Exodus 2
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, —and took a daughter of Levi.
Pea naʻe ʻalu ha tangata ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Livai, ʻo na mali mo ha ʻofefine ʻo Livai.
2 And the woman conceived and bare a son, —and she saw him, that he was a goodly child, so she hid him three months.
Pea naʻe feitama ʻae fefine, ʻo ne fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama: pea ʻi heʻene mamata ki hono fakaʻofoʻofa, naʻa ne fufū ia ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu.
3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of paper-reed, and covered it over with bitumen, and with pitch, —and put therein the child, and laid it among the rushes upon the bank of the river.
Pea ʻi he ʻikai te ne kei faʻa fufū ia, naʻa ne ngaohi ha vaka louʻakau, ʻo ne pani ia ʻaki ʻae kelepulu, mo e pulu, ʻo ne ʻai ʻae tamasiʻi ki loto; pea ne tuku ia ʻi he potu ʻakau ʻi he veʻe vaitafe.
4 Then did his sister station herself at a distance, —to see what would be done to him.
Pea naʻe tuʻu mamaʻo atu hono tuofefine, ke vakai pe ko e hā ʻe fai kiate ia.
5 So then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe by the river, and her, maidens, were walking by the side of the river, —when she saw the ark in the midst of the rushes, and sent her handmaid, and fetched it.
Mo ʻene ʻalu hifo ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Felo ki he vaitafe ke pālutu; pea naʻe ʻeveʻeva hono kau fefine ʻi he veʻe vaitafe; pea ʻi heʻene mamata ki he vaka ʻi he potu ʻakau, naʻa ne fekau ʻene fefine fekau ke ʻalu ʻo ʻomi ia.
6 And she opened and beheld it—even the child, and lo! a boy weeping, —so she took pity on him, and said, Of the children of the Hebrews, is this.
Pea ʻi heʻene toʻo hono tāpuni, pea mamata ia ki he tamasiʻi, pea vakai, naʻe tangi ʻae tamasiʻi. Pea ʻofa leva ia kiate ia, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e tamasiʻi eni ʻae kau Hepelū.”
7 Then said his sister unto Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse, of the Hebrew women, —that she may nurse for thee the child?
Pea pehē leva ʻe hono tuofefine ki he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, “ʻE lelei kiate koe ʻeku ʻalu ʻo ui ha fefine toutama mei he kau Hepelū, koeʻuhi ke ne tauhi ʻae tamasiʻi maʻau?
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her—Go. So the maid went, and called the mother of the child.
Pea talaange ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Felo kiate ia, “ʻAlu.” Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae taʻahine ʻo ne ui ʻae faʻē ʻae tamasiʻi.
9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her—Take this child, and nurse it for me, and, I, will give thee thy wages. So the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Pea pehēange ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Felo kiate ia, “Toʻo ʻae tamasiʻi ni ʻo ʻave, mo ke tauhi ia maʻaku, pea te u totongi koe. Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe he fefine ʻae tamasiʻi, ʻo ne tauhi ki ai.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him in to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said—For out of the water, I drew him.
Pea naʻe tupu ʻae tamasiʻi, pea naʻe ʻomi ia ki he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, pea hoko ia ko ʻene tama. Pea naʻa ne ui hono hingoa ko Mōsese: He naʻa ne pehē, “Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku ʻohake ia mei he vai.”
11 And it came to pass in those days when Moses grew up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens, —and saw, an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew—of his brethren,
Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia kuo tupu ʻo lahi ai ʻa Mōsese, naʻe ʻeveʻeva ia kituaʻā ki hono ngaahi kāinga, ʻo ne mamata ki heʻenau ngaahi kavenga: pea naʻa ne sio ki he tangata ʻIsipite ʻoku ne taaʻi ʻae Hepelū, ko e tokotaha ʻi hono kāinga.
12 So he turned this way and that, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Pea fekilokilofaki ia, pea ʻi heʻene sio ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata, naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite, ʻo ne fufū ia ʻi he ʻoneʻone.
13 And he went out on the second day, and lo! two Hebrews, striving together, —so he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore shouldest thou smite thy fellow?
