Exodus 2 (EWE) · Opened

1Ŋutsu aɖe si nye Levitɔ la ɖe nyɔnu aɖe si hã nye Levitɔ.Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,

2Nyɔnu la fɔ fu, eye wòdzi ŋutsuvi. Esi nyɔnu la kpɔ be ye viŋutsu la dze ɖeka ŋutɔ la, eɣlae ɖe aƒe me ɣleti etɔ̃.and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.

3Ke esi wòkpɔ be yemagate ŋu aɣlae wòadidi wu nenema o la, etsɔ aƒla lɔ̃ kusi, eye wòsi aŋɔ ɖe eme ale be tsi mate ŋu age ɖe eme o. Ekɔ ɖevi la mlɔ kusi la me, eye wòtsɔe ɣla ɖe aƒla siwo le Nil tɔsisi la to la me.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.

4Ena vidzĩ la nɔvinyɔnu nɔ adzɔge vie ale be wòakpɔ nu si ava dzɔ ɖe ɖevi la dzi.And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5Nu si va dzɔe nye be Fia Farao ƒe vinyɔnu, va tsi le ge le Nil tɔsisi la me. Esi eya kple eƒe dɔlanyɔnuwo nɔ zɔzɔm le tɔsisi la to la, ekpɔ kusi la le aƒlawo me. Edɔ eƒe dɔlanyɔnuawo dometɔ ɖeka ɖa be wòakɔe vɛ.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.

6Eʋu kusi la, eye wòkpɔ vidzĩ la le eme! Ɖevi la nɔ avi fam, nu sia wɔ dɔ ɖe fiavinyɔnu la dzi, eye wògblɔ be, “Ɖevi sia nye Hebri ŋutsuviawo dometɔ ɖeka.”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.”

7Vidzĩ la nɔvinyɔnu te ɖe fiavinyɔnu la ŋu, eye wòbiae be, “Mayi ɖayɔ Hebri nyɔnuawo dometɔ ɖeka wòanyi ɖevi sia na wòa?”Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”

8Fiavinyɔnu la ɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, yi!” Ale nyɔnuvi la ƒu du yi aƒe me, eye wòyɔ vidzĩa dadaa vɛ!“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.

9Fiavinyɔnu la gblɔ na vidzĩa dadaa be, “Kɔ vidzĩ sia yi aƒe me, na noe nam, eye maxe fe si adze ŋuwò la na wò!” Ale vidzĩ la dada kɔe yi aƒe me, eye wòkpɔ edzi nyuie.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.

10Esi ɖevi la tsi la, dadaa kɔe yi na Farao ƒe vinyɔnu la, eye wòzu Via ŋutsuvi. Ena ŋkɔe be Mose, si gɔmee nye “Tɔ mee woɖee tsoe,” elabena egblɔ be tsi mee yeɖee tsoe.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.”

11Esi Mose tsi, eye wòzu ɖekakpui la, eɖi tsa gbe ɖeka be yeakpɔ ye nɔvi Hebritɔwo ɖa. Ekpɔ fuwɔame kple teteɖeanyi si te wonɔ. Ekpɔ Egiptetɔ aɖe wòƒo nɔvia Hebritɔ aɖe ƒu anyi.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.

12Mose tsa ŋku mlamlamla be yeaka ɖe edzi be ame aɖeke menɔ ye kpɔm o. Ewu Egiptetɔ la, eye wòɖii ɖe ke me.After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.

13Ke esi ŋu ke la, Mose gaɖi tsa be yeaɖakpɔ ye nɔvi Hebritɔwo ɖa. Ekpɔ Hebritɔ eve wonɔ kɔ dam, eye wòbia ame si di ge la be, “Nu kae nye esi wɔm nèle, hele wò ŋutɔ nɔviwò Hebritɔ ƒom ale?”The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

14Ŋutsu sia biae be, “Ame kae ɖo wò fia kple ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ɖe mía nu? Ɖe nèle didim be yeawu nye hã abe ale si nèwu Egiptetɔ ma etsɔ enea?” Vɔvɔ̃ ɖo Mose, elabena ebu xaa be, “Ɖewohĩ nu si mewɔ la le nyanya me na amewo.”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.”

15Farao se nya la, eye wòɖe gbe be woalée, awui. Ke Mose si le Farao nu yi ɖe Midianyigba dzi, eye wònɔ anyi ɖe vudo aɖe to.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.

16Ɖetugbi adre, ame siwo nye Midian nunɔla ƒe vinyɔnuwo la va be yewoaku tsi ana yewo fofo ƒe alẽha.Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

17Ke alẽkplɔla aɖewo va nya wo. Ale Mose tsi tsitre va xɔ na wo, eye wòna tsi woƒe alẽhawo.And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.

18Esi ɖetugbiawo trɔ yi aƒe me la, wo fofo, Reuel bia wo be, “Nu kae na miekpɔ tsi na alẽwo egbe ya kaba nenema?”When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

19Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Egiptetɔ aɖee xɔ mí le alẽkplɔla mawo ƒe asi me, eye wòku tsi na míaƒe alẽhawo.”“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

20Wo fofo gblɔ na wo be, “Nu ka ta miegblẽe ɖe afi ma ɖo? Miyi miakplɔe vɛ wòaɖu nu kpli mí.”“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”

21Mose xɔ Reuel ƒe kpekpe la, eye wòlɔ̃ be yeanɔ egbɔ. Reuel tsɔ via si woyɔna be Zipora la nɛ wòɖe.Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

22Wodzi ŋutsuvi ɖeka si wona ŋkɔe be Gersom si gɔmee nye “Amedzro,” elabena Mose gblɔ be, “Amedzroe menye le dzronyigba dzi.”And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

23Le ƒe aɖewo megbe la, Egipte fia la ku. Israelviwo nɔ konyi fam henɔ hũu ɖem le woƒe kɔkutiwo te le woƒe kluvinyenye ta, eye wonɔ avi fam vevie le Mawu ŋkume. Woƒe avifafa ɖo Mawu gbɔ le dziƒo.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.

24Mawu se woƒe konyifafa, eye wòɖo ŋku eƒe ŋugbedodo na Abraham, Isak kple Yakob dzi.So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

25Ale Mawu kpɔ Israelviwo ƒe nublanui, eye wòtsɔ ɖe le eme na wo.God saw the Israelites and took notice.

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