Exodus 2
1 It was around this time that a man from the tribe of Levi married a woman, also a Levite.
egressus est post haec vir de domo Levi accepta uxore stirpis suae
2 She became pregnant and had a son. She saw he was a lovely baby, and she hid him for three months.
quae concepit et peperit filium et videns eum elegantem abscondit tribus mensibus
3 But when she couldn't hide him anymore, she got a papyrus basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put her baby in the basket and placed it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
cumque iam celare non posset sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam et linivit eam bitumine ac pice posuitque intus infantulum et exposuit eum in carecto ripae fluminis
4 His sister waited some distance away, keeping an eye on him.
stante procul sorore eius et considerante eventum rei
5 Then Pharaoh's daughter arrived to bathe in the Nile. Her ladies-in-waiting were walking along the bank of the river. When she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it and bring it to her.
ecce autem descendebat filia Pharaonis ut lavaretur in flumine et puellae eius gradiebantur per crepidinem alvei quae cum vidisset fiscellam in papyrione misit unam e famulis suis et adlatam
6 When she opened it she saw the baby boy. He was crying and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew boys,” she said.
aperiens cernensque in ea parvulum vagientem miserta eius ait de infantibus Hebraeorum est
7 His sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, “Would you like me to go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse him for you?”
cui soror pueri vis inquit ut vadam et vocem tibi hebraeam mulierem quae nutrire possit infantulum
8 “Yes, go and do that,” she replied. So the girl went and called the baby's mother to come.
respondit vade perrexit puella et vocavit matrem eius
9 “Take this baby boy and nurse him for me,” she told his mother. “I will pay you myself.” So his mother took him home and nursed him.
ad quam locuta filia Pharaonis accipe ait puerum istum et nutri mihi ego tibi dabo mercedem tuam suscepit mulier et nutrivit puerum adultumque tradidit filiae Pharaonis
10 When the boy was older she took him to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. She called him Moses, because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”
quem illa adoptavit in locum filii vocavitque nomen eius Mosi dicens quia de aqua tuli eum
11 Later, when Moses had grown up, he went to visit his people, the Hebrews. He saw them doing hard labor. He also saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
in diebus illis postquam creverat Moses egressus ad fratres suos vidit adflictionem eorum et virum aegyptium percutientem quendam de Hebraeis fratribus suis
12 He looked all around to make sure no one was watching, and then he killed the Egyptian and buried his body in the sand.
cumque circumspexisset huc atque illuc et nullum adesse vidisset percussum Aegyptium abscondit sabulo
13 The following day he went back and he saw two Hebrews fighting with each other. He said to the one at fault, “Why are you beating one of your own people?”
et egressus die altero conspexit duos Hebraeos rixantes dixitque ei qui faciebat iniuriam quare percutis proximum tuum
14 “Who put you in charge to judge us?” the man replied. “Are you going to kill me like you did the Egyptian?” Moses became frightened at this, and said to himself, “People know what I've done!”
qui respondit quis constituit te principem et iudicem super nos num occidere me tu dicis sicut occidisti Aegyptium timuit Moses et ait quomodo palam factum est verbum istud
15 When Pharaoh found out, he tried to have Moses killed, but Moses ran away from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian. One day as he was sitting by a well,
audivitque Pharao sermonem hunc et quaerebat occidere Mosen qui fugiens de conspectu eius moratus est in terra Madian et sedit iuxta puteum
16 and the Midianite priest's seven daughters came to fetch water to fill up the troughs so their father's flock could drink.
erant sacerdoti Madian septem filiae quae venerunt ad hauriendas aquas et impletis canalibus adaquare cupiebant greges patris sui
17 Some shepherds arrived and chased them off, but Moses intervened and rescued them, and watered their flock.
supervenere pastores et eiecerunt eas surrexitque Moses et defensis puellis adaquavit oves earum
18 When they got home, their father Reuel asked them, “How did you get back so quickly today?”
quae cum revertissent ad Raguhel patrem suum dixit ad eas cur velocius venistis solito
19 “An Egyptian rescued us from some shepherds who attacked us,” they replied. “Then he even fetched water for us so the flock could drink.”
responderunt vir aegyptius liberavit nos de manu pastorum insuper et hausit aquam nobiscum potumque dedit ovibus
20 “So where is he?” Reuel asked his daughter. “You didn't just leave him there, did you? Go and invite him to eat with us!”
at ille ubi est inquit quare dimisistis hominem vocate eum ut comedat panem
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who arranged for his daughter Zipporah to marry Moses.
iuravit ergo Moses quod habitaret cum eo accepitque Sefforam filiam eius
22 She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I'm an exile living in a foreign country.”
quae peperit filium quem vocavit Gersam dicens advena fui in terra aliena
23 Years later, the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites were still groaning under their hard labor. Their cries for help because of their hardship reached God.
post multum temporis mortuus est rex Aegypti et ingemescentes filii Israhel propter opera vociferati sunt ascenditque clamor eorum ad Deum ab operibus
24 God heard their groans, and recalled his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
et audivit gemitum eorum ac recordatus foederis quod pepigerat cum Abraham et Isaac et Iacob
25 God also looked sympathetically on the Israelites, and was concerned for them.
respexit filios Israhel et cognovit eos
