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Imperative Sentences (ትእዛዛዊ አረፍተ ነገሮች)
In Amharic, imperatives are used to give commands, instructions, and advice. While they share similar verb structures, their tone and purpose differ. Example:

Type Male (♂) Female (♀) Plural (👥) English
Command ና! ነይ! ኑ! Come!
Instruction ጻፍ! ጻፊ! ጻፉ! Write!
Advice አትጨነቅ! አትጨነቂ! አትጨነቁ! Don't worry!
Advice በርታ! በርቺ! በርቱ! Stay strong!
 
But what are the differences between commands, instructions, and advice?
1.      Commands (ትእዛዛት) are direct and urgent orders telling someone to do or stop doing something immediately.
o   Example: ተቀመጥ! (Sit down!) | አትሂድ! (Don't go!)

2.      Instructions (መመሪያዎች) are step-by-step guidance or directions on how to complete a task.
o   Example: መጀመሪያ እጅህን ታጠብ፣ ከዚያ ብላ። (First wash your hands, then eat.)

3.      Advices (ምክር): are helpful suggestions or recommendations for someone's well-being.
o   Example: ብዙ ውሃ ጠጣ! (Drink plenty of water!) | አትጨነቅ! (Don't worry!)

1.      Commands (ትእዛዛት) ➡️ Urgency & Authority
Used when someone in authority requires immediate action, spoken with a firm and direct tone. Example:
·        "የቤት ኪራይ መክፈያ ቀኑ አልፏል፤ ገንዘቡን ለነገ አዘጋጅልኝ!"
(The rent due date has passed; prepare the money for me by tomorrow!—Landlord to Tenant)

2.      Instructions (መመሪያዎች) ➡️ Guidance & Process
Used to guide someone step-by-step through a process to complete a task successfully. Example:
·        "ሊጡን አብኪውና፣ ወደላይ ኩፍ ሲል እንጀራ ጋግሪው።"
(Mix the dough, and when it rises, bake the Injera.)

3.      Advice (ምክር) ➡️ Kindness & Suggestion
Spoken with a gentle and supportive tone to offer a helpful suggestion for someone’s personal benefit. Example:
·       "ጊዜህን ሶሻል ሚዲያ ላይ ከምታጠፋ፣ ጠቃሚ ክህሎት ብትማርበት ነው የሚሻለው።"
(Rather than wasting your time on social media, it is better if you learn a useful skill with it.)

Useful Amharic Phrases for Daily Conversations

- ይበቃሻል (Ybeqashal)
– That’s enough for you / That’s sufficient for you [f]

- ማን ይወዳል (Man ywedal)
– Who likes it? / Who would like that?

- ማንም አይወድም (Manm aywedm)
– Nobody likes it / No one would like that

- ስራ ልብስ ያቆሽሻል (Sra lbs yaqoshshal)
– Work makes clothes dirty / Work dirties clothes

- አማርኛ መማር አያደክመኝም (Amargna memar ayadekmegnm)
– Learning Amharic doesn't tire me / It doesn't make me tired

- ስራ አለሽ አሁን? (Sra alesh ahun?)
– Do you have work now? / Are you busy now? [f]

- አደንቅሻለሁ! (Adenqshalhu!)
– I admire you! [f] (Used to praise someone for their good work, skill, or behavior)

- አደንቅሃለሁ! (Adenqhalhu!)
– I admire you! [m]

- ስለረዳኸኝ በጣም አመሰግናለሁ! (Sleredakhegn betam amesegnalehu)
– Thank you for your help, I really appreciate you!

