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1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. 4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him. 5 Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it. 6 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews’ children."

7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, "Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"

8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, "Go."

The young woman went and called the child’s mother. 9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages."

The woman took the child, and nursed him. 10 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses,*2:10 "Moses" sounds like the Hebrew for "draw out". and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."

11 In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. 12 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

13 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?"

14 He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?"

Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known." 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it that you have returned so early today?"

19 They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."

20 He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."

21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter. 22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,*2:22 "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there". for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."

23 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.

Te Whānautanga o Mohi

1 Nā, ka haere tētahi tangata o te whare o Rīwai, ka tango i tētahi tamāhine a Rīwai hei wahine. 2 Ā, ka hapū te wahine, ka whānau he tāne; ā, ka kitea he tamaiti pai, e toru ngā marama i hunā ai ia e ia. 3 Ā, tē āhei ia te huna tonu i a ia, ka tango ia i tētahi āka kākaho mōna, pani rawa ki te uku, ki te ware, ā, whaowhina ana te tamaiti ki roto; whakatakotoria iho ki roto ki ngā wīwī i te pareparenga o te awa. 4 Ā, tū ana i tawhiti tōna tuahine, kia kite e ahatia rānei ia.

5 Nā, ko te haerenga iho o te tamāhine a Parao ki te awa, ki te horoi; ko āna kōtiro hoki e haere ana i te taha o te awa. Ā, ka kite ia i te āka i roto i ngā wīwī, ka ngare i tāna kōtiro ki te tiki. 6 Ā, nō tāna hurahanga ake, ka kite i te tamaiti; nā, ka tangi te tamaiti. Ā, ka aroha ia ki a ia, ka mea, "Nō ngā tamariki a ngā Hiperu tēnei."

7 Kātahi ka mea tōna tuahine ki te tamāhine a Parao, "Kia haere ahau ki te karanga i tētahi wahine whakangote o ngā Hiperu ki a koe hei whakangote māu i te tamaiti?"

8 Ā, ka kī te tamāhine a Parao ki a ia, "Haere." Ā, haere ana te kōtiro, karanga ana i te whaea o te tamaiti. 9 Ā, ka mea te tamāhine a Parao ki a ia, "Tangohia te tamaiti nei, whakangotea māku, ā, māku e hoatu he utu ki a koe." Nā, tango ana te wahine i te tamaiti, ā, whakangotea ana e ia. 10 Ā, ka nui te tamaiti, ka kawea e ia ki te tamāhine a Parao, ā, ka waiho ia hei tama māna. Ā, huaina iho e ia tōna ingoa ko Mohi; i mea hoki, "Nō te mea i tōia ake ia e ahau i roto i te wai."

I Rere a Mohi ki Miriana

11 Ā, i aua rā, ka kaumātuatia a Mohi, nā, ka haere ki ōna tuākana, ka titiro hoki ki ā rātou kawenga; ā, ka kite ia i tētahi Īhipiana e patu ana i tētahi Hiperu, nō ōna tuākana. 12 Nā, ka tāhurihuri ia, ā, ka kite kāhore he tangata, patua iho te Īhipiana, ā, hunā iho ki te onepū. 13 Ā, ka haere ia i te rua o ngā rā, nā, tokorua ngā tāngata o ngā Hiperu e whawhai ana ki a rāua; ā, ka mea atu ia ki te tangata nāna te kino, "He aha koe i patu ai i tōu hoa?"

14 Nā, ka mea tērā, "Nā wai koe i kī hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakawā mō mātou? E mea ana koe ki te patu i ahau me koe i patu rā i te Īhipiana?" Ā, ka wehi a Mohi, ka mea, "Koia hoki, kua rangona tēnei mea." 15 Ā, ka rongo a Parao i taua mea, nā, ka whai kia patua a Mohi.

Otiia i rere a Mohi i te aroaro o Parao, ā, noho ana i te whenua o Miriana; nā, kua noho ia ki te puna. 16 Nā, tokowhitu ngā tamāhine a te tohunga o Miriana; ā, ka haere rātou, ka utuutu wai, ka whakakī i ngā waka, hei whakainu i ngā hipi a tō rātou pāpā. 17 Ā, ko te haerenga o ngā hēpara, kei te atiati i a rātou; ā, ka whakatika a Mohi ka araarai i a rātou, ka whakainu i ā rātou hipi. 18 Ā, ka tae rātou ki a Reuere, ki tō rātou pāpā, ka mea ia, "Nā te aha koutou i hohoro mai ai ināianei?"

19 Ā, ka mea rātou, "Nā tētahi Īhipiana i ora ai mātou i te ringa o ngā hēpara, nāna anō i utuutu he wai mā mātou, i whakainu hoki ngā hipi."

20 Nā, ka mea ia ki āna tamāhine, "Ā, kei hea ia? He aha taua tangata i whakarērea ai e koutou? Karangatia ki te kai taro."

21 Ā, i pai a Mohi ki te noho ki taua tangata; ā, ka hōmai e ia a Hipora, tāna tamāhine, ki a Mohi. 22 Ā, ka whānau ia, he tāne, ā, huaina iho e ia tōna ingoa ko Kerehoma; i mea hoki ia, "He manene ahau i te whenua kē."

23 Nā, i muri i ngā rā e maha ka mate te kīngi o Īhipa; ā, ka hotu te manawa o ngā tama a Īharaira i te whakamahinga. Ā, auē ana rātou; ā, ka puta ake tā rātou auē ki te Atua, nō rātou hoki e whakamahia ana. 24 Ā, ka rongo te Atua ki tā rātou tangi, ka mahara te Atua ki tāna kawenata ki a Āperahama, ki a Hākopa, ki a Īhaka. 25 Nā, ka titiro te Atua ki ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, ka mōhio te Atua ki a rātou.