Aaisraeli taa hepekwa muEgipiti
1 Aana yaIsrael mboka ya yi kuEgipiti, kehe ngoka negumbo lye, oyo 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, 3 Issaskar, Sebulon, Benjamin, 4 Dan, Naftali, Gad naAser. 5 Omwaalu gwaantu ayehe mboka ya za muJakob, oya li omilongo heyali. Omwana Josef okwa kala nale muEgipiti. 6 Josef okwa si, osho wo aamwayina ayehe nepipi ndiyaka alihe, 7 ihe Aaisraeli oya li ye na aanona oyendji noyi indjipala noonkondo nokuudha evi.
8 Nena omukwaniilwa ngoka inaa tseya Josef, okwa lala Egipiti. 9 Okwa lombwele aantu a ti: “Aaisraeli mbaka oyendji noye na oonkondo ye tu vule. 10 Natu ya ningile po ondunge, opo yaa indjipale we; otaa ningi ya game kaatondi yetu, uuna tatu matukilwa, yo ya fadhuke po ya ze mo moshilongo.” 11 Aayegipiti oye ya thiminike niilonga iidhigu tayi ehameke oomwenyo dhawo. Aaisraeli oya tungu iilando Pitom naRameses, yi ninge iipungulilolando yomukwaniilwa. 12 Ihe mpoka pu thike Aaisraeli taa hepekwa, opo wo pu thike Aaisraeli taa indjipala noya taandele nevi alihe. Aayegipiti oya tila Aaisraeli 13-14 e taye ya thiminike ye ya tsike iilonga iidhigu yuupika taye ya longitha nonyanya. Oye ya tungitha omatungo noye ya longitha omapya noinaye ya yaalela nando.
15 Omukwaniilwa gwaEgipiti okwa lombwele aavalithi yAahebeli Shifra naPua a ti: 16 “Ngele tamu valitha aakulukadhi Aahebeli, uumati u dhipagii po, ihe uukadhona u etheni u kale u na omwenyo.” 17 Ihe aavalithi oya tila Kalunga noinaa vulika komukwaniilwa. Oye etha uumati inaaye u dhipaga po. 18 Omukwaniilwa okwi ithana aavalithi e te ya pula ta ti: “Omolwashike mwa ningi ngeyi? Omolwashike mwe etha uumati u kale nomwenyo?”
19 Aavalithi oya yamukula ya ti: “Aakulukadhi Aahebeli kaa fele aakulukadhi Aayegipiti. Ohaa vala nuupu, uuhanona wawo otau valwa, manga inaatu thika ko nokuli.” 20-21 Molwashoka aavalithi ya li ya tila Kalunga, Kalunga okwe ya yambeke e te ya pe oluvalo lwawo yene. Aaisraeli oya tsikile okwiindjipala nokunkondopala. 22 Omukwaniilwa okwa gandja oshipango kaantu ye ayehe tashi ti: “Uumati auhe mboka tau valwa kAahebeli, u kuthii po, mu u umbile momulonga Niili, ihe uukadhona u etheni u kale u na omwenyo.”