出エジプト記 2
1 さて、レビの家のひとりの人が行ってレビの娘をめとった。
Now a man of the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi.
2 女はみごもって、男の子を産んだが、その麗しいのを見て、三月のあいだ隠していた。
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.
3 しかし、もう隠しきれなくなったので、パピルスで編んだかごを取り、それにアスファルトと樹脂とを塗って、子をその中に入れ、これをナイル川の岸の葦の中においた。
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.
4 その姉は、彼がどうされるかを知ろうと、遠く離れて立っていた。
And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.
5 ときにパロの娘が身を洗おうと、川に降りてきた。侍女たちは川べを歩いていたが、彼女は、葦の中にかごのあるのを見て、つかえめをやり、それを取ってこさせ、
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.
6 あけて見ると子供がいた。見よ、幼な子は泣いていた。彼女はかわいそうに思って言った、「これはヘブルびとの子供です」。
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.
7 そのとき幼な子の姉はパロの娘に言った、「わたしが行ってヘブルの女のうちから、あなたのために、この子に乳を飲ませるうばを呼んでまいりましょうか」。
Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?
8 パロの娘が「行ってきてください」と言うと、少女は行ってその子の母を呼んできた。
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.
9 パロの娘は彼女に言った、「この子を連れて行って、わたしに代り、乳を飲ませてください。わたしはその報酬をさしあげます」。女はその子を引き取って、これに乳を与えた。
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.
10 その子が成長したので、彼女はこれをパロの娘のところに連れて行った。そして彼はその子となった。彼女はその名をモーセと名づけて言った、「水の中からわたしが引き出したからです」。
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.
11 モーセが成長して後、ある日のこと、同胞の所に出て行って、そのはげしい労役を見た。彼はひとりのエジプトびとが、同胞のひとりであるヘブルびとを打つのを見たので、
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.
12 左右を見まわし、人のいないのを見て、そのエジプトびとを打ち殺し、これを砂の中に隠した。
And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.
13 次の日また出て行って、ふたりのヘブルびとが互に争っているのを見、悪い方の男に言った、「あなたはなぜ、あなたの友を打つのですか」。
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?
14 彼は言った、「だれがあなたを立てて、われわれのつかさ、また裁判人としたのですか。エジプトびとを殺したように、あなたはわたしを殺そうと思うのですか」。モーセは恐れた。そしてあの事がきっと知れたのだと思った。
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.
15 パロはこの事を聞いて、モーセを殺そうとした。しかしモーセはパロの前をのがれて、ミデヤンの地に行き、井戸のかたわらに座していた。
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.
16 さて、ミデヤンの祭司に七人の娘があった。彼女たちはきて水をくみ、水槽にみたして父の羊の群れに飲ませようとしたが、
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.
17 羊飼たちがきて彼女らを追い払ったので、モーセは立ち上がって彼女たちを助け、その羊の群れに水を飲ませた。
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.
18 彼女たちが父リウエルのところに帰った時、父は言った、「きょうは、どうして、こんなに早く帰ってきたのか」。
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?
19 彼女たちは言った、「ひとりのエジプトびとが、わたしたちを羊飼たちの手から助け出し、そのうえ、水をたくさんくんで、羊の群れに飲ませてくれたのです」。
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.
20 彼は娘たちに言った、「そのかたはどこにおられるか。なぜ、そのかたをおいてきたのか。呼んできて、食事をさしあげなさい」。
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.
21 モーセがこの人と共におることを好んだので、彼は娘のチッポラを妻としてモーセに与えた。
And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
22 彼女が男の子を産んだので、モーセはその名をゲルショムと名づけた。「わたしは外国に寄留者となっている」と言ったからである。
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.
23 多くの日を経て、エジプトの王は死んだ。イスラエルの人々は、その苦役の務のゆえにうめき、また叫んだが、その苦役のゆえの叫びは神に届いた。
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.
24 神は彼らのうめきを聞き、神はアブラハム、イサク、ヤコブとの契約を覚え、
And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.
25 神はイスラエルの人々を顧み、神は彼らをしろしめされた。
And God's eyes were turned to the children of Israel and he gave them the knowledge of himself.
