Exodus 2
1 (There was a man who/My father) was descended from [Jacob’s son] Levi. He married a woman who was [also] descended from Levi.
So var det ein mann av Levi-ætti som gjekk av og tok seg ei kona, og ho var og av Levi-ætti.
2 She became pregnant and gave birth to (a baby boy/me). When she saw that he/I was a good-looking baby, she hid him/me for three months, [because she was not willing to do what the king commanded].
Og kvinna vart umhender, og åtte ein son. Ho tykte det var so vent eit barn, og løynde honom i tri månader;
3 When she was unable to (hide him/me/keep it a secret) any longer, she got a basket made from tall reeds. She covered the basket with tar ([to make it waterproof/so water could not get in]). Then she put him/me in the basket and put the basket in [the water] in the middle of the tall grass at the edge of the Nile [River].
då kunde ho ikkje få løynt honom lenger. So fann ho ei røyrkista til honom; den brædde ho med jordbik og tjøra, og so lagde ho sveinen upp i, og sette kista i sevet attmed elvebarden;
4 His/My older sister was standing not far away, [watching to see] what would happen to him/me.
og syster hans stod eit stykke undan, og skulde sjå korleis det gjekk med honom.
5 [Soon] the king’s daughter went down to the river to bathe. Her female servants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket amid the tall grass [in the river]. So she sent [one of] her servants to get it.
Då kom dotter åt Farao ned åt elvi, og vilde lauga seg, medan møyarne hennar gjekk att og fram på elvbakken. Ho gådde kista i sevet, og sende terna si etter henne.
6 When [the servant brought the basket to her], she opened it, and was surprised to see (a baby that was/me), crying. She felt sorry for him/me, and said, “This [must] be one of the Hebrews’ babies.”
So hadde ho upp loket, og såg barnet; «nei sjå!» sagde ho, «ein liten svein som ligg og græt!» Og ho tykte synd i honom og sagde: «Det er eit av hebræarborni: »
7 Then (the baby’s/my) [older] sister [approached] the king’s daughter and said, “Do you want me to go and find someone from among the Hebrew women who will [be able to] nurse the baby for you?”
Då sagde syster hans med dotter åt Farao: «Skal eg ganga og finna deg ei hebræarkona som gjev brjost, so ho kann fostra upp barnet for deg?»
8 The king’s daughter said to her, “[Yes], go [and find one].” So the girl went and summoned (the baby’s/my) mother.
«Gjer so!» svara kongsdotteri. So gjekk gjenta og henta mor åt barnet.
9 The king’s daughter said to her, “[Please] take this baby and nurse him for me. I will pay you [for doing that].” So (the woman/my mother) took him/me and nursed him/me.
Og kongsdotteri sagde til henne: «Tak denne sveinen og fostra honom upp for meg! Eg skal løna deg for det.» So tok kona sveinen, og fostra honom upp.
10 ([A few years later]/when (the child/I) grew [older]), she brought him/me to the king’s daughter. She adopted him/me [as though I was] her own son. She named him/me Moses, [which sounds like the Hebrew words ‘pull out’], because she said “I pulled him out of the water.”
Og då han vart stor, gjekk ho til kongsdotteri med honom, og han vart som son hennar. Ho kalla han Moses; «for eg hev teke honom upp or vatnet, » sagde ho.
11 One day, after Moses/I had grown up, he/I went out [of the palace area] to see his/my people, [the Hebrews]. He/I saw how they were being [forced to work] very hard. He/I [also] saw an Egyptian [man] beating one of his/my Hebrew people.
So leid tidi fram til Moses var vaksen. Då var det ein gong han gjekk ut til landsmennerne sine, og såg korleis dei laut slita og slæpa, og so fekk han sjå ein egyptar som slo ein hebræar, ein av landsmennerne hans.
12 He/I looked around [to see if anyone was watching]. Seeing no one, he/I killed the Egyptian man and buried his [body] in the sand.
Då såg han vel ikring seg, men vart ikkje var nokon, og so slo han egyptaren i hel, og grov honom ned i sanden.
