Kutoka 2
1 Sasa mwanamme wa kabila la Lawi alimuoa mwanamke Mlawi.
Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
2 Yule mwanamke akapata mimba na kuzaa mtoto wa kiume. Alipoona ya kuwa alikuwa mtoto mwenye afaya, alimficha kwa miezi mitatu.
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
3 Lakini alipokuwa hawezi kuendelea kumficha tena, alichukua kikapu cha manyasi akakipaka sifa na lami. Akamtia mtoto ndani yake na kukiweka juu ya maji katika majani kando ya mto.
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
4 Dada yake akasimama kwa mbali ili ajue yatakayompata.
And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5 Binti Farao akashuka kuoga mtoni wakati vijakazi wake wakitembea kando ya mto. Naye akaona kile kikapu katika majani na akamtuma kijakazi wake kwenda kukileta.
Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
6 Alipokifungua, aliomwona mtoto. Tazama, mtoto alikuwa analia. Alimhurumia na kusema, “Bila shaka huyu ni mmoja wapo wa watoto wa Waebrania.”
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
7 Basi dada wa yule mtoto akamwambia binti Farao, “Je naweza kwenda kukutafutia mwanamke wa Kiebrania aje akulele mtoto kwa ajili yako?”
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
8 Binti Farao akamwambia, “Nenda.” Hivyo yule binti akaenda na kumwita mama yake yule mtoto.
“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
9 Binti Farao akamwambia mama yake yule mtoto, “Mchukue mtoto huyu ukaninyonyeshee, nami nitakupa posho.” Hivyo yule mwanamke akamchukua mtoto na kumnyonyesha.
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
10 Mtoto alipokuwa mkubwa, akamleta kwa binti Farao, na akawa mtoto wake. Akamwita jina lake Musa akisema, “Kwa sababu nilimtoa katika maji.”
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
11 Musa alipokuwa mtu mzima, alienda kwa watu wake na kuona kazi ngumu walizokuwa wanafanya. Alimuona Mmisri akimpiga Mwebrania, mmoja wa watu wa jamii yake.
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
12 Aliangalia huku na kule, na alipoona ya kuwa hakuna mtu, alimuua yule mmisri na kuuficha mwili wake katika mchanga.
After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
13 Alienda tena siku iliyofuata, na tazama, Waebrania wawili walikuwa wanapigana. Alimwambia yule aliyekuwa na makosa, “Kwa nini unampigia mwenzako?”
The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
14 Lakini yule mtu alisema, “Ni nani aliyekuweka wewe kuwa kiongozi na mwamuzi juu yetu? Unataka kuniua na mimi kama ulivyomuua yule mmisri?” Ndipo Musa akaogopa na kusema, “Hakika niliyoyafanya yamejulikana.”
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
15 Farao aliposikia habari hizi, alijaribu kumuua Musa. Lakini Musa alikimbia na kwenda kuishi katika nchi ya Wamidiani. Kule alikaa chini kando ya mto.
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
16 Wakati huo kuhani wa Midiani alikuwa na mabinti saba. Walikuja mtoni kuchota maji na kujaza vyombo vyao ili wawanyweshe mifuko ya baba yao.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17 Wachungaji walikuja na kutaka kuwafukuza, lakini Musa alienda kuwasaidia. Kisha akawanywesha mifugo wao.
And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
18 Wale mabinti walipoenda kwa Reueli baba yao, aliwauliza, “Kwa nini mmerudi nyumbani mapema hivi leo?”
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
19 Wakamwambia, “Mmisri mmoja alituokoa dhidi ya wachungaji. Pia alichota maji na kuwanywesha mifugo wetu.”
“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20 Kisha akawauliza binti zake, “Yu wapi sasa? Kwa nini mlimwacha? Mwiteni ili apate kula chakula pamoja nasi.”
“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21 Musa akakubali kukaa na yule mtu ambaye pia alimpa binti yake Zipora ili amuoe.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22 Alizaa mtoto wa kiume, na Musa akamwita jina lake Geshomu; akisema; “Nimekuwa mkazi katika nchi ya ugeni.”
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23 Muda mrefu baadaye, mfalme wa Misri akafa. Waisraeli walilalamika kwa sababu ya kazi za utumwa. Walilia kutafuta msaada, na maombi yao yakamfikia Mungu kwa sababu ya mateso yao.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
24 Mungu aliposikia malalamiko yao, Mungu alikumbuka agano lake na Abrahamu, na Isaka, na Yakobo.
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 Mungu aliwaona Waisraeli na akaielewa hali yao.
God saw the Israelites and took notice.
