Exode 2
1 Or, il y avait un homme de la famille de Lévi, qui avait épousé une fille de Lévi.
A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
2 Cette femme conçut et enfanta un fils. Elle considéra qu’il était beau et le tint caché pendant trois mois.
The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him 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.
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus box for him and coated it with bitumen and with pitch. And she put the child in it and put it among the rushes by the bank of the river.
4 Sa sœur se tint à distance pour observer ce qui lui arriverait.
And his sister stood at a distance, to see what would be done to 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.
Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the box among the rushes, and sent her handmaid to get it.
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."
She opened it, and saw the child, and look, the baby cried. And she had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
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?"
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?"
8 La fille de Pharaon lui répondit: "Va." Et la jeune fille alla quérir la mère de l’enfant.
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." The maiden went and called the child's mother.
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.
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.
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."
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."
11 Or, en ce temps-là, Moïse, ayant grandi, alla parmi ses frères et fut témoin de leurs souffrances.
It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
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 this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him 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?"
He went out the second day, and look, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?"
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!"
He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
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.
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.
16 Le prêtre de Madian avait sept filles. Elles vinrent puiser là et emplir les auges, pour abreuver les brebis de leur père.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17 Les pâtres survinrent et les repoussèrent. Moïse se leva, prit leur défense et abreuva leur bétail.
The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and drew water for them, and watered their flock.
18 Elles retournèrent chez Réouël leur père, qui leur dit: "Pourquoi rentrez-vous sitôt aujourd’hui?"
When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it that you have returned so early 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."
They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."
20 Il dit à ses filles: "Et où est-il? Pourquoi avez-vous laissé là cet homme? Appelez-le, qu’il vienne manger."
He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
21 Moïse consentit à demeurer avec cet homme, qui lui donna en mariage Séphora, sa fille.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter in marriage.
22 Elle enfanta un fils, qu’il nomma Gersom, en disant: "Je suis un émigré sur une terre étrangère."
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
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.
It happened in the course of those many days, that 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.
24 Le Seigneur entendit leurs soupirs et il se ressouvint de son alliance avec Abraham, avec Isaac, avec Jacob.
God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 Puis, le Seigneur considéra les enfants d’Israël et il avisa.
God saw the children of Israel, and God took notice.
