Exodus 2
1 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a woman of Levi.
Egressus est post haec vir de domo Levi: et accepit uxorem stirpis suae.
2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy boy, she hid him for three months.
quae concepit, et peperit filium: et videns eum elegantem, abscondit tribus mensibus.
3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds in the water along the side of the river.
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 stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
stante procul sorore eius, et considerante eventum rei.
5 Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river while her attendants walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her attendant to get it.
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 famulabus suis: et allatam
6 When she opened it, she saw the child. Behold, the baby was crying. She had compassion on him and said, “This is certainly one of the Hebrews' children.”
aperiens, cernensque in ea parvulum vagientem, miserta eius, ait: De infantibus Hebraeorum est hic.
7 Then the baby's sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, “Should I go and find you a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?”
Cui soror pueri: Vis, inquit, ut vadam, et vocem tibi mulierem Hebraeam, quae nutrire possit infantulum?
8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Go.” So the young girl went and got the child's mother.
Respondit: Vade. Perrexit puella et vocavit matrem suam.
9 Pharaoh's daughter said to the baby's mother, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay you wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
Ad quam locuta filia Pharaonis: Accipe, ait, puerum istum, et nutri mihi: ego dabo tibi mercedem tuam. Suscepit mulier, et nutrivit puerum: adultumque tradidit filiae Pharaonis.
10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and said, “Because I drew him from the water.”
Quem illa adoptavit in locum filii, vocavitque nomen eius Moyses, dicens: Quia de aqua tuli eum.
11 When Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard work. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his own people.
In diebus illis postquam creverat Moyses, egressus est ad fratres suos: viditque afflictionem eorum, et virum Aegyptium percutientem quemdam de Hebraeis fratribus suis.
12 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one there, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
Cumque circumspexisset huc atque illuc, et nullum adesse vidisset, percussum Aegyptium abscondit sabulo.
13 He went out the next day, and, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting. He said to the one who was in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your companion?”
Et egressus die altero conspexit duos Hebraeos rixantes: dixitque ei qui faciebat iniuriam: Quare percutis proximum tuum?
14 But the man said, “Who made you a leader and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses became afraid and said, “What I did has certainly become known to others.”
Qui respondit: Quis constituit te principem et iudicem super nos? num occidere me tu vis, sicut heri occidisti Aegyptium? Timuit Moyses, et ait: Quomodo palam factum est verbum istud?
15 Now when Pharaoh heard about it, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. There he sat down by a well.
Audivitque Pharao sermonem hunc, et quaerebat occidere Moysen: qui fugiens de conspectu eius, moratus est in Terra Madian, et sedit iuxta puteum.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came, drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Erant autem sacerdoti Madian septem filiae, quae venerant ad hauriendam aquam: et impletis canalibus adaquare cupiebant greges patris sui.
17 The shepherds came and tried to drive them away, but Moses went and helped them. Then he watered their flock.
Supervenere pastores, et eiecerunt eas: surrexitque Moyses, et defensis puellis, adaquavit oves earum.
18 When the girls went to Reuel their father, he said, “Why are you home so early today?”
Quae cum revertissent ad Raguel patrem suum, dixit ad eas: Cur velocius venistis solito?
19 They said, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
Responderunt: Vir Aegyptius liberavit nos de manu pastorum: insuper et hausit aquam nobiscum, potumque dedit ovibus.
20 He said to his daughters, “So where is he? Why did you leave the man? Call him so he can eat a meal with us.”
At ille: Ubi est? inquit, Quare dimisistis hominem? vocate eum ut comedat panem.
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who also gave him his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
Iuravit ergo Moyses quod habitaret cum eo. Accepitque Sephoram filiam eius uxorem:
22 She bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom; he said, “I have been a resident in a foreign land.”
quae peperit ei filium, quem vocavit Gersam, dicens: Advena fui in terra aliena. Alterum vero peperit, quem vocavit Eliezer, dicens: Deus enim patris mei adiutor meus et eripuit me de manu Pharaonis.
23 A long time later, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out for help, and their pleas went up to God because of their bondage.
Post multum vero tempore mortuus est rex Aegypti: et ingemiscentes filii Israel, propter opera vociferati sunt: ascenditque clamor eorum ad Deum ab operibus.
24 When God heard their groaning, God called to mind his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Et audivit gemitum eorum, ac recordatus est foederis quod pepigit cum Abraham, Isaac, et Iacob.
25 God saw the Israelites, and he understood their situation.
Et respexit Dominus filios Israel et liberavit eos.
