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Mtu mmoja wa nyumba ya Lawi akaondoka akaoa binti mmoja wa Lawi.
Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
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Yule mwanamke akachukua mimba akazaa mwana, na alipoona ya kuwa ni mtoto mzuri akamficha miezi mitatu.
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
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Na alipokuwa hawezi kumficha tena, akampatia kisafina cha manyasi akakipaka sifa na lami, akamtia mtoto ndani yake, akakiweka katika majani kando ya mto.
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
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Umbu lake mtoto akasimama mbali ili ajue yatakayompata.
And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
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Basi binti Farao akashuka, aoge mtoni, na vijakazi wake wakatembea kando ya mto; naye akakiona kile kisafina katika majani, akamtuma kijakazi wake kwenda kukileta.
Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
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Akakifungua, akamwona mtoto, na tazama, mtoto yule analia. Basi akamhurumia, akasema, Huyu ni mmojawapo wa watoto wa Waebrania.
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
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Basi umbu lake mtoto akamwambia binti Farao, Je! Niende nikamwite mlezi katika wanawake wa Kiebrania, aje kwako, akunyonyeshee mtoto huyu?
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
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Binti Farao akamwambia, Haya! Enenda. Yule kijana akaenda akamwita mama yake yule mtoto.
“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
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Binti Farao akamwambia, Mchukue mtoto huyu, ukaninyonyeshee, nami nitakupa mshahara wako. Yule mwanamke akamtwaa mtoto, akamnyonyesha.
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
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Mtoto akakua, naye akamleta kwa binti Farao, akawa mwanawe. Akamwita jina lake Musa, akasema, Ni kwa sababu nalimtoa majini.
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
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Hata siku zile, Musa alipokuwa mtu mzima, akatoka kuwaendea ndugu zake, akatazama mizigo yao. Akamwona Mmisri anampiga Mwebrania, mmojawapo wa ndugu zake.
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
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Basi akatazama huko na huko, na alipoona ya kuwa hapana mtu, akampiga Mmisri yule, akamficha ndani ya mchanga.
After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
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Akatoka siku ya pili, na tazama, watu wawili wa Waebrania walikuwa wakipigana. Akamwambia yule aliyemdhulumu mwenzake, Mbona unampiga mwenzako?
The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
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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.
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
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Basi Farao alipopata habari, akataka kumwua Musa; lakini Musa akakimbia mbele ya Farao, akakaa katika nchi ya Midiani; akaketi karibu na kisima.
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
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Basi kuhani wa Midiani alikuwa na binti saba, nao wakaja wakateka maji, wakazijaza birika maji, wapate kunywesha kundi la baba yao.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
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Wachungaji wakaja wakawafukuza; lakini Musa akasimama, akawasaidia, akalinywesha kundi lao.
And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
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Walipofika kwa Reueli baba yao, akasema, Imekuwaje hata mkarejea mapema leo?
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
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Wakasema, Mmisri mmoja alituokoa katika mikono ya wachungaji, tena zaidi ya hayo, akatutekea maji, akalinywesha kundi.
“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
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Akawaambia binti zake, Yuko wapi basi? Mbona mmemwacha mtu huyo? Mwiteni, ale chakula.
“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
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Musa akawa radhi kukaa kwake mtu yule, naye akampa Musa binti yake, Sipora.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
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Huyo akamzalia mwana, akamwita jina lake Gershomu, maana alisema, Nimekuwa mgeni katika nchi ya ugeni.
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
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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.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
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Mungu akasikia kuugua kwao, Mungu akakumbuka agano lake alilolifanya na Ibrahimu na Isaka na Yakobo.
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Mungu akawaona wana wa Israeli, na Mungu akawaangalia. </p>
God saw the Israelites and took notice.