Exodus 2
1 And there goes a man of the house of Levi, and he takes the daughter of Levi,
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 the woman conceives, and bears a son, and she sees him, that he [is] beautiful, and she hides 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 she has not been able to hide him anymore, and she takes an ark of rushes for him, and covers it with bitumen and with pitch, and puts the boy in it, and puts [it] in the weeds by the edge 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 and his sister stations herself far off, to know what is done to him.
孩子的姐姐遠遠的站著，想知道孩子究竟怎樣。
5 And a daughter of Pharaoh comes down to bathe at the River, and her girls are walking by the side of the River, and she sees the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sends her handmaid, and she takes it,
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 and opens, and sees him—the boy, and behold, a child weeping! And she has pity on him and says, “This is [one] of the Hebrews’ children.”
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 his sister says to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Do I go? When I have called a suckling woman of the Hebrews for you, then she suckles the boy for you”;
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 and the daughter of Pharaoh says to her, “Go”; and the virgin goes, and calls the mother of the boy,
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 says to her, “Take this boy away, and suckle him for me, and I give your hire”; and the woman takes the boy, and suckles him.
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 the boy grows, and she brings him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calls his name Moses, and says, “Because I have drawn 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 And it comes to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goes out to his brothers, and looks on their burdens, and sees a man, an Egyptian, striking a man, a Hebrew, [one] of 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 he turns here and there, and sees that there is no man, and strikes the Egyptian, and hides 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 he goes out on the second day, and behold, two men, Hebrews, are striving, and he says to the wrongdoer, “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 And he says, “Who set you for a head and judge over us? Are you saying [it] to slay me as you have slain the Egyptian?” And Moses fears and says, “Surely the thing has been 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 hears of this thing, and seeks to slay Moses, and Moses flees from the face of Pharaoh, and dwells in the land of Midian, and dwells by the 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 And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs to water the flock of their father,
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 and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses arises, and saves them, and waters their flock.
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 they come to their father Reuel, and he says, “Why have you hurried to come in today?”
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 And they say, “A man, an Egyptian, has delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and has also diligently drawn for us, and waters the flock”;
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 and he says to his daughters, “And where [is] he? Why [is] this [that] you left the man? Call for him, and he eats 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 And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he gives his daughter Zipporah to Moses,
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 bears a son, and he calls his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land.”
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 And it comes to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dies, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goes up to God, because of the service;
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 God hears their groaning, and God remembers His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with 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 God sees the sons of Israel, and God knows.
天主遂眷顧了以色列子民，特別垂念她們。