የቤተ መንግሥቱ ሰዎች ሕፃኑ የሚጠባው ስላጣ በጣም ግራ ተጋብተው፣ ተስማሚ አጥቢ ሴት ለማግኘት ወደ ገበያ አወጡት።
Confused and desperate, the palace servants took the hungry baby out to the marketplace, hoping to find a suitable woman to nurse him.
እህቱ በሰዎች እቅፍ ውስጥ ሆኖ ባየችው ጊዜ ወዲያውኑ ወንድሟ መሆኑን አወቀችው፤ ነገር ግን ምንም ዓይነት የድንጋጤ ምልክት ሳታሳይ በጥበብ ቀረበች።
When his sister saw him in their arms, she instantly recognized him, but she did not give any indication of who she was.
ሰዎቹ በሕፃኑ ሁኔታ ግራ መጋባታቸውን ስታይ፣ እህቱ ቀረብ ብላ፦ «በመልካም ሁኔታ የሚያሳድገውና በታማኝነት የሚንከባከበው ቤተሰብ ልጠቁማችሁን?» አለቻቸው።
Seeing their confusion, she stepped forward and said: "Shall I direct you to a household who will him for you, and look after him in a good manner?" (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:12)
የቤተ መንግሥቱ ሰዎች በዚህ ንግግሯ ጠርጥረዋት ያዟትና፦ «እነዚህ ሰዎች ቅን እንደሚሆኑና እንደሚንከባከቡት እንዴት አወቅሽ?» ብለው ጠየቋት።
The guards grew suspicious, seizing her and asking: "How do you know these people will be sincere and care for him?"
እሷም በብልሃት፦ «ንጉሡ ደስተኛ እንዲሆን ስለሚፈልጉ እና የተወሰነ ሽልማት ለማግኘት ስለሚመኙ ህጻኑን ከልብ ይንከባከቡታል።» ብላ መለሰችላቸውና ለቀቋት።
She wisely replied: "They will take care of the child because they want the king to be happy and they hope to receive some reward." and so they let her go.
ከዚያም ሰዎቹ እህቱን ተከትለው ወደ ቤቷ በመሄድ ሕፃኑን ወደ እውነተኛ እናቱ አደረሱት፤ እናቱ ጡቷን ስትሰጠውም ወዲያውኑ በደስታ መጥባት ጀመረ።
Safely guided by his sister, they brought the baby to his mother, and the moment she gave him her breast, he accepted it happily.
የቤተ መንግሥቱ ሰዎች በዚህ በጣም ተደስተው የምስራቹን ለፈርዖን ሚስት ላኩላት፤ እሷም የሙሳን እናት አስጠርታ በደግነት ተቀበለቻት፤ ታላቅ ስጦታም ሰጠቻት።
Rejoicing, the servants sent the glad tidings to the wife of Fir`awn, who then called for the mother, treating her with great kindness.
የፈርዖን ሚስት አስያ እውነተኛ እናቱ መሆኗን ባታውቅም፣ ሕፃኑ የእሷን ጡት በመቀበሉ ብቻ በጣም ስለደሰተች በቤተ መንግሥቱ ውስጥ ሆና ልጁን እንዲታጠባው ጠየቀቻት።
Not realizing she was the real mother, Asiyah asked her to stay at the palace to nurse the baby.
የሙሳ እናት ግን፦ «እኔ ባልና ልጆች አሉኝ፣ እዚህ መኖር አልችልም፤ ነገር ግን በገዛ ቤቴ ወስጄ እንዳጠባው ከፈቀዳችሁልኝ አደርገዋለሁ።» በማለት እምቢ አለች።
The mother refused, saying: "I have a husband and children, but if you let me nurse him in my own home, I will do that."
የፈርዖንም ባለቤት በዚህ ሃሳብ ተስማማች፤ በዚህም መሠረት የሙሳ እናት በየጊዜው ወደ ቤተ መንግሥት እየመጣች ደመወዟንና የሚያስፈልጋትን ስጦታ ትወስድ ነበር፤ አስያም በደግነት ትሸኛት ነበር።
The wife of Fir`awn agreed to this arrangement; thus, Musa's mother would regularly come to the palace to collect her salary and provisions, and Asiyah would always dismiss her with great kindness.
የሙሳ እናት ከታላቅ ፍርሃት በኋላ አላህ ሰላምን፣ ክብርንና የተትረፈረፈ ሲሳይን ሰጥቷት ከልጇ ጋር በደስታ ወደ ቤቷ ተመለሰች።
Musa's mother returned home happy, for after a time of intense fear, Allah granted her security, prestige, and ongoing provision.
በእናትየው ከፍተኛ ጭንቀትና በዚህ አስደናቂ እፎይታ መካከል የነበረው ጊዜ አንድ ቀንና አንድ ሌሊት ብቻ ነበር።
There was only a short time between her deepest distress and this miracle—about a single day and night.
አላህ በቁርአኑ እንዲህ ይላል፦ «ወደእናቱም ዓይንዋ እንድትረጋ፣ እንዳታዝንም፣ የአላህም የተስፋ ቃል እርግጥ መሆኑን እንድታውቅ መለስነው፡፡ ግን አብዛኞቻቸው አያውቁም።”
As Allah says: Then We returned him to his mother, so that she would be comforted and not grieve, and so that she would know that Allah’s promise is true. Yet most of them do not know. (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:13)
ልጇ ወደ እሷ ሲመለስ፣ ወደፊት ከአላህ መልእክተኞች አንዱ እንደሚሆን ስላወቀች፣ ስታሳድገው እንደ ልጅ በፍቅር፣ እንደ መልእክተኛ ደግሞ በታላቅ አክብሮት ነበር።
When he was returned, she realized his prophetic destiny, raising him both as a beloved child and as an honored Messenger.
አላህ ታሪኩን ሲያጠቃልል እንዲህ ይላል፦ «ግን አብዛኞቻቸው (ይህን መለኮታዊ ጥበብ) አያውቁም።»
And Allah concludes: "But most of them know not." (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:13)
የሰው ልጅ የማይወደውና የሚጠላው ነገር በውስጡ ታላቅ በረከትና መልካም ፍጻሜ ሊኖረው እንደሚችል አብዛኛው ሰው አይገነዘብም።
People often dislike a situation, yet its consequences bring the greatest good, as Allah's wisdom always prevails.

