Egzòd 2
1 Yon nonm nan branch fanmi Levi a te marye ak yon fi nan menm branch fanmi an.
A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
2 Madanm li vin ansent, li fè yon pitit gason. Lè li wè jan ti pitit la te bèl, li kache l' pandan twa mwa.
The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
3 Men, li pa t' kapab kache l' pi lontan pase sa. Se konsa, li pran yon panyen jon, li badijonnen l' byen badijonnen ak goudwon ansanm ak gonm bwapen. Li mete ti pitit la ladan l'. Lèfini, li mete panyen an ak tout pitit la ladan l' nan mitan yon touf wozo, sou bò gwo larivyè a.
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus box for him and coated it with bitumen and with pitch. And she put the child in it and put it among the rushes by the bank of the river.
4 Sè ti pitit la menm te rete kanpe yon ti distans pou l' wè sak tapral rive pitit la.
And his sister stood at a distance, to see what would be done to him.
5 Pitit fi farawon an desann bò gwo larivyè a pou l' al benyen. Medam ki te avè l' yo t'ap mache bò larivyè a. Fi farawon an wè panyen an nan mitan touf wozo yo. Li voye sèvant li a al pran l'.
Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the box among the rushes, and sent her handmaid to get it.
6 Li louvri panyen an, li wè ti pitit la: se te yon ti gason ki t'ap kriye. Kè l' fè l' mal pou li. Li di: -Se yonn nan timoun ebre yo.
She opened it, and saw the child, and look, the baby cried. And she had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
7 Lè sa a, sè ti gason an pwoche, li di pitit fi farawon an: -Eske ou vle m al chache yon nouris pou ou nan mitan medam ebre yo pou bay ti pitit la tete pou ou?
Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"
8 Fi Farawon an di li: -Ale non. Ti fi a al chache manman ti pitit la.
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." The maiden went and called the child's mother.
9 Fi farawon an di manman an konsa: -Pran ti pitit sa a, mete l' nan tete pou mwen. m'a peye ou pou sa. Madanm lan pran ti pitit la, li ba l' tete.
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman took the child, and nursed it.
10 Lè ti gason an vin gran ti bway, li mennen l' bay fi farawon an ki adopte l' pou pitit li. Lè sa a, fi farawon an di: -Se nan dlo mwen wete l'. Se konsa, li rele l' Moyiz.
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
11 Lè sa a, Moyiz te fin grandi. Yon jou, li soti pou l' al vizite moun pèp Izrayèl parèy li yo. Li wè jan yo t'ap fè yo travay di. Li wè yon moun peyi Lejip ki t'ap bimen yon ebre anba kou, yonn nan moun parèy li yo.
It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
12 Li voye je l' adwat, li voye je l' agoch, li pa wè pesonn. Li touye moun pèyi Lejip la, li fouye yon twou nan sab la, li kache kadav la.
He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 Nan denmen, li soti ankò, li wè de ebre ki t'ap goumen. Li di sa ki te antò a: -Poukisa w'ap maltrete moun menm ras ak ou konsa?
He went out the second day, and look, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?"
14 Men, nonm lan reponn li: -Kilès ki mete ou chèf pou kòmande nou? Gen lè ou vle touye m' menm jan ou te touye moun peyi Lejip la? Moyiz vin pè, li di nan kè l': -Aa! Gen moun ki konnen sa m' te fè a!
He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
15 Farawon an pran nouvèl sak te pase. Li t'ap chache Moyiz pou touye l'. Men Moyiz chape kò l' anba men l', l' al rete nan peyi Madyan. Rive la, li chita bò yon pi.
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
16 Prèt peyi Madyan an te gen sèt pitit fi. Yo te vin tire dlo pou plen ganmèl yo pou bay mouton papa yo bwè.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17 Men, kèk lòt gadò mouton vin rive, yo kouri dèyè medam yo. Moyiz leve, li pran defans yo, epi li bay mouton medam yo bwè.
The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and drew water for them, and watered their flock.
18 Lè medam yo tounen lakay Reouyèl, papa yo, li mande yo: -Ki jan nou fè tounen vit konsa jòdi a?
When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it that you have returned so early today?"
19 Yo reponn li: -Se yon moun peyi Lejip ki te delivre nou anba men gadò mouton yo. Apre sa, se li menm ankò ki tire dlo pou nou bay bèt yo bwè.
They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."
20 Reouyèl mande pitit fi li yo: -Kote msye? Poukisa nou kite l' laba a? Al rele l' pou l' vin pran kichòy ak nou.
He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
21 Moyiz te dakò pou l' te rete lakay nonm sa a. Reouyèl bay Moyiz Sefora, yonn nan pitit fi li yo, pou madanm.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter in marriage.
22 Sefora fè yon ti gason. Lè sa a, Moyiz di: -Se moun vini mwen ye nan yon peyi etranje. Se konsa, li te rele pitit la Gèchon.
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
23 Lontan apre sa, wa Lejip la mouri. Pèp Izrayèl la t'ap plenn pi rèd anba esklavaj. Yo t'ap rele gras mizèrikòd. Bondye te tande jan yo t'ap rele, jan yo t'ap plenn anba esklavaj la.
It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
24 Bondye tande rèl yo, li vin chonje kontra li te pase ak Abraram ak Izarak epi ak Jakòb.
God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 Bondye te wè nan ki sitiyasyon moun pèp Izrayèl yo ye, li pran kòz yo nan men l'.
God saw the children of Israel, and God took notice.