Pea ʻi heʻene ʻalu kituaʻā ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho, vakai, naʻe fekeeʻi ʻae ongo tangata Hepelū: pea lea ia kiate ia naʻe fai kovi, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke taaʻi ai ho kāinga?”
14 And he said—Who hath set thee for a chief and a judge over us? To slay me, art thou thinking, as thou didst slay the Egyptian? Then was Moses afraid, and said—Surely the thing is, known!
Pea pehē mai ʻe ia, “Ko hai naʻa ne ngaohi koe ko e ʻeiki mo e fakamaau kiate kimautolu? ʻOku ke fie tāmateʻi au, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite?” Pea naʻe manavahē ʻa Mōsese, ʻo ne pehē, “Ta kuo ʻilo ʻae meʻa ni.”
15 So Pharaoh heard this thing, and sought to slay Moses, —and Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian and sat down by the well.
Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻa Felo ki he meʻa ni, naʻe holi ia ke tāmateʻi ʻa Mōsese. Ka naʻe hola ʻa Mōsese mei he ʻao ʻo Felo, pea naʻe ʻalu ia ʻo nofo ʻi he fonua ko Mitiane, pea nofo ia ki lalo ʻi he veʻe vaikeli.
16 Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters, —and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock.
Pea ko e taulaʻeiki ʻo Mitiane naʻe toko fitu hono ʻofefine: pea naʻa nau haʻu ke utu ʻae vai, ʻo fakapito ʻae ngaahi ʻaiʻanga vai ke fakainu ʻae fanga manu ʻa ʻenau tamai.
17 Then came the shepherds, and drave them away, —so Moses rose up, and succoured them, and watered their flock,
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae kau tangata tauhi sipi ʻo tekeʻi atu ʻakinautolu: ka naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Mōsese ʻo ne tokoni ʻakinautolu, ʻo ne fakainu ʻenau fanga manu.
18 Then came they in unto Reuel their father, —and he said, Wherefore have ye so early come in to-day?
Pea ʻi heʻenau aʻu atu kia Liueli ko e nau tamai, naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā kuo mou haʻu vave ai he ʻaho ni?”
19 And they said, An Egyptian, delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, —Moreover also he drew, for us, and watered the flock.
Pea naʻa nau pehē, “Ko e tangata ʻIsipite naʻa ne fakahaofi ʻakimautolu mei he nima ʻoe kau tauhi sipi, ʻo ne utu foki [ʻae vai ]lahi kiate kimautolu, ʻo ne fakainu ʻae fanga manu.”
20 And he said unto his daughters—And where is he? wherefore is it that ye left the man? Call him that he may eat bread.
Pea pehē ʻe ia ki hono ngaahi ʻofefine, “Pea kuo ʻi fē ia? Ko e hā kuo mou tuku ai pe ʻae tangata? Ui ia, ke haʻu ʻo kai mā.”
21 And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man, —and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
Pea naʻe loto lelei ʻa Mōsese ke nofo mo e tangata: pea naʻa ne foaki hono ʻofefine ko Sipola kia Mōsese.
22 And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, —for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
Pea ne fanauʻi kiate ia ʻae tama, pea naʻa ne ui hono hingoa ko Kesomi; he naʻa ne pehē, “Ko e muli au ʻi he fonua foʻou.”
23 And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude and lamented, —and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.
Pea kuo fuoloa ange naʻe hoko ʻae pekia ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite: pea naʻe toʻe ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e meʻa ʻi honau fakapōpulaʻi, pea naʻa nau tangi, pea naʻe aʻu hake ʻenau tangi ki he ʻOtua ko e meʻa ʻi he fakapōpulaʻi.
24 And God heard their groaning, —and God remembered his covenant, with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob;
Pea naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻenau ngaahi toʻe, pea manatuʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻene fuakava kia ʻEpalahame, mo ʻAisake, pea mo Sēkope.
25 so then, God looked upon the sons of Israel, —and God regarded.
Pea naʻe ʻafio ʻae ʻOtua ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea naʻe tokanga ʻofa ʻae ʻOtua kiate kinautolu.
