Exodus 2
1 Egressus est post haec vir de domo Levi: et accepit uxorem stirpis suae.
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a woman of Levi.
2 quae concepit, et peperit filium: et videns eum elegantem, abscondit tribus mensibus.
The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy boy, she hid him for three months.
3 Cumque iam celare non posset, sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam, et linivit eam bitumine ac pice: posuitque intus infantulum, et exposuit eum in carecto ripae fluminis,
But when she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds in the water along the side of the river.
4 stante procul sorore eius, et considerante eventum rei.
His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5 Ecce autem descendebat filia Pharaonis ut lavaretur in flumine: et puellae eius gradiebantur per crepidinem alvei. Quae cum vidisset fiscellam in papyrione, misit unam e famulabus suis: et allatam
Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river while her attendants walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her attendant to get it.
6 aperiens, cernensque in ea parvulum vagientem, miserta eius, ait: De infantibus Hebraeorum est hic.
When she opened it, she saw the child. Behold, the baby was crying. She had compassion on him and said, “This is certainly one of the Hebrews' children.”
7 Cui soror pueri: Vis, inquit, ut vadam, et vocem tibi mulierem Hebraeam, quae nutrire possit infantulum?
Then the baby's sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, “Should I go and find you a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?”
8 Respondit: Vade. Perrexit puella et vocavit matrem suam.
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Go.” So the young girl went and got the child's mother.
9 Ad quam locuta filia Pharaonis: Accipe, ait, puerum istum, et nutri mihi: ego dabo tibi mercedem tuam. Suscepit mulier, et nutrivit puerum: adultumque tradidit filiae Pharaonis.
Pharaoh's daughter said to the baby's mother, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay you wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
10 Quem illa adoptavit in locum filii, vocavitque nomen eius Moyses, dicens: Quia de aqua tuli eum.
When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and said, “Because I drew him from the water.”
11 In diebus illis postquam creverat Moyses, egressus est ad fratres suos: viditque afflictionem eorum, et virum Aegyptium percutientem quemdam de Hebraeis fratribus suis.
When Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard work. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his own people.
12 Cumque circumspexisset huc atque illuc, et nullum adesse vidisset, percussum Aegyptium abscondit sabulo.
He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one there, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
13 Et egressus die altero conspexit duos Hebraeos rixantes: dixitque ei qui faciebat iniuriam: Quare percutis proximum tuum?
He went out the next day, and, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting. He said to the one who was in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your companion?”
14 Qui respondit: Quis constituit te principem et iudicem super nos? num occidere me tu vis, sicut heri occidisti Aegyptium? Timuit Moyses, et ait: Quomodo palam factum est verbum istud?
But the man said, “Who made you a leader and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses became afraid and said, “What I did has certainly become known to others.”
15 Audivitque Pharao sermonem hunc, et quaerebat occidere Moysen: qui fugiens de conspectu eius, moratus est in Terra Madian, et sedit iuxta puteum.
Now when Pharaoh heard about it, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. There he sat down by a well.
16 Erant autem sacerdoti Madian septem filiae, quae venerant ad hauriendam aquam: et impletis canalibus adaquare cupiebant greges patris sui.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came, drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17 Supervenere pastores, et eiecerunt eas: surrexitque Moyses, et defensis puellis, adaquavit oves earum.
The shepherds came and tried to drive them away, but Moses went and helped them. Then he watered their flock.
18 Quae cum revertissent ad Raguel patrem suum, dixit ad eas: Cur velocius venistis solito?
When the girls went to Reuel their father, he said, “Why are you home so early today?”
19 Responderunt: Vir Aegyptius liberavit nos de manu pastorum: insuper et hausit aquam nobiscum, potumque dedit ovibus.
They said, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20 At ille: Ubi est? inquit, Quare dimisistis hominem? vocate eum ut comedat panem.
He said to his daughters, “So where is he? Why did you leave the man? Call him so he can eat a meal with us.”
21 Iuravit ergo Moyses quod habitaret cum eo. Accepitque Sephoram filiam eius uxorem:
Moses agreed to stay with the man, who also gave him his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
22 quae peperit ei filium, quem vocavit Gersam, dicens: Advena fui in terra aliena. Alterum vero peperit, quem vocavit Eliezer, dicens: Deus enim patris mei adiutor meus et eripuit me de manu Pharaonis.
She bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom; he said, “I have been a resident in a foreign land.”
23 Post multum vero tempore mortuus est rex Aegypti: et ingemiscentes filii Israel, propter opera vociferati sunt: ascenditque clamor eorum ad Deum ab operibus.
A long time later, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out for help, and their pleas went up to God because of their bondage.
24 Et audivit gemitum eorum, ac recordatus est foederis quod pepigit cum Abraham, Isaac, et Iacob.
When God heard their groaning, God called to mind his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 Et respexit Dominus filios Israel et liberavit eos.
God saw the Israelites, and he understood their situation.
