¹ Ano omazhina abana ba Isalela bafumine mu Ijipita ne Yakoba, yense neba munzubo yami: ² Lubeni, Simoni, Levi, ne Yuday, ³ Isaka, Zebuloni, ne Benjamin, ⁴ Dani, Nafitali, Gad, ne Asha. ⁵ Bonse baantu bajinga kisemi kya Yakoba bajinga makumi ataanu na abiji pakwibabala. Yosefwa wajinga kala mu Ijipita. ⁶ Bino Yosefwa, bonse balongo banji,ne kyonse kisemi kyanji bafwile. ⁷ Mino kisemi kya Isalela base munwine, ba vujile pakwibabala , bajinga bakosa, nena bulume bukatampe; ne ntaanda yakumene abo. ⁸ Onkao mambo Mfumu mupya waswaine bufumu mