Eksodusi 1
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Kwandza kwema-Israyeli eGibhithe
1 Nankha-ke emabito emadvodzana aka-Israyeli laya eGibhithe ahamba neyise Jakobe, nguleyo naleyo ndvodzana beyihamba nemndeni wakayo: 2bekuboRubeni, naSimeyoni, naLevi, naJuda, 3na-Isakhari, naZebuloni, naBhenjamini, 4naDani, naNaftali, naGadi, na-Asheri. 5 Sewuwonkhe umndeni wakaJakobe wawubantfu lababengema-70. Phela Josefa abesavele aseGibhithe. 6Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi boJosefa, nabomnakabo, nalo lonkhe lelo butfo labo, lafa laphela. 7 Kodvwa titukulwane tabo, ema-Israyeli, tatalana, tandza, taba nemandla kakhulu, kangangobe live laseGibhithe lase ligcwele tona.
Kugcilatwa kwema-Israyeli
8 Kwase kubekwa inkhosi lensha eGibhithe, leyayingati lutfo ngaJosefa. 9Yacaphelisa bantfu bayo, yatsi: “Bukani la, lama-Israyeli asandza kakhulu lapha eveni letfu, kantsi futsi anemandla kakhulu kunatsi, asayingoti kitsi. 10 Ase siwabuke ngalamanye emehlo, sente lisu, funa andze kakhulu, ngobe nakungesuka imphi, angahle asite letitsa tetfu, bese ayabaleka kulelive.” 11Ngako-ke emaGibhithe agcilata ema-Israyeli ngekuwabekela tindvuna letatiwashayela njengetinkhabi, tiwahlupha ngekuwetfwesa imitfwalo lematima. Ema-Israyeli akhela boFaro iPhithomu neRamsesi lekwakutingungumadolobha. 12Kodvwa kuwahlupha nekuwacindzetela lama-Israyeli kwawenta andza kakhulu, andza nalo lonkhe live. EmaGibhithe acala kuwesaba ema-Israyeli. 13 Ngako-ke emaGibhithe asebentisa sive sema-Israyeli ngesihluku; 14imphilo yawo ayenta yababa ngekuwagcilata kamatima: awabhucisa ludzaka, awafolomisa netitini, awentisa yonkhe inhlobo yemisebenti yasemasimini. Kuko konkhe labekwenta emaGibhithe asebentisa ema-Israyeli kamatima.
15Inkhosi yaseGibhithe yakhuluma kuboShifra naPhuwa, labo bekubabelekisi bebafati bemaHebheru, yatsi: 16“Nanibelekisa bafati bemaHebheru, kubotsi luswane nalungumfana nilubulale, kodvwa naluyintfombatane ningalubulali.” 17Kodvwa babelekisi besaba Nkulunkulu, ngako abazange bawente lomyalo wenkhosi, babengatibulali letinswane letibafana. 18Ngako-ke inkhosi yababita lababelekisi, yababuta yatsi: “Nikwentelani loku? Anitibulali ngani letinswane letibafana?”
19Babelekisi bayiphendvula inkhosi batsi: “Bafati bemaHebheru abafanani nebafati bemaGibhithe. Bafati bemaHebheru banemandla, babeleka masinyane umbelekisi asengakefiki.” 20Ngako-ke Nkulunkulu waba nemusa kulababelekisi. Ema-Israyeli andza kakhulu, adlanga kuba nemandla. 21Njengobe lababelekisi bamesaba Nkulunkulu, yena wabapha imiti. 22 Ngako-ke Faro wayala bonkhe bantfu bakhe, watsi: “Lonkhe luswane lwemHebheru lolungumfana lubotsi nalutalwa nilugcumukisele emfuleni iNayili, kodvwa luswane loluyintfombatane niboluyekela luphile.”
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