Kuvayo
1 Aya rero ni yo mazina y’abahungu ba Isirayeli binjiye mu Misiri bari kumwe na Yakobo, kandi umwe wese yari kumwe n’umuryango wiwe+: 2 Rubeni, Simeyoni, Lewi, Yuda+, 3 Isakari, Zabuloni, Benyamini, 4 Dani, Nafutali, Gadi na Asheri+. 5 Abantu bose bakomotse kuri Yakobo bari 70, ariko Yozefu yari asanzwe ari mu Misiri+. 6 Amaherezo Yozefu arapfa+, na benewabo bose hamwe n’urunganwe* rwose rw’ico gihe. 7 Nuko Abisirayeli bararondoka, batangura kugwira cane no gukomera cane. Baguma bongerekana ku rugero rudasanzwe, ku buryo buzura igihugu cose+.
8 Haciye igihe, mu Misiri hatangura gutwara uwundi mwami atari azi Yozefu. 9 Maze abwira abantu biwe ati: «Ehe Abisirayeli bagwiriye cane, kandi basigaye baturusha inkomezi+. 10 Reka tubigire amayeri kugira ntibabandanye kugwira. Ahandiho intambara niyatera, bazoca bifatanya n’abansi bacu baturwanye, hanyuma bave mu gihugu bigire.»
11 Baca bagena abahagarikiye ibikorwa* kugira babacinyize mu kubakoresha ibikorwa biruhisha+. Abisirayeli bubakira Farawo ibisagara vyo kubikamwo ibintu, ari vyo Pitomu na Ramesesi+. 12 Mugabo uko barushiriza kubacinyiza, ni ko barushiriza kugwira kandi ni ko barushiriza gukwiragira mu gihugu. Abanyamisiri baca batekerwa n’ubwoba kubera Abisirayeli bongera barabanka cane+. 13 Nuko bakoresha Abisirayeli ibikorwa vy’abashumba biruhisha cane+. 14 Baguma babakoresha ibikorwa biruhisha vyo guponda ubudongo bw’ibumba no gufyatura amatafari be n’ivyo mu mirima, ku buryo Abisirayeli bumva barambiwe n’ubuzima. Emwe, barabacumukuza cane mu bikorwa vy’abashumba vy’ubwoko bwose+.
15 Mu nyuma, umwami wa Misiri avugana n’abakirizi b’Abaheburayokazi, ari bo Shifura na Puwa. 16 Abategeka ati: «Igihe mufasha Abaheburayokazi kwibaruka+, mukabona bari ku gatebe bibarukirako, muze murabe neza umwana avutse. Musanze ari umuhungu muce mumwica, ariko musanze ari umukobwa mumureke abandanye kubaho.» 17 Mugabo kubera yuko abo bakirizi batinya Imana y’ukuri, ntibakoze ivyo umwami wa Misiri yari yabategetse. Ntibigeze bica+ abana b’abahungu. 18 Haciye igihe, umwami wa Misiri ahamagara ba bakirizi, ababaza ati: «Kubera iki mwanse kwica abana b’abahungu?» 19 Na bo bishura Farawo bati: «Abaheburayokazi ntibameze nk’Abanyamisirikazi. Barakomeye cane ku buryo bibaruka n’umwakirizi atarabashikira.»
20 Imana rero igirira neza abo bakirizi, Abisirayeli na bo babandanya kugwira no gukomera cane. 21 Kubera yuko abo bakirizi batinye Imana y’ukuri, na yo yahavuye ibahezagira bararonka imiryango yabo. 22 Amaherezo, Farawo ategeka abantu biwe bose ati: «Umuhungu wese w’Umuheburayo avutse muzoce mumuta mu ruzi Nili, ariko abakobwa muze mubareke babandanye kubaho+.»