Mwana Akavanzwa Mutsanga
Mai vomuRevhi vanovanza mwanakomana wavo mwedzi mitatu, vozomuisa mutswanda yakazodzwa namatoro pakati petsanga dzeNairi, uye mwanasikana waFarao anobhadhara mai vake chaivo kuti vamuyamwise. Akura, Mozisi anouraya muIjipiti otizira kuMidhiani. Israeri anogomera, uye Baba vedu vanonzwa vorangarira sungano yavo.
2 1Zvino mumwe murume weimba yaRevhi akaenda akawana mwanasikana waRevhi. 2Mukadzi akava nemimba akabereka mwanakomana; paakaona kuti akanga akanaka, akamuvanza kwemwedzi mitatu. 3Zvino asisagoni kuramba achimuvanza, akatora dengu renhokwe, akarizora bhitumini netara, akaisa mwana mukati, akariisa mutsanga pamhenderekedzo yorwizi rwaNairi. 4Hanzvadzi yake yakamira nechokure kuti ione zvaizoitika kwaari. 5Mwanasikana waFarao akaburuka kuti ageze paNairi, varandakadzi vake vachifamba pamhenderekedzo yaNairi. Akaona dengu riri mutsanga, akatuma murandakadzi wake kuti andoritora. 6Akarizarura, akaona mwana—kacheche komukomana, kachichema. Mwoyo wake wakamunzwira tsitsi, akati, “Uyu ndomumwe wavana vavaHebheru.”
7Hanzvadzi yake yakabvunza mwanasikana waFarao, “Ndoenda here kundokudaidzirai mukadzi muHebheru kuti akuyamwisirei mwana?”
8Mwanasikana waFarao akapindura akati, “Hongu, enda.” Saka musikana akaenda akandodaidza mai vomwana.
9Mwanasikana waFarao akati kwaari, “Tora mwana uyu umuyamwisire; ndichakubhadhara mubhadharo wako.” Mukadzi akatora mwana akamuyamwisa.
10Mukomana akakura; akamuuyisa kumwanasikana waFarao, uyo akamutora somwanakomana wake, akamutumidza kuti Mozisi, achiti, “Nokuti ndakamukweva mumvura.” a a v10 Zita rokuti Mozisi rinonzwika seshoko rechiHebheru rinoreva “kukweva kunze” — akamutumidza zita iri achirangarira nguva yaakasimudzwa kubva mumvura.
Mozisi Pakati Pavanhu Vake
11Mumazuva iwayo Mozisi akakura, akabuda akaenda kuvanhu vake, akaona mitoro yavo, akaona muIjipita achirova muHebheru, mumwe wehama dzake. 12Akatarisa-tarisa kumativi ose, akaona kusina munhu, akauraya muIjipita akamuviga mujecha.
13Zuva rakatevera akabuda, akaona vaHebheru vaviri vachirwa, akabvunza uyo akanga achitadza, “Unorovereiko shamwari yako?”
14Iye akati, “Ndiani akakuita mutongi nomurevi wemhosva pamusoro pedu? Uri kufunga kundiuraya sezvawakauraya muIjipita here?” Mozisi akatya akafunga kuti, “Chokwadi, nyaya iyi yazivikanwa.”
15Farao akazvinzwa akatsvaka kuuraya Mozisi; iye akatiza Farao, akandogara munyika yeMidhiani, akagara patsime.
16Mupristi weMidhiani akanga ane vanasikana vanomwe; vakauya kuzochera mvura nokuzadza zvinwiro kuti vanwise makwai ababa vavo. 17Vafudzi vakati vachiuya vakavadzinga, Mozisi akasimuka akavanunura, akanwisa makwai avo. 18Vakati vadzokera kuna baba vavo Reueri, ivo vakabvunza, “Seiko madzoka nokukurumidza kudai nhasi?”
19Vakati, “MuIjipita akatinunura kuvafudzi, akaticherera mvurawo akanwisa makwai.”
20“Aripiko?” ivo vakabvunza vanasikana vavo. “Masiyireiko murume uyo? Mudaidzei kuti adye.”
21Mozisi akabvuma kugara nomurume uyu, uyo akapa Mozisi mwanasikana wake Zipora kuti ave mukadzi wake. 22Akabereka mwanakomana; Mozisi akamutumidza kuti Gerishomu, achiti, “Ndakava mutorwa munyika yokumwe.” b b v22 Zita rokuti Gerishomu rinonzwika seshoko rechiHebheru rinoreva “mutorwa ikoko” — Mozisi akatumidza mwanakomana wake zita iri achifunga upenyu hwake somutorwa kure nokumusha.
23Nguva huru yakati yapfuura, mambo weIjipiti akafa. Vanakomana vaIsraeri vakagomera nokuda kwouranda, vakachema; kuchema kwavo kwakakwira kuna Baba vedu kuchibva muuranda. 24Baba vedu vakanzwa kugomera kwavo, uye vakarangarira sungano yavo naAbhurahama, naIsaka, naJakobho. 25Baba vedu vakatarisa vaIsraeri, uye vakanzwisisa.