¹ Agha nimazina Yabona banalume ba lsieali obo bakiza ku Ejipato pamoza na Yakoba, wauyose na banja lake. ² Rubeni,Simon, Levi , na Yuda, ³ lsakara, Zebuloni, na Benjamini, ⁴ Dani, Nafutali ,Godi, na Ashere ⁵ Banthu bose abo bakaba ba mphapu ya Yakobe bakaba makumi Yakinde na ghabiri. Yosefe wakaba kale mu Ejiputo. ⁶ Ntheula Yosefe na babale bake bose, na muwiro wa bakapwa. ⁷ Kwene banthu ba lzirayeli bakabanana, na kwandana mu mphendwa, bakaba bankhongono, na bankhongono chomene zakuruska;charu chikazulu na iwo. ⁸ Sono ntheula kalonga mupya waka uka mucharu cha Ejiputo , uyo kuti waka mumanya chara za yosefe. ⁹ Iye wakati kubothu bake,'' Wonani! Aba banthu ba lsrayeyi mbanandi ndipo mbo nkhongono kuruska nga ndi umo tiriri. ¹⁰ Zaninge, timalane nawo mwa vinjeru, muzile bapitirire kukula mu manambara, na kuti usange nkhondo yayamba, bati kwimikana nase, na kufuma mu charu,'' ¹¹ Ntheulo bakaba bikila balabiriri pawo kuti baba tindibizgenge iwo na nchito yinonono. Ba izirayeli baka zenga misumba yakusungi lamo ya falo: pitomu na camasese. ¹² Kwene apo bena Ejiputo bakaba suzganga chomene ndipo nawo ba lsrayeli bakandananga chomene a kutandazgika. Ntheula ba Ejiputo bakamba kuba wopa bana ba izirayeli . ¹³ Ba Ejiputo bakaba kaba chichizga na kubatebeteska na nkhaza bana ba izilayeli ¹⁴ Baka pangiska ukhalilo wawo kuba wakubaba na nchito zinonono pa kuwumba njerwa, na nchito yakupambana pambana ya muminda, nchito yose yaku kumbikwa kwa ibo yikaba yakusuzga. ¹⁵ Ntheula kalonga wa Ejiputo waka yowoya kuba zamba ba chihebere;yumoza uya zina lake wakaba shifula na munyake zina lakhewakaba puwa. ¹⁶ Iye wakati,'' Usange mukuba ovwira banakazi ba chihebere pa malo ya kubabirapo, muwonenge pala bakubaba, Usange ni mwana mwanalume, ntheula mukwenera kukumukoma iye; kweni usange ni mwanakazi,iye wakwenela kukhala wamoyo.'' ¹⁷ Kwene bazamba bala baka wopa chiuta ndipo kuti baka chita ivyo kalonga wa Ejiputo waka balangula . iwo; mumalo yakhe, baka baleka bana banalume kuba ba moyo. ¹⁸ Kalonga wa Ejiputo wakaba chema ba zamba nakuba pharira iwo,'' chifukwa icho mwachitira ntheula na kuleka bana banalume kuti bakhale bamoyo?'' ¹⁹ Ba zamba bala bakamuzgola falawo, '' Banakaza ba hebere kuti bakulingana na banakazi ba Eguputo chara. Iwo mbankahogono bakumalizga kubaba pambere ba zamba bandafyke,'' ²⁰ Chuita waka bavikilila bazamba aba . Banthu bakandana mu nambara na kuba ba nkhongo chomene. ²¹ Chifukwa ba zamba bakamuwopa chiuta, iye wa kabapa mabanja. ²² Falowo waka balangulula ku banthu bake bose,'' Mukwenenera kutaya mwana mwanalume waliyose uyo wa badwa mudambo, kwene mwanakazi waliyose mumulekenge wamoyo,''