Vanakomana vaJakobho muIjipiti
Kugara kwaIsraeri kwenguva refu muIjipiti kunoshanduka kuva uranda. Baba vedu vanomutsa Mozisi, vanoputsa Farao nenhamo gumi, vanozarura gungwa, uye vanotungamirira vanhu kuGomo reSinai—uko vanozvisunga kwavari musungano uye vanouya kuzogara pakati pavo.
1 1Aya ndiwo mazita avanakomana vaIsraeri vakauya kuIjipiti naJakobho, mumwe nomumwe neimba yake: 2Rubheni, Simeoni, Revhi, naJudha, 3Isakari, Zebhuruni, naBhenjamini, 4Dhani naNafutari, Gadhi naAsheri. 5Vose vakabva muchiuno chaJakobho vaiva vanhu makumi manomwe; Josefa akanga atova muIjipiti. 6Zvino Josefa akafa, nehama dzake dzose, uye chizvarwa icho chose. 7Asi vanhu vaIsraeri vakabereka, vakawanda zvikuru, vakawedzera, uye vakava nesimba kwazvo, kusvikira nyika yazara navo.
8Zvino mambo mutsva akatanga kutonga muIjipiti, akanga asingazivi Josefa. 9Akati kuvanhu vake, “Tarirai, vaIsraeri vawanda uye vava nesimba kupfuura isu. 10Uyai, ngativabatei nenzira yokungwara, kuti varege kuwanda, uye kana hondo ikauya, vangabatana navavengi vedu, vakarwa nesu, vakabva munyika.” 11Saka vakagadza vatariri vebasa pamusoro pavo kuti vavadzvinyirire nebasa rechibharo, vachivakira Faro maguta amatura: Pitomi neRamesesi. 12Asi pavakanyanya kuvadzvinyirira vaIjipiti, ndipo pavakanyanya kuwanda vaIsraeri nokupararira, kusvikira vaIjipiti vachitya vanhu vaIsraeri. 13Saka vaIjipiti vakashandisa vanhu vaIsraeri souranda nehasha. 14Vakaita kuti upenyu hwavo huvave nebasa rakaoma rematope nezvidhina nemabasa ose eminda. Pamabasa avo ose anorwadza vaIjipiti vakavashandisa nehasha.
15Zvino mambo weIjipiti akati kuna vananyamukuta vechiHebheru, mumwe ainzi Shifura uye mumwe Pua, 16“Kana muchibatsira vakadzi vechiHebheru pakubereka, tarirai pachigaro chokubereka: kana ari mukomana, mumuuraye; asi kana ari musikana, muregei ararame.” 17Asi vananyamukuta vakatya Baba vedu vari kudenga, uye havana kuita sezvavakarayirwa namambo weIjipiti; vakarega vakomana vachirarama. 18Saka mambo weIjipiti akadana vananyamukuta akati kwavari, “Maitireiko izvi, muchirega vakomana vachirarama?”
19Vananyamukuta vakati kuna Faro, “Vakadzi vechiHebheru havana kufanana nevakadzi veIjipiti—vane simba, vanobereka nyamukuta asati asvika.”
20Saka Baba vedu vakanaka kuvananyamukuta, uye vanhu vakawanda vakava nesimba kwazvo. 21Uye nokuti vananyamukuta vakatya Baba vedu, vakavapa dzimba dzavo pachavo. 22Zvino Faro akarayira vanhu vake vose, achiti, “Mwanakomana wose anoberekwa kuvaHebheru mumukande muRwizi rweNire, asi musikana wose muregei ararame.”