Mose 2 2
1 Ŋutsu aɖe si nye Levitɔ la ɖe nyɔnu aɖe si hã nye Levitɔ.
After these things, a man from the house of Levi went out, and he took a wife from his own stock.
2 Nyɔnu la fɔ fu, eye wòdzi ŋutsuvi. Esi nyɔnu la kpɔ be ye viŋutsu la dze ɖeka ŋutɔ la, eɣlae ɖe aƒe me ɣleti etɔ̃.
And she conceived and bore a son. And seeing him to be handsome, she hid him for three months.
3 Ke esi wòkpɔ be yemagate ŋu aɣlae wòadidi wu nenema o la, etsɔ aƒla lɔ̃ kusi, eye wòsi aŋɔ ɖe eme ale be tsi mate ŋu age ɖe eme o. Ekɔ ɖevi la mlɔ kusi la me, eye wòtsɔe ɣla ɖe aƒla siwo le Nil tɔsisi la to la me.
And when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a small basket woven of bulrushes, and she smeared it with pitch as well as tar. And she placed the little infant inside, and she laid him in the sedges by the bank of the river.
4 Ena vidzĩ la nɔvinyɔnu nɔ adzɔge vie ale be wòakpɔ nu si ava dzɔ ɖe ɖevi la dzi.
His sister was standing at a distance and was wondering what would happen.
5 Nu si va dzɔe nye be Fia Farao ƒe vinyɔnu, va tsi le ge le Nil tɔsisi la me. Esi eya kple eƒe dɔlanyɔnuwo nɔ zɔzɔm le tɔsisi la to la, ekpɔ kusi la le aƒlawo me. Edɔ eƒe dɔlanyɔnuawo dometɔ ɖeka ɖa be wòakɔe vɛ.
Then, behold, the daughter of Pharaoh descended to wash in the river. And her maids walked along the edge of the cove. And when she had seen the small basket among the papyruses, she sent one of her servants for it. And when it was brought,
6 Eʋu kusi la, eye wòkpɔ vidzĩ la le eme! Ɖevi la nɔ avi fam, nu sia wɔ dɔ ɖe fiavinyɔnu la dzi, eye wògblɔ be, “Ɖevi sia nye Hebri ŋutsuviawo dometɔ ɖeka.”
she opened it; and realizing that within it was a little one crying, she took pity on him, and she said: “This is one of the infants of the Hebrews.”
7 Vidzĩ la nɔvinyɔnu te ɖe fiavinyɔnu la ŋu, eye wòbiae be, “Mayi ɖayɔ Hebri nyɔnuawo dometɔ ɖeka wòanyi ɖevi sia na wòa?”
And the sister of the boy said to her: “If you wish, I will go and call to you a Hebrew woman, who will be able nurse the infant.”
8 Fiavinyɔnu la ɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, yi!” Ale nyɔnuvi la ƒu du yi aƒe me, eye wòyɔ vidzĩa dadaa vɛ!
She responded, “Go.” The maid went directly and called her mother.
9 Fiavinyɔnu la gblɔ na vidzĩa dadaa be, “Kɔ vidzĩ sia yi aƒe me, na noe nam, eye maxe fe si adze ŋuwò la na wò!” Ale vidzĩ la dada kɔe yi aƒe me, eye wòkpɔ edzi nyuie.
And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her: “Take this boy and nurse him for me. I will give you your wages.” The woman took and nursed the boy. And when he was mature, she delivered him to the daughter of Pharaoh.
10 Esi ɖevi la tsi la, dadaa kɔe yi na Farao ƒe vinyɔnu la, eye wòzu Via ŋutsuvi. Ena ŋkɔe be Mose, si gɔmee nye “Tɔ mee woɖee tsoe,” elabena egblɔ be tsi mee yeɖee tsoe.
And she adopted him in place of a son, and she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I took him from the water.”
11 Esi Mose tsi, eye wòzu ɖekakpui la, eɖi tsa gbe ɖeka be yeakpɔ ye nɔvi Hebritɔwo ɖa. Ekpɔ fuwɔame kple teteɖeanyi si te wonɔ. Ekpɔ Egiptetɔ aɖe wòƒo nɔvia Hebritɔ aɖe ƒu anyi.
In those days, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers. And he saw their affliction and an Egyptian man striking a certain one of the Hebrews, his brothers.
