Abana ba Yakobo i Misiri

Ukuba kurekure kw'Abisirayeli muri Misiri guhinduka uburetwa. Data avyura Mose, avunagura Farawo n'ivyago cumi, akingura inyanja, arongora abantu ku Musozi Sinayi—aho yifatanya na bo mu isezerano, akaza kuba hagati muri bo.

Igice 1.

Aya ni yo mazina y’abana ba Isiraheli bazanye i Misiri na Yakobo, umwe wese n’umuryango wiwe: Rubeni, Simeyoni, Lewi na Yuda, Isakari, Zabuloni na Benyamini, Dani na Nafutali, Gadi na Asheri. Abakomotse kuri Yakobo bose hamwe bari abantu mirongo irindwi; Yozefu we yari amaze kuba i Misiri. Nuko Yozefu arapfa, na bene wabo bose, n’ab’iryo yaruka bose. Ariko abantu ba Isiraheli bararondoka, baragwira, baraluga, baba benshi cane, baragira inkomezi nyinshi, gushika aho igihugu cuzura bo.

Haza kwima umwami mushasha i Misiri, atari azi Yozefu. Abwira abantu biwe ati: “Ehe, Abisiraheli ni benshi kandi bafise inkomezi kuturusha. Nimuze tubagiririre uburyarya, kugira ngo ntibarusho kugwira, kandi niha haduka intambara, ntibaze bifatanye n’abansi bacu, batwiterere, maze bave mu gihugu.” Nuko baheta abakuru b’ibikorwa ngo babahahaze, bababoneshe igikorwa c’agahato, bubaka ibisagara vy’ububiko bwa Farawo: Pitomu na Ramesesi. Ariko uko Abanyamisiri bariko barabahahaza, ni ko Abisiraheli barushiriza kugwira no gukwiragira, gushika aho Abanyamisiri batinya abantu ba Isiraheli. Nuko Abanyamisiri bakoresha abantu ba Isiraheli imirimo y’uburetwa ata mbabazi. Baratuntubiza ubuzima bwabo n’igikorwa gikomeye co gukora intosho n’amatafari, n’imirimo yose yo mu masambu. Mu mirimo yabo yose ikomeye, Abanyamisiri bababonesha igikorwa ata mbabazi.

Nuko umwami wa Misiri abwira ababyaza b’Abaheburayo, umwe yitwa Shifura n’uwundi akitwa Puwa, ati: “Nimwaba muriko murabyaza abagore b’Abaheburayo, murabe ku ntebe y’ukubyarira: nimba ari umuhungu, mumwicishe; ariko nimba ari umukobwa, areke abeho.” Ariko ababyaza batinya Data wa twese uri mw’ijuru, ntibakora nk’uko umwami wa Misiri yari yabategetse; bareka abahungu barabaho. Nuko umwami wa Misiri ahamagara ababyaza, ababwira ati: “Ni kuki mukoze ibi, mukareka abahungu bakabaho?”

Ababyaza bishura Farawo bati: “Abagore b’Abaheburayo ntibameze nk’ab’Abanyamisiri, bo barakomeye, babyara umubyaza ataraza.”

Nuko Data wa twese agirira neza ababyaza, abantu baragwira, bagira inkomezi nyinshi cane. Kubera ko ababyaza batinya Data wa twese, abaha imiryango yabo bwite. Nuko Farawo ategeka abantu biwe bose ati: “Umuhungu wese azovukira Abaheburayo muzomujugunye muri Nili, mugabo umukobwa wese mureke abeho.”