Exodus 2
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Na Lewini bi waree ɔbea bi fii Lewi abusuakuw mu.
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Ɔbea no nyinsɛn woo abarimaa. Abofra no na huu sɛ ne ho yɛ fɛ yiye nti ɔde no siee fie asram abiɛsa.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
Eduu bere bi no, na ɔde no sie a ɛnyɛ yiye nti, ɔde mfea nwenee kɛntɛn bi de ɛhyɛ ne ama faa ho sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, nsu rentumi nkɔ mu. Ɔde abofra no too mu de no kosii asu Nil konkɔn so wɔ wura a na ɛwɔ hɔ no bi mu.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
Abofra no nuabea kogyinaa akyiri baabi a na ɔwɛn no.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
Farao babea kɔɔ asu no mu sɛ ɔrekoguare. Bere a ɔne ne mmaawa nam asu no konkɔn so no, ohuu kɛntɛn no sɛ ɛhyɛ wuram hɔ baabi, enti ɔsomaa ne mmaawa no mu baako sɛ ɔnkɔfa mmrɛ no.
6 And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
Ɔde bae a obuee so no, ohuu sɛ abarimaa bi da mu a ɔresu. Asɛm no yɛɛ no awerɛhow. Ɔkae se, “Ɔyɛ Hebrifo yi bi ba.”
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
Abofra no nuabea a na ɔrewɛn no no kɔɔ ɔhene babea no nkyɛn kobisaa no se, “Menkɔfrɛ Hebrifo mmea no baako na ɔmmɛhwɛ no mma wo ana?”
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
Ɔhene babea no buae se, “Yiw.” Enti, abeawa no tuu mmirika kɔɔ fie kɔfrɛɛ abofra no na de no bae.
9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Ɔhene babea no ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Fa abofra no kɔ fie na kɔhwɛ no ma me na metua wo ho ka.” Enti ɔde no kɔɔ fie kɔhwɛɛ no.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Onyin kakra no, ɔde no brɛɛ ɔhene babea no ma ogyee no de no yɛɛ ne ba. Ɔkae se, “Mɛto ne din Mose efisɛ miyii no fii nsu mu.”
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Mose nyin no, da bi, ɔkɔsraa ne manfo Hebrifo no. Oduu hɔ no, ohuu sɛ ne manfo no reyɛ adwumaden. Nsrahwɛ no mu na Mose huu sɛ Misraimni bi reboro Hebrini a ɔyɛ ne nua.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Mose hwɛɛ ha hwɛɛ ha huu sɛ obiara nni hɔ no, okum Misraimni no tutuu nwea mu de no hyɛɛ hɔ.
13 And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Ade kyee no, ɔsan kɔɔ Hebrifo no nsrahwɛ. Oduu hɔ no, na wɔn mu baanu reko. Obisaa nea nʼasɛm nyɛ dɛ no se, “Dɛn na woreyɛ yi a worebobɔ wo nua Hebrini saa?”
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
Ɔbarima no nso bisaa no se, “Wufi he? Hena na ɔde wo yɛɛ yɛn sodifo ne temmufo? Anaasɛ woayɛ wʼadwene sɛ wobekum me sɛnea nnɛra wukum Misraimni no?” Mose huu sɛ bɔne a wayɛ no ho ada hɔ no, osuroe.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Na Farao nso tee asɛm no, ɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔnkɔfa Mose mmra na wonkum no. Nanso Mose guan kɔɔ Midian asase so. Da bi a Mose kɔtenaa abura bi ho wɔ hɔ no,
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Midian sɔfo mmabea baason bi baa hɔ sɛ wɔrebɛtow nsu de akɔma wɔn papa nguan.
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Nanso nguanhwɛfo bi pampam mmeawa no. Mose begyee wɔn fii nguanhwɛfo no nsam maa mmeawa no nguan no nsu nomee.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?
Wɔsan koduu wɔn agya Reuel nkyɛn no, obisaa wɔn se, “Ɛyɛɛ dɛn na nnɛ de, munyaa nsu maa nguan yi nom ntɛm sɛɛ?”
19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.
Wɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn agya se, “Misraimni bi na ogyee yɛn fii nguanhwɛfo no nsam. Ɔno ara na ɔtow nsu no maa yɛn nguan no nomee.”
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
Wɔn agya bisae se, “Na ɔwɔ he? Mugyaw no wɔ hɔ ana? Monkɔfrɛ no na ommedidi.”
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Mose kɔɔ Reuel frɛ no. Akyiri no, ɔne wɔn kɔtenae, maa Reuel de ne babea Sipora maa no aware.
22 And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land.
Wɔwoo ɔbabarima maa Mose too no din Gersom, ase ne Ɔhɔho, efisɛ Mose kyerɛ ase se, “Meyɛ ɔhɔho wɔ ananafo asase so.”
23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Mfe bi akyi no, Misraimhene no wui. Na Israelfo no resi apini wɔ wɔn nkoasom no mu. Enti na wɔresu frɛ Onyankopɔn.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Onyankopɔn nso tiee wɔn sufrɛ no, kaee bɔ a ɔhyɛɛ Abraham, Isak ne Yakob sɛ ɔde nʼasefo bɛsan aba Kanaan asase so no.
25 And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge [of them].
Onyankopɔn hwɛ huu sɛ bere adu sɛ ogye wɔn.
