Exode 2
1 Un homme de la maison de Lévi était allé prendre pour femme une fille de Lévi.
And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took as wife one of the daughters of Levi.
2 Cette femme devint enceinte et enfanta un fils. Voyant qu'il était beau, elle le cacha pendant trois mois.
And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.
3 Comme elle ne pouvait plus le tenir caché, elle prit une caisse de jonc et, l'ayant enduite de bitume et de poix, elle y mit l'enfant et le déposa parmi les roseaux, sur le bord du fleuve.
And when they could no longer hide him, his mother took for him an ark, and besmeared it with bitumen, and cast the child into it, and put it in the ooze by the river.
4 La sœur de l'enfant se tenait à quelque distance pour savoir ce qui lui arriverait.
And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.
5 La fille de Pharaon descendit au fleuve pour se baigner, et ses compagnes se promenaient le long du fleuve. Ayant aperçu la caisse au milieu des roseaux, elle envoya sa servante pour la prendre.
And the daughter of Pharao came down to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river's side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up.
6 Elle l'ouvrit et vit l'enfant: c'était un petit garçon qui pleurait; elle en eut pitié, et elle dit: " C'est un enfant des Hébreux. "
And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the daughter of Pharao had compassion on it, and said, This [is one] of the Hebrew's children.
7 Alors la sœur de l'enfant dit à la fille de Pharaon: " Veux-tu que j'aille te chercher une nourrice parmi les femmes des Hébreux pour allaiter cet enfant? "
And his sister said to the daughter of Pharao, Will you that I call to you a nurse of the Hebrews, and shall she suckle the child for you?
8 — " Va " lui dit la fille de Pharaon; et la jeune fille alla chercher la mère de l'enfant.
And the daughter of Pharao said, Go: and the young woman went, and called the mother of the child.
9 La fille de Pharaon lui dit: " Emporte cet enfant et allaite-le-moi; je te donnerai ton salaire. " La femme prit l'enfant et l'allaita.
And the daughter of Pharao said to her, Take care of this child, and suckled it for me, and I will give you the wages; and the woman took the child, and suckled it.
10 Quand il eut grandi, elle l'amena à la fille de Pharaon, et il fut pour elle comme un fils. Elle lui donna le nom de Moïse, " car, dit-elle, je l'ai tiré des eaux. "
And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharao, and he became her son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him out of the water.
11 En ce temps-là, Moïse, devenu grand, sortit vers ses frères, et il fut témoin de leurs pénibles travaux; il vit un Egyptien qui frappait un Hébreu d'entre ses frères.
And it came to pass in that length of time, that Moses having grown, went out to his brethren the sons of Israel: and having noticed their distress, he sees an Egyptian striking a certain Hebrew of his brethren the children of Israel.
12 Ayant tourné les yeux de côté et d'autre, et voyant qu'il n'y avait là personne, il tua l'Egyptien et le cacha dans le sable.
And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he struck the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 Il sortit encore le jour suivant, et voici, deux Hébreux se querellaient. Il dit au coupable: " Pourquoi frappes-tu ton camarade? "
And having gone out the second day he sees two Hebrew men fighting; and he says to the injurer, Therefore smite you your neighbor?
14 Et cet homme répondit: " Qui t'a établi chef et juge sur nous? Est-ce que tu veux me tuer, comme tu as tué l'Egyptien? " Moïse fut effrayé, et il dit: " Certainement la chose est connue. "
And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? will you kill me as you yesterday killed the Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said, If [it be] thus, this matter has become known.
15 Pharaon, ayant appris ce qui s'était passé, cherchait à faire mourir Moïse; mais Moïse s'enfuit de devant Pharaon; il se retira dans le pays de Madian, et il s'assit près du puits.
And Pharao heard this matter, and sought to kill Moses; and Moses departed from the presence of Pharao, and lived in the land of Madiam; and having come into the land of Madiam, he sat on the well.
16 Le prêtre de Madian avait sept filles. Elles vinrent puiser de l'eau, et elles remplirent les auges pour abreuver le troupeau de leur père.
And the priest of Madiam had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jothor; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jothor.
17 Les bergers, étant arrivés, les chassèrent; alors Moïse se leva, prit leur défense et fit boire leur troupeau.
And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.
18 Quand elles furent de retour auprès de Raguel, leur père, il dit: " Pourquoi revenez-vous sitôt aujourd'hui? "
And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have you come so quickly today?
19 Elles répondirent: " Un Egyptien nous a délivrées de la main des bergers, et même il a puisé pour nous de l'eau et il a fait boire le troupeau. "
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep.
20 Il dit à ses filles: " Où est-il? Pourquoi avez-vous laissé cet homme? Rappelez-le, pour qu'il prenne quelque nourriture. "
And he said to his daughters, And where is he? and why have you left the man? call him therefore, that he may eat bread.
21 Moïse consentit à demeurer chez cet homme, qui lui donna pour femme Séphora, sa fille.
And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Sepphora his daughter to Moses to wife.
22 Elle enfanta un fils, qu'il appela Gersam, " car, dit-il, je suis un étranger sur une terre étrangère. "
And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gersam, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land.
23 Durant ces longs jours, le roi d'Egypte mourut. Les enfants d'Israël, gémissant encore sous la servitude, poussèrent des cris, et ces cris, arrachés par la servitude, montèrent jusqu'à Dieu.
And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.
24 Dieu entendit leurs gémissements, et se souvint de son alliance avec Abraham, Isaac et Jacob.
And God heard their groanings, and God remembered his covenant made with Abraam and Isaac and Jacob.
25 Dieu regarda les enfants d'Israël et il les reconnut.
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and was made known to them.
