Moses
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Mtu mmoja wa nyumba ya Lawi akaondoka akaoa binti mmoja wa Lawi.
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child , she hid him three months.
Yule mwanamke akachukua mimba akazaa mwana, na alipoona ya kuwa ni mtoto mzuri akamficha miezi mitatu.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Na alipokuwa hawezi kumficha tena, akampatia kisafina cha manyasi akakipaka sifa na lami, akamtia mtoto ndani yake, akakiweka katika majani kando ya mto.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
Umbu lake mtoto akasimama mbali ili ajue yatakayompata.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Basi binti Farao akashuka, aoge mtoni, na vijakazi wake wakatembea kando ya mto; naye akakiona kile kisafina katika majani, akamtuma kijakazi wake kwenda kukileta.
6 And when she had opened it , she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
Akakifungua, akamwona mtoto, na tazama, mtoto yule analia. Basi akamhurumia, akasema, Huyu ni mmojawapo wa watoto wa Waebrania.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
Basi umbu lake mtoto akamwambia binti Farao, Je! Niende nikamwite mlezi katika wanawake wa Kiebrania, aje kwako, akunyonyeshee mtoto huyu?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
Binti Farao akamwambia, Haya! Enenda. Yule kijana akaenda akamwita mama yake yule mtoto.
9 And 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.
Binti Farao akamwambia, Mchukue mtoto huyu, ukaninyonyeshee, nami nitakupa mshahara wako. Yule mwanamke akamtwaa mtoto, akamnyonyesha.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Mtoto akakua, naye akamleta kwa binti Farao, akawa mwanawe. Akamwita jina lake Musa, akasema, Ni kwa sababu nalimtoa majini.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Hata siku zile, Musa alipokuwa mtu mzima, akatoka kuwaendea ndugu zake, akatazama mizigo yao. Akamwona Mmisri anampiga Mwebrania, mmojawapo wa ndugu zake.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Basi akatazama huko na huko, na alipoona ya kuwa hapana mtu, akampiga Mmisri yule, akamficha ndani ya mchanga.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Akatoka siku ya pili, na tazama, watu wawili wa Waebrania walikuwa wakipigana. Akamwambia yule aliyemdhulumu mwenzake, Mbona unampiga mwenzako?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
Yule akasema, Ni nani aliyekuweka wewe kuwa mkuu wetu, na mwamuzi juu yetu? Je! Wataka kuniua mimi kama ulivyomwua yule Mmisri? Musa akaogopa, akasema, Kumbe! Jambo lile limejulikana.
15 Now 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.
Basi Farao alipopata habari, akataka kumwua Musa; lakini Musa akakimbia mbele ya Farao, akakaa katika nchi ya Midiani; akaketi karibu na kisima.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water , and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Basi kuhani wa Midiani alikuwa na binti saba, nao wakaja wakateka maji, wakazijaza birika maji, wapate kunywesha kundi la baba yao.
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Wachungaji wakaja wakawafukuza; lakini Musa akasimama, akawasaidia, akalinywesha kundi lao.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
Walipofika kwa Reueli baba yao, akasema, Imekuwaje hata mkarejea mapema leo?
19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
Wakasema, Mmisri mmoja alituokoa katika mikono ya wachungaji, tena zaidi ya hayo, akatutekea maji, akalinywesha kundi.
20 And 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.
Akawaambia binti zake, Yuko wapi basi? Mbona mmemwacha mtu huyo? Mwiteni, ale chakula.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Musa akawa radhi kukaa kwake mtu yule, naye akampa Musa binti yake, Sipora.
22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Huyo akamzalia mwana, akamwita jina lake Gershomu, maana alisema, Nimekuwa mgeni katika nchi ya ugeni.
23 And it came to pass in process of time, 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.
Hata baada ya siku zile nyingi mfalme wa Misri akafa; wana wa Israeli wakaugua kwa sababu ya ule utumwa, wakalia; kilio chao kikafika juu kwa Mungu kwa sababu ya ule utumwa.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Mungu akasikia kuugua kwao, Mungu akakumbuka agano lake alilolifanya na Ibrahimu na Isaka na Yakobo.
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them .
Mungu akawaona wana wa Israeli, na Mungu akawaangalia.
