Exodus 2
1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
Yon nonm nan branch fanmi Levi a te marye ak yon fi nan menm branch fanmi an.
2 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
Madanm li vin ansent, li fè yon pitit gason. Lè li wè jan ti pitit la te bèl, li kache l' pandan twa mwa.
3 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.
Men, li pa t' kapab kache l' pi lontan pase sa. Se konsa, li pran yon panyen jon, li badijonnen l' byen badijonnen ak goudwon ansanm ak gonm bwapen. Li mete ti pitit la ladan l'. Lèfini, li mete panyen an ak tout pitit la ladan l' nan mitan yon touf wozo, sou bò gwo larivyè a.
4 And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
Sè ti pitit la menm te rete kanpe yon ti distans pou l' wè sak tapral rive pitit la.
5 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.
Pitit fi farawon an desann bò gwo larivyè a pou l' al benyen. Medam ki te avè l' yo t'ap mache bò larivyè a. Fi farawon an wè panyen an nan mitan touf wozo yo. Li voye sèvant li a al pran l'.
6 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.”
Li louvri panyen an, li wè ti pitit la: se te yon ti gason ki t'ap kriye. Kè l' fè l' mal pou li. Li di: -Se yonn nan timoun ebre yo.
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
Lè sa a, sè ti gason an pwoche, li di pitit fi farawon an: -Eske ou vle m al chache yon nouris pou ou nan mitan medam ebre yo pou bay ti pitit la tete pou ou?
8 “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
Fi Farawon an di li: -Ale non. Ti fi a al chache manman ti pitit la.
9 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.
Fi farawon an di manman an konsa: -Pran ti pitit sa a, mete l' nan tete pou mwen. m'a peye ou pou sa. Madanm lan pran ti pitit la, li ba l' tete.
10 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.”
Lè ti gason an vin gran ti bway, li mennen l' bay fi farawon an ki adopte l' pou pitit li. Lè sa a, fi farawon an di: -Se nan dlo mwen wete l'. Se konsa, li rele l' Moyiz.
11 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.
Lè sa a, Moyiz te fin grandi. Yon jou, li soti pou l' al vizite moun pèp Izrayèl parèy li yo. Li wè jan yo t'ap fè yo travay di. Li wè yon moun peyi Lejip ki t'ap bimen yon ebre anba kou, yonn nan moun parèy li yo.
12 After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
Li voye je l' adwat, li voye je l' agoch, li pa wè pesonn. Li touye moun pèyi Lejip la, li fouye yon twou nan sab la, li kache kadav la.
13 The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
Nan denmen, li soti ankò, li wè de ebre ki t'ap goumen. Li di sa ki te antò a: -Poukisa w'ap maltrete moun menm ras ak ou konsa?
14 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.”
Men, nonm lan reponn li: -Kilès ki mete ou chèf pou kòmande nou? Gen lè ou vle touye m' menm jan ou te touye moun peyi Lejip la? Moyiz vin pè, li di nan kè l': -Aa! Gen moun ki konnen sa m' te fè a!
15 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.
Farawon an pran nouvèl sak te pase. Li t'ap chache Moyiz pou touye l'. Men Moyiz chape kò l' anba men l', l' al rete nan peyi Madyan. Rive la, li chita bò yon pi.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Prèt peyi Madyan an te gen sèt pitit fi. Yo te vin tire dlo pou plen ganmèl yo pou bay mouton papa yo bwè.
17 And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
Men, kèk lòt gadò mouton vin rive, yo kouri dèyè medam yo. Moyiz leve, li pran defans yo, epi li bay mouton medam yo bwè.
18 When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
Lè medam yo tounen lakay Reouyèl, papa yo, li mande yo: -Ki jan nou fè tounen vit konsa jòdi a?
19 “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
Yo reponn li: -Se yon moun peyi Lejip ki te delivre nou anba men gadò mouton yo. Apre sa, se li menm ankò ki tire dlo pou nou bay bèt yo bwè.
20 “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
Reouyèl mande pitit fi li yo: -Kote msye? Poukisa nou kite l' laba a? Al rele l' pou l' vin pran kichòy ak nou.
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Moyiz te dakò pou l' te rete lakay nonm sa a. Reouyèl bay Moyiz Sefora, yonn nan pitit fi li yo, pou madanm.
22 And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Sefora fè yon ti gason. Lè sa a, Moyiz di: -Se moun vini mwen ye nan yon peyi etranje. Se konsa, li te rele pitit la Gèchon.
23 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.
Lontan apre sa, wa Lejip la mouri. Pèp Izrayèl la t'ap plenn pi rèd anba esklavaj. Yo t'ap rele gras mizèrikòd. Bondye te tande jan yo t'ap rele, jan yo t'ap plenn anba esklavaj la.
24 So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Bondye tande rèl yo, li vin chonje kontra li te pase ak Abraram ak Izarak epi ak Jakòb.
25 God saw the Israelites and took notice.
Bondye te wè nan ki sitiyasyon moun pèp Izrayèl yo ye, li pran kòz yo nan men l'.