When the box was opened, they saw it was a child with the most beautiful features.
የፈርዖን ባለቤት ሕፃኑን ባየችው ጊዜ፣ አላህ ልቧን በእርሱ ጥልቅ ፍቅር ሞላው፤ ይህ የሆነው እሷ የተባረከች ስለነበረችና አላህ ሊያከብራት፣ የባሏን መንግሥት ደግሞ ሊያጠፋ ስለፈለገ ነው።
Allah filled her heart with love for him when she saw him; this was because she was blessed and because Allah wanted to honor her and cause her husband's doom.
አላህ እንዲህ ይላል፦ «የፈርዖንም ቤተሰቦች መጨረሻ ላይ ለእነርሱ ጠላትና የሀዘን ምንጭ ይሆንባቸው ዘንድ አነሱት።»
Allah says: "Then the household of Fir`awn picked him up, that he might become for them an enemy and a cause of grief." (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:8)
ፈርዖን፣ የጦር ሚኒስትሩ ሀማን እና ሰራዊቶቻቸው እጅግ ጨካኞችና በወንጀል የተዘፈቁ በመሆናቸው አላህ ሊያጠፋቸው ወስኖ ነበር።
Fir`awn, Haman, and their armies were deeply mired in sin and tyranny, and Allah had decreed their ultimate doom.
አላህ በቁርአኑ እንዲህ ይላል፦ «በእውነት ፈርዖን፣ ሀማንና ሰራዊቶቻቸው ተሳሳቾች (ወንጀለኞች) ነበሩ።»
As Allah says in the Quran: "Verily, Fir`awn, Haman and their armies were sinners." (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:8)
ፈርዖን ሕፃኑን ባየው ጊዜ፣ ከእስራኤል ልጆች ወገን መሆኑን ጠርጥሮ ወዲያውኑ ሊገድለው ሰይፉን መዘዘ።
The moment Fir`awn saw the infant, he suspected he was from the Children of Israel and instantly drew his sword to kill him.
ነገር ግን ከፈርዖን ምንም ልጅ ያልነበራትና የተባረከችው ባለቤቱ አስያ፣ ሕፃኑን ስታይ ልቧ በጥልቅ ፍቅር ተነካ፤ ፈጥናም በፈርዖን ፊት በመቆም ተከላከለችለት።
But his blessed wife, Asiyah, who had no children of her own, was filled with overwhelming love for the baby and bravely stepped in to defend him.
እሷም ለባሏ እየተማጸነች፦ «(ይህ ሕፃን) ለእኔም ለአንተም የዓይን ማረፊያ (ደስታ) ነውና አትግደለው» አለችው።
She pleaded with her husband, saying: "A comfort of the eye for me and for you; do not kill him." (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:9)
ፈርዖን ግን በኩራት ተወጥሮ፦ «ለአንቺ ሊሆን ይችላል፣ ለእኔ ግን የዓይን ማረፊያ አይሆንልኝም» ሲል በቁጭት መለሰላት።
Driven by pride, Fir`awn coldly replied: "For you he may be a comfort, but not for me."
ነገሩም በትክክል እርሱ እንዳለው ሆነ፤ አላህ በዚህ ልጅ አማካኝነት አስያን ወደ ጀነት መራት፣ ፈርዖንን ግን ይህንን ልጅ ተጠቅሞ አጠፋው።
And this was exactly the case: Allah guided Asiyah to Paradise through this child, but God used this child to destroy Fir`awn's empire.
