出エジプト記 2
1 爰にレビの家の一箇の人往てレビの女を娶れり
After this there went a man of the house of Levi; and took a wife of his own kindred.
2 女妊みて男子を生みその美きを見て三月のあひだこれを匿せしが
And she conceived, and bore a son; and seeing him a goodly child hid him three months.
3 すでにこれを匿すあたはざるにいたりければ萑の箱舟を之がために取て之に瀝靑と樹脂を塗り子をその中に納てこれを河邊の葦の中に置り
And when she could hide him no longer, she took a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and pitch: and put the little babe therein, and laid him in the sedges by the river’s brink,
4 その姉遥に立てその如何になるかを窺ふ
His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done.
5 茲にパロの女身を洗んとて河にくだりその婢等河の傍にあゆむ彼葦の中に箱舟あるを見て使女をつかはしてこれを取きたらしめ
And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river: and her maids walked by the river’s brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges, she sent one of her maids for it: and when it was brought,
6 これを啓きてその子のをるを見る嬰兒すなはち啼く彼これを憐みていひけるは是はヘブル人の子なりと
She opened it and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews.
7 時にその姉パロの女にいひけるは我ゆきてヘブルの女の中より此子をなんぢのために養ふべき乳母を呼きたらんか
And the child’s sister said to her Shall I go and call to thee a Hebrew woman, to nurse the babe?
8 パロの女往よと之にいひければ女子すなはち往てその子の母を呼きたる
She answered: Go. The maid went and called her mother.
9 パロの女かれにいひけるは此子をつれゆきて我ために之を養へ我その値をなんぢにとらせんと婦すなはちその子を取てこれを養ふ
And Pharao’s daughter said to her. Take this child and nurse him for me: I will give thee thy wages. The woman took, and nursed the child: and when he was grown up, she delivered him to Pharao’s daughter.
10 斯てその子の長ずるにおよびて之をパロの女の所にたづさへゆきければすなはちこれが子となる彼その名をモーセ(援出)と名けて言ふ我これを水より援いだせしに因ると
And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.
11 茲にモーセ生長におよびて一時いでてその兄弟等の所にいたりその重荷を負ふを見しが會一箇のエジプト人が一箇のイスラエル人即ちおのれの兄弟を撃つを見たれば
In those days after Moses was grown up, he went out to his brethren: and saw their affliction, and an Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews his brethren.
12 右左を視まはして人のをらざるを見てそのエジプト人を撃ころし之を沙の中に埋め匿せり
And when he had looked about this way and that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
13 次の日また出て二人のヘブル人の相爭ふを見たればその曲き者にむかひ汝なんぞ汝の隣人を撃つやといふに
And going out the next day, he saw two Hebrews quarrelling: and he said to him that did the wrong: Why strikest thou thy neighbour?
14 彼いひけるは誰が汝を立てわれらの君とし判官としたるや汝かのエジプト人をころせしごとく我をも殺さんとするやと是においてモーセ懼れてその事かならず知れたるならんとおもへり
But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us? Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known?
15 パロ此事を聞てモーセを殺さんともとめければモーセすなはちパロの面をさけて逃げのびミデアンの地に住り彼井の傍に坐せり
And Pharao heard of this word and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well.
16 ミデアンの祭司に七人の女子ありしが彼等來りて水を汲み水鉢に盈て父の羊群に飮はんとしけるに
And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father’s flocks.
17 牧羊者等きたりて彼らを逐はらひければモーセ起あがりて彼等をたすけその羊群に飮ふ
And the shepherds came and drove them away: and Moses arose, and defending the maids, watered their sheep.
18 彼等その父リウエルに至れる時父言けるは今日はなんぢら何ぞかく速にかへりしや
And when they returned to Raguel their father, he said to them: Why are ye come sooner than usual?
19 かれらいひけるは一箇のエジプト人我らを牧羊者等の手より救いだし亦われらのために水を多く汲て羊群に飮しめたり
They answered: A man of Egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds: and he drew water also with us, and gave the sheep to drink.
20 父女等にいひけるは彼は何處にをるや汝等なんぞその人を遺てきたりしや彼をよびて物を食しめよと
But he said: Where is he? why have you let the man go? call him that he may eat bread.
21 モーセこの人とともに居ることを好めり彼すなはちその女子チツポラをモーセに與ふ
And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:
22 彼男子を生みければモーセその名をゲルシヨム(客)と名けて言ふ我異邦に客となりをればなりと
And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.
23 斯て時をふる程にジプトの王死りイスラエルの子孫その勞役の故によりて歎き號ぶにその勞役の故によりて號ぶところの聲神に達りければ
Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works.
24 神その長呻を聞き神そのアブラハム、イサク、ヤコブになしたる契約を憶え
And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 神イスラエルの子孫を眷み神知しめしたまへり
And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel, and he knew them.
