Eksodusi ISAHLUKO 1 1 Lawa angamagama abantwana bakwa-Israyeli abafika eGibithe; wonke umuntu nendlu yakhe beza noJakobe. 2 oRubeni, noSimeyoni, noLevi, noJuda, 3 u-Isakare, uZebuloni, noBenjamini, 4 uDani, noNafetali, noGadi, no-Asheri. 5 Yonke imiphefumulo eyaphuma okhalweni lukaJakobe yayiyimiphefumulo engamashumi ayisikhombisa, ngoba uJosefa wayeseGibhithe kakade. 6 UJosefa wafa, nabo bonke abafowabo, naso sonke leso sizukulwane. 7 Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bazala, banda, banda, baba namandla kakhulu; izwe lagcwala bona. 8 Kwavela inkosi entsha eGibithe eyayingamazi uJosefa. 9 Wathi kubantu bakhe: “Bhekani, abantu babantwana bakwa-Israyeli baningi, banamandla kunathi; 10 Wozani sibenzele ngokuhlakanipha; funa bande, kuthi, lapho kuvele impi, bahlangane nezitha zethu, balwe nathi, bakhuphuke baphume ezweni. 11 Ngakho babeka phezu kwabo abacindezeli ukuba babahluphe ngemithwalo yabo. Bamakhela uFaro imizi eyingcebo, iPithomu neRamesesi. 12 Kodwa kwathi lapho bebahlupha kakhulu, kulapho banda futhi bakhula. Futhi badabuka ngenxa yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli. 13 AbaseGibithe benza abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuba bakhonze kalukhuni; 14 Benza ukuphila kwabo kwaba munyu ngobugqila obulukhuni, odaka, nezitini, nangayo yonke imisebenzi yasendle; 15 Inkosi yaseGibithe yakhuluma kubabelethisi bamaHeberu, igama lomunye lalinguShifira, negama lomunye lalinguPhuwa; 16 Wathi: “Nxa nibelethisa abafazi bamaHeberu, nibabone beselala; uma kuyindodana, noyibulala; kepha uma kuyindodakazi, iyakuphila. 17 Kepha ababelethisi babemesaba uNkulunkulu, abenzanga njengokuyala kwenkosi yaseGibithe, basindisa amadodana. 18 Inkosi yaseGibithe yayisibiza ababelethisi, yathi kubo: "Nenzeleni le nto, nasindisa amadodana? 19 Ababelethisi bathi kuFaro: “Ngokuba abesifazane bamaHeberu abanjengabesifazane baseGibithe; ngoba bayaphila, babeletha bengakafiki kubo ababelethisi. 20 Ngalokho uNkulunkulu wabenzela ababelethisi okuhle; abantu banda, baba namandla kakhulu. 21 Kwathi, ngokuba ababelethisi bemesaba uNkulunkulu, wabenza izindlu. 22 UFaro wabayala bonke abantu bakhe, wathi: "Bonke abafana abazalwayo nibaphonse emfuleni, nawo onke amadodakazi niwasindise." ISAHLUKO 2 1 Kwaphuma indoda yendlu kaLevi, yathatha indodakazi kaLevi. 2 Owesifazane wakhulelwa, wazala indodana;
3 Engasenakukwazi ukumthukusa, wamthathela umphongolo wemizi, wawunameka ngebitume* nekolitayi, wamfaka khona umntwana; wayibeka emhlangeni ngasosebeni lomfula. 4 Udadewabo wema khatshana ukuze abone okuzakwenziwa kuye. 5 Indodakazi kaFaro yehla ukuyogeza emfuleni; amantombazana akhe ahamba eceleni komfula; lapho ebona umkhumbi phakathi kwezinhlaka, wathumela incekukazi yakhe ukuba iwulande. 6 Yasivula, yabona umntwana; bheka, umntwana wakhala. wamhawukela, wathi: "Lo ungomunye wabantwana bamaHeberu." 7 Wayesethi udadewabo endodakazini kaFaro: "Ngihambe ngikubizele umzanyana kumaHeberukazi ukuba akuncelise umntwana na?" 8 Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: "Hamba." Yahamba incekukazi yabiza unina womntwana. 9 Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: "Thatha lo mntwana, ungincelisele yena, futhi ngizokunika inkokhelo yakho." Owesifazane wamthatha umntwana, wamncelisa. 10 Wakhula umntwana, wamyisa endodakazini kaFaro, waba yindodana yayo. Waqamba igama lakhe uMose, wathi: "Ngokuba ngamkhipha emanzini." 11 Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku uMose esekhulile, waphuma waya kubafowabo, wabheka imithwalo yabo; wabona owaseGibithe eshaya umHeberu, omunye wabafowabo. 12 Wabheka ngapha nangapha, esebona ukuthi akukho muntu, wambulala owaseGibithe, wamthukusa esihlabathini. 13 Ephuma ngosuku lwesibili, bheka, amadoda amabili amaHeberu elwa, wathi kowonileyo: "Umshayeleni umakhelwane wakho na?" 14 Wathi: "Ubekwe ngubani umbusi nomahluleli phezu kwethu na?" Usufuna ukungibulala mina, njengoba ubulele owaseGibhithe? UMose wayesesaba, wathi: “Impela le nto yaziwa. 15 UFaro esekuzwile lokho wafuna ukumbulala uMose. Kepha uMose wabaleka ebusweni bukaFaro, wahlala ezweni lakwaMidiyani, wahlala phansi ngasemthonjeni. 16 Umpristi wakwaMidiyani wayenamadodakazi ayisikhombisa; afika ukukha amanzi, agcwalisa imisele ukuze aphuzise umhlambi kayise. 17 Kwafika abelusi, bawaxosha, kepha uMose wasukuma, wawasiza, waphuzisa umhlambi wawo. 18 Lapho befika kuRehuweli uyise, wathi: "Kwenzekeni ukuba nifike masinyane kangaka namuhla na?" 19 Bathi: "UmGibithe wasophula esandleni sabelusi, wasikhelela amanzi, waphuzisa umhlambi." 20 Wathi emadodakazini akhe: "Uphi na?" Nimshiyeleni umuntu na? mbize, ukuze adle isinkwa. 21 UMose wavuma ukuhlala nale ndoda; yamnika uMose uZipora indodakazi yakhe. 22 Wamzalela indodana, wayiqamba igama lokuthi uGereshomu, ngokuba wathi: "Ngangingowezizwe ezweni lezihambi." 23 Kwasekusithi ekuhambeni kwesikhathi inkosi yaseGibhithe yafa; abantwana bakoIsrayeli babubula ngenxa yobugqili, bakhala; ukukhala kwabo kwenyukela kuNkulunkulu ngenxa yobugqili. 24 UNkulunkulu wezwa ukububula kwabo, uNkulunkulu wakhumbula isivumelwano sakhe no-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.