Êxodo 2
1 Um homem da casa de Levi foi e levou uma filha de Levi como sua esposa.
After these things, a man from the house of Levi went out, and he took a wife from his own stock.
2 A mulher concebeu e deu à luz um filho. Quando ela viu que ele era uma boa criança, ela o escondeu três meses.
And she conceived and bore a son. And seeing him to be handsome, she hid him for three months.
3 Quando não podia mais escondê-lo, ela pegou uma cesta de papiro para ele, e a revestiu com alcatrão e com breu. Ela colocou a criança dentro dela, e a colocou nos canaviais junto à margem do rio.
And when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a small basket woven of bulrushes, and she smeared it with pitch as well as tar. And she placed the little infant inside, and she laid him in the sedges by the bank of the river.
4 Sua irmã ficou muito longe, para ver o que seria feito com ele.
His sister was standing at a distance and was wondering what would happen.
5 A filha do faraó desceu para banhar-se no rio. Suas donzelas caminharam ao longo da margem do rio. Ela viu a cesta entre os canaviais e mandou seu criado buscá-la.
Then, behold, the daughter of Pharaoh descended to wash in the river. And her maids walked along the edge of the cove. And when she had seen the small basket among the papyruses, she sent one of her servants for it. And when it was brought,
6 She abriu-a e viu a criança, e eis que o bebê chorou. Ela teve compaixão dele, e disse: “Este é um dos filhos dos hebreus”.
she opened it; and realizing that within it was a little one crying, she took pity on him, and she said: “This is one of the infants of the Hebrews.”
7 Então sua irmã disse à filha do faraó: “Devo ir chamar uma enfermeira para você das mulheres hebraicas, para que ela possa cuidar da criança para você?”.
And the sister of the boy said to her: “If you wish, I will go and call to you a Hebrew woman, who will be able nurse the infant.”
8 A filha do faraó lhe disse: “Vá”. A jovem mulher foi e chamou a mãe da criança.
She responded, “Go.” The maid went directly and called her mother.
9 A filha do faraó lhe disse: “Leve esta criança embora e cuide dele por mim, e eu lhe darei seu salário”. A mulher pegou a criança e cuidou dela.
And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her: “Take this boy and nurse him for me. I will give you your wages.” The woman took and nursed the boy. And when he was mature, she delivered him to the daughter of Pharaoh.
10 A criança cresceu, e ela o trouxe para a filha do Faraó, e ele se tornou seu filho. Ela o chamou de Moisés, e disse: “Porque eu o tirei da água”.
And she adopted him in place of a son, and she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I took him from the water.”
11 Naqueles dias, quando Moisés tinha crescido, ele foi até seus irmãos e viu os fardos deles. Ele viu um egípcio atacando um hebreu, um de seus irmãos.
In those days, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers. And he saw their affliction and an Egyptian man striking a certain one of the Hebrews, his brothers.
12 Ele olhou para este e para aquele lado, e quando viu que não havia ninguém, matou o egípcio, e o escondeu na areia.
And when he had looked around this way and that, and had seen no one nearby, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
13 Ele saiu no segundo dia, e eis que dois homens dos hebreus estavam brigando um com o outro. Ele disse a ele que fez o mal: “Por que você bate no seu companheiro”?
And going out the next day, he spotted two Hebrews quarrelling violently. And he said to him who was causing the injury, “Why do you strike your neighbor?”
14 Ele disse: “Quem fez de você um príncipe e um juiz sobre nós? Você planeja me matar, como você matou o egípcio?” Moisés estava com medo e disse: “Certamente esta coisa é conhecida”.
But he responded: “Who appointed you as leader and judge over us? Do you want to kill me, just as yesterday you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and he said, “How has this word become known?”
15 Agora, quando o Faraó ouviu esta coisa, ele procurou matar Moisés. Mas Moisés fugiu da face do faraó, e viveu na terra de Midian, e sentou-se junto a um poço.
And Pharaoh heard this talk, and he sought to kill Moses. But fleeing from his sight, he stayed in the land of Midian, and he sat down next to a well.
16 Agora o padre de Midian tinha sete filhas. Elas vinham e bebiam água, e enchiam os bebedouros para regar o rebanho de seu pai.
Now there was a priest of Midian with seven daughters, who came to draw water. And having filled the troughs, they desired to water their father’s flocks.
17 Os pastores vieram e as expulsaram; mas Moisés se levantou e as ajudou, e regou seu rebanho.
The shepherds overcame them and drove them away. And Moses rose up, and defending the girls, he watered their sheep.
18 Quando chegaram a Reuel, seu pai, ele disse: “Como é que vocês voltaram tão cedo hoje”?
And when they had returned to their father, Reuel, he said to them, “Why have you arrived sooner than usual?”
19 Eles disseram: “Um egípcio nos entregou da mão dos pastores e, além disso, tirou água para nós, e regou o rebanho”.
They responded: “A man of Egypt freed us from the hands of the shepherds. Moreover, he also drew water with us and gave the sheep to drink.”
20 Ele disse a suas filhas: “Onde ele está? Por que o senhor deixou o homem? Chame-o, para que ele possa comer pão”.
But he said: “Where is he? Why have you dismissed the man? Call him, so that he may eat bread.”
21 Moisés contentou-se em morar com o homem. Ele deu a Moisés Zipporah, sua filha.
Therefore, Moses swore that he would live with him. And he accepted his daughter Zipporah as a wife.
22 Ela teve um filho, e ele o chamou de Gershom, pois ele disse: “Eu vivi como estrangeiro em uma terra estrangeira”.
And she bore a son to him, whom he called Gershom, saying, “I have been a newcomer in a foreign land.” In truth, she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying, “For the God of my father, my helper, has rescued me from the hand of Pharaoh.”
23 Durante esses muitos dias, o rei do Egito morreu, e os filhos de Israel suspiravam por causa da escravidão, e eles choravam, e seu grito chegou a Deus por causa da escravidão.
In truth, after a long time, the king of Egypt was dead. And the sons of Israel, groaning, cried out because of the works. And their cry ascended to God from the works.
24 Deus ouviu seus gemidos, e Deus lembrou-se de sua aliança com Abraão, com Isaac e com Jacó.
And he heard their groaning, and he also remembered the covenant which he formed with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 Deus viu os filhos de Israel, e Deus compreendeu.
And the Lord looked with favor on the sons of Israel, and he knew them.
