Exode 2
1 Or, il y avait un homme de la famille de Lévi, qui avait épousé une fille de Lévi.
(There was a man who/My father) was descended from [Jacob’s son] Levi. He married a woman who was [also] descended from Levi.
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 gave birth to (a baby boy/me). When she saw that he/I was a good-looking baby, she hid him/me for three months, [because she was not willing to do what the king commanded].
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 was unable to (hide him/me/keep it a secret) any longer, she got a basket made from tall reeds. She covered the basket with tar ([to make it waterproof/so water could not get in]). Then she put him/me in the basket and put the basket in [the water] in the middle of the tall grass at the edge of the Nile [River].
4 Sa sœur se tint à distance pour observer ce qui lui arriverait.
His/My older sister was standing not far away, [watching to see] what would happen to him/me.
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.
[Soon] the king’s daughter went down to the river to bathe. Her female servants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket amid the tall grass [in the river]. So she sent [one of] her servants 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."
When [the servant brought the basket to her], she opened it, and was surprised to see (a baby that was/me), crying. She felt sorry for him/me, and said, “This [must] be one of the Hebrews’ babies.”
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 (the baby’s/my) [older] sister [approached] the king’s daughter and said, “Do you want me to go and find someone from among the Hebrew women who will [be able to] nurse the baby for you?”
8 La fille de Pharaon lui répondit: "Va." Et la jeune fille alla quérir la mère de l’enfant.
The king’s daughter said to her, “[Yes], go [and find one].” So the girl went and summoned (the baby’s/my) 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.
The king’s daughter said to her, “[Please] take this baby and nurse him for me. I will pay you [for doing that].” So (the woman/my mother) took him/me and nursed him/me.
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."
([A few years later]/when (the child/I) grew [older]), she brought him/me to the king’s daughter. She adopted him/me [as though I was] her own son. She named him/me Moses, [which sounds like the Hebrew words ‘pull out’], 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.
One day, after Moses/I had grown up, he/I went out [of the palace area] to see his/my people, [the Hebrews]. He/I saw how they were being [forced to work] very hard. He/I [also] saw an Egyptian [man] beating one of his/my Hebrew 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/I looked around [to see if anyone was watching]. Seeing no one, he/I killed the Egyptian man 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 next day he/I returned [to the same place]. He/I was surprised to see two Hebrew men who were fighting [each other]. He/I said to the man who started the fight, “Why are you (you should not be) striking your fellow [Hebrew].”
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!"
The man replied, “(Who made you our ruler and judge?/No one made you our ruler and judge!) [RHQ] [You have no right to interfere with us] Are you going to kill me just like you killed that Egyptian man [yesterday]?” Then Moses/I was afraid, [because] he/I thought, “[Since that man knows what I did], surely [other people] know, [too].”
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.
[And that was correct]. The king heard about what he/I had done [to that Egyptian. So he ordered his soldiers to] execute/kill Moses/me. But he/I fled from the king [and left Egypt. He/I traveled east to] the Midian [region] and started to live there.
16 Le prêtre de Madian avait sept filles. Elles vinrent puiser là et emplir les auges, pour abreuver les brebis de leur père.
The man who was the (priest/one who offered the people’s gifts to God) for the Midian people, [whose name was Jethro], had seven daughters. [One day] as Moses/I sat down beside a well, those girls came [to the well] and got water, and filled the troughs in order to give water to their father’s flock [of sheep].
17 Les pâtres survinrent et les repoussèrent. Moïse se leva, prit leur défense et abreuva leur bétail.
Some (shepherds/men who took care of other sheep) came and started to chase away the girls. But Moses/I helped/rescued the girls, and got water for their sheep.
18 Elles retournèrent chez Réouël leur père, qui leur dit: "Pourquoi rentrez-vous sitôt aujourd’hui?"
When the girls returned to their father [Jethro], [whose other name is] Reuel, he asked them, “How is it that you were able to [give water to the sheep and] come home 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."
They replied, “A man from Egypt kept [MTY] other shepherds from sending us away. He also got water for us [from the well] and gave water to the flock [of sheep].”
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 did you leave him [out there]?/You should not leave him [out there]!) [RHQ] Invite him [in], so he can have something to eat [MTY]!”
21 Moïse consentit à demeurer avec cet homme, qui lui donna en mariage Séphora, sa fille.
[So they did], and Moses/I [accepted and ate with them]. And Moses/I decided to live there. Later Jethro gave him/me his daughter Zipporah [to be his/my wife].
22 Elle enfanta un fils, qu’il nomma Gersom, en disant: "Je suis un émigré sur une terre étrangère."
Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses/I named him Gershom, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘foreigner’], because he/I said, “I am living as a foreigner in [this] 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.
Many years later the king of Egypt died. The Israeli people [in Egypt] were still groaning because of the [hard work they had to do as] slaves. They called out for [someone to] help them, and God heard them call out [PRS].
24 Le Seigneur entendit leurs soupirs et il se ressouvint de son alliance avec Abraham, avec Isaac, avec Jacob.
He heard them groaning. And he (thought about/did not forget) that he had solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [to bless their descendants].
25 Puis, le Seigneur considéra les enfants d’Israël et il avisa.
God saw how the Israeli people were [being badly treated], and he was concerned about them.
