ʻEkisotosi 2
1 Pea naʻe ʻalu ha tangata ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Livai, ʻo na mali mo ha ʻofefine ʻo Livai.
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2 Pea naʻe feitama ʻae fefine, ʻo ne fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama: pea ʻi heʻene mamata ki hono fakaʻofoʻofa, naʻa ne fufū ia ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu.
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3 Pea ʻi he ʻikai te ne kei faʻa fufū ia, naʻa ne ngaohi ha vaka louʻakau, ʻo ne pani ia ʻaki ʻae kelepulu, mo e pulu, ʻo ne ʻai ʻae tamasiʻi ki loto; pea ne tuku ia ʻi he potu ʻakau ʻi he veʻe vaitafe.
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
4 Pea naʻe tuʻu mamaʻo atu hono tuofefine, ke vakai pe ko e hā ʻe fai kiate ia.
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 Mo ʻene ʻalu hifo ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Felo ki he vaitafe ke pālutu; pea naʻe ʻeveʻeva hono kau fefine ʻi he veʻe vaitafe; pea ʻi heʻene mamata ki he vaka ʻi he potu ʻakau, naʻa ne fekau ʻene fefine fekau ke ʻalu ʻo ʻomi ia.
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 Pea ʻi heʻene toʻo hono tāpuni, pea mamata ia ki he tamasiʻi, pea vakai, naʻe tangi ʻae tamasiʻi. Pea ʻofa leva ia kiate ia, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e tamasiʻi eni ʻae kau Hepelū.”
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
7 Pea pehē leva ʻe hono tuofefine ki he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, “ʻE lelei kiate koe ʻeku ʻalu ʻo ui ha fefine toutama mei he kau Hepelū, koeʻuhi ke ne tauhi ʻae tamasiʻi maʻau?
Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 Pea talaange ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Felo kiate ia, “ʻAlu.” Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae taʻahine ʻo ne ui ʻae faʻē ʻae tamasiʻi.
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
9 Pea pehēange ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Felo kiate ia, “Toʻo ʻae tamasiʻi ni ʻo ʻave, mo ke tauhi ia maʻaku, pea te u totongi koe. Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe he fefine ʻae tamasiʻi, ʻo ne tauhi ki ai.
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.
10 Pea naʻe tupu ʻae tamasiʻi, pea naʻe ʻomi ia ki he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, pea hoko ia ko ʻene tama. Pea naʻa ne ui hono hingoa ko Mōsese: He naʻa ne pehē, “Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku ʻohake ia mei he vai.”
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
11 Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia kuo tupu ʻo lahi ai ʻa Mōsese, naʻe ʻeveʻeva ia kituaʻā ki hono ngaahi kāinga, ʻo ne mamata ki heʻenau ngaahi kavenga: pea naʻa ne sio ki he tangata ʻIsipite ʻoku ne taaʻi ʻae Hepelū, ko e tokotaha ʻi hono kāinga.
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 Pea fekilokilofaki ia, pea ʻi heʻene sio ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata, naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite, ʻo ne fufū ia ʻi he ʻoneʻone.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 Pea ʻi heʻene ʻalu kituaʻā ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho, vakai, naʻe fekeeʻi ʻae ongo tangata Hepelū: pea lea ia kiate ia naʻe fai kovi, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke taaʻi ai ho kāinga?”
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14 Pea pehē mai ʻe ia, “Ko hai naʻa ne ngaohi koe ko e ʻeiki mo e fakamaau kiate kimautolu? ʻOku ke fie tāmateʻi au, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite?” Pea naʻe manavahē ʻa Mōsese, ʻo ne pehē, “Ta kuo ʻilo ʻae meʻa ni.”
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
15 Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻa Felo ki he meʻa ni, naʻe holi ia ke tāmateʻi ʻa Mōsese. Ka naʻe hola ʻa Mōsese mei he ʻao ʻo Felo, pea naʻe ʻalu ia ʻo nofo ʻi he fonua ko Mitiane, pea nofo ia ki lalo ʻi he veʻe vaikeli.
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.
16 Pea ko e taulaʻeiki ʻo Mitiane naʻe toko fitu hono ʻofefine: pea naʻa nau haʻu ke utu ʻae vai, ʻo fakapito ʻae ngaahi ʻaiʻanga vai ke fakainu ʻae fanga manu ʻa ʻenau tamai.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17 Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae kau tangata tauhi sipi ʻo tekeʻi atu ʻakinautolu: ka naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Mōsese ʻo ne tokoni ʻakinautolu, ʻo ne fakainu ʻenau fanga manu.
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18 Pea ʻi heʻenau aʻu atu kia Liueli ko e nau tamai, naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā kuo mou haʻu vave ai he ʻaho ni?”
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
19 Pea naʻa nau pehē, “Ko e tangata ʻIsipite naʻa ne fakahaofi ʻakimautolu mei he nima ʻoe kau tauhi sipi, ʻo ne utu foki [ʻae vai ]lahi kiate kimautolu, ʻo ne fakainu ʻae fanga manu.”
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
20 Pea pehē ʻe ia ki hono ngaahi ʻofefine, “Pea kuo ʻi fē ia? Ko e hā kuo mou tuku ai pe ʻae tangata? Ui ia, ke haʻu ʻo kai mā.”
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.
21 Pea naʻe loto lelei ʻa Mōsese ke nofo mo e tangata: pea naʻa ne foaki hono ʻofefine ko Sipola kia Mōsese.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 Pea ne fanauʻi kiate ia ʻae tama, pea naʻa ne ui hono hingoa ko Kesomi; he naʻa ne pehē, “Ko e muli au ʻi he fonua foʻou.”
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
23 Pea kuo fuoloa ange naʻe hoko ʻae pekia ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite: pea naʻe toʻe ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e meʻa ʻi honau fakapōpulaʻi, pea naʻa nau tangi, pea naʻe aʻu hake ʻenau tangi ki he ʻOtua ko e meʻa ʻi he fakapōpulaʻi.
And it came to pass in process of time, 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.
24 Pea naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻenau ngaahi toʻe, pea manatuʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻene fuakava kia ʻEpalahame, mo ʻAisake, pea mo Sēkope.
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 Pea naʻe ʻafio ʻae ʻOtua ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea naʻe tokanga ʻofa ʻae ʻOtua kiate kinautolu.
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
