Eksodusi 1:1 Manje lawa amagama abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, abangena iGibhithe; wonke umuntu nendlu yakhe beza noJakobe. 1:2 oRubeni, noSimeyoni, noLevi, noJuda, 1:3 u-Isakare, noZebuloni, noBenjamini, 1:4 uDani, noNafetali, noGadi, no-Asheri. 1:5 Futhi yonke imiphefumulo eyaphuma okhalweni lukaJakobe yayingamashumi ayisikhombisa imiphefumulo: ngokuba uJosefa wayeseGibithe. 1:6 UJosefa wafa, nabo bonke abafowabo, naso sonke leso sizukulwane. 1:7 Futhi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bazala, futhi anda kakhulu, futhi wanda, waba namandla amakhulu; izwe lagcwala bona. 1:8 Manje kwavela inkosi entsha phezu kweGibhithe, eyayingamazi uJosefa. 1:9 Wathi kubantu bakhe: "Bheka, abantu babantwana bakwa U-Israyeli mkhulu futhi unamandla kunathi. 1:10 Wozani, masibenzele ngokuhlakanipha; funa bande, bese kufika ukuze kuthi, nxa kuvuka impi, bahlanganyele nathi izitha, nilwe nathi, futhi kanjalo nikhuphuke niphume ezweni. 1:11 Ngakho bamisa phezu kwabo izinduna zemisebenzi ukuze babahluphe ngezenzo zabo imithwalo. Bamakhela uFaro imizi eyingcebo, iPithomu neRamesesi. 1:12 Kodwa lapho babahlupha kakhulu, kulapho banda futhi bakhula. Futhi badabuka ngenxa yabantwana bakoIsrayeli. 1:13 AbaseGibithe benza abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bakhonze kanzima. 1:14 Benza ukuphila kwabo kwaba munyu ngobugqila obunzima, odakeni, nangaphakathi isitini, nakuzo zonke izinhlobo zenkonzo yasendle, yonke imisebenzi yabo, lapho ababebenze bakhonze khona, lalilukhuni. 1:15 Inkosi yaseGibithe yakhuluma kubabelethisi bamaHeberu, igama layo igama lomunye lalinguShifra, igama lomunye lalinguPhuwa; 1:16 Wathi, "Nxa nizalisa amaHeberukazi, futhi babone phezu kwezihlalo; uma kuyindodana, niyibulale; kube yindodakazi, khona-ke iyakuphila. 1:17 Kodwa ababelethisi babemesaba uNkulunkulu, futhi akenzanga njengoba inkosi yaseGibhithe yayiyalile kodwa wasindisa amadodana abantwana. 1:18 Inkosi yaseGibithe yayisibiza ababelethisi, yathi kubo: "Kungani Seniyenzile le nto, nasindisa amadodana na? 1:19 Ababelethisi bathi kuFaro: "Ngokuba abesifazane bamaHeberu abanjengawe." abesifazane baseGibithe; ngoba bayaphila, futhi bayakhululwa phambi kukaJehova bangene kubo ababelethisi. 1:20 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabenzela okuhle ababelethisi, futhi abantu banda. futhi waba namandla kakhulu. 1:21 Kwathi, ngokuba ababelethisi babemesaba uNkulunkulu, wabenza izindlu. 1:22 UFaro wabayala bonke abantu bakhe, wathi: "Bonke abafana abazalwayo." niyakuphonsa emfuleni, nawo onke amadodakazi niwasindise.