UEksodusi 1 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Eksodusi 1 Ama-Israyeli eGibhithe njengezigqila

¹ Lawa angamagama abantwana bakwa-Israyeli abafika eGibithe; bonke beza noJakobe kanye nendlu yakhe.

² ORubeni, noSimeyoni, noLevi, noJuda,

³ u-Isakare, uZebuloni, noBenjamini,

⁴ uDani noNafetali, uGadi no-Asheri.

⁵ Yonke imiphefumulo eyaphuma okhalweni lukaJakobe yayiyimiphefumulo engamashumi ayisikhombisa, ngoba uJosefa wayeseGibhithe kakade.

⁶ UJosefa wafa kanye nabo bonke abafowabo naso sonke isizukulwane.

⁷ Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bazala, banda, banda, baba namandla kakhulu; izwe lagcwala bona.

⁸ Kwasekuvela inkosi entsha phezu kweGibhithe uJosefa ayengayazi.

⁹ Wathi kubantu bakhe: “Bhekani, abantu babantwana bakwa-Israyeli baningi, banamandla kunathi;

¹⁰ Wozani sibaphathe ngokuhlakanipha; ukuze bangande, futhi uma kuqubuka noma iyiphi impi, nabo bazihlanganisa nezitha zethu futhi balwe nathi futhi kanjalo bahoxe ezweni.

¹¹ Ngakho babeka phezu kwabo abaphathi bezisebenzi ukuze babacindezele ngemithwalo yabo. Bamakhela imizi eyingcebo uFaro, nePitomu, neRamesesi.

¹² Kodwa lapho bebacindezela kakhulu, kwayikhona banda, bakhula; Basebedabuka ngabantwana bakoIsrayeli.

¹³ AbaseGibithe benza abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bakhonza kalukhuni;

¹⁴ Bazenza zaba muncu ukuphila kwabo ngobugqila obulukhuni, ngokunameka, nangokufaka izitini, nangayo yonke imisebenzi yasensimini; yonke inkonzo yabo ababekhonza kuyo yayilukhuni.

¹⁵ Inkosi yaseGibithe yakhuluma kubabelethisi bamaHeberu, igama lomunye lalinguShifra, igama lomunye lalinguPhuwa;

¹⁶ Wasesithi: Uba ubelethisa amaHebherukazi, ubabona besesendle; uma kungumfana, nimbulale; kepha uma kuyindodakazi, iyakuphila.

¹⁷ Kepha ababelethisi babemesaba uNkulunkulu, abenzanga njengalokho inkosi yaseGibithe yayibayalile, bazala abafana.

¹⁸ Inkosi yaseGibithe yayisibiza ababelethisi, yathi kubo: “Nenzeleni lokho, navusa abafana na?

¹⁹ Ababelethisi base bethi kuFaro: “Ngokuba abafazi bamaHeberu abafani nabesifazane baseGibithe; ngokuba bayaphila, babelethile, ababelethisi bengakangeni kubo.

²⁰ Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabaphatha kahle ababelethisi, futhi abantu banda baba namandla kakhulu.

²¹ Futhi ngokuba ababelethisi babemesaba uNkulunkulu, wabenzela izindlu.

²² UFaro wayala bonke abantu bakhe, wathi: “Wonke amadodana azozalwa niwaphonse emfuleni iNayile, nawo wonke amadodakazi niwasindise ephila.