So wawe arakurwanirira
Mbere y'intambara umutambyi abwira ingabo ngo zitatinya, kuko So wabo agenda kumwe na zo. Hanyuma abagabo bagasubizwa iwabo — inzu nshya, umurima mushya w'imizabibu, umugeni yasabye, cyangwa ubwoba busanzwe. Imijyi ibanza gusabwa amahoro, ndetse n'ingabo zigose umujyi ntizemerewe gutema ibiti byera imbuto.
20 1Nujya kurwana n'abanzi bawe ukabona amafarasi n'amagare y'intambara n'ingabo nyinshi kukurusha, ntuzabatinye, kuko So wawe ari kumwe nawe, we wagukuye mu gihugu cya Misiri. 2Igihe mugiye gutangira intambara, umutambyi azegera avugane n'abantu. 3Azababwire ati: “Yumva Isiraheli: uyu munsi mugiye kurwana n'abanzi banyu. Ntimucike intege, ntimutinye, ntimushye ubwoba, ntimukangarane imbere yabo, 4kuko So wanyu agendana namwe, kurwanya abanzi banyu abarwanirire no kubaha gutsinda.”
5Hanyuma abatware bazabwire abantu bati: “Hari uwubatse inzu nshya atarayeguriye Imana? Nasubire iwe, kugira ngo atazicwa mu ntambara undi akayegurira. 6Hari uwateye imizabibu ntarasarura imbuto zayo? Nasubire iwe, kugira ngo atazicwa mu ntambara undi akazirya. 7Hari uwasabye umugore atarawushyingirwa? Nasubire iwe, kugira ngo atazicwa mu ntambara undi mugabo akamurongora.” 8Abatware bazongere kubwira abantu bati: “Hari ufite ubwoba akaba yacitse intege? Nasubire iwe, kugira ngo imitima ya bene se itacika intege nk'iye.” 9Abatware bamara kuvugana n'abantu, bazashyiraho abatware b'ingabo kubayobora.
10Nimusatira umujyi ngo muwurwanye, mubanze muwusabe amahoro. 11Niwemera amahoro ukabakingurira, abaturage bawo bose bazababere inkoreragahato bakubakorere. 12Ariko niwanga amahoro ukawurwanya, uzawugote. 13Igihe So wanyu azawubagabiza, abagabo bawo bose muzabice n'inkota. 14Ariko abagore n'abana n'amatungo n'ibindi byose biri muri uwo mujyi, ari yo minyago yawo yose, muzabyinyage mwisahurire, kandi murye iminyago y'abanzi banyu, iyo So wanyu yabahaye. 15Imijyi yose iri kure, itari mu mijyi y'aya mahanga, muzayigenze mutyo. 16Ariko mu mijyi y'aya moko So wanyu abaha ho umurage, ntimuzasige ikintu gihumeka n'icyo ari cyo cyose kibayeho. 17Ahubwo muzabatsembe rwose, ari bo Abaheti, Abamori, Abanyakanāni, Abaperizi, Abahivi n'Abayebuzi, nk'uko So wanyu yabategetse, 18kugira ngo batazabigisha kwigana ibizira byose bakorera ibigirwamana byabo, bikabatuma mucumura imbere ya So wanyu.
19Nugota umujyi igihe kirekire, ukawurwanya kugira ngo uwigarurire, ntuzarimbure ibiti byawo ubitema n'ishoka. Ushobora kurya ku byo, ariko ntuzabitembagaze. Kuko ibiti byo mu gasozi atari abantu, ngo bifatwe nk'umwanzi wawe. 20Ushobora gutema gusa ibiti uzi ko bidariwa, kugira ngo wubake ibyo kugota umujyi uri kukurwanya, kugeza ubwo uzawutsinda.