Exodus 2
1 Now a man of the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi.
Neki čovjek od Levijeva koljena ode i oženi se djevojkom Levijkom.
2 And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.
Žena zače i rodi sina. Vidjevši kako je krasan, krila ga je tri mjeseca.
3 And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.
Kad ga nije mogla više sakrivati, nabavi košaricu od papirusove trstike, oblijepi je smolom i paklinom, u nju stavi dijete i položi ga u trstiku na obali Rijeke.
4 And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.
Njegova sestra stane podalje da vidi što će s njime biti.
5 Now Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to take a bath, while her women were walking by the riverside; and she saw the basket among the river-plants, and sent her servant-girl to get it.
Faraonova kći siđe k Rijeci da se kupa, dok su njezine sluškinje šetale uz obalu Rijeke. Opazi ona košaricu u trstici, pa pošalje sluškinju da je donese.
6 And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
Otvori je i pogleda, a to u njoj dijete! Muško čedo. Plakalo je. Njoj se sažali na nj. “Bit će to hebrejsko dijete”, reče.
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?
Onda njegova sestra rekne faraonovoj kćeri: “Hoćeš li da ti potražim dojilju među Hebrejkama da ti dijete doji?”
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.
“Idi!” - odgovori joj faraonova kći. Tako djevojka ode i pozove djetetovu majku.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take the child away and give it milk for me, and I will give you payment. And the woman took the child and gave it milk at her breast.
“Uzmi ovo dijete”, rekne joj faraonova kći, “i odgoji mi ga, a ja ću te plaćati.” Tako žena uzme dijete i othrani ga.
10 And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.
Kad je dijete odraslo, ona ga odvede faraonovoj kćeri, koja ga posini. Nadjene mu ime Mojsije, “jer sam ga”, reče, “iz vode izvadila”.
11 Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.
Jednog dana, kad je Mojsije već odrastao, dođe među svoj narod i vidje njegove muke. Spazi tada kako neki Egipćanin tuče jednoga Hebrejca - brata njegova.
12 And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.
Okrene se tamo-amo i, vidjevši da nikoga nema, ubije Egipćanina i zatrpa ga u pijesak.
13 And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the wrong, Why are you fighting your brother?
Izađe on i sutradan te zateče dva Hebrejca kako se tuku. “Zašto tučeš svoga druga?” - rekne napadaču.
14 And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.
Ovaj odvrati: “Tko te postavi za starješinu i suca našega? Kaniš li ubiti i mene kako si ubio onog Egipćanina?” Mojsije se uplaši pa će u sebi: “Tako! Ipak se saznalo.”
15 Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.
Kad je faraon to dočuo, htjede Mojsija pogubiti. Zato Mojsije pobjegne od faraona i skloni se u midjansku zemlju. Ondje sjedne kraj nekog studenca.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.
Midjanski je svećenik imao sedam kćeri. Dođu one da zahvate vode i naliju pojila, da napoje stado svoga oca.
17 And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.
Ali dođu i pastiri te ih potjeraju. Mojsije ustane, obrani ih i stado im napoji.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?
Kad su se vratile svome ocu Reuelu, on ih zapita: “Kako ste se danas tako brzo vratile?”
19 And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.
One odgovore: “Neki Egipćanin obrani nas od pastira i još nam zahvati vode i stado nam napoji.”
20 And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.
“Gdje je?” - zapita on svoje kćeri. “Zašto ste ostavile toga čovjeka? Pozovite ga na objed.”
21 And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Mojsije pristane da ostane kod toga čovjeka. On oženi Mojsija svojom kćeri Siporom.
22 And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.
A kad ona rodi sina, on mu nadjene ime Geršon, “jer sam”, reče, “stranac u tuđoj zemlji”.
23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.
Poslije mnogo vremena umre egipatski kralj. Izraelci su još stenjali u ropstvu. Vapili su, a njihov vapaj za pomoć sred ropstva uzlazio je k Bogu.
24 And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.
Bog je čuo njihovo zapomaganje i sjetio se svoga Saveza s Abrahamom, Izakom i Jakovom.
25 And God's eyes were turned to the children of Israel and he gave them the knowledge of himself.
I pogleda Bog na Izraelce i zauze se za njih.
