Exodus 2
1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
| وَتَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَيْتِ لاوِي فَتَاةً ابْنَةَ لاوِي. | ١ |
2 The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
| فَحَمَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً، وَإذْ رَاقَهَا جَمَالُهُ خَبَّأَتْهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ. | ٢ |
3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
| وَلَمَّا لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ تُخْفِيَهُ بَعْدُ، أَتَتْ بِسَلَّةٍ مِنَ الْبَرْدِيِّ وَطَلَتْهَا بِالْحُمَرِ والزِّفْتِ وأَضْجَعَتِ الطِّفْلَ وَوَضَعَتْهُ بَيْنَ الْحَلْفَاءِ عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ. | ٣ |
4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
| وَوَقَفَتْ أُخْتُهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ لِتَرَى مَا يَحْدُثُ لَهُ. | ٤ |
5 Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket amongst the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.
| وَأَقْبَلَتِ ابْنَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِتَسْتَحِمَّ فِي النَّهْرِ، بَيْنَمَا رَاحَتْ وَصِيفَاتُهَا تَتَمَشَّيْنَ عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ. فَرَأَتِ السَّلَّةَ بَيْنَ الْحَلْفَاءِ فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَصِيفَتَهَا لِتَأْتِيَ بِها. | ٥ |
6 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
| فَفَتَحَتْهَا وَرَأَتِ الطِّفْلَ وَإذَا هُوَ يَبْكِي، فَرَقَّتْ لَهُ وَقَالَتْ: «هَذَا مِنْ أَوْلادِ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ» | ٦ |
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
| فَقَالَتْ أُخْتُهُ لاِبْنَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ: «هَلْ أَذْهَبُ وَأَدْعُو لَكِ مُرْضِعَةً مِنَ الْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ لِتُرْضِعَ لَكِ الْوَلَدَ؟» | ٧ |
8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
| فَأَجَابَتْهَا ابْنَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ: «اذْهَبِي»؛ فَمَضَتِ الْفَتَاةُ وَدَعَتْ أَمَّ الصَّبِيِّ. | ٨ |
9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it.
| فَقَالَتْ لَهَا ابْنَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ: «خُذِي هَذَا الصَّبِيَّ وَأَرْضِعِيهِ لِي، وَأَنَا أُعْطِيكِ أُجْرَتَكِ». فَأَخَذَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّبِيَّ وَأَرْضَعَتْهُ. | ٩ |
10 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
| وَلَمَّا كَبُرَ الْوَلَدُ، رَدَّتْهُ إِلَى ابْنَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ فَتَبَنَّتْهُ وَدَعَتْهُ مُوسَى (وَمَعْنَاهُ مُنْتَشَلٌ) قَائِلَةً: «إِنِّي انْتَشَلْتُهُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ». | ١٠ |
11 In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
| وَحَدَثَ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَبُرَ مُوسَى أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ لِيَفْتَقِدَ إِخْوَتَهُ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ وَيَشْهَدَ مَشَقَّتَهُمْ، فَلَمَحَ رَجُلاً مِصْرِيًّا يَضْرِبُ رَجُلاً عِبْرَانِيًّا، | ١١ |
12 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
| فَتَلَفَّتَ حَوْلَهُ، وَإِذْ لَمْ يَجِدْ أَحَداً هُنَاكَ قَتَلَ الْمِصْرِيَّ وَطَمَرَهُ فِي الرَّمْلِ. | ١٢ |
13 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”
| ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي وَإذَا رَجُلانِ عِبْرَانِيَّانِ يَتَضَارَبَانِ، فَقَالَ لِلْمُسِيءِ: «لِمَاذَا تَضْرِبُ صَاحِبَكَ؟» | ١٣ |
14 He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «مَنْ أَقَامَكَ رَئِيساً وَقَاضِياً عَلَيْنَا؟ أَعَازِمٌ أَنْتَ عَلَى قَتْلِي كَمَا قَتَلْتَ الْمِصْرِيَّ؟» فَخَافَ مُوسَى وَقَالَ: «حَقّاً إِنَّ الْخَبَرَ قَدْ ذَاعَ». | ١٤ |
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
| وَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ مَسْمَعَ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَسَعَى إِلَى قَتْلِ مُوسَى، إلّا أَنَّ مُوسَى هَرَبَ مِنْ وَجْهِ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَمَضَى لِيُقِيمَ فِي أَرْضِ مِدْيَانَ، فَبَلَغَهَا وَجَلَسَ عِنْدَ الْبِئْرِ. | ١٥ |
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
| وَكَانَ لِكَاهِنِ مِدْيَانَ سَبْعُ فَتَيَاتٍ فَأَقْبَلْنَ وَاسْتَقَيْنَ مَاءً وَمَلأْنَ الأَجْرَانَ لِيَسْقِينَ غَنَمَ أَبِيهِنَّ. | ١٦ |
17 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
| فَأَتَى الرُّعَاةُ وَطَرَدُوهُنَّ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ مُوسَى هَبَّ لِنَجْدَتِهِنَّ وَسَقَى غَنَمَهُنَّ. | ١٧ |
18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَتِ الْفَتَيَاتُ إِلَى رَعُوئِيلَ أَبِيهِنَّ سَأَلَهُنَّ: «مَا بَالُكُنَّ بَكَّرْتُنَّ بِالرُّجُوعِ الْيَوْمَ؟» | ١٨ |
19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”
| فَأَجَبْنَهُ: «رَجُلٌ مِصْرِيٌّ أَنْقَذَنَا مِنْ أَيْدِي الرُّعَاةِ، فَاسْتَقَى لَنَا وَلِغَنَمِنَا أَيْضاً». | ١٩ |
20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”
| فَسَأَلَهُنَّ: «وَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ لِمَاذَا تَرَكْتُنَّ الرَّجُلَ؟ ادْعُونَهُ لِيَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً». | ٢٠ |
21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
| وَقَبِلَ مُوسَى أنْ يُقِيمَ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي زَوَّجَهُ مِنِ ابْنَتِهِ صَفُّورَةَ. | ٢١ |
22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
| فَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ ابْناً دَعَاهُ جِرْشُومَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ غَرِيبٌ) إِذْ قَالَ: «كُنْتُ نَزِيلاً فِي أَرْضٍ غَرِيبَةٍ». | ٢٢ |
23 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
| وَبَعْدَ مُرُورِ حِقْبَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ مَاتَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ. وَارْتَفَعَ أَنِينُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَصُرَاخُهُمْ مِنْ وَطْأَةِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَصَعِدَ إِلَى اللهِ. | ٢٣ |
24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
| فَأَصْغَى اللهُ إِلَى أَنِينِهِمْ، وَتَذَكَّرَ عَهْدَهُ مَعَ إِبرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ. | ٢٤ |
25 God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.
| وَنَظَرَ اللهُ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ (وَرَقَّ لِحَالِهِمْ). | ٢٥ |
