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.