Kulupuka
1 Ano o mazhina a baana ba kwa Isalela baishile mu Ijipita pamo ne Yakoba, yense waishile na ba mu nzubo yanji:+ 2 Lubenyi, Shimeona, Levi, ne Yuda;+ 3 Isakala, Zebuluna, ne Benjamina; 4 Danyi ne Nafitali; Gadi ne Ashela.+ 5 Bonse* basemenwe kwi Yakoba* bajinga bantu* 70, pa kyokya kimye Yosefwa wajinga mu Ijipita.+ 6 Mu kuya kwa moba, Yosefwa wafwile+ ne balongo banji bonse ne bonse bajingamo mu yoya myaka bafwile. 7 Kabiji bena Isalela* basemunwinenga ne kuvula bingi, kabiji bavujijilengakotu ne kukosa bingi kya kuba mu kyalo mwakumbenetu bena Isalela bonka.+
8 Mu kuya kwa moba, paswaine mfumu ungi mu Ijipita wabujile kuyuka Yosefwa. 9 Waambijile bantu banji amba: “Bena Isalela bavula bingi kabiji bakosa kwitukila.+ 10 Twayai twibajimukile. Mambo inge ne, basakuvujilangakotu kabiji umvwe kukabuuke nkondo, bakenunga ku balwanyi betu ne kwitulwisha kabiji bakafumamo mu kyalo.”
11 Onkao mambo, bebatongwejile bakulumpe* kuba’mba bebayanjishenga+ kupichila mu kwibapa mingilo yakosa, kabiji bamushimikijile Felo matala mu mizhi ya Pitomo ne Lamasesa.+ 12 Byo bakijilemo kwibayanjisha, bena Isalela bavujijilengakotu ne kupalañena monse monse, onkao mambo, baakaminwe bingi na mambo a bena Isalela.+ 13 Kabiji bena Ijipita bakanjikizhenga bena Isalela kwingila mingilo ya buzha.+ 14 Balengejile bwikalo bwabo kutama na mambo a mingilo yakosa ya kutobola mulobwe ne kufyatula matafwali, ne mingilo yapusana pusana ya buzha ya kwingijila mu majimi. Kine, bebalengejile kwingila kyakosa mingilo yonse ya buzha.+
15 Palutwe kacheche, mfumu wa Ijipita waambijile basemeshi Bahebelu abo ba Shifula ne Puwa, 16 amba: “Pa kukwasha banabakazhi Bahebelu kusema,+ kabiji mwibamona saka baikala pa kipona kya kusemenapo,* mwafwainwa kwipaya mwana inge kya kuba wa mulume, bino inge wa mukazhi, kechi mwafwainwa kumwipaya ne.” 17 Nangwa byonkabyo, basemeshi baakamwanga Lesa wa kine, kabiji kechi baubile bibabuujile mfumu wa Ijipita ne. Pakuba abo bapulwishenga+ baana ba balume. 18 Mu kuya kwa moba, mfumu wa Ijipita waichile basemeshi ne kwibepuzha amba: “Mambo ka o mwapulwisha baana ba balume?” 19 Basemeshi bamukumbwile Felo amba: “Banabakazhi Bahebelu kechi baji nobe banabakazhi bena Ijipita ne. Abo bakosa, kabiji bapapa musemeshi saka akyangye kufika.”
20 Onkao mambo, Lesa waubijile byawama basemeshi, ne bantu bavujijilengakotu ne kukosa bingi. 21 Kabiji na mambo a kuba basemeshi baakaminwenga Lesa wa kine, nabo wibapele baana. 22 Kyapeleleko Felo wakambizhe bantu banji bonse amba: “Mwafwainwa kutaya mu Mukola wa Nile mwana wa mulume yense wa Bahebelu wasemwa, pakuba mwana wa mukazhi yense mwafwainwa kumuleka na bumi.”+