1 En mann fra Levis hus gikk og tok en datter av Levi til kone.

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

2 Kvinnen ble gravid og fødte en sønn. Da hun så at han var et vakkert barn, skjulte hun ham i tre måneder.

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 Men da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, lagde hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med tjære og bek. Hun la barnet i den og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

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.

4 Hans søster sto et stykke unna for å se hva som ville skje med ham.

And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

5 Faraos datter kom ned til elven for å bade, og hennes tjenestepiker gikk langs elvebredden. Hun så kurven blant sivet og sendte en tjenestepike for å hente den.

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.

6 Da hun åpnet den, så hun barnet. Og se, gutten gråt. Hun fikk medlidenhet med ham og sa: Dette er et av hebreernes barn.

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.

7 Barnets søster spurte da faraos datter: Skal jeg gå og hente en amme fra blant de hebraiske kvinnene som kan amme barnet for deg?

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?

8 Faraos datter sa til henne: Gå. Så gikk piken og hentet barnets mor.

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother.

9 Faraos datter sa til henne: Ta med deg dette barnet og amme det for meg, så skal jeg gi deg din lønn. Kvinnen tok barnet og ammet det.

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 Barnet vokste, og hun tok ham til faraos datter, og han ble hennes sønn. Hun ga ham navnet Moses, og sa: Fordi jeg har dratt ham opp av vannet.

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.

11 Det skjedde en gang da Moses var voksen, at han gikk ut til sine brødre og så deres slit. Han så en egypter slå en hebreer, en av hans egne brødre.

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 a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

12 Han så seg omkring, og da han så at ingen var der, slo han egypteren og gjemte ham i sanden.

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.

13 Den neste dagen gikk han ut igjen og se, to hebreere sloss. Han sa til den som gjorde urett: Hvorfor slår du din neste?

And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

14 Han svarte: Hvem har satt deg til leder og dommer over oss? Vil du drepe meg slik du drepte egypteren? Moses ble redd og sa: Sannelig, dette er kjent.

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.

15 Da farao hørte om saken, søkte han å drepe Moses. Men Moses flyktet fra farao og slo seg ned i landet Midian, hvor han satte seg ved en brønn.

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 Presten i Midian hadde syv døtre. De kom for å hente vann og fylte trauene for å gi farens flokker å drikke.

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 Noen gjetere kom og drev dem bort, men Moses reiste seg og hjalp dem, og ga flokken vann.

And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

18 Da de kom til Re'uel, deres far, spurte han: Hvordan har dere kommet så tidlig i dag?

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?

19 De svarte: En egypter reddet oss fra gjeterne, og han hentet også vann til oss og ga flokken vann.

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.

20 Han sa til sine døtre: Hvor er han? Hvorfor har dere latt mannen være igjen? Kall ham hit, så han kan spise med oss.

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 Moses gikk med på å bo hos mannen, og han ga Moses sin datter Sippora.

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

22 Hun fødte en sønn, og han kalte ham Gershom; for han sa: Jeg har vært en fremmed i et fremmed land.

And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

23 Etter lang tid døde kongen av Egypt, og Israels barn stønnet under trelldommen. De ropte, og deres rop nådde Gud på grunn av trelldommen.

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.

24 Gud hørte deres klagerop, og han mintes sin pakt med Abraham, Isak og Jakob.

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

25 Gud så Israels barn, og Gud brydde seg om dem.

And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge `of them'.