Livre de l'Exode 2

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Un homme de la maison de Lévi s'en alla prendre pour femme une fille de Lévi.	1 After these things, a man from the house of Levi went out, and he took a wife from his own stock.
2 Celle-ci conçut et enfanta un fils. Voyant combien il était beau, elle le dissimula pendant trois mois.	2 And she conceived and bore a son. And seeing him to be handsome, she hid him for 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 was no longer able to hide him, she took a small basket woven of bulrushes, and she smeared it with pitch as well as tar. And she placed the little infant inside, and she laid him in the sedges by the bank of the river.
4 La soeur de l'enfant se posta à distance pour voir ce qui lui adviendrait.	4 His sister was standing at a distance and was wondering what would happen.
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 Then, behold, the daughter of Pharaoh descended to wash in the river. And her maids walked along the edge of the cove. And when she had seen the small basket among the papyruses, she sent one of her servants for it. And when it was brought,
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 she opened it; and realizing that within it was a little one crying, she took pity on him, and she said: “This is one of the infants of the Hebrews.”
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 And the sister of the boy said to her: “If you wish, I will go and call to you a Hebrew woman, who will be able nurse the infant.”
8 Va", lui répondit la fille de Pharaon. La jeune fille alla donc chercher la mère de l'enfant.	8 She responded, “Go.” The maid went directly and called her 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 the daughter of Pharaoh said to her: “Take this boy and nurse him for me. I will give you your wages.” The woman took and nursed the boy. And when he was mature, she delivered him to the daughter of Pharaoh.
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 she adopted him in place of a son, and she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I took him from 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 In those days, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers. And he saw their affliction and an Egyptian man striking a certain one of the Hebrews, his brothers.
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 when he had looked around this way and that, and had seen no one nearby, he struck down 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 going out the next day, he spotted two Hebrews quarrelling violently. And he said to him who was causing the injury, “Why do you strike your neighbor?”
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 But he responded: “Who appointed you as leader and judge over us? Do you want to kill me, just as yesterday you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and he said, “How has this word become 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 And Pharaoh heard this talk, and he sought to kill Moses. But fleeing from his sight, he stayed in the land of Midian, and he sat down next to 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 there was a priest of Midian with seven daughters, who came to draw water. And having filled the troughs, they desired to water their father’s flocks.
17 Des bergers survinrent et les chassèrent. Moïse se leva, vint à leur secours et abreuva le petit bétail.	17 The shepherds overcame them and drove them away. And Moses rose up, and defending the girls, he watered their sheep.
18 Elles revinrent auprès de Réuel, leur père, qui leur dit: "Pourquoi revenez-vous si tôt aujourd'hui?"	18 And when they had returned to their father, Reuel, he said to them, “Why have you arrived sooner than usual?”
19 Elles lui dirent: "Un Egyptien nous a tirées des mains des bergers; il a même puisé pour nous etabreuvé le petit bétail. --	19 They responded: “A man of Egypt freed us from the hands of the shepherds. Moreover, he also drew water with us and gave the sheep to drink.”
20 Et où est-il? Demanda-t-il à ses filles. Pourquoi donc avez-vous abandonné cet homme? Invitez-le àmanger."	20 But he said: “Where is he? Why have you dismissed the man? Call him, so that he may eat bread.”
21 Moïse consentit à s'établir auprès de cet homme qui lui donna sa fille, Cippora.	21 Therefore, Moses swore that he would live with him. And he accepted his daughter Zipporah as a wife.
22 Elle mit au monde un fils qu'il nomma Gershom car, dit-il, "je suis un immigré en terre étrangère."	22 And she bore a son to him, whom he called Gershom, saying, “I have been a newcomer in a foreign land.” In truth, she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying, “For the God of my father, my helper, has rescued me from the hand of Pharaoh.”
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 In truth, after a long time, the king of Egypt was dead. And the sons of Israel, groaning, cried out because of the works. And their cry ascended to God from the works.
24 Dieu entendit leur gémissement; Dieu se souvint de son alliance avec Abraham, Isaac et Jacob.	24 And he heard their groaning, and he also remembered the covenant which he formed with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 Dieu vit les Israélites et Dieu connut...	25 And the Lord looked with favor on the sons of Israel, and he knew them.