Ekesode 1 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

MVIDI MUKULU UDI UPATULA BENA IZRAYELE MU EJIPITU Bena Izrayele badi mu bupika mu Ejipitu

¹ Bana ba balume ba Izrayele bavuaye mufike nabu mu Ejipitu, muana yonsu ne bena diku diende, badi nunku:

² Rubene, Shimeyone, Levi, Yuda,

³ Isakare, Zebulone, Binyamine,

⁴ Dane, Naftali, Ngade ne Ashere.

⁵ Ndelanganyi ya Yakobe yonsu ivua bantu makumi muanda mutekete. Amu Yozefe uvua mumane kudianjila mu Ejipitu.

⁶ Kadi Yozefe ne bana babu bonsu bavua Yakobe mubuele nabu mu Ejipitu kufuabu.

⁷ Pashishe ndelanganyi ya bena Izrayele kutanta, kuvulangana kupita bungi mu Ejipitu. Kushalabu bantu ba bukole.

⁸ Mukalenga mupiamupia, uvua kayi mumanye Yozefe, kudia bukalenga mu Ejipitu.

⁹ Mukalenga kuambila bantu bende ne: — Bena Izrayele aba mbapite bungi, kabidi mbantu ba bukole.

¹⁰ Nanku, tukebayi mushindu wa kubapumbisha bua kabavudianganyi to. Tshianana pafika bena mvita, badi mua kudisanga ne bena lukuna betu bua kutuluisha, pashishe kumuka mu ditunga.

¹¹ Bena Ejipitu kusungula bamfumu ba mudimu bavua ne bua kuenzeja bena Izrayele mudimu mukole bua kubatekesha. Bena Izrayele kuashila Mukalenga wa bena Ejipitu tshimenga tshia Pitome ne tshia Ramsese bua balaminemu bintu biende.

¹² Kadi pa wabu bakengesha bena Izrayele nanku, bavua amu bavulangana mu ditunga dijima. Bena Ejipitu bamona nanku, kutshinabu bena Izrayele bikole.

¹³ Kubenzejabu mudimu wa bupika ne tshikisu tshipite bukole.

¹⁴ Bena Izrayele kusopa buloba kuenza madiotu, kudimina bena Ejipitu madimi. Mu tshikosu, bena Ejipitu kubenzeja midimu ya mishindu yonsu ne tshikisu.

Mukalenga wa bena Ejipitu udi ukengesha bena Izrayele

¹⁵ Mukalenga wa bena Ejipitu kuambila Shifra ne Puwa, baleleshi ba bena Ebrewu ne:

¹⁶ — Panudi nulelesha bakaji ba bena Ebrewu, nutangile bimpe mushindu udi muana. Pikalaye wa balume numushipe, pikalaye wa bakaji numulekele ne muoyi.

¹⁷ Kadi baleleshi bavua batshina Mvidi Mukulu. Nanku kubengabu diyi dia mukalenga wa bena Ejipitu. Kulekelabu bana ba balume ne muoyi.

¹⁸ Ke mukalenga wa bena Ejipitu kubabikila, ubakonka ne: — Nudi benze nenku bualu kayi? Nudi balekela bana ba balume ne muoyi bua tshinyi?

¹⁹ Baleleshi kuandamuna ne: — Bakaji ba bena Ebrewu badi ne bukole bua bungi, bapite ba bena Ejipitu. Badi badilelela nkayabu, katuyi banji kufika.

²⁰ Nanku bena Izrayele kuvulangana, kushala bantu bakole. Mvidi Mukulu kusankisha baleleshi abu,

²¹ kubapesha bana ba bungi, bualu bavua bamutshina.

²² Kadi mukalenga wa bena Ejipitu, kuambila bantu bende bonsu ne: — Muana wa balume yonsu udi bena Izrayele balele, numuele mu musulu wa Nile. Nulekele anu bana ba bakaji ne muoyi.