ሕፃኑ ሙሳ በወንዙ ውስጥ በጠፋ ጊዜ፣ የእናቱ ልብ ባዶ ሆነ፤ በዚህ አለም ላይ ከሙሳ ውጭ ሌላ ምንም ዓይነት ነገር ማሰብ አልቻለችም ነበር።
When her child was lost in the river, the heart of Musa's mother became entirely empty, and she could not think of any matter in this world except Musa.
ከሐዘኗ የተነሳ፣ ለአካባቢው ሰዎች ወንድ ልጅ እንደጠፋባት ልትናገርና ምስጢሩን ልታወጣ ምንም አልቀራትም ነበር።
Because of the intensity of her grief, she was very near to disclosing her situation and telling people that she had lost a son.
አላህ በልቧ ላይ ጥንካሬንና ትዕግሥትን ባይሰጣት ኖሮ፣ እውነቱን ተናግራ ራሷንና ልጇን አደጋ ላይ ልትጥል ነበር።
If Allah had not given her strength and patience in her heart, she would have put herself and her child in danger by telling the truth.
የሙሳም እናት ልብ ባዶ ሆነ፡፡ በአላህ ቃል ኪዳን ላይ እምነት ይኖራት ዘንድ ልቧን ባናረጋጋው ኖሮ፣ ምስጢሩን ልትገልጸው ተቃርባ ነበር፡፡        
The heart of Moses’ mother became restless; she was about to disclose the secret, had We not reassured her heart so that she would maintain her faith in Allah’s promise. (28:10)
የሙሳ እናት በጭንቀት ውስጥ ሆና፣ ነገሮችን በሚገባ ለምትረዳው ለታላቅ እህቱ፦ «ተከታተዪው» አለቻት።
In her distress, she said to his older sister, who was of an age to understand things: "Follow him." (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:10)
እህቱም የወንድሟን ፈለግ ለመፈለግና ስለ እርሱ መረጃ ለማግኘት ወደ ከተማው ወጣች።
So she went out to follow his traces, looking for any information about him around the city.
ሕፃኑ ሙሳ በፈርዖን ቤተ መንግሥት ውስጥ በሰላም ካረፈ በኋላ፣ እህቱ ሳይታወቅባት ከሩቅ ሆና በምስጢር ትከታተለው ጀመር።
Once baby Musa had settled into the palace, his sister found him and began to watch him secretly from a distance.
አላህ በቁርአኑ እንዲህ ይላል፦ «እነርሱም የማይሰማቸው (የማያውቁ) ሆነው በሩቅ ሆና አየችው።»
As Allah says: "So she watched him from a far place (secretly), and they perceived not." (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:11)
በቤተ መንግሥቱ ውስጥ የፈርዖን ሚስት ሕፃኑን በጣም ስለወደደችው፣ የሚያጠቡትን ሞግዚቶች በሙሉ አቀረቡለት፤ እርሱ ግን የማንኛዋንም ጡት ለመጥባት ፈቃደኛ አልሆነም።
In the palace, the king's wife loved him dearly, but when they brought wet nurses to feed him, the baby refused to take milk from any of them.
አላህ የሙሳን ክብር ከፍ ለማድረግና ወደ እውነተኛ እናቱ እንዲመለስ ሰበብ ለመሆን፣ ከራሱ እናት ውጪ ሌላ ሴት እንዳታጠባው መለኮታዊ እገዳ ጥሎበት ነበር።
Because of his honored status with Allah, it was decreed that no one should nurse him except his own mother.

