1 Kāds Levija cilts vīrietis nāca un ņēma sev sievu no Levija cilts meitām.
2 Viņa sieva kļuva grūta un dzemdēja dēlu. Viņa ievēroja, cik jauks tas bija, un noslēpa viņu trīs mēnešus.
3 Bet kad tā redzēja, ka nevar to vairs noslēpt, tad tā viņam pagatavoja šķirstu no niedrēm, notriepa to ar asfaltu un piķi, ielika tanī bērnu un nolika to niedrēs upes krastmalā.
4 Bet viņa māsa nostājās iztālēm, lai novērotu, kas tam notiks.
5 Faraona meita nāca uz upi, lai peldētos, bet viņas draudzenes pastaigājās upes malā. Viņa ieraudzīja šķirstu niedrājā, sūtīja savu aukli un lika to atnest.
6 Kad viņa to atvēra, tā ieraudzīja bērnu, un, lūk: puisēns raudāja. Viņa iežēlojās par to un sacīja: „Tas ir viens no ebrēju bērniem.“
7 Tad vina māsa sacīja faraona meitai: „Vai man iet un ataicināt tev kādu zīdītāju no ebrējietēm, kas tev bērnu var zīdīt?“
8 Faraona meita sacīja viņai: „Ej!“ Un jaunava aizgāja un aicināja bērna māti.
9 Tad faraona meita sacija viņai: „Ņem šo bērnu un zīdi to manā vietā. Es tev par to maksāšu.“ Tad sieviete paņēma bērnu un to zīdīja.
10 Kad bērns bija paaudzies, viņa veda to pie faraona meitas, un tas tai bija par dēlu, un tā to nosauca par Mozu, jo tā sacīja: „Es viņu no ūdens esmu izvilkusi.“
11 Kad Mozus bija pieaudzis, tas reiz izgāja pie saviem tautas brāļiem un noskatījās viņu spaidos. Un viņš redzēja vīru, kas sita kādu ebrēju, viņa cilts brāli.
12 Tad viņš, apraudzījies visapkārt un neviena neredzēdams, nosita ēģiptieti un to apraka smiltis.
13 Nākamajā dienā viņš atkal izgāja un redzēja divus ebrēju vīrus, kas ķildojās. Viņš sacīja vainīgam: „Kāpēc tu sit savu biedru?“
14 Bet tas atcirta: „Kas tevi ir iecēlis mums par pavēlnieku un tiesnesi? Vai tu gribi ari mani nogalināt, kā tu esi nogalinājis to ēģiptieti?“ Un Mozus sabijās un sacija: „Patiesi, šis notikums ir kļuvis zināms.“
15 Ari faraons dzirdēja par šo lietu, viņš meklēja Mozu nogalināt, bet Mozus bēga no faraona un mita Midiana zemē un apmetās pie kādas akas.
16 Bet Midiana priesterim bija septiņas meitas. Tās nāca, smēla ūdeni un pildīja dzirdāmās siles, lai padzirdītu sava tēva aitas.
17 Bet nāca arī gani, un tie padzina viņas; tad Mozus cēlās tām palīgā un padzirdīja viņu aitas.
18 Kad viņas atgriezās pie Reguēla, sava tēva, tas jautāja: „Kā jūs šodien tik drīz esat pārnākušas?“
19 Viņas atbildēja: „Kāds ēģiptietis mūs paglāba no ganu rokām, un viņš mums smeltin smēla ūdeni un dzirdīja mūsu aitas.“
20 Tad viņš sacīja savām meitām: „Kur viņš ir? Kāpēc jūs esat šo vīru pametušas? Aiciniet viņu, lai viņš ēstu ar mums.“
21 Un Mozus bija ar mieru pie tā vīra apmesties, un tas deva savu meitu Ciporu Mozum par sievu.
22 Un viņai piedzima dēls, un viņš nosauca to vārdā Geršoms, jo tas sprieda: „Es esmu kļuvis par viesi svešā zemč.“
23 Pēc ilgāka laika nomira Ēģiptes ķēniņš, un Israēla bērni nopūtās par savām klaušām un brēca, un viņu vaidi par spaidiem nonāca Dieva priekšā.
24 Un Dievs uzklausīja viņu vaidus, un Dievs pieminēja savu derību ar Ābrahāmu, īzāku un ar Jēkabu.
25 Un Dievs uzlūkoja Israēla bērnus, un Dievs ņēma tos vērā.
Moses Is Born
1 A man from the Levi tribe married a woman from the same tribe, 2 and she later had a baby boy. He was a beautiful child, and she kept him inside for three months. 3 But when she could no longer keep him hidden, she made a basket out of reeds and covered it with tar. She put him in the basket and placed it in the tall grass along the edge of the Nile River. 4 The baby's older sister stood off at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5 About that time one of the king's daughters came down to take a bath in the river, while her servant women walked along the river bank. She saw the basket in the tall grass and sent one of them to pull it out of the water. 6 When the king's daughter opened the basket, she saw the baby crying and felt sorry for him. She said, “This must be one of the Hebrew babies.”
7 At once the baby's older sister came up and asked, “Do you want me to get a Hebrew woman to take care of the baby for you?”
8 “Yes,” the king's daughter answered.
So the girl brought the baby's mother, 9 and the king's daughter told her, “Take care of this child, and I will pay you.”
The baby's mother carried him home and took care of him. 10 And when he was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him. She named him Moses because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”
Moses Escapes from Egypt
11 After Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were hard at work, and he saw an Egyptian beating one of them. 12 Moses looked around to see if anyone was watching, then he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
13 When Moses went out the next day, he saw two Hebrews fighting. So he went to the man who had started the fight and asked, “Why are you beating up one of your own people?”
14 The man answered, “Who put you in charge of us and made you our judge? Are you planning to kill me, just like you killed that Egyptian?”
This frightened Moses because he was sure that people must have found out what had happened. 15 When the king heard what Moses had done, he wanted to kill him. But Moses escaped and went to the land of Midian.
One day, when Moses was sitting by a well, 16 the seven daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian, came up to water their father's sheep and goats. 17 Some shepherds tried to chase them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their animals. 18 When Jethro's daughters returned home, their father asked, “Why have you come back so early today?”
19 They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds, and he even watered our sheep and goats.”
20 “Where is he?” Jethro asked. “Why did you leave him out there? Invite him to eat with us.”
21 Moses agreed to stay on with Jethro, who later let his daughter Zipporah marry Moses. 22 And when she had a son, Moses said, “I will name him Gershom, since I am a foreigner in this country.”
23 After the death of the king of Egypt, the Israelites still complained because they were forced to be slaves. They cried out for help, 24 and God heard their loud cries. He did not forget the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 25 and because he knew what was happening to his people, he felt sorry for them.
