Êxodo 2
1 E foi-se um varão da casa de Levi, e casou com uma filha de Levi.
It was around this time that a man from the tribe of Levi married a woman, also a Levite.
2 E a mulher concebeu, e pariu um filho, e, vendo que ele era formoso, escondeu-o três meses.
She became pregnant and had a son. She saw he was a lovely baby, and she hid him for three months.
3 Não podendo, porém, mais escondê-lo tomou uma arca de juncos, e a betumou com betume e pez; e, pondo nela o menino, a pôs nos juncos à borda do rio
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 E sua irmã parou-se de longe, para saber o que lhe havia de acontecer.
His sister waited some distance away, keeping an eye on him.
5 E a filha de faraó desceu a lavar-se no rio, e as suas donzelas passeavam, pela borda do rio: e ela viu a arca no meio dos juncos, e enviou a sua criada, e a tomou.
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 E abrindo-a, viu ao menino, e eis que o menino chorava; e moveu-se de compaixão dele, e disse: Dos meninos dos hebreus é este.
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 Então disse sua irmã à filha de faraó: Irei eu a chamar uma ama das hebreias, que crie este menino por ti?
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 E a filha de faraó disse-lhe: vai. E foi-se a moça, e chamou a mãe do menino.
“Yes, go and do that,” she replied. So the girl went and called the baby's mother to come.
9 Então lhe disse a filha de faraó: Leva este menino, e cria-mo: eu te darei teu salário. E a mulher tomou o menino, e criou-o.
“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 E, sendo o menino já grande, ela o trouxe à filha de faraó, a qual o adotou; e chamou o seu nome Moisés, e disse: Porque das águas o tenho tirado.
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 E aconteceu naqueles dias que, sendo Moisés já grande, saiu a seus irmãos, e atentou nas suas cargas: e viu que um varão egípcio feria a um hebreu, varão de seus irmãos.
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 E olhou a uma e a outra banda, e, vendo que ninguém ali havia, feriu ao egípcio, e escondeu-o na areia.
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 E tornou a sair no dia seguinte, e eis que dois varões hebreus contendiam; e disse ao injusto: Porque feres a teu próximo?
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 O qual disse: Quem te tem posto a ti por maioral e juiz sobre nós? pensas matar-me, como mataste o egípcio? Então temeu Moisés, e disse: Certamente este negócio foi descoberto.
“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 Ouvindo pois faraó este negócio, procurou matar a Moisés: mas Moisés fugiu de diante da face de faraó, e habitou na terra de Midian, e assentou-se junto a um poço.
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 E o sacerdote de Midian tinha sete filhas, as quais vieram a tirar água, e encheram as pias, para dar de beber ao rebanho de seu pai.
and the Midianite priest's seven daughters came to fetch water to fill up the troughs so their father's flock could drink.
17 Então vieram os pastores, e lançaram-nas dali; Moisés porém levantou-se, e defendeu-as, e abeberou-lhes o rebanho.
Some shepherds arrived and chased them off, but Moses intervened and rescued them, and watered their flock.
18 E vindo elas a Reuel seu pai, ele disse: Porque hoje tomastes tão depressa?
When they got home, their father Reuel asked them, “How did you get back so quickly today?”
19 E elas disseram: Um homem egípcio nos livrou da mão dos pastores; e também nos tirou água em abundância, e abeberou o rebanho.
“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 E disse a suas filhas: E onde está ele? porque deixastes o homem? chamai-o para que coma pão.
“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 E Moisés consentiu em morar com aquele homem: e ele deu a Moisés sua filha Zippora,
Moses agreed to stay with the man, who arranged for his daughter Zipporah to marry Moses.
22 A qual pariu um filho, e ele chamou o seu nome Gerson, porque disse: Peregrino fui em terra estranha.
She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I'm an exile living in a foreign country.”
23 E aconteceu depois de muitos destes dias, morrendo o rei do Egito, que os filhos de Israel suspiraram por causa da servidão, e clamaram: e o seu clamor subiu a Deus por causa de sua servidão.
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 E ouviu Deus o seu gemido, e lembrou-se Deus do seu concerto com Abraão, com Isaac, e com Jacob;
God heard their groans, and recalled his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 E atentou Deus para os filhos de Israel, e conheceu-os Deus.
God also looked sympathetically on the Israelites, and was concerned for them.
