Exodus 2 (DWRL)

1He wode itti Leewiyaa k'ommo gideedda bitanii Leewawe mac'c'awunno akkeedda;Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,

2Iza shahaaraade attuma na'aa yelaaddu. Na'ay mallaa lo"o na'aa gidiyaawaa iza be"aade, heezzu aginaa k'osaaddu.and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.

3Shin iza hewaappe daruwaa k'osanaw danddayennawaa eraade, c'ariyaappe k'un"aa aw daddaaddu; yaataade haatsay gelenna mala shidiyaan maragaade, na'aa Aa giddon wotsaaddu; Nayle Shaafaa geetettiyaa haatsaa doonaan c'ariyaa giddon wotsaaddu.But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

4Aa michchata I haniyaabaa be"anaw haakuwaan ek'k'aaddu.And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5Gibs'e kaatiyaa naatta bollaa meec'ettanaw Nayle giyaa shaafaa wod'd'aaddu; izi mac'c'a k'oomatuu haatsaa doonaan yaanne haanne hamettiino; iza k'un"aa c'ariyaa giddon be'aade, baade akkaa yaana mala bare k'oomatto kiittaaddu;Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.

6k'un"aa pokaade, be'ite hawaan k'eeri na'ay yeekki de'ee; iza aw k'arettaade; «Hawe Ibraawetu k'eeri naanatuwaappe ittuwaa» yaagaaddu.When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

7He wode Aa michchata kaatiyaa naatto, «New ha na'aa d'antsanaw Ibraawe mac'c'a asaappe ittinno s'eesanaw boo?» yaagaade oochchaaddu.Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”

8Iza, «Ee, ba» yaagaaddu. Naatta baade, he na'aa daayo ahaaddu.“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.

9Kaatiyaa naatta he mishiratto, «Ha na'aa afaade, taw d'antsashsha; taani new dirgguwaa c'iggana» yaagaaddu. Mishirata na'aa afaade, d'antsaaddu.Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.

10Na'ay dic'c'ina, kaatiyaa naattikko Aa ahaadu; I iziw na'aa gideedda; «Taani haatsaappe Aa kessaad» gaade, Musa ga suntsaaddu.When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”

11Muse dic'c'i woggaa gidiide, itti gallassi bare Asay de'iyaa sa'aa biide; unttunttu dees'o kiitta kiitettishin s'eelleedda. Gibs'e biittaa asaa ittuu, ishatuwaa gideedda Ibraawatuwaappe ittuwaa wad'd'ishin be'eedda.One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

12I yaa haa s'eellina, ooninne baynnawaa be'iide, he Gibs'e bitaniyaa; wod'iide shafiyaa giddon k'oseedda.After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.

13Wonttetsa gallassi kesiide, be'ite! Hachche k'ay laa"u Ibraawetuu wad'ettiino. Naak'k'eeddawaa I, «Neeni ne ishaa gideedda Ibraawiyaa ayaw dechchay?» yaagiide oochcheedda.The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

14He bitanii, «Neena nu bolla mooddiyaawaanne daanna ootsi suntseeddawe oonee? Neeni he Gibs'e bitaniyaa wod'eeddawaadan, taanakka wod'anaw k'oppay?» yaageedda. Muse he wode, «Taani ootseeddabay eretti diggeedda» yaagi k'oppiide yayyeedda.But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

15Kaatiikka hawaa siseedda wode, Musa wod'anaw koyyeedda; shin Muse kaatiyaappe bak'atiide, Miidiyaama gadiyaan de'anaw biide haatsaa ollaa doonaan utteedda.When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

16He wode Miidiyaama k'eesatuwaappe ittoo laappun mac'c'a naanay de'iino; unttunttu barenttu aawuwaa dorssatuwaa haatsaa ushshanaw wonggiriyaan haatsaa duuk'k'i kuntsanaw yeeddino.Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

17Hentsanchchatuu yiide mac'c'a naanaa yedersseeddino; shin Muse denddi ek'k'iide, unttuntta ashsheeddanne unttunttu dorssatuwaa haatsaa ushsheedda.And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.

18Unttunttu barenttu aawuwaa Yootoorekko yeedda wode, «Hachche waan ellekka yeedditee?» yaagiide oochcheedda.When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

19Unttunttu zaariide, «Gibs'e gade asaa ittuu nuuna hentsanchchatuwaappe ashsheeda; I nuw haatsaakka duuk'k'iide dorssaa wudiyaa ushsheedda» yaageeddino.“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

20I bare mac'c'a naanaa, «Yaatina I hak'an de'ii? Hinttenttu he bitaniyaa ayaw aggi basheedditee? Ane Aa s'eesiide, miyaabaa shoobbite» yaageedda.“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”

21Muse he bitaniyaanna yaan de'anaw mayetteedda; bitaniikka bare naatto S'ipaaro Musew machchato ootsiide immeedda.Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

22S'ipaara attuma na'aa yelina, Muse Aa, «Taani asaa gadiyaan bete gidaad» yaagiide, Gershshooma gi suntseedda.And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

23C'ora laytsaappe guyyiyaan, Gibs'e kaatii hayk'k'eedda. Israa'eelatuu barenttu ayiletetsaappe un"ettiide waasseeddino; unttunttu waasseedda waasuu pude S'oossakko gakkeedda.After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

24S'oossay unttunttu un"aa waasuwaa sisiide, I Abrahaamena, Yisaak'ananne Yaak'oobanna c'aak'k'eedda c'aak'uwaa hassayeedda.So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

25Hewaa diraw, S'oossay Israa'eelatuwaa s'eelliide unttunttu diraw k'oppeedda.God saw the Israelites and took notice.

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