Exode 2
1 Or, il y avait un homme de la famille de Lévi, qui avait épousé une fille de Lévi.
It was around this time that a man from the tribe of Levi married a woman, also a Levite.
2 Cette femme conçut et enfanta un fils. Elle considéra qu’il était beau et le tint caché pendant trois mois.
She became pregnant and had a son. She saw he was a lovely baby, and she hid him for three months.
3 Ne pouvant le cacher plus longtemps, elle lui prépara un berceau de jonc qu’elle enduisit de bitume et de poix, elle y plaça l’enfant et le déposa dans les roseaux sur la rive du fleuve.
But when she couldn't hide him anymore, she got a papyrus basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put her baby in the basket and placed it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
4 Sa sœur se tint à distance pour observer ce qui lui arriverait.
His sister waited some distance away, keeping an eye on him.
5 Or, la fille de Pharaon descendit, pour se baigner, vers le fleuve, ses compagnes la suivant sur la rive. Elle aperçut le berceau parmi les roseaux et envoya sa servante qui alla le prendre.
Then Pharaoh's daughter arrived to bathe in the Nile. Her ladies-in-waiting were walking along the bank of the river. When she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it and bring it to her.
6 Elle l’ouvrit, elle y vit l’enfant: c’était un garçon vagissant. Elle eut pitié de lui et dit: "C’Est quelque enfant des Hébreux."
When she opened it she saw the baby boy. He was crying and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew boys,” she said.
7 Sa soeur dit à la fille de Pharaon: "Faut-il t’aller quérir une nourrice parmi les femmes hébreues, qui t’allaitera cet enfant?"
His sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, “Would you like me to go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse him for you?”
8 La fille de Pharaon lui répondit: "Va." Et la jeune fille alla quérir la mère de l’enfant.
“Yes, go and do that,” she replied. So the girl went and called the baby's mother to come.
9 La fille de Pharaon dit à celle-ci: "Emporte cet enfant et allaite-le moi, je t’en donnerai le salaire." Cette femme prit l’enfant et l’allaita.
“Take this baby boy and nurse him for me,” she told his mother. “I will pay you myself.” So his mother took him home and nursed him.
10 L’Enfant devenu grand, elle le remit à la fille de Pharaon et il devint son fils; elle lui donna le nom de Moïse, disant: "Parce que je l’ai retiré des eaux."
When the boy was older she took him to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son. She called him Moses, because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”
11 Or, en ce temps-là, Moïse, ayant grandi, alla parmi ses frères et fut témoin de leurs souffrances.
Later, when Moses had grown up, he went to visit his people, the Hebrews. He saw them doing hard labor. He also saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
12 Il aperçut un Égyptien frappant un Hébreu, un de ses frères. Il se tourna de côté et d’autre et ne voyant paraître personne, il frappa l’Égyptien et l’ensevelit dans le sable.
He looked all around to make sure no one was watching, and then he killed the Egyptian and buried his body in the sand.
13 Étant sorti le jour suivant, il remarqua deux Hébreux qui se querellaient et il dit au coupable: "Pourquoi frappes-tu ton prochain?"
The following day he went back and he saw two Hebrews fighting with each other. He said to the one at fault, “Why are you beating one of your own people?”
14 L’Autre répondit: "Qui t’a fait notre seigneur et notre juge? Voudrais-tu me tuer, comme tu as tué l’Égyptien?" Moïse prit peur et se dit: "En vérité, la chose est connue!"
“Who put you in charge to judge us?” the man replied. “Are you going to kill me like you did the Egyptian?” Moses became frightened at this, and said to himself, “People know what I've done!”
15 Pharaon fut instruit de ce fait et voulut faire mourir Moïse. Celui-ci s’enfuit de devant Pharaon et s’arrêta dans le pays de Madian, où il s’assit près d’un puits.
When Pharaoh found out, he tried to have Moses killed, but Moses ran away from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian. One day as he was sitting by a well,
16 Le prêtre de Madian avait sept filles. Elles vinrent puiser là et emplir les auges, pour abreuver les brebis de leur père.
and the Midianite priest's seven daughters came to fetch water to fill up the troughs so their father's flock could drink.
17 Les pâtres survinrent et les repoussèrent. Moïse se leva, prit leur défense et abreuva leur bétail.
Some shepherds arrived and chased them off, but Moses intervened and rescued them, and watered their flock.
18 Elles retournèrent chez Réouël leur père, qui leur dit: "Pourquoi rentrez-vous sitôt aujourd’hui?"
When they got home, their father Reuel asked them, “How did you get back so quickly today?”
19 Elles répondirent: "Un certain Égyptien nous a défendues contre les pâtres; bien plus, il a même puisé pour nous et a fait boire le bétail."
“An Egyptian rescued us from some shepherds who attacked us,” they replied. “Then he even fetched water for us so the flock could drink.”
20 Il dit à ses filles: "Et où est-il? Pourquoi avez-vous laissé là cet homme? Appelez-le, qu’il vienne manger."
“So where is he?” Reuel asked his daughter. “You didn't just leave him there, did you? Go and invite him to eat with us!”
21 Moïse consentit à demeurer avec cet homme, qui lui donna en mariage Séphora, sa fille.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, who arranged for his daughter Zipporah to marry Moses.
22 Elle enfanta un fils, qu’il nomma Gersom, en disant: "Je suis un émigré sur une terre étrangère."
She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I'm an exile living in a foreign country.”
23 Il arriva, dans ce long intervalle, que le roi d’Égypte mourut. Les enfants d’Israël gémirent du sein de l’esclavage et se lamentèrent; leur plainte monta vers Dieu du sein de l’esclavage.
Years later, the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites were still groaning under their hard labor. Their cries for help because of their hardship reached God.
24 Le Seigneur entendit leurs soupirs et il se ressouvint de son alliance avec Abraham, avec Isaac, avec Jacob.
God heard their groans, and recalled his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 Puis, le Seigneur considéra les enfants d’Israël et il avisa.
God also looked sympathetically on the Israelites, and was concerned for them.
