The Book of Exodus, Chapter 2ΕΞΟΔΟΣ Β′

Ἦν δέ τις ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Λευί, ὃς ἔλαβεν μίαν τῶν θυγατέρων Λευί.

Now there was a certain man from the tribe of Levi, who took one of the daughters of Levi.

καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβεν καὶ ἔτεκεν ἄρσεν· ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸ ἀστεῖον ἐσκέπασαν αὐτὸ μῆνας τρεῖς.

And she conceived and bore a male child; and when they saw that it was beautiful they hid it for three months.

ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐκ ἠδύναντο αὐτὸ ἔτι κρύπτειν, ἔλαβεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ θῖβιν καὶ κατέχρισεν αὐτὴν ἀσφαλτοπίσσῃ καὶ ἐνέβαλεν τὸ παιδίον εἰς αὐτὴν καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸ ἕλος παρὰ τὸν ποταμόν.

But when they could no longer hide it, his mother took for him a θῖβις and caulked it with bitumen-pitch and put the child into it and laid it among the reeds by the river.

καὶ κατεσκόπευεν ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ μακρόθεν μαθεῖν τί τὸ ἀποβησόμενον αὐτῷ.

And his sister watched from a distance to learn what would happen to him.

κατέβη δὲ ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραω λούσασθαι ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμόν, καὶ αἱ ἅβραι αὐτῆς παρεπορεύοντο παρὰ τὸν ποταμόν· καὶ ἰδοῦσα τὴν θῖβιν ἐν τῷ ἕλει ἀπέστειλεν τὴν ἅβραν καὶ ἀνείλατο αὐτήν.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens were walking along the river; and seeing the θῖβις among the reeds she sent her maidservant and took it up.

ἀνοίξασα δὲ ὁρᾷ παιδίον κλαῖον ἐν τῇ θίβει· καὶ ἐφείσατο αὐτοῦ ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραω καὶ εἶπεν· ἀπὸ τῶν παιδίων τῶν Ἑβραίων τοῦτο.

And opening it she sees a child weeping in the θῖβις; and Pharaoh's daughter had compassion on it and said, 'This is one of the children of the Hebrews.'

καὶ εἶπεν ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ τῇ θυγατρὶ Φαραω· θέλεις καλέσω σοι γυναῖκα τροφεύουσαν ἐκ τῶν Ἑβραίων, καὶ θηλάσει σοι τὸ παιδίον;

And his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, 'Do you want me to call for you a nursing woman from the Hebrews, and she will nurse the child for you?'

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῇ ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραω· πορεύου. ἐλθοῦσα δὲ ἡ νεᾶνις ἐκάλεσεν τὴν μητέρα τοῦ παιδίου.

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

εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραω· διατήρησόν μοι τὸ παιδίον τοῦτο καὶ θήλασόν μοι αὐτό, ἐγὼ δὲ δώσω σοι τὸν μισθόν. ἔλαβεν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ τὸ παιδίον καὶ ἐθήλαζεν αὐτό.

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 'Keep this child for me and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages.' So the woman took the child and nursed it.

ἁδρυνθέντος δὲ τοῦ παιδίου εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸ πρὸς τὴν θυγατέρα Φαραω, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῇ εἰς υἱόν· ἐπωνόμασεν δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Μωυσῆν λέγουσα· ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος αὐτὸν ἀνειλόμην.

When the child had grown, she brought it in to Pharaoh's daughter, and it became to her a son; and she named him Moses, saying, 'From the water I drew him up.'

ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταῖς πολλαῖς ἐκείναις μέγας γενόμενος Μωυσῆς ἐξῆλθεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ· περιβλεψάμενος δὲ τῇ ὅρασει αὐτῶν εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον Αἰγύπτιον τύπτοντά τινα Ἑβραῖον τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἀδελφῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.

Now it came to pass in those many days, Moses having grown up went out to his brothers the sons of Israel; and looking around at their situation he saw an Egyptian man striking a certain Hebrew, one of his own brothers the sons of Israel.

περιβλεψάμενος δὲ ὧδε καὶ ὧδε οὐχ ὁρᾷ οὐδένα, καὶ πατάξας τὸν Αἰγύπτιον ἔκρυψεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἄμμῳ.

