Ex 2:1Ēgressus est post haec vir dē domō Levi: et accēpit uxōrem stirpis suae.After these things there went out a man of the house of Levi: and he took a wife of his own stock. Ex 2:2Quae concēpit, et peperit fīlium: et vidēns eum ēlegantem, abscondit tribus mēnsibus.And she conceived, and bore a son: and seeing him handsome, she hid him for three months. Ex 2:3Cumque jam cēlāre nōn posset, sūmpsit fiscellam scirpeam, et linīvit eam bitūmine ac pice: posuitque intus īnfantulum, et exposuit eum in cārectō rīpae flūminis, stante procul sorōre ejus, et cōnsīderante ēventum reī.And when she could no longer conceal him, she took a little basket of bulrushes, and smeared it with bitumen and pitch: and she put the little infant inside, and set him out in the sedge of the river's bank, his sister standing far off, and watching the outcome of the matter. Ex 2:5Ecce autem dēscendēbat fīlia Pharaōnis ut lavārētur in flūmine: et puellae ejus gradiēbantur per crepīdinem alveī.But look, the daughter of Pharaoh was coming down to wash herself in the river: and her girls were walking along the edge of the riverbed.
Ex 2:5Quae cum vīdisset fiscellam in papȳriōne, mīsit ūnam ē famulābus suīs: et allātam aperiēns, cernēnsque in eā parvulum vāgientem, miserta ejus, ait: Dē īnfantibus Hebraeōrum est hic.And when she had seen the little basket among the papyrus, she sent one of her maidservants: and opening it, when it had been brought, and seeing in it a little one crying, having taken pity on him, she said: "This is one of the infants of the Hebrews." Ex 2:7Cui soror puerī: Vīs, inquit, ut vādam, et vōcem tibi mulierem hebraeam, quae nūtrīre possit īnfantulum?To her the boy's sister said: "Do you want me to go, and call for you a Hebrew woman, who can nurse the little infant?" Ex 2:8Respondit: Vāde.She answered: "Go." Ex 2:8Perrēxit puella et vocāvit mātrem suam.The girl went on and called her mother. Ex 2:9Ad quam locūta fīlia Pharaōnis: Accipe, ait, puerum istum, et nūtrī mihi: ego dabō tibi mercēdem tuam.To her the daughter of Pharaoh spoke: "Take this boy," she said, "and nurse him for me: I will give you your wages." Ex 2:9Suscēpit mulier, et nūtrīvit puerum: adultumque trādidit fīliae Pharaōnis.The woman took him up, and nursed the boy: and when he was grown up she handed him over to the daughter of Pharaoh.
Ex 2:10Quem illa adoptāvit in locum fīliī, vocāvitque nōmen ejus Mōysēs, dīcēns: Quia dē aquā tulī eum.And she adopted him in place of a son, and called his name Moses, saying: "Because I took him from the water." Ex 2:11In diēbus illīs postquam crēverat Mōysēs, ēgressus est ad frātrēs suōs: vīditque afflīctiōnem eōrum, et virum aegyptium percutientem quemdam dē Hebraeīs frātribus suīs.In those days, after Moses had grown, he went out to his brothers: and he saw their affliction, and an Egyptian man striking one of the Hebrews, his brothers. Ex 2:12Cumque circumspexisset hūc atque illūc, et nūllum adesse vīdisset, percussum Aegyptium abscondit sabulō.And when he had looked around this way and that, and had seen that no one was present, he hid the Egyptian, struck down, in the sand. Ex 2:13Et ēgressus diē alterō cōnspēxit duōs Hebraeōs rixantēs: dīxitque eī quī faciēbat injūriam: Quārē percutis proximum tuum?And going out on the next day he caught sight of two Hebrews quarrelling: and he said to the one who was doing the wrong: "Why are you striking your neighbour?" Ex 2:14Quī respondit: Quis tē cōnstituit prīncipem et jūdicem super nōs?He answered: "Who appointed you prince and judge over us?
Ex 2:14Num occīdere mē tū vīs, sīcut herī occīdistī Aegyptium?Surely you do not want to kill me, as yesterday you killed the Egyptian?" Ex 2:14Timuit Mōysēs, et ait: Quōmodo palam factum est verbum istud?Moses was afraid, and said: "How has this thing become known openly?" Ex 2:15Audīvitque Pharaō sermōnem hunc, et quaerēbat occīdere Moysēn: quī fugiēns dē cōnspectū ejus, morātus est in terrā Madian, et sēdit jūxtā puteum.And Pharaoh heard this talk, and was seeking to kill Moses: and he, fleeing from his sight, stayed in the land of Midian, and sat beside a well. Ex 2:16Erant autem sacerdōtī Madian septem fīliae, quae vēnērunt ad hauriendam aquam: et implētīs canālibus adaquāre cupiēbant gregēs patris suī.Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and, the troughs having been filled, they were wanting to water their father's flocks. Ex 2:17Supervēnēre pāstōrēs, et ējēcērunt eās: surrēxitque Mōysēs, et dēfēnsīs puellīs, adaquāvit ovēs eārum.The shepherds came upon them, and drove them away: and Moses got up, and, the girls having been defended, watered their sheep. Ex 2:18Quae cum revertissent ad Raguel patrem suum, dīxit ad eās: Cūr vēlōcius vēnistis solitō?And when they had returned to Reuel their father, he said to them: "Why have you come more quickly than usual?"
Ex 2:19Respondērunt: Vir aegyptius līberāvit nōs dē manū pāstōrum: īnsuper et hausit aquam nōbīscum, pōtumque dedit ovibus.They answered: "An Egyptian man freed us from the hand of the shepherds: and besides he also drew water with us, and gave drink to the sheep." Ex 2:20At ille: Ubi est?But he: "Where is he?" Ex 2:20Inquit: quārē dīmīsistis hominem?He said: "Why have you let the man go? Ex 2:20Vocāte eum ut comedat pānem.Call him, so that he may eat bread." Ex 2:21Jūrāvit ergō Mōysēs quod habitāret cum eō.So Moses swore that he would live with him. Ex 2:21Accēpitque Sephoram fīliam ejus uxōrem: quae peperit eī fīlium, quem vocāvit Gersam, dīcēns: Advena fuī in terrā aliēnā.And he took Zipporah his daughter as wife: and she bore him a son, whom he called Gershom, saying: "I have been a newcomer in a foreign land." Ex 2:22Alterum vērō peperit, quem vocāvit Eliezer, dīcēns: Deus enim patris meī adjūtor meus ēripuit mē dē manū Pharaōnis.And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: "For the God of my father, my helper, has snatched me from the hand of Pharaoh."
Ex 2:23Post multum vērō temporis mortuus est rēx Aegyptī: et ingemīscentēs fīliī Isrāël, propter opera vōciferātī sunt: ascenditque clamor eōrum ad Deum ab operibus.But after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the sons of Israel, groaning, cried out because of the works: and their shout went up to God from the works. Ex 2:24Et audīvit gemitum eōrum, ac recordātus est foederis quod pepigit cum Abraham, Isaac et Jacob.And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he had struck with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Ex 2:25Et respexit Dominus fīliōs Isrāël et cognōvit eōs.And the Lord looked upon the sons of Israel and knew them.