Exodus 2
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
1Pea naʻe ʻalu ha tangata ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Livai, ʻo na mali mo ha ʻofefine ʻo Livai.
2And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
2Pea naʻe feitama ʻae fefine, ʻo ne fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama: pea ʻi heʻene mamata ki hono fakaʻofoʻofa, naʻa ne fufū ia ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu.
3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
3Pea ʻi he ʻikai te ne kei faʻa fufū ia, naʻa ne ngaohi ha vaka louʻakau, ʻo ne pani ia ʻaki ʻae kelepulu, mo e pulu, ʻo ne ʻai ʻae tamasiʻi ki loto; pea ne tuku ia ʻi he potu ʻakau ʻi he veʻe vaitafe.
4And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
4Pea naʻe tuʻu mamaʻo atu hono tuofefine, ke vakai pe ko e hā ʻe fai kiate ia.
5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
5Mo ʻene ʻalu hifo ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Felo ki he vaitafe ke pālutu; pea naʻe ʻeveʻeva hono kau fefine ʻi he veʻe vaitafe; pea ʻi heʻene mamata ki he vaka ʻi he potu ʻakau, naʻa ne fekau ʻene fefine fekau ke ʻalu ʻo ʻomi ia.
6And she opened it, and saw it, even the child; and behold a boy that wept. And she had compassion on him, and said: 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'
6Pea ʻi heʻene toʻo hono tāpuni, pea mamata ia ki he tamasiʻi, pea vakai, naʻe tangi ʻae tamasiʻi. Pea ʻofa leva ia kiate ia, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e tamasiʻi eni ʻae kau Hepelū.”
7Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter: 'Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?'
7Pea pehē leva ʻe hono tuofefine ki he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, “ʻE lelei kiate koe ʻeku ʻalu ʻo ui ha fefine toutama mei he kau Hepelū, koeʻuhi ke ne tauhi ʻae tamasiʻi maʻau?
8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
8Pea talaange ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Felo kiate ia, “ʻAlu.” Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae taʻahine ʻo ne ui ʻae faʻē ʻae tamasiʻi.
9And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her: 'Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.' And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
9Pea pehēange ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Felo kiate ia, “Toʻo ʻae tamasiʻi ni ʻo ʻave, mo ke tauhi ia maʻaku, pea te u totongi koe. Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe he fefine ʻae tamasiʻi, ʻo ne tauhi ki ai.
10And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said: 'Because I drew him out of the water.'
10Pea naʻe tupu ʻae tamasiʻi, pea naʻe ʻomi ia ki he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, pea hoko ia ko ʻene tama. Pea naʻa ne ui hono hingoa ko Mōsese: He naʻa ne pehē, “Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku ʻohake ia mei he vai.”
11And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
11¶ Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia kuo tupu ʻo lahi ai ʻa Mōsese, naʻe ʻeveʻeva ia kituaʻā ki hono ngaahi kāinga, ʻo ne mamata ki heʻenau ngaahi kavenga: pea naʻa ne sio ki he tangata ʻIsipite ʻoku ne taaʻi ʻae Hepelū, ko e tokotaha ʻi hono kāinga.
12And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
12Pea fekilokilofaki ia, pea ʻi heʻene sio ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata, naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite, ʻo ne fufū ia ʻi he ʻoneʻone.
13And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: 'Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?'
13Pea ʻi heʻene ʻalu kituaʻā ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho, vakai, naʻe fekeeʻi ʻae ongo tangata Hepelū: pea lea ia kiate ia naʻe fai kovi, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke taaʻi ai ho kāinga?”
14And he said: 'Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian?' And Moses feared, and said: 'Surely the thing is known.'
14Pea pehē mai ʻe ia, “Ko hai naʻa ne ngaohi koe ko e ʻeiki mo e fakamaau kiate kimautolu? ʻOku ke fie tāmateʻi au, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite?” Pea naʻe manavahē ʻa Mōsese, ʻo ne pehē, “Ta kuo ʻilo ʻae meʻa ni.”
15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
15Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻa Felo ki he meʻa ni, naʻe holi ia ke tāmateʻi ʻa Mōsese. Ka naʻe hola ʻa Mōsese mei he ʻao ʻo Felo, pea naʻe ʻalu ia ʻo nofo ʻi he fonua ko Mitiane, pea nofo ia ki lalo ʻi he veʻe vaikeli.
16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
16Pea ko e taulaʻeiki ʻo Mitiane naʻe toko fitu hono ʻofefine: pea naʻa nau haʻu ke utu ʻae vai, ʻo fakapito ʻae ngaahi ʻaiʻanga vai ke fakainu ʻae fanga manu ʻa ʻenau tamai.
17And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
17Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae kau tangata tauhi sipi ʻo tekeʻi atu ʻakinautolu: ka naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Mōsese ʻo ne tokoni ʻakinautolu, ʻo ne fakainu ʻenau fanga manu.
18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said: 'How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?'
18Pea ʻi heʻenau aʻu atu kia Liueli ko e nau tamai, naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā kuo mou haʻu vave ai he ʻaho ni?”
19And they said: 'An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.'
19Pea naʻa nau pehē, “Ko e tangata ʻIsipite naʻa ne fakahaofi ʻakimautolu mei he nima ʻoe kau tauhi sipi, ʻo ne utu foki ʻae vai lahi kiate kimautolu, ʻo ne fakainu ʻae fanga manu.”
20And he said unto his daughters: 'And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.'
20Pea pehē ʻe ia ki hono ngaahi ʻofefine, “Pea kuo ʻi fē ia? Ko e hā kuo mou tuku ai pe ʻae tangata? Ui ia, ke haʻu ʻo kai mā.”
21And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
21Pea naʻe loto lelei ʻa Mōsese ke nofo mo e tangata: pea naʻa ne foaki hono ʻofefine ko Sipola kia Mōsese.
22And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange land.'
22Pea ne fanauʻi kiate ia ʻae tama, pea naʻa ne ui hono hingoa ko Kesomi; he naʻa ne pehē, “Ko e muli au ʻi he fonua foʻou.”
23And it came to pass in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
23¶ Pea kuo fuoloa ange naʻe hoko ʻae pekia ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite: pea naʻe toʻe ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e meʻa ʻi honau fakapōpulaʻi, pea naʻa nau tangi, pea naʻe aʻu hake ʻenau tangi ki he ʻOtua ko e meʻa ʻi he fakapōpulaʻi.
24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
24Pea naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻenau ngaahi toʻe, pea manatuʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻene fuakava kia ʻEpalahame, mo ʻAisake, pea mo Sēkope.
25And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.
25Pea naʻe ʻafio ʻae ʻOtua ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea naʻe tokanga ʻofa ʻae ʻOtua kiate kinautolu.
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