Ana a Yakobo mu Igupto

Kukhala nthawi yaitali kwa Israeli ku Igupto kumasanduka ukapolo. Atate wathu akuutsa Mose, akuthyola Farao ndi miliri khumi, akugawa nyanja, ndi kutsogolera anthu ku Phiri la Sinai—kumene akudzimanga nawo m'pangano ndi kubwera kudzakhala pakati pawo.

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Awa ndi mayina a ana a Isiraeli amene anadza ku Igupto pamodzi ndi Yakobo, aliyense ndi banja lake: Rubeni, Simeoni, Levi, ndi Yuda, Isakara, Zebuloni, ndi Benjamini, Dani ndi Nafitali, Gadi ndi Aseri. Onse amene anachokera mwa Yakobo anali anthu makumi asanu ndi awiri; Yosefe anali kale mu Igupto. Ndipo Yosefe anamwalira, ndi abale ake onse, ndi mʼbadwo onse uja. Koma anthu a Isiraeli anabala, nachuluka, nawanda, nakhala amphamvu kwambiri, kotero kuti dziko linadzala nao.

Ndipo mfumu yatsopano inayamba kulamulira mu Igupto, imene sinamdziwe Yosefe. Iye anati kwa anthu ake, “Taonani, Aisiraeli ndi ochuluka ndi amphamvu kuposa ife. Bwerani, tiwachenjerere, kuopera kuti angachuluke, ndipo ngati nkhondo ibwera, adzagwirizana ndi adani athu, nadzamenyana nafe, nadzachoka mʼdziko.” Choncho anaika akapitawo pa iwo kuti awazunze ndi ntchito yokakamiza, namanga mizinda ya nkhokwe ya Farao: Pitomu ndi Ramesesi. Koma pamene Aigupto anawapsinja kwambiri, ndiye Aisiraeli anachuluka nafalikira, kotero kuti Aigupto anaopa anthu a Isiraeli. Choncho Aigupto anagwiritsa ntchito anthu a Isiraeli monga akapolo mwankhanza. Anawawawitsa moyo wawo ndi ntchito yolemetsa ya matope ndi njerwa ndi ntchito zonse zamʼmunda. Mu ntchito yawo yonse yolemetsa, Aigupto anawagwiritsa ntchito mwankhanza.

Ndipo mfumu ya Igupto inati kwa azamba a Chihebri, wina dzina lake Sifira, ndi winayo Puwa, “Pamene muthandiza akazi a Chihebri pobereka, muyangʼane pa mpando wobereka: ngati ndi mwana wamwamuna, muphe; koma ngati ndi mwana wamkazi, muleke akhale ndi moyo.” Koma azamba aja anaopa Atate wathu wa Kumwamba, ndipo sanachite monga mfumu ya Igupto inawalamulira; analeka ana aamuna kuti akhale ndi moyo. Choncho mfumu ya Igupto inayitana azamba aja, nati kwa iwo, “Chifukwa chiyani mwachita zimenezi, kuleka ana aamuna kuti akhale ndi moyo?”

Azamba anamuwuza Farao, “Akazi a Chihebri sali ngati akazi a Chigupto—ndi amphamvu, amabereka mzamba asanafike.”

Choncho Atate wathu anawachitira zabwino azamba aja, ndipo anthu anachuluka, nakhala amphamvu kwambiri. Ndipo chifukwa azamba aja anaopa Atate wathu, Iye anawapatsa mabanja awoawo. Ndipo Farao analamula anthu ake onse, nati, “Mwana aliyense wamwamuna wobadwa kwa Ahebri, mumponye mu mtsinje wa Nailo, koma mwana aliyense wamkazi, muleke akhale ndi moyo.”