Exodus 2
1 And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,
有一個利未家的人娶了一個利未女子為妻。
2 and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he [is] fair, and she hideth him three months,
那女人懷孕，生一個兒子，見他俊美，就藏了他三個月，
3 and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth [it] in the weeds by the edge of the River;
後來不能再藏，就取了一個蒲草箱，抹上石漆和石油，將孩子放在裏頭，把箱子擱在河邊的蘆荻中。
4 and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.
孩子的姊姊遠遠站着，要知道他究竟怎麼樣。
5 And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,
法老的女兒來到河邊洗澡，她的使女們在河邊行走。她看見箱子在蘆荻中，就打發一個婢女拿來。
6 and openeth, and seeth him — the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.'
她打開箱子，看見那孩子。孩子哭了，她就可憐他，說：「這是希伯來人的一個孩子。」
7 And his sister saith unto the daughter of Pharaoh, 'Do I go? when I have called for thee a suckling woman of the Hebrews, then she doth suckle the lad for thee;'
孩子的姊姊對法老的女兒說：「我去在希伯來婦人中叫一個奶媽來，為你奶這孩子，可以不可以？」
8 and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, 'Go;' and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad,
法老的女兒說：「可以。」童女就去叫了孩子的母親來。
9 and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, 'Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I — I give thy hire;' and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him.
法老的女兒對她說：「你把這孩子抱去，為我奶他，我必給你工價。」婦人就抱了孩子去奶他。
10 And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, 'Because — from the water I have drawn him.'
孩子漸長，婦人把他帶到法老的女兒那裏，就作了她的兒子。她給孩子起名叫摩西，意思說：「因我把他從水裏拉出來。」
11 And it cometh to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goeth out unto his brethren, and looketh on their burdens, and seeth a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, [one] of his brethren,
後來，摩西長大，他出去到他弟兄那裏，看他們的重擔，見一個埃及人打希伯來人的一個弟兄。
12 and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand.
他左右觀看，見沒有人，就把埃及人打死了，藏在沙土裏。
13 And he goeth out on the second day, and lo, two men, Hebrews, striving! and he saith to the wrong-doer, 'Why dost thou smite thy neighbour?'
第二天他出去，見有兩個希伯來人爭鬥，就對那欺負人的說：「你為甚麼打你同族的人呢？」
14 and he saith, 'Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying [it], as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and saith, 'Surely the thing hath been known.'
那人說：「誰立你作我們的首領和審判官呢？難道你要殺我，像殺那埃及人嗎？」摩西便懼怕，說：「這事必是被人知道了。」
15 And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well.
法老聽見這事，就想殺摩西，但摩西躲避法老，逃往米甸地居住。
16 And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,
一日，他在井旁坐下。米甸的祭司有七個女兒；她們來打水，打滿了槽，要飲父親的群羊。
17 and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock.
有牧羊的人來，把她們趕走了，摩西卻起來幫助她們，又飲了她們的群羊。
18 And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, 'Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?'
她們來到父親流珥那裏；他說：「今日你們為何來得這麼快呢？」
19 and they say, 'A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;'
她們說：「有一個埃及人救我們脫離牧羊人的手，並且為我們打水飲了群羊。」
20 and he saith unto his daughters, 'And where [is] he? why [is] this? — ye left the man! call for him, and he doth eat bread.'
他對女兒們說：「那個人在哪裏？你們為甚麼撇下他呢？你們去請他來吃飯。」
21 And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
摩西甘心和那人同住；那人把他的女兒西坡拉給摩西為妻。
22 and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
西坡拉生了一個兒子，摩西給他起名叫革舜，意思說：「因我在外邦作了寄居的。」
23 And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;
過了多年，埃及王死了。以色列人因做苦工，就歎息哀求，他們的哀聲達於上帝。
24 and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
上帝聽見他們的哀聲，就記念他與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的約。
25 and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.
上帝看顧以色列人，也知道他們的苦情。
