Éxodo 2
1 Y un hombre de la casa de Leví tomó por esposa a una hija de Leví.
(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 Y ella engendró y dio a luz a un Hijo; y cuando vio que él era un niño hermoso, lo mantuvo en secreto durante tres 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 Y cuando ella ya no pudo mantenerlo en secreto, ella le hizo una canasta de tallos de plantas acuáticas, pegándola con tierra y brea para mantener el agua afuera; y colocando al bebé en él, lo puso entre las plantas al borde del Nilo.
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 Y su hermana tomó su lugar a distancia para ver qué sería de él.
His/My older sister was standing not far away, [watching to see] what would happen to him/me.
5 Y la hija de Faraón descendió al Nilo para tomar un baño, mientras sus mujeres caminaban a la orilla del río; y ella vio la canasta entre las plantas del río, y envió a su sirvienta para que se lo trajera.
[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 Y al abrirlo, ella vio al niño, y él estaba llorando. Y ella tuvo compasión de él, y dijo: Este es uno de los hijos de los hebreos.
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 Entonces su hermana dijo a la hija de Faraón: ¿Puedo ir a buscarte a una de las hebreas para darle el pecho?
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 Y la hija de Faraón le dijo: Ve. Y la niña fue a buscar a la madre del niño.
The king’s daughter said to her, “[Yes], go [and find one].” So the girl went and summoned (the baby’s/my) mother.
9 Y la hija de Faraón le dijo: Toma al niño y críalo, y yo te pagaré. Y la mujer tomó al niño y le dio leche de su pecho.
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 Y cuando el niño era mayor, ella lo llevó a la hija de Faraón y él se convirtió en su hijo, y ella le dio el nombre de Moisés, porque, ella dijo, lo saqué del agua.
([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 Cuando Moisés se hizo hombre, un día salió a su pueblo y vio lo duro que era su trabajo; y vio a un egipcio dando golpes a un hebreo, uno de su pueblo.
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 Y volviéndose de aquí para allá, sin ver a nadie, mató al egipcio, cubriendo su cuerpo de arena.
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 Y saliendo al otro día, vio a dos de los hebreos que peleaban, y dijo al que estaba equivocado: ¿Por qué peleas contra tu hermano?
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 Y él dijo: ¿Quién te hizo gobernante y juez sobre nosotros? ¿Me vas a matar a mí como lo hiciste con el egipcio? Y Moisés tuvo miedo, y dijo: Está claro que el asunto ha salido a la luz.
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 Cuando Faraón tuvo noticias de esto, procuró matar a Moisés. Pero Moisés salió huyendo de Faraón a la tierra de Madián, y se sentó junto a un manantial de agua.
[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 Y el sacerdote de Madián tuvo siete hijas; y vinieron a buscar agua para el rebaño de su padre.
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 Y los cuidadores de las ovejas subieron y las echaban de allí; pero Moisés se levantó y vino en su ayuda, y les dio de beber a las ovejas.
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 Y cuando llegaron a Reuel su padre, él dijo: ¿Cómo es que has vuelto tan rápido hoy?
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 Y ellas respondieron: Un egipcio vino en nuestra ayuda contra los cuidadores de ovejas, nos dio agua y se la dio al rebaño.
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 Y dijo a sus hijas: ¿Dónde está? ¿Por qué has dejado ir al hombre? hazlo entrar y dale una comida.
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 Y Moisés estaba feliz de seguir viviendo con el hombre; y él dio su hija Séfora a Moisés.
[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 Y dio a luz un hijo, a quien nombró Gersón, porque dijo: He estado viviendo en tierra extraña.
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 Y después de mucho tiempo, el rey de Egipto llegó a su fin; y los hijos de Israel lloraban en su dolor bajo el peso de su trabajo, y su clamor por ayuda llegó a oídos de Dios.
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 Y al sonido de su lloro, vino a su mente el acuerdo que Dios había hecho con Abraham, Isaac y Jacob.
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 Y los ojos de Dios se volvieron a los hijos de Israel y se dio cuenta de su condición.
God saw how the Israeli people were [being badly treated], and he was concerned about them.
