Baiziraela banodziyidziwa mu Egipiti
1 Awa ndiwo mazina e bakololo ba Jakubo bakayenda naye ku Egipiti, mmwe ne mmwe ne nsha uwe. 2 Ndi Rubheni na Simiyoni na Levi na Juda, 3 Isakari na Zebuluni na Bhenjamini, 4 Dani na Nafutali, Gadi na Asha. 5 Bose be lutshinga gwa Jakubo mbalo yabo yakabe ili makumi ali kutendeka (70). Josefa iye wakabe ali ku Egipiti kale. 6 Ngono Josefa kafa ne bakololo ba tate babe bose ne tjizekugwana tjitje tjose. 7 Koga Baiziraela bakabe bana mbeleko bewanda ngolibilidza. Bakawanda bakabe banjinji, bakasima, ngono bakazhala shango.
8 Ngono kukabepo Mambo mu Egipiti usingazibe tjimwe ngekwa Josefa. 9 Kadwa bathu babe kati, “Bonani, Baiziraela banjisa naiko bakasima kutipinda. 10 Buyani tibalukile mano, banodwa bewanda bebe beti mu nsi ungabe ne ngwa bezwibhatshanya ne zwita zwedu begwa naswi bekotizha bebhuda mu shango iyeyi.” 11 Ndizo bakabe bebapa bashingisi kubadziyidza nge kubakombeledza kushinga mishingo inolema. Baiziraela bakabakila Faro mizi ye matula, Pitomu ne Ramese. 12 Koga kudziyidziwa kwabo kwakati kukula, bakawanda kunyanyisa bakaandama kwakayita kuti Baegipiti batje Baiziraela. 13 Ndizo Baegipiti bakashingisa Baiziraela kunolema kwakapindilila basingabahwile ngoni, 14 bakathama butjilo gwabo gukabipa nge kubashingisa kunolema bevangisiwa daka ne kuthamisiwa zwitina nenge nshingo mmwe ne mmwe mu minda. Baegipiti bakabe basina ngoni mu mishingo yose inolema yabakabe bebashingisa.
15 Mambo we Egipiti kadwa batshibamisi be Bahebheru, Shifura na Puva kati, 16 “Muti mushinga nshingo wenyu mutshibamisa bakadzi be Bahebheru, bati besununguka, ha mwana ali mbisana mu mbulaye, koga ha ali mwanadi musimbulaye.” 17 Koga batshibamisi ibaba bakabe betja Ndzimu, ngono bakasitongo thama tjabakadwiwa ndi Mambo we Egipiti, bakasibulaye balisana. 18 Ndizo Mambo we Egipiti kadana batshibamisi kababhuzwa kati, “Ini makathama saikoku muletja balisana betjila?”
19 Batshibamisi bakadwa Faro bakati, “Bakadzi be Bahebheru abatonga bakadzi be Egipiti, banotshibama nge bulelu batshibamisi basathu bakaswika pabali.” 20 Ndizo Ndzimu ukabhata batshibamisi zubuyanana, ne bathu bakawanda bakasima kwazo. 21 Ngono se batshibamisi bakabe betja Ndzimu, ndizo Ndzimu ukabathamila zwakanaka ukabapa misha. 22 Ipapo Faro kadwa bathu babe kati, “Mbisana mmwe ne mmwe we Nhebheru wazwagwa munlashile mu gwizi gwe Naili, koga muletje mwanadi mmwe ne mmwe atjile.”
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