And looking about this way and that he sees no one, and striking the Egyptian he hid him in the sand.

ἐξελθὼν δὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ ὁρᾷ δύο ἄνδρας Ἑβραίους διαπληκτιζομένους· καὶ λέγει τῷ ἀδικοῦντι· διὰ τί σὺ τύπτεις τὸν πλησίον;

And going out on the second day he sees two Hebrew men fighting; and he says to the one who was doing wrong, 'Why do you strike your neighbor?'

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφ᾿ ἡμῶν; μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες χθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον; ἐφοβήθη δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ εἶπεν· εἰ οὕτως ἐμφανές ἐστιν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο.

But he said, 'Who appointed you ruler and judge over us? Do you want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' And Moses was afraid and said, 'Has this matter become so public?'

ἤκουσεν δὲ Φαραω τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο καὶ ἐζήτει ἀνελεῖν Μωυσῆν· ἀνεχώρησεν δὲ Μωυσῆς ἀπὸ προσώπου Φαραω καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν γῇ Μαδιαμ· ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς γῆν Μαδιαμ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ φρέατος.

Pharaoh heard this matter and sought to kill Moses; but Moses withdrew from the presence of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and having come into the land of Midian he sat down by the well.

τῷ δὲ ἱερεῖ Μαδιαμ ἦσαν ἑπτὰ θυγατέρες ποιμαίνουσαι τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν· παραγενόμεναι δὲ ἤντλουν καὶ ἐπλήρουν τὰς ληνοὺς ὥστε ποτίσαι τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters shepherding their father's flock; and coming, they drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

παραγενόμενοι δὲ οἱ ποιμένες ἐξέβαλον αὐτάς· ἀναστὰς δὲ Μωυσῆς ἐρρύσατο αὐτὰς καὶ ἤντλησεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐπότισεν τὰ πρόβατα αὐτῶν.

And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose up and delivered them and drew water for them and watered their flock.

παραγένοντο δὲ πρὸς Ραγουηλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν· ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐταῖς· διὰ τί ἐταχύνατε τοῦ παραγενέσθαι σήμερον;

And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, 'Why have you come so early today?'

αἱ δὲ εἶπαν· ἄνθρωπος Αἰγύπτιος ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ποιμένων, καὶ ἤντλησεν ἡμῖν καὶ ἐπότισεν τὰ πρόβατα ἡμῶν.

And they said, 'An Egyptian man delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our flock.'

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ταῖς θυγατράσιν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν; καὶ ἵνα τί τοῦτο καταλελοίπατε τὸν ἄνθρωπον; καλέσατε αὐτόν, ὅπως φάγῃ ἄρτον.

And he said to his daughters, 'And where is he? And why ever did you leave the man? Call him, so that he may eat bread.'

κατῳκίσθη δὲ Μωυσῆς παρὰ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ· καὶ ἔδωκεν Σεπφωραν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ Μωυσῇ γυναῖκα.

And Moses was settled with the man; and he gave Sepphora his daughter to Moses as wife.

ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λαβοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ ἔτεκεν υἱόν· ἐπωνόμασεν δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Γηρσαμ λέγων· ὅτι πάροικός εἰμι ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ.

And his wife conceived and bore a son; and he named him Gersam, saying, 'Because I am a sojourner in a foreign land.'

μετὰ δὲ τὰς ἡμέρας τὰς πολλὰς ἐκείνας ἐτελεύτησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ κατεστέναξαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων καὶ ἀνεβόησαν· καὶ ἀνέβη ἡ βοὴ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων.

After those many days the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel groaned from the labor and cried out; and their cry went up to God from the labor.

καὶ εἰσήκουσεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν στεναγμὸν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐμνήσθη ὁ θεὸς τῆς διαθήκης αὐτοῦ τῆς πρὸς Αβρααμ καὶ Ισαακ καὶ Ιακωβ.

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

καὶ ἐπεῖδεν ὁ θεὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη αὐτοῖς.

And God looked upon the sons of Israel, and was made known to them.