Exodus 2 (GOFL)

1He wode Leewe qommo gidida issi uray Leewe maccas issiw ekis.Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,

2He maccasiya adde na7a yelasu. Na7ay mala lo77o gideysa be7ada heedzu ageena qosasu.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 iya hessafe daro qosanaw danda7onnaysa erada, maqafe daacho dadada, made melaba tiyada na7aa iyan wothasu. Yaatada Nayle Shaafa gaxan mayca giddon wothasu.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.

4Iya michiya iya gakiyaba be7anaw haahon eqasu.And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5Gibxe kawa na7iya bolla meecetanaw Nayle Shaafa wodhasu. I macca aylleti haatha doonan yaa haa simeretoosona. Iya daacho mayca giddon demmada, ba aylliw bada ehana mela kiittasu.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.

6Daacho dooyada he guutha na7aa be7asu. I yeekeysa be7ada qadhetada, “Haysi Ibraaweta guutha naytape issuwa” yaagasu.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 iya michiya kawa na7eko, “Ha na7aa dhanthana mela Ibraawe maccas new eho?” yaagada oychasu.Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”

8Iya, “Ee, eha” yaagasu. Na7iya bada na7aa aayiw ehasu.“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.

9Kawa na7iya maccasiw, “Ha na7aa efada, taw dhantha; dicha; taani new damooze qanxana” yaagasu. Maccasiya na7aa efada dhanthasu.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.

10Na7ay diccin, kawa na7eko ehasu; I iw na7a gidis. “Taani haathaafe iya kessa ekas” gada, iya Muse gada sunthasu.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.”

11Musey diccidaape guye issi gallas ba asaa be7anaw bidi, enti deexo ooso oothishin enta be7is. Gibxe asi issoy Ibraawetape issuwa ba yara wadhishin be7is.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 xeellin, oonika baynaysa be7idi, he Gibxe ura wodhidi shafen qosis.After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.

13Wontetha gallas keyidi, nam7u Ibraaweti wadhetishin be7is. Qoheysako, “Neeni ne dabbuwa ayis shocay?” yaagidi oychis.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 uray, “Nena nu bolla haareysanne daynna oothiday oonee? Neeni zine Gibxe uraa wodhidaysada, tanaka wodhanaw koyay?” yaagis. Musey he wode, “Taani oothidabay asan eretis” yaagi qopidi yayyis.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.”

15Kawoy hessa si7ida wode, Muse wodhisanaw koyis. Shin Musey betidi, Midiyaame biittan de7anaw bis. Issi gallas I haatha olla doonan uttis.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 Midiyaame kahine issuwas laapun macca nayti de7oosona. Enti banta aawa dorsata gongen haathe duuqi ushshanaw yidosona.Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

17Henthanchoti yidi macca nayta goodidosona. Shin Musey enta maaddidi enta dorsata haathe ushshis.And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.

18Enti banta aawa Yetorako yida wode, “Hachi waani ellesi yidetii?” yaagidi oychis.When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

19Enti zaaridi, “Gibxe asi issoy nuna henthanchotape ashshis. Haathe duuqidi dorsata ushshis” yaagidosona.“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

20I ba macca nayta, “Yaatin I awun de7ii? Hinte he ura ayis aggidi yidetii? Nuura kathi maana mela ane iya xeegite” yaagis.“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”

21Musey he addiyara yan de7anaw qofa qachis. Yotori ba na7iw Sipooro Muses macho oothidi immis.Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

22Sipoora adde na7a yelin, Musey iya, “Taani ha biittan bete asi” gidi Gersaama gidi sunthis.And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

23Daro laythafe guye Gibxe kawoy hayqis. Shin Isra7eeleti banta aylletethan un7etidi waassidosona. Banta aylletethan enti waassida waasoy Xoossaako gakis.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.

24Xoossay enta waasuwa si7idi, I Abrahaamera, Yisaaqaranne Yayqoobara caaqida caaquwa hassayis.So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

25Xoossay Isra7eeleta aylletetha un7aa be7idi entana qopis.God saw the Israelites and took notice.

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