Kuva 1: 1 Ayo ni yo mazina y'Abisirayeli, yinjiye Misiri; abantu bose n'umuryango we bazanye na Yakobo. 1 Rubeni, Simeyoni, Lewi, n'u Buyuda, 1: 3 Isakari, Zebuluni, na Benyamini, 1: 4 Dan, na Nafutali, Gadi na Asheri. 1: 5 Ubugingo bwose bwavuye mu rukenyerero rwa Yakobo bwari mirongo irindwi roho: kuko Yozefu yari muri Egiputa. 1: 6 Yosefu arapfa, n'abavandimwe be bose, n'ibisekuruza byose. 1: 7 Abayisraheli barabyara, baragwira cyane, kandi yagwiriye, kandi ibishashara birenze imbaraga; igihugu kiruzura bo. 1: 8 Haca havuka umwami mushya ku Misiri, utazi Yozefu. 1: 9 Abwira ubwoko bwe ati: “Dore ubwoko bw'abana Isiraheli iraturusha imbaraga: 1:10 Ngwino, dukore neza nabo; kugira ngo batagwira, kandi biza kurengana, ngo, iyo habaye intambara iyo ari yo yose, bifatanya natwe iwacu abanzi, bakaturwanya, bityo ubakure mu gihugu. 1:11 Ni cyo cyatumye babashyiraho abayobozi bashinzwe kubabaza ibyabo imitwaro. Bubaka Farawo imigi yubutunzi, Pitomu na Raamses. 1:12 Ariko uko barushagaho kubababaza, niko barushagaho kwiyongera no gukura. Kandi barababajwe n'Abisirayeli. 1:13 Abanyamisiri batuma Abisiraheli bakorana umurava: 1:14 Kandi ubuzima bwabo bwarakaje n'ubucakara bukomeye, muri morter, no muri amatafari, kandi muburyo bwose bwa serivisi mumurima: serivisi zabo zose, aho babakoreraga, yari afite ubukana. 1:15 Umwami wa Egiputa abwira ababyaza b'Abaheburayo, izina ryabo umwe yari Shipra, n'izina ry'undi Puah: 1:16 Na we ati: "Iyo mukoreye umubyaza ku bagore b'Abaheburayo, kandi kubareba ku ntebe; Niba ari umuhungu, uzamwice: ariko niba azabe umukobwa, noneho azabaho. 1:17 Ariko ababyaza batinyaga Imana, ntibabikora nk'uko umwami wa Egiputa yabitegetse bo, ariko yakijije abagabo abana bazima. 1:18 Umwami wa Egiputa ahamagaza ababyaza, arababwira ati “Kubera iki wakoze iki kintu, ukiza abana b'abana bazima? 1:19 Ababyaza babwira Farawo, Kuberako Abagore b'Abaheburayo batameze Abanyamisiri; kuberako ari bazima, kandi bagatangwa mbere y ababyaza baza aho ari. 1:20 Ni yo mpamvu Imana yakoranye neza n'ababyaza, abantu baragwira, kandi yarakomeye cyane. 1:21 Buraba, kubera ko ababyaza batinyaga Imana, ko yabaremye amazu. 1:22 Farawo ategeka ubwoko bwe bwose, ati: "Umwana wese wavutse." Uzajugunya mu ruzi, umukobwa wese uzarokore ari muzima.