2 Mosebog 2
1 Og en Mand af Levi Hus gik hen og tog en Levi Datter.
Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
2 Og Kvinden undfik og fødte en Søn, og der hun saa ham, at han var dejlig, da skjulte hun ham tre Maaneder.
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
3 Men der hun ikke længere kunde skjule ham, da tog hun ham en Kiste af Rør og klinede den med Lim og Beg og lagde Drengen der udi og lagde den imellem Sivet ved Bredden af Floden.
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
4 Men hans Søster stod i Frastand for at faa at vide, hvorledes det vilde gaa ham.
And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5 Og Faraos Datter gik ned til Floden for at bade sig, og hendes Jomfruer gik ved Bredden af Floden; der hun saa Kisten midt i Sivet, da sendte hun sin Pige hen og lod den hente.
Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
6 Og der hun lod den op, da saa hun Barnet, og se, Drengen græd; da ynkedes hun over ham og sagde: Denne er en af de Hebræers Drenge.
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
7 Da sagde hans Søster til Faraos Datter: Skal jeg gaa og hente dig en Kone til Amme, af de hebraiske, at hun giver dig Drengen at die?
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
8 Og Faraos Datter sagde til hende: Gak! og Pigen gik og kaldte Drengens Moder.
“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
9 Da sagde Faraos Datter til hende: Tag denne Dreng og giv mig ham at die, og jeg, ja jeg vil give dig din Løn. Og Kvinden tog Drengen og gav ham at die.
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
10 Og der Drengen var bleven stor, da bragte hun ham til Faraos Datter, og denne holdt ham som sin Søn, og hun kaldte hans Navn Mose, og sagde: Thi jeg drog ham af Vandet.
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
11 Og det skete i de samme Dage, der Mose var bleven stor, da gik han ud til sine Brødre og saa paa deres Byrder, og han saa en ægyptisk Mand, som slog en hebraisk Mand af hans Brødre.
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
12 Da vendte han sig hid og did, og saa, at der var ingen til Stede, og han slog den Ægypter ihjel og skjulte ham i Sandet.
After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
13 Og anden Dagen gik han ud, og se, to hebraiske Mænd trættedes; da sagde han til den, som havde Uret: Hvi slaar du din Næste?
The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
14 Og han sagde: Hvo har sat dig til Fyrste og Dommer over os? tænker du at slaa mig ihjel, saasom du slog den Ægypter ihjel? da frygtede Mose og sagde: Sandelig den Gerning er bleven vitterlig.
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
15 Og Farao hørte denne Gerning og søgte at slaa Mose ihjel; men Mose flyede fra Faraos Ansigt, og blev i det Land Midian og satte sig ved Brønden.
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
16 Og Præsten i Midian havde syv Døtre, og de kom derhen og droge Vand og fyldte Renderne at vande deres Faders Kvæg.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17 Da kom Hyrderne og stødte dem derfra; men Mose stod op og hjalp dem og vandede deres Kvæg.
And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
18 Og de kom til Reuel, deres Fader, og han sagde: Hvi komme I saa snart i Dag?
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
19 Og de sagde: En ægyptisk Mand friede os fra Hyrdernes Haand og drog desuden flittig Vand op for os og vandede Kvæget.
“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20 Og han sagde til sine Døtre: Hvor er han da? hvi lode I den Mand gaa? kalder ham og han skal æde Brød med os.
“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21 Og Mose havde Lyst til at blive hos Manden; saa gav han Mose Zippora, sin Datter.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22 Og hun fødte en Søn, og han kaldte hans Navn Gersom; thi han sagde: Jeg er bleven en Udlænding i et fremmed Land.
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23 Og det skete lang Tid derefter, da døde Kongen af Ægypten; og Israels Børn sukkede over den Trældom og raabte, og deres Raab over Trældommen kom op for Gud.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
24 Og Gud hørte deres Suk, og Gud tænkte paa sin Pagt med Abraham, med Isak og med Jakob.
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 Og Gud saa Israels Børn, og Gud kendtes ved dem.
God saw the Israelites and took notice.
