iEksodus 1:1 Ngawo la amagama oonyana bakaSirayeli, ababengenayo Jiphethe; weza elowo nendlu yakhe noYakobi. 1:2 uRubhen, noSimon, noLevi, noYuda; 1:3 uIsakare, noZebhulon, noBhenjamin; 1:4 uDan, noNafetali, noGadi, noAshere. 1:5 Iyonke imiphefumlo eyaphumayo esinqeni sikaYakobi yayingamashumi asixhenxe ngokuba uYosefu ebeseleseYiputa. 1:6 Wafa ke uYosefu, nabazalwana bakhe bonke, naso sonke eso sizukulwana. 1:7 Baqhama oonyana bakaSirayeli, banda kakhulu; Wanda, waba namandla ngokuncamisileyo; lazala ilizwe bona. 1:8 Ke kaloku kwavela ukumkani omtsha phezu kweYiputa, owayengamazi uYosefu. 1:9 Wathi ebantwini bakhe, Yabonani, abantu boonyana bakaYehu USirayeli baninzi kwaye unamandla kunathi. 1:10 Yizani silumke kubo; Hleze bande, ize ukuze kuthi, kwakuthe kwabakho imfazwe, bathelele nathi nize nilwe nathi, nize ke ninyuke niphume elizweni. 1:11 Bamisa phezu kwabo abaqhubi-kalukhuni babantu, ukuze babacinezele ngeento zabo imithwalo. Bamakhela uFaro izixeko ezingoovimba, iPitom neRameses. 1:12 Okukhona babatshutshisayo, kokukhona bandayo, banda. Kwaye baba buhlungu ngoonyana bakaSirayeli. 1:13 AmaYiputa ke abacinezela oonyana bakaSirayeli. 1:14 Babenza bakrakra ubomi babo ebukhobokeni obulukhuni, ngodaka nangaphakathi nakuwo wonke umsebenzi wasendle, nangawo wonke umsebenzi wabo. apho babekhonza khona, kwaba nzima. 1:15 Wathi ukumkani waseYiputa wathetha kubazalisikazi abangamaHebherekazi, igama labo igama lomnye belinguShifra, igama lomnye belinguPuwa; 1:16 wathi, Ekuzaliseni kwenu amaHebherekazi, naxa nizalayo zibonele phezu kwezitulo; ukuba ungunyana, nombulala; ukuba ke ngunyana makube yintombi, iphile. 1:17 Abazalisikazi boyika uThixo, abenza ngokomyalelo wokumkani waseYiputa wawasindisa, wawasindisa amadodana. 1:18 Wababiza ukumkani waseYiputa abazalisikazi, wathi kubo, Yini na? Niyenzile na le nto, basisindisa oonyana? 1:19 Bathi abazalisikazi kuFaro, kuba amaHebherekazi akafanga abafazi baseYiputa; ngokuba baphilile, bayahlangulwa ungekafiki uYehova bangena kuwo abazalisikazi. 1:20 Ngoko uThixo wabenzela okulungileyo abazalisikazi. Banda abantu. waza waba namandla kakhulu. 1:21 Kwathi, ekubeni abazalisikazi bemoyika uThixo, wabenza izindlu. 1:22 UFaro wabawisela umthetho abantu bakhe bonke, wathi, Bonke oonyana abathe bazalwa; niziphose emlanjeni, nizisindise zonke iintombi.