የነቢዩ ሙሳ የልጅነት ታሪክ በኢስላም
The Story of the Childhood of Prophet Moses in Islam
አንድ ቀን ሌሊት፣ ፈርዖን, የጥንታዊቷ ግብፅ ገዥ፣ እጅግ በጣም የሚያስደነግጥ ሕልም አየ።
One night, Pharaoh, the ruler of ancient Egypt, had a deeply terrifying dream.
በሕልሙም ከበይተል መቅድስ (ከእየሩሳሌም) የመጣ ታላቅ እሳት የግብፃውያንን ቤቶችና ንብረቶች በሙሉ ሲያቃጥል፣ የእስራኤልን ልጆች ግን ምንም ሳይነካቸው ተመልክቶ በድንጋጤ ነቃ።
In his dream, a great fire rushed from Bait al-Maqds (Jerusalem) and consumed all the houses and properties of the Egyptians, leaving the Children of Israel completely untouched.
የቤተ መንግሥቱን ጠንቋዮች፣ ኮከብ ቆጣሪዎችና ሕልም ፈቺዎችን ሰብስቦ ሲያማክር፦ «ከእስራኤል ልጆች ወገን ያንተን መንግሥት የሚያጠፋና ግብፃውያንን ድል የሚያደርግ ወንድ ልጅ ይወለዳል» ብለው ፈቱለት።
When he gathered his sorcerers, astrologers, and dream interpreters, they warned him: "A boy will be born from among the Children of Israel who will destroy your kingdom and defeat the Egyptians."
ከዚህ አስፈሪ ትንቢት በኋላ፣ ፈርዖን አዲስ የሚወለዱ የእስራኤልን ወንዶች ልጆችን በሙሉ እንዲገደሉ፣ ሴቶቹን ደግሞ በሕይወት እንዲተዉ አረመኔያዊ ትዕዛዝ አስተላለፈ።
Following this terrifying prophecy, Pharaoh issued a brutal order for all male new born babies of the Children of Israel to be killed and the females to be spared.
ይሁን እንጂ የግብፅ ተወላጆች (የኮፕት ሰዎች)፣ ሁሉም እስራኤላውያን ወንዶች ሞተው ካለቁ፣ ከባዱን የጉልበት ሥራ ሁሉ እኛ እንድንሠራ እንገደዳለን ብለው ስለፈሩ ለፈርዖን አመለከቱ።
However, the native Egyptians (Coptic people) feared that if all the Israelite men died out, they themselves would be forced to do all the heavy labor, so they appealed to Pharaoh.
ስለዚህ ፈርዖን የወንድ ሕፃናቱን ግድያ በአንድ ዓመት አራዘመው፤ አንድ ዓመት እንዲገደሉ፣ በሚቀጥለው ዓመት ደግሞ በሕይወት እንዲተዉ አዲስ ሕግ አወጣ።
To address this, Pharaoh modified his decree: male infants would be killed one year and left alive the next year.
የሙሳ ታላቅ ወንድም ሀሩን ሕፃናት በማይገደሉበት የሰላም ዓመት ነበር የተወለደው፤ ሙሳ ደግሞ ሕፃናት በሚገደሉበት አስፈሪ ዓመት ተወለደ።
Aaron, Musas' older brother was born in the year when babies were spared, while Musa was born in the terrifying year they were being killed.
የሙሳ እናት እርጉዝ በነበረችበት ጊዜ፣ በፈጣሪ ልዩ ፍቅርና ጥበቃ፣ ምንም ዓይነት የእርግዝና ምልክት በሰውነቷ ላይ አይታይባትም ነበር።
When Moses' mother became pregnant, by divine care and love, she did not show any outward signs of pregnancy to anyone.
