Okuruga 5 - Ebibulia 2001

Musa na Aroni omwa Farao

¹ Ahanyuma Musa na Aroni bagenda owa Farao bamugambira bati, “Omukama Ruhanga wa Isiraeli nagamba ati, ‘Otaishure abantu bange bagende kunkolera ekiro kikuru omw'irungu.’ ”

² Kyonkai Farao agamba ati, “Omukama ogwo n'ohai inye kumuhulira nkataishura Abaisiraeli? Inye Omukama ogwo tindikumumanya, mara kandi Abaisiraeli tindikubataishura.”

³ Musa na Aroni bamuhorora bati, “Ruhanga w'Abaheburania atubonekeire. Iwe otuleke tugende orugendo rw'ebiro bishatu omw'irungu, tutambire Omukama Ruhanga waitu ebitambo, atakwija akatunaga omu kibundo anga omu ndashana.”

⁴ Kyonkai omukama wa Misiri abagambira ati, “Iwe Musa na Aroni, kubaki nimwihya abantu aha milimo? Mugarukeyo mukore.

⁵ Nimubona okwo abantu aba bali bangi nimushuba nimubanafaza, nimubaihya aha milimo yabo.”

⁶ Kir'ekyo kyonene Farao aragira abanyampara b'embaga n'abalebelezi babo ati,

⁷ “Mutakiha bantu binyasi bya kukoza matofari nk'orwa mbere; mubaleke bagende babyehigire.

⁸ Kandi amatofari mubakoze gangi nk'obubere; aha rw'okuba banafu. Tibaina mulimo gumazire nikyo balikwombera bati, ‘Tugende kutambira Ruhanga waitu ekitambo.’

⁹ Mubahe emilimo egumire kushagaho, bahendeke, mara baleke kugyaho kuhuliliza ebishuba.”

¹⁰ Aho abanyampara n'abalebelezi bashohora bagambira abantu abo bati, “Farao nagamba ati, ‘Timbahe binyasi.

¹¹ Mugende inywe nywenene mwehigire ebinyasi hona hona mbali murabishanga; kandi amatofari mubumbe gangi nk'obubere.’ ”

¹² Kityo abantu bemalira Misiri yona kushombokya ebishagate aha mwanya gw'ebinyasi.

¹³ Abanyampara bakaliliza bati, “Mugobye amatofari aga buli kiro, nk'orwo ebinyasi bibaire biliho.”

¹⁴ Abanyampara ba Farao batera abalebelezi abo babaire bataireho, nibababaza bati, “Kubaki mutagobya rubara rwanyu rwona rwa matofari nk'obubere?”

¹⁵ Nikwo abalebelezi abo b'Abaisiraeli kugya bakatakira Farao bati, “Kubaki notugir'oti?

¹⁶ Tibalikutuha binyasi, nibashuba nibatugambira bati, ‘Mubumbe amatofari!’ Nibashuba nibatutera; kyonkai omushango guli omu bantu bawe.”

¹⁷ Farao nawe ati, “Muli banafu, muli banafu; nikyo mulikwekwatiliza muti, ‘Tugende tutambire Omukama ekitambo.’

¹⁸ Iroko mugaruke aha mulimo, ebinyasi tibalikubibaha, kandi orubara rw'amatofali rwonene rwonene murugobye.”

¹⁹ Aho abalebelezi b'Abaisiraeli babona okwo bali omu kabi, orwo Farao yabagambire ati, “Orubara rwanyu rw'amatofali orwa buli kiro murugobye rwona.”

²⁰ Orwo barugiire owa Farao bagoba ahali Musa na Aroni, bakaba babalinzire.

²¹ Babagambira bati, “Omukama yabona ebyo mwakora. Ababonabonyie aha rw'okuba n'inywe mwatubonesa enaku ahali Farao n'abaramatabe. Mwabaha mbali barayekwasa kutwita.”

Musa omu mashoberwa

²² Aho Musa ashuba aha Mukama agamba ati, “Waitu Mukama, kubaki wakora kubi abantu bawe aba? Kubaki ozilize kuntuma?

²³ Aha rw'okuba kwema nyizire kugambira Farao omw'ibara lyawe, akozire kubi abantu aba, mara toina ky'okozire kubajuna nakati!”