Abana ba Yakobo mu Misiri

Kuba kw'Abisiraheli mu Misiri igihe kirekire bihinduka inkoreragahato. Data wa twese ahagurutsa Musa, amena umwami wa Misiri abinyujije mu byorezo cumi, agabanya inyanja, maze ayobora abantu kugeza ku musozi wa Sinayi—aho yiyemeza kuri bo mu isezerano, akaza gutura hagati muri bo.

Igice cya 1.

Aya ni yo mazina y'abana ba Isiraheli bajyanye na Yakobo mu Misiri, buri wese n'abo mu rugo rwe: Rubeni na Simeyoni na Levi na Yuda, Isakari na Zabuloni na Benyamini, Dani na Nafutali, Gadi na Ashēri. Abakomotse kuri Yakobo bose hamwe bari abantu mirongo irindwi, naho Yozefu we yari asanzwe ari mu Misiri. Nuko Yozefu arapfa, na bene se bose, n'abo mu gisekuru cyabo bose. Ariko Abisiraheli bararumbuka, bagwira benshi, bororoka, bakomera cyane, bityo igihugu kibuzuramo.

Icyo gihe haza undi mwami mushya mu Misiri utari uzi Yozefu. Abwira abantu be ati: “Dore Abisiraheli baratwarushije ubwinshi n'imbaraga. Nimuze tubagirire uburyo bw'ubwenge, kugira ngo batagwira, kandi hagize intambara iza bakadufatanya n'abanzi bacu, bakadutera, hanyuma bagahunga bakava mu gihugu.” Nuko babashyiriraho abagenzuzi b'imirimo kugira ngo babababaze bakoreshwa imirimo y'agahato, maze bubakira umwami wa Misiri imijyi y'ububiko: Pitomu na Ramesesi. Ariko uko Abanyamisiri bakomezaga kubakandamiza, ni ko Abisiraheli barushagaho kugwira no gukwira hose, bituma Abanyamisiri batinya Abisiraheli bashya ubwoba. Bityo Abanyamisiri bakoresha Abisiraheli imirimo y'agahato batababariye, babaheza mu buzima bubi bababuza umunezero bakoresheje imirimo iremereye yo kuvanga isima no kubumba amatafari, n'imirimo yose yo mu masambu. Muri iyo mirimo yabo yose y'agahato, Abanyamisiri babakoreshaga nta mbabazi.

Nuko umwami wa Misiri abwira ababyaza b'Abaheburayi, umwe yitwaga Shifura n'undi yitwaga Puwa, ati: “Nimufasha abagore b'Abaheburayi babyara, mwitegereze igihe barimo babyara: nibaba babyaye umuhungu, muzamwice, ariko nibaba babyaye umukobwa we muzamureke abeho.” Ariko ababyaza batinya Data wa twese uri mu ijuru, ntibakora nk'uko umwami wa Misiri yari yarabategetse, ahubwo bareka abahungu barabaho. Nuko umwami wa Misiri ahamagaza ababyaza arababaza ati: “Kuki mwakoze ibi, mukareka abahungu bakabaho?”

Ababyaza basubiza umwami wa Misiri bati: “Abagore b'Abaheburayi ntibameze nk'ab'Abanyamisiri, bafite imbaraga, bakabyara mbere y'uko umubyaza agera iwabo.”

Nuko Data wa twese agirira neza ababyaza, maze abantu baragwira bakomera cyane. Kubera ko ababyaza batinyaga Data wa twese, abaha ingo zabo bwite. Nuko umwami wa Misiri ategeka abantu be bose ati: “Umuhungu wese uzavukira Abaheburayi muzamujugunye muri Nili, ariko umukobwa wese muzamureke abeho.”