Exodus 22ExodusSlavery and Moses' callMbe Old Testament

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1. 1MFOWa ojinọng wani kw'efona cha Lẹvi, ọtza ọtzọkha kwanọng kw'efona cha Lẹvi k'ọbada.BSBBSB: Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
2. 2MFOWa kwanọng nwa otzima ibhọr, ọmaan ojinọng. Mada ore bi, nnwa nwa ojibh-ojibh, odubh-ẹ k'aphe attaan.BSBBSB: and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
3. 3MFOMada ọnẹ-ẹ dọk ofha odubha, ọtzọkha nnwa nwa okhe k'ikhiriba s'otzim ettimma osi. Otzima ẹbaanttim ọkpa aphaangi p'ikhiriba nna. Ọtzọkha ikhiriba nna, ttara nnwa k'ẹtzaanga, ọnana k'araraari p'ameni k'asi, p'awobh k'ẹraangakha ch'ọraanga kwa Nile.BSBBSB: 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.
4. 4MFOỌgbaanọkka kw'ikwanọng kwa nnwa nwa ọtza ọpaangi obe, ifha ore ọttọhk f'osi nnwa nwa.BSBBSB: And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5. 5MFOWa nnwa kwa Phero kw'ikwanọng otzima aminava p'ade atzọhmnọng pẹ ọtza bi, otza ogbobha asi k'ọraanga kwa Nile. Mada aminava mba am-arenga m'ẹraangakha, nnwa kwa Phero on-ore ikhiriba k'ottem kw'araraari p'ameni k'ẹraangakha, ọtzọhm ọtzọhmnọng wani kwẹ bi, ọtza ọtzọkha sẹ otzima okwu.BSBBSB: 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.
6. 6MFOMada ogwong sẹ, ore nnwa k'ẹtzaanga kw'om-obhom ẹmọng. Ọkhaama nkwu-osisi ọmaan-ẹ. Oben bi, “Nnwa nwa ofha ode oHiburu-nwa wani.”BSBBSB: 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.”
7. 7MFOMẹ wọ, ọgbaanọkka kwa nnwa nwa ọbọbh nnwa kwa Phero kw'ikwanọng bi, “Na mfha nda nyeri oHiburu-kwanọng wani, kw'ọfha ọrọk nnwa nwa ọnang-ọ o?”BSBBSB: Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
8. 8MFONnwa kwa Phero oben ọgbaanọkka kwa nnwa nwa bi, “Ojibhi kẹ, rọhng!” Mẹ wọ, otza otzima ọkka kwa nnwa nwa okwu.BSBBSB: “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
9. 9MFONnwa kwa Phero oben ọkka kwa nnwa nwa bi, “Kọ tzọkha nnwa nwa arọk anang-m. Kaam ńnang-ọ agbukha k'ọtzọhm fọ.” Mẹ wọ, ọkka kwa nnwa nwa ọtzọkh-ẹ ọrọk.BSBBSB: 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.
10. 10MFOK'ogbe kwa nnwa nwa ọkk'ọn-ọbara, ọtzọkh-ẹ ochena nnwa kwa Phero kw'on-ode ọkka kwa nnwa nwa. Ọkpẹ-ẹ Mosẹs, oben bi, “Nwong nnwa nwa k'asi.”BSBBSB: 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.”
11. 11MFOIwa ewu dani, k'ogbe kw'iwa Mosẹs ọkk'ọn-ọbara, wa ofon otza odibh anọng pẹ p'Israẹl. Ore ọtzọhm gaang-agaang f'ihem f'anọng pẹ am-asi, obiro ore da ojinọng wani kw'ofon Ijip om-ottum oHiburu-jinọng, kw'ode obhon-nọng kwa kẹ Mosẹs.BSBBSB: 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.