12 Mose tsa ŋku mlamlamla be yeaka ɖe edzi be ame aɖeke menɔ ye kpɔm o. Ewu Egiptetɔ la, eye wòɖii ɖe ke me.
And when he had looked around this way and that, and had seen no one nearby, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
13 Ke esi ŋu ke la, Mose gaɖi tsa be yeaɖakpɔ ye nɔvi Hebritɔwo ɖa. Ekpɔ Hebritɔ eve wonɔ kɔ dam, eye wòbia ame si di ge la be, “Nu kae nye esi wɔm nèle, hele wò ŋutɔ nɔviwò Hebritɔ ƒom ale?”
And going out the next day, he spotted two Hebrews quarrelling violently. And he said to him who was causing the injury, “Why do you strike your neighbor?”
14 Ŋutsu sia biae be, “Ame kae ɖo wò fia kple ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ɖe mía nu? Ɖe nèle didim be yeawu nye hã abe ale si nèwu Egiptetɔ ma etsɔ enea?” Vɔvɔ̃ ɖo Mose, elabena ebu xaa be, “Ɖewohĩ nu si mewɔ la le nyanya me na amewo.”
But he responded: “Who appointed you as leader and judge over us? Do you want to kill me, just as yesterday you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and he said, “How has this word become known?”
15 Farao se nya la, eye wòɖe gbe be woalée, awui. Ke Mose si le Farao nu yi ɖe Midianyigba dzi, eye wònɔ anyi ɖe vudo aɖe to.
And Pharaoh heard this talk, and he sought to kill Moses. But fleeing from his sight, he stayed in the land of Midian, and he sat down next to a well.
16 Ɖetugbi adre, ame siwo nye Midian nunɔla ƒe vinyɔnuwo la va be yewoaku tsi ana yewo fofo ƒe alẽha.
Now there was a priest of Midian with seven daughters, who came to draw water. And having filled the troughs, they desired to water their father’s flocks.
17 Ke alẽkplɔla aɖewo va nya wo. Ale Mose tsi tsitre va xɔ na wo, eye wòna tsi woƒe alẽhawo.
The shepherds overcame them and drove them away. And Moses rose up, and defending the girls, he watered their sheep.
18 Esi ɖetugbiawo trɔ yi aƒe me la, wo fofo, Reuel bia wo be, “Nu kae na miekpɔ tsi na alẽwo egbe ya kaba nenema?”
And when they had returned to their father, Reuel, he said to them, “Why have you arrived sooner than usual?”
19 Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Egiptetɔ aɖee xɔ mí le alẽkplɔla mawo ƒe asi me, eye wòku tsi na míaƒe alẽhawo.”
They responded: “A man of Egypt freed us from the hands of the shepherds. Moreover, he also drew water with us and gave the sheep to drink.”
20 Wo fofo gblɔ na wo be, “Nu ka ta miegblẽe ɖe afi ma ɖo? Miyi miakplɔe vɛ wòaɖu nu kpli mí.”
But he said: “Where is he? Why have you dismissed the man? Call him, so that he may eat bread.”
21 Mose xɔ Reuel ƒe kpekpe la, eye wòlɔ̃ be yeanɔ egbɔ. Reuel tsɔ via si woyɔna be Zipora la nɛ wòɖe.
Therefore, Moses swore that he would live with him. And he accepted his daughter Zipporah as a wife.
22 Wodzi ŋutsuvi ɖeka si wona ŋkɔe be Gersom si gɔmee nye “Amedzro,” elabena Mose gblɔ be, “Amedzroe menye le dzronyigba dzi.”
And she bore a son to him, whom he called Gershom, saying, “I have been a newcomer in a foreign land.” In truth, she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying, “For the God of my father, my helper, has rescued me from the hand of Pharaoh.”
23 Le ƒe aɖewo megbe la, Egipte fia la ku. Israelviwo nɔ konyi fam henɔ hũu ɖem le woƒe kɔkutiwo te le woƒe kluvinyenye ta, eye wonɔ avi fam vevie le Mawu ŋkume. Woƒe avifafa ɖo Mawu gbɔ le dziƒo.
In truth, after a long time, the king of Egypt was dead. And the sons of Israel, groaning, cried out because of the works. And their cry ascended to God from the works.
24 Mawu se woƒe konyifafa, eye wòɖo ŋku eƒe ŋugbedodo na Abraham, Isak kple Yakob dzi.
And he heard their groaning, and he also remembered the covenant which he formed with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 Ale Mawu kpɔ Israelviwo ƒe nublanui, eye wòtsɔ ɖe le eme na wo.
And the Lord looked with favor on the sons of Israel, and he knew them.