ወንድ ልጅ በወለደች ጊዜ ግን ለልጇ ሕይወት በጣም በከፍተኛ ፍርሃትና ጭንቀት ውስጥ ስለነበረች፣ ልጇን እንዴት አድርጋ እንደምትጠብቀው ግራ ተጋባች።
But when she gave birth to a baby boy, she was overcome with intense fear and confusion about how to protect her newborn child.
በዚህ በጭንቀትና በግራ መጋባት ውስጥ በነበረችበት አጨናቂ ጊዜ፣ ምን ማድረግ እንዳለባት በልቧና አዕምሮዋ ላይ መልእክት ተላለፈላት።
In this difficult time of anxiety and confusion, it was inspired into her heart and mind what she should do.
አላህ እንዲህ ይላል፦ «ወደ ሙሳ እናትም፦ አጥቢው፣ ለእርሱም በፈራሽ ጊዜ ወደ ወንዙ ጣይው፣ አትፍሪም፣ አትዘኚም፣ እኛ ወደ አንቺ መላሾቹና ከመልእክተኞቹም አድራጊዎቹ ነንና፣ በማለት መልዕክት አስተላለፍን።»
As Allah says: "And We inspired the mother of Musa (telling): 'Suckle him, but when you fear for him, then cast him into the river and fear not, nor grieve. Verily, We shall bring him back to you, and shall make him one of (Our) Messengers.'" (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:7)
ቤቷ በአባይ (ናይል) ወንዝ ዳርቻ ላይ ስለነበር፣ አንድ ሣጥን ወስዳ አልጋ አደረገችውና ልጇን ማጥባት ጀመረች።
Her house was on the banks of the Nile, so she took a box and made it into a cradle, and started to nurse her child.
የምትፈራው ማንኛውም ሰው ወደ እሷ በመጣ ቁጥር፣ ሄዳ ሕፃኑን በዚያ ሣጥን ውስጥ ታስቀምጠውና በገመድ አስራ ወደ ወንዙ ትለቀው ነበር።
When someone came to her that she was afraid of, she would go and put him in that box and put it in the river, and she would tie it with a rope.
አንድ ቀን የምትፈራው ሰው በድንገት ወደ ቤቱ መጣባት፤ እሷም ፈጥና ሕፃኑን በሣጥኑ ውስጥ አድርጋ ወደ ወንዙ ለቀቀችው፣ ሆኖም ግን በድንጋጤ ብዛት በገመድ ማሰሯን ረስታው ነበር።
One day someone that she was afraid of came to the house, so she went and put the child in that box and put it in the river, however, in her panic, she had forgotten to tie up with rope.
ማዕበሉ ሳጥኑን በቀጥታ ወደ ጠላቷ ቤተ መንግሥት ይዞት ሄደ።
The currents carried the box straight into the heart of her enemy's palace.
በዚያም ያሉ አገልጋይ ሴቶች ሣጥኑን አንስተው ወደ ፈርዖን ባለቤት ወሰዱት።
The female servants there picked the box up and took it to Firawn's wife.
በውስጡ ምን እንዳለ አያውቁም ነበር፤ ያለ እሷ ፈቃድ ቢከፍቱት ችግር ላይ እንዳይወድቁም በጣም ፈርተው ነበር።
They did not know what was inside, and they were afraid that they would be in trouble if they opened it without her permission.
ሣጥኑ በተከፈተ ጊዜ ግን፣ እጅግ በጣም ያማረ መልክና ገጽታ ያለው ሕፃን በውስጡ አዩ።