13 The next day he/I returned [to the same place]. He/I was surprised to see two Hebrew men who were fighting [each other]. He/I said to the man who started the fight, “Why are you (you should not be) striking your fellow [Hebrew].”
Den andre dagen gjekk han ut att, og såg tvo hebræarar som heldt på og slost. Då sagde han med den som hadde skuldi: «Kvi slær du landsmannen din?»
14 The man replied, “(Who made you our ruler and judge?/No one made you our ruler and judge!) [RHQ] [You have no right to interfere with us] Are you going to kill me just like you killed that Egyptian man [yesterday]?” Then Moses/I was afraid, [because] he/I thought, “[Since that man knows what I did], surely [other people] know, [too].”
«Kven hev sett deg til hovding og domar yver oss?» svara han; «tenkjer du på å drepa meg, som du drap egyptaren?» Då vart Moses rædd, og sagde med seg sjølv: «Hev det alt kome upp!»
15 [And that was correct]. The king heard about what he/I had done [to that Egyptian. So he ordered his soldiers to] execute/kill Moses/me. But he/I fled from the king [and left Egypt. He/I traveled east to] the Midian [region] and started to live there.
Då Farao fekk spurt det, freista han å få drepe Moses. Men Moses rømde for Farao, og stana ikkje fyrr han var i Midjanlandet; der sette han seg ned attmed ein brunn.
16 The man who was the (priest/one who offered the people’s gifts to God) for the Midian people, [whose name was Jethro], had seven daughters. [One day] as Moses/I sat down beside a well, those girls came [to the well] and got water, and filled the troughs in order to give water to their father’s flock [of sheep].
Presten i Midjan hadde sju døtter; og dei kom og auste upp vatn, og fyllte trørne, og vilde brynna småfeet åt far sin.
17 Some (shepherds/men who took care of other sheep) came and started to chase away the girls. But Moses/I helped/rescued the girls, and got water for their sheep.
Men so kom det nokre hyrdingar og jaga deim ifrå. Då reis Moses upp og hjelpte deim, og brynnte buskapen deira.
18 When the girls returned to their father [Jethro], [whose other name is] Reuel, he asked them, “How is it that you were able to [give water to the sheep and] come home so quickly today?”
Då dei kom heim att til Re’uel, far sin, sagde han: «Korleis hev det seg at de kjem so tidleg i dag?»
19 They replied, “A man from Egypt kept [MTY] other shepherds from sending us away. He also got water for us [from the well] and gave water to the flock [of sheep].”
«Ein egyptar kom og hjelpte oss mot hyrdingarne, » svara dei; «og so auste han upp vatn for oss, og brynnte buskapen.»
20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he? (Why did you leave him [out there]?/You should not leave him [out there]!) [RHQ] Invite him [in], so he can have something to eat [MTY]!”
Då sagde Re’uel med døtterne sine: «Kvar er han so? Kvi let de då mannen vera att ute? Bed honom inn, so han kann få seg mat!»
21 [So they did], and Moses/I [accepted and ate with them]. And Moses/I decided to live there. Later Jethro gave him/me his daughter Zipporah [to be his/my wife].
Moses vart huga til å vera hjå mannen, og han let Moses få Sippora, dotter si.
22 Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses/I named him Gershom, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘foreigner’], because he/I said, “I am living as a foreigner in [this] land.”
Ho åtte ein son, og Moses kalla honom Gersom; «for eg hev fenge heimvist i eit framandt land, » sagde han.
23 Many years later the king of Egypt died. The Israeli people [in Egypt] were still groaning because of the [hard work they had to do as] slaves. They called out for [someone to] help them, and God heard them call out [PRS].
Som no dagarne leid og tidi skreid, so døydde kongen i Egyptarland. Men Israels-folket sukka for trældomen og let ille, og naudropi deira steig upp til Gud.
24 He heard them groaning. And he (thought about/did not forget) that he had solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [to bless their descendants].
Og Gud høyrde korleis dei sukka og stunde, og Gud mintest sambandet sitt med Abraham og Isak og Jakob.
25 God saw how the Israeli people were [being badly treated], and he was concerned about them.
For Gud hadde auga med Israels-borni, og Gud visste korleis til stod.
