Êxodo 2
1 Um homem da casa de Levi foi e levou uma filha de Levi como sua esposa.
(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 A mulher concebeu e deu à luz um filho. Quando ela viu que ele era uma boa criança, ela o escondeu três meses.
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 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.
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 Sua irmã ficou muito longe, para ver o que seria feito com ele.
His/My older sister was standing not far away, [watching to see] what would happen to him/me.
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.
[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 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”.
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 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?”.
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 A filha do faraó lhe disse: “Vá”. A jovem mulher foi e chamou a mãe da criança.
The king’s daughter said to her, “[Yes], go [and find one].” So the girl went and summoned (the baby’s/my) 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.
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 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”.
([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 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.
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 Ele olhou para este e para aquele lado, e quando viu que não havia ninguém, matou o egípcio, e o escondeu na areia.
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 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”?
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 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”.
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 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 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 Agora o padre de Midian tinha sete filhas. Elas vinham e bebiam água, e enchiam os bebedouros para regar o rebanho de seu pai.
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 Os pastores vieram e as expulsaram; mas Moisés se levantou e as ajudou, e regou seu rebanho.
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 Quando chegaram a Reuel, seu pai, ele disse: “Como é que vocês voltaram tão cedo hoje”?
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 Eles disseram: “Um egípcio nos entregou da mão dos pastores e, além disso, tirou água para nós, e regou o rebanho”.
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 Ele disse a suas filhas: “Onde ele está? Por que o senhor deixou o homem? Chame-o, para que ele possa comer pão”.
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 Moisés contentou-se em morar com o homem. Ele deu a Moisés Zipporah, sua filha.
[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 Ela teve um filho, e ele o chamou de Gershom, pois ele disse: “Eu vivi como estrangeiro em uma terra estrangeira”.
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 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.
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 Deus ouviu seus gemidos, e Deus lembrou-se de sua aliança com Abraão, com Isaac e com Jacó.
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 Deus viu os filhos de Israel, e Deus compreendeu.
God saw how the Israeli people were [being badly treated], and he was concerned about them.
