Exodus 2
1 After these things, a man from the house of Levi went out, and he took a wife from his own stock.
有肋末家族的一個男子娶了肋末家族的一個女人為妻。
2 And she conceived and bore a son. And seeing him to be handsome, she hid him for three months.
這女人懷孕生了一個兒子，見他俊美，就把他藏了三個月。
3 And when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a small basket woven of bulrushes, and she smeared it with pitch as well as tar. And she placed the little infant inside, and she laid him in the sedges by the bank of the river.
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。
4 His sister was standing at a distance and was wondering what would happen.
孩子的姐姐遠遠的站著，想知道孩子究竟怎樣。
5 Then, behold, the daughter of Pharaoh descended to wash in the river. And her maids walked along the edge of the cove. And when she had seen the small basket among the papyruses, she sent one of her servants for it. And when it was brought,
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。
6 she opened it; and realizing that within it was a little one crying, she took pity on him, and she said: “This is one of the infants of the Hebrews.”
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。」
7 And the sister of the boy said to her: “If you wish, I will go and call to you a Hebrew woman, who will be able nurse the infant.”
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﹖」
8 She responded, “Go.” The maid went directly and called her mother.
法兩的公主回答說：「你去罷! 」少女便去叫了孩子的母親來。
9 And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her: “Take this boy and nurse him for me. I will give you your wages.” The woman took and nursed the boy. And when he was mature, she delivered him to the daughter of Pharaoh.
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。
10 And she adopted him in place of a son, and she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I took him from the water.”
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
11 In those days, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers. And he saw their affliction and an Egyptian man striking a certain one of the Hebrews, his brothers.
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；
12 And when he had looked around this way and that, and had seen no one nearby, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
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。
13 And going out the next day, he spotted two Hebrews quarrelling violently. And he said to him who was causing the injury, “Why do you strike your neighbor?”
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﹖」
14 But he responded: “Who appointed you as leader and judge over us? Do you want to kill me, just as yesterday you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and he said, “How has this word become known?”
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! 」
15 And Pharaoh heard this talk, and he sought to kill Moses. But fleeing from his sight, he stayed in the land of Midian, and he sat down next to a well.
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。
16 Now there was a priest of Midian with seven daughters, who came to draw water. And having filled the troughs, they desired to water their father’s flocks.
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。
17 The shepherds overcame them and drove them away. And Moses rose up, and defending the girls, he watered their sheep.
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。
18 And when they had returned to their father, Reuel, he said to them, “Why have you arrived sooner than usual?”
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﹖」
19 They responded: “A man of Egypt freed us from the hands of the shepherds. Moreover, he also drew water with us and gave the sheep to drink.”
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。」
20 But he said: “Where is he? Why have you dismissed the man? Call him, so that he may eat bread.”
他對女兒們說：「他在那裏﹖你們為什麼撇下他﹖去請他來吃飯! 」
21 Therefore, Moses swore that he would live with him. And he accepted his daughter Zipporah as a wife.
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。
22 And she bore a son to him, whom he called Gershom, saying, “I have been a newcomer in a foreign land.” In truth, she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying, “For the God of my father, my helper, has rescued me from the hand of Pharaoh.”
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。」
23 In truth, after a long time, the king of Egypt was dead. And the sons of Israel, groaning, cried out because of the works. And their cry ascended to God from the works.
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。
24 And he heard their groaning, and he also remembered the covenant which he formed with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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。
25 And the Lord looked with favor on the sons of Israel, and he knew them.
天主遂眷顧了以色列子民，特別垂念她們。
