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.
| در آن زمان مردی از قبیلهٔ لاوی، یکی از دختران قبیله خود را به زنی گرفت. |
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].
| آن زن حامله شده پسری به دنیا آورد. آن پسر بسیار زیبا بود، پس مادرش او را تا مدت سه ماه از دید مردم پنهان کرد. |
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].
| اما وقتی نتوانست بیش از آن او را پنهان کند، از نی سبدی ساخت و آن را قیراندود کرد تا آب داخل سبد نشود. سپس، پسرش را در آن گذاشت و آن را در میان نیزارهای رود نیل رها ساخت. |
4 His/My older sister was standing not far away, [watching to see] what would happen to him/me.
| ولی خواهر آن کودک از دور مراقب بود تا ببیند چه بر سر او می‌آید. |
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.
| در همین هنگام دختر فرعون برای شستشو به رود نیل آمد. دو کنیز او هم در کنارۀ رود می‌گشتند. دختر فرعون ناگهان چشمش به سبد افتاد، پس یکی از کنیزان را فرستاد تا آن سبد را از آب بگیرد. |
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.”
| هنگامی که سرپوش سبد را برداشت چشمش به کودکی گریان افتاد و دلش به حال او سوخت و گفت: «این بچه باید متعلق به عبرانی‌ها باشد.» |
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?”
| همان وقت خواهر کودک نزد دختر فرعون رفت و پرسید: «آیا می‌خواهید بروم و یکی از زنان شیرده عبرانی را بیاورم تا به این کودک شیر دهد؟» |
8 The king’s daughter said to her, “[Yes], go [and find one].” So the girl went and summoned (the baby’s/my) mother.
| دختر فرعون گفت: «برو!» آن دختر به خانه شتافت و مادرش را آورد. |
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.
| دختر فرعون به آن زن گفت: «این کودک را به خانه‌ات ببر و او را شیر بده و برای من بزرگش کن، و من برای این کار به تو مزد می‌دهم.» پس آن زن، کودک خود را به خانه برد و به شیر دادن و پرورش او پرداخت. |
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.”
| وقتی کودک بزرگتر شد، مادرش او را پیش دختر فرعون برد. دختر فرعون کودک را به فرزندی قبول کرد و او را موسی یعنی «از آب گرفته شده» نامید. |
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.
| سالها گذشت و موسی بزرگ شد. روزی او به دیدن قوم خود یعنی عبرانی‌ها رفت. هنگامی که چشم بر کارهای سخت قوم خود دوخته بود، یک مصری را دید که یکی از عبرانی‌ها را کتک می‌زند. |
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.
| آنگاه به اطراف خود نگاه کرد و چون کسی را ندید، مرد مصری را کشت و جسدش را زیر شنها پنهان نمود. |
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].”
| روز بعد، باز موسی به دیدن قومش رفت. این بار دو نفر عبرانی را دید که با هم گلاویز شده‌اند. جلو رفت و به مردی که دیگری را می‌زد، گفت: «چرا برادر خود را می‌زنی؟» |
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].”
| آن مرد گفت: «چه کسی تو را حاکم و داور ما ساخته است؟ آیا می‌خواهی مرا هم بکشی، همان‌طور که آن مصری را کشتی؟» وقتی موسی فهمید که کشته شدن آن مصری به دست او آشکار شده است، ترسید. |
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.
| هنگامی که خبر کشته شدن آن مصری به گوش فرعون رسید، دستور داد موسی را بگیرند و بکشند. اما موسی به سرزمین مدیان فرار کرد. روزی در آنجا سرچاهی نشسته بود. |
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].
| هفت دختر یترون، کاهن مدیان آمدند تا از چاه، آب بکشند و آبشخورها را پر کنند تا گلهٔ پدرشان را سیراب نمایند. |
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.
| ولی چند چوپان آمدند و دختران یترون را از سر چاه کنار زدند تا گله‌های خود را سیراب کنند. اما موسی جلو رفت و آنها را عقب راند و به دختران کمک کرد تا گوسفندانشان را آب دهند. |
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?”
| هنگامی که دختران به خانه بازگشتند، پدرشان رِعوئیل پرسید: «چطور شد که امروز اینقدر زود برگشتید؟» |
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].”
| گفتند: «یک مرد مصری به ما کمک کرد و چوپانان را کنار زد و برایمان از چاه آب کشید و گله را سیراب کرد.» |
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]!”
| پدرشان پرسید: «آن مرد حالا کجاست؟ چرا او را با خود نیاوردید؟ بروید و او را دعوت کنید تا با ما غذا بخورد.» |
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].
| موسی دعوت او را قبول کرد و از آن پس در خانهٔ آنها ماند. یَترون هم دختر خود صفوره را به عقد موسی درآورد. |
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.”
| صفوره برای موسی پسری زایید و موسی که در آن دیار غریب بود، به همین دلیل او را جرشوم (یعنی «غریب») نامید. |
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].
| سالها گذشت و پادشاه مصر مرد. اما بنی‌اسرائیل همچنان در بردگی به سر می‌بردند و از ظلمی که به آنان می‌شد، می‌نالیدند و از خدا کمک می‌خواستند. |
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].
| خدا نالهٔ ایشان را شنید و عهد خود را با اجدادشان یعنی ابراهیم و اسحاق و یعقوب به یاد آورد. |
25 God saw how the Israeli people were [being badly treated], and he was concerned about them.
| پس خدا از روی لطف بر ایشان نظر کرد و تصمیم گرفت آنها را از اسارت و بردگی نجات دهد. |