ሕፃኑ ሙሴ ከሞት የዳነበት ሁኔታ
How Baby Moses Was Saved

የሴትዮዋን ጣት ይዞ የሚያለቅሰውን ሕፃን ተመልከት። ይህ ሕፃን ሙሴ ነው። ይህች ቆንጆ ሴት ማን እንደሆነች ታውቃለህ? ግብፃዊት ልዕልት ናት፤ የራሱ የፈርዖን ልጅ ነች።
SEE the little baby crying, and holding onto the lady’s finger. This is Moses. Do you know who the pretty lady is? She is an Egyptian princess, Pharʹaoh’s own daughter.

የሙሴ እናት ልጅዋ በግብፃውያን እንዲገደል ስላልፈለገች ሦስት ወር እስኪሞላው ድረስ ደብቃ አቆየችው። ይሁን እንጂ ሙሴን ሊያገኙት እንደሚችሉ ስላወቀች እርሱን ከሞት ለማዳን ስትል የሚከተለውን ነገር አደረገች።
Moses’ mother hid her baby until he was three months old, because she didn’t want him to be killed by the Egyptians. But she knew that Moses might be found, so this is what she did to save him.

በሣጥን መልክ የተዘጋጀ ቅርጫት ወሰደችና ውኃ እንዳያስገባ አድርጋ ሠራችው። ከዚያም ሙሴን እዚያ ውስጥ አስገባችውና በናይል ወንዝ አጠገብ ረጃጅም ሣር ባለበት ቦታ አስቀመጠችው። የሙሴ እህት ሚርያም በአቅራቢያው ቆማ የሚሆነውን ሁኔታ እንድትከታተል ታዝዛ ነበር።
She took a basket and fixed it so that no water would leak in. Then she put Moses into it, and placed the basket in the tall grass along the Nile River. Moses’ sister, Mirʹi·am, was told to stand nearby and see what would happen.

ብዙም ሳይቆይ የፈርዖን ሴት ልጅ ልትታጠብ ወደ ናይል ወንዝ መጣች። ድንገት ይህን ቅርጫት በረጃጅም ሣር መካከል ተቀምጦ አየችው። ከአገልጋዮችዋ መካከል አንዷን ጠርታ ‘ሂጂና ያንን ቅርጫት አምጪልኝ’ አለቻት። ልዕልቷ ቅርጫቱን ስትከፍተው አንድ ቆንጆ ሕፃን አየች! ሕፃኑ ሙሴ እያለቀሰ ነበር፤ ልዕልቲቱ አዘነችለት። እንዲገደል አልፈለገችም።
Soon Pharʹaoh’s daughter came down to the Nile River to bathe. Suddenly she saw the basket in the tall grass. She called to one of her servant girls: ‘Go get that basket for me.’ When the princess opened the basket, what a beautiful baby she saw! Little Moses was crying, and the princess felt sorry for him. She didn’t want to have him killed.

ከዚያ በኋላ ሚርያም ወደ እነርሱ ተጠጋች። ሚርያም የፈርዖንን ሴት ልጅ ‘ሕፃኑን የምታጠባልሽ እስራኤላዊት ሴት ልጥራልሽ?’ ብላ ጠየቀቻት።
Then Mirʹi·am came up. Mirʹi·am asked Pharʹaoh’s daughter: ‘Shall I go and call an Israelite woman to nurse the baby for you?’

ልዕልቲቱም ‘እባክሽን፣ ጥሪልኝ’ አለቻት።
‘Please do,’ the princess said.

ሚርያም ለእናቷ ለመንገር እየሮጠች ሄደች። የሙሴ እናት ወደ ልዕልቲቱ ስትመጣ ልዕልቲቱ ‘ይህን ሕፃን ውሰጂና አጥቢልኝ፤ ያሳደግሽበትን ዋጋ እከፍልሻለሁ’ አለቻት።
So Mirʹi·am ran quickly to tell her mother. When Moses’ mother came to the princess, the princess said: ‘Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.’

ስለዚህ የሙሴ እናት የራሷን ልጅ ማሳደግ ጀመረች። ከጊዜ በኋላ ሙሴ በደንብ ሲያድግ እናቱ ሙሴን የራስዋ ልጅ አድርጋ ለወሰደችው ለፈርዖን ልጅ ሰጠቻት። ሙሴ በፈርዖን ቤት ሊያድግ የቻለው በዚህ መንገድ ነበር።
So Moses’ mother took care of her own child. Later when Moses was old enough, she took him to Pharʹaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. That is how Moses came to grow up in the house of Pharʹaoh.

የመለማመጃ ጥያቄዎች / Practice Questions
1. የሙሴ እናት ሕፃኑን ለስንት ወር ደበቀችው?
(For how many months did Moses' mother hide the baby?)
2. ሕፃኑን ከወንዝ ውስጥ ያወጣችው ማን ነች?
(Who pulled the baby out of the river?)
3. የሙሴ እህት ስም ማን ይባላል?
(What is the name of Moses' sister?)