Livre de l'Exode 2

JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Un homme de la maison de Lévi s'en alla prendre pour femme une fille de Lévi.	1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2 Celle-ci conçut et enfanta un fils. Voyant combien il était beau, elle le dissimula pendant trois mois.	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.
3 Ne pouvant le dissimuler plus longtemps, elle prit pour lui une corbeille de papyrus qu'elle enduisitde bitume et de poix, y plaça l'enfant et la déposa dans les roseaux sur la rive du Fleuve.	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.
4 La soeur de l'enfant se posta à distance pour voir ce qui lui adviendrait.	4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 Or la fille de Pharaon descendit au Fleuve pour s'y baigner, tandis que ses servantes se promenaientsur la rive du Fleuve. Elle aperçut la corbeille parmi les roseaux et envoya sa servante la prendre.	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.
6 Elle l'ouvrit et vit l'enfant: c'était un garçon qui pleurait. Touchée de compassion pour lui, elle dit:"C'est un des petits Hébreux."	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.
7 La soeur de l'enfant dit alors à la fille de Pharaon: "Veux-tu que j'aille te chercher, parmi les femmesdes Hébreux, une nourrice qui te nourrira cet enfant? --	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?
8 Va", lui répondit la fille de Pharaon. La jeune fille alla donc chercher la mère de l'enfant.	8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
9 La fille de Pharaon lui dit: "Emmène cet enfant et nourris-le moi, je te donnerai moi-même tonsalaire." Alors la femme emporta l'enfant et le nourrit.	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.
10 Quand l'enfant eut grandi, elle le ramena à la fille de Pharaon qui le traita comme un fils et lui donnale nom de Moïse, car, disait-elle, "je l'ai tiré des eaux."	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.
11 Il advint, en ces jours-là, que Moïse, qui avait grandi, alla voir ses frères. Il vit les corvéesauxquelles ils étaient astreints; il vit aussi un Egyptien qui frappait un Hébreu, un de ses frères.	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.
12 Il se tourna de-ci de-là, et voyant qu'il n'y avait personne, il tua l'Egyptien et le cacha dans le sable.	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.
13 Le jour suivant, il revint alors que deux Hébreux se battaient. "Pourquoi frappes-tu toncompagnon?" Dit-il à l'agresseur.	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?
14 Celui-ci répondit: "Qui t'a constitué notre chef et notre juge? Veux-tu me tuer comme tu as tuél'Egyptien?" Moïse effrayé se dit: "Certainement l'affaire se sait."	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.
15 Pharaon entendit parler de cette affaire et chercha à tuer Moïse. Moïse s'enfuit loin de Pharaon; il serendit au pays de Madiân et s'assit auprès d'un puits.	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.
16 Or un prêtre de Madiân avait sept filles. Elles vinrent puiser et remplir les auges pour abreuver lepetit bétail de leur père.	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.
17 Des bergers survinrent et les chassèrent. Moïse se leva, vint à leur secours et abreuva le petit bétail.	17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18 Elles revinrent auprès de Réuel, leur père, qui leur dit: "Pourquoi revenez-vous si tôt aujourd'hui?"	18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
19 Elles lui dirent: "Un Egyptien nous a tirées des mains des bergers; il a même puisé pour nous etabreuvé le petit bétail. --	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.
20 Et où est-il? Demanda-t-il à ses filles. Pourquoi donc avez-vous abandonné cet homme? Invitez-le àmanger."	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.
21 Moïse consentit à s'établir auprès de cet homme qui lui donna sa fille, Cippora.	21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 Elle mit au monde un fils qu'il nomma Gershom car, dit-il, "je suis un immigré en terre étrangère."	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.
23 Au cours de cette longue période, le roi d'Egypte mourut. Les Israélites, gémissant de leur servitude,crièrent, et leur appel à l'aide monta vers Dieu, du fond de leur servitude.	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.
24 Dieu entendit leur gémissement; Dieu se souvint de son alliance avec Abraham, Isaac et Jacob.	24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 Dieu vit les Israélites et Dieu connut...	25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.