¹ Aya emashina yabana baume bakwa Israeli abaishile kuya ku Egypto na Yakobo, cila muntu naba mung;anda yakwe: ² Rueben, Simeon, Lebi, elo na Yuda, ³ Isakari, Sebuloni, elo na Benjamin, ⁴ Dani, Naftali, Gadi, elo na Ashere. ⁵ Abantu bonse aba mubufyashi bwakwa Yakobo bali 70 mukupendwa. Yosefu ena ninshi ali mu Egypto. ⁶ Eluntu Yosefu, bamunyina bakwe bonse, na bonse abankulo ilya balifwile. ⁷ Kabili abena Israeli balifyalinkene, balifulishe mukupendwa, elo balishile kuba abakukosa nganshi; ne mpanga yaliwile kukufula kwabo. ⁸ Nomba eluntu kwaishile kwima ifumu iipya pa Egypto, iyo iitashibile pa lwakwa Yosefu. ⁹ Yaishile kulanda kubantu baiko aiti, ''Boneni, abena Israeli bafulisha kabili bakoseha ukucila ifyo twaba fwebo. ¹⁰ Iseni, tubabombelepo manomano, epali bakonkanyapo ukufula mu mpendwa, elo nge nkondo yabalamuka, bakailunda kubalwani besu, no kulwa na fwebo, kabili ba kafuma na mucelo cino no kuya.'' ¹¹ Eico balikilepo ba cilolo ba milaasa pali bo kukubaculusha ku ncito ishakukosa. Abena Isarale ba kulile Farao imisumba yamatala: Pitimu na Ramsese. ¹² Lelo ifyo abena Egypto bali kubacusha, efyo abena Israeli balikufulilako fye mu mpendwa no kusalangana. Eico abena Egypto batampile ukufitiilwa abena Israeli. ¹³ Abena Egypto balibomfeshe abena Israeli buluku buluku. ¹⁴ Baishilekulenga imyeo yabo ukushikitika ku milimo yalucu kukukandila iloba na matafwali, ne milomo yonse iyakulekana lekana iya mu mpanga. Yonse imilimo yabo balikubabomfya buluku buluku. ¹⁵ Eluntu imfumu yabena Egypto yaishile kulanda kuli bana cimbusa aba Hebere; ishina lyaumo ali ni Shaipra elo umbi ali ni Pua. ¹⁶ Yaishiile kubeba ati, ''uluntu mukalekwafwilisha abanakashi aba Hebere pa cakupapilapo, mukalekubabona uluntu bakopapa. Nga cakuti mwana umwaume, lyena alingile ukufwa; nomba nga mwana umwanakashi, ena abe uwa mweo.'' ¹⁷ Lelo bana cimbusa balitiinine Lesa kabili tabali kucita ifyo imfumu yabena Egypto yabebele; lelo nomba balikuleka abana baume aba mwe ¹⁸ Kabili imfumu yabena Egypto yakutile bana cimbusa nokulanda kuli bo ati, ''Findo mwalikucitile ifi, elo findo mwalikulekela abana baume aba mweo?'' ¹⁹ Bana cimbusa baishile kwasuka Farao ati, Abanakashi aba Hebere tababa nga banakashi abena Egypto Balicincila elo balapaapa ilyo nacimbusa talafika kuli bo.'' ²⁰ Lesa alikubacingilila aba bana cimbusa. Abantu balifulile mu mpendwa elo baishile kuba abakukosa ukucilapo. ²¹ Pantu bana cimbusa balikutina Lesa, naye alibapeele indupwa. ²² Farao aishile kukuta abantu bakwe nokubeba ati, ''mulekuposa umwana onse umwaume uyo wafyalwa mumulonga, Lelo umwana onse umwanakashi mulekuleka abe uwa mweo.''