12. 12MFOMada Mosẹs ọbhakhi okkeri, ọnọng kore, ofhu ojinọng nwa kw'ofon Ijip, ọtzọkha obukhi kwẹ ọnọhnga k'oyeyeng.BSBBSB: After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
13. 13MFOK'ewu ch'ejem mẹ, Mosẹs on-oyin k'iyaan, otza ore aHiburu-jinọng afa p'am-arima erima, ọbọbh oyok kw'aponga apyibhi bi, “Areng mbọng afẹ am-attum oyokh-oyok o?”BSBBSB: The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
14. 14MFOOjinọng nwa obhin-ẹ bi, “Anyi wọ ọsọ-ọ oho ọmaana ọttọhn-aponga kwaman o? Am-asi achibhi bi abira afhu-m mach'afhu oJipnọng o?” Mẹ wọ, ojora ọnwa Mosẹs, on-ochibhi bi, “K'odik-ọkka odik nwa ọkk'ọjaakh e.”BSBBSB: 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.”
15. 15MFOMada Phero ọbhaang odik nwa, oror nden s'otzima ofhu Mosẹs. Ofona mẹ, Mosẹs ọrọbh ka Phero k'itzitzikha otza oruk ka Midiyan, otza owobha ẹwọr ọbaanga esipe dani.BSBBSB: 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.
16. 16MFOWa ọkhaam ọfọhnẹja wani kwa Midiyan, kw'iwa ọkhaam va p'ipanọng azenamfa. Ewu dani, aminava mba azenamfa akwu akhaabha asi k'esipe akhe k'ọgbaakha, ifha bẹ anang etzirakpo py'otte kwabẹ.BSBBSB: Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17. 17MFOYina, akker-arukhimaan bani akwu akhubh aminava mba, mẹ wọ, Mosẹs obina bi bik ọtza ọkkaana bẹ, ọnang etzirakpo pyabẹ asi.BSBBSB: And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
18. 18MFOMada aminava mba abhan, otte kwabẹ kw'okpen Reuẹl ọbọbh bẹ bi, “Kaambi bọng akk'ẹbhar-ẹbhar akhuna. Ode yan mayina?”BSBBSB: When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
19. 19MFOBẹ abhin-ẹ bi, “Ọnọng wani kw'ofon Ijip wọ ọkkaan man ka mbọhk s'akker-arukhimaan, obiro ọkkaana ọnang etzirakpo pyaman asi.”BSBBSB: “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20. 20MFOReuẹl ọbọbh aminava pẹ bi, “Bọng asi yan afona ajẹ ẹ? Bọng nọhng atza ayer-ẹ okwu ochi ọttọhk.”BSBBSB: “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21. 21MFOMẹ wọ, Mosẹs okhera bi, okwu oruk k'ọhọhm kwa Reuẹl. Wa Reuẹl okwu ọtzọkha ominanwa wani kwẹ kw'okpen Zipọra, ọnang Mosẹs k'ọbada.BSBBSB: Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22. 22MFOZipọra ọmaan Mosẹs nnwa kw'ijinọng, Mosẹs ọkpẹ-ẹ Gẹrshọm, oben bi, “Kaam nkk'okhekhen-nọng nna nda m'okhekhen-mon nwa.”BSBBSB: And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23. 23MFOM'ogbe-bhirada nwuma, ọvaarnọng kw'Ijip okwu ope. Anọng p'Israẹl abhom ẹmọng ch'ẹkkaana anang Ibinọkpaabyi, okhuri ebira cha bẹ awobh k'Ijip. Ọvaar Ibinọkpaabyi ọbhaanga ẹmọng chabẹ, cha bẹ abhomi k'ihem.BSBBSB: 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.
24. 24MFOWa Ibinọkpaabyi ọbhaanga ẹmọng chabẹ, obiro ojima echekhi ch'ọkhaam ttara Abraham mọgbakha Isaak, ọmaana Jekọb.BSBBSB: So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25. 25MFOWa Ibinọkpaabyi ore bi, anọng p'Israẹl awobh k'ihem, on-obiro ọkpakh-ẹ bi, ọkkaana bẹ.BSBBSB: God saw the Israelites and took notice.