及人救我們脫離牧羊人的手，並且為我們打水飲了群羊。」
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep.
20 他對女兒們說：「那個人在哪裏？你們為甚麼撇下他呢？你們去請他來吃飯。」
And he said to his daughters, And where is he? and why have you left the man? call him therefore, that he may eat bread.
21 摩西甘心和那人同住；那人把他的女兒西坡拉給摩西為妻。
And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Sepphora his daughter to Moses to wife.
22 西坡拉生了一個兒子，摩西給他起名叫革舜，意思說：「因我在外邦作了寄居的。」
And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gersam, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land.
23 過了多年，埃及王死了。以色列人因做苦工，就歎息哀求，他們的哀聲達於上帝。
And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.
24 上帝聽見他們的哀聲，就記念他與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的約。
And God heard their groanings, and God remembered his covenant made with Abraam and Isaac and Jacob.
25 上帝看顧以色列人，也知道他們的苦情。
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and was made known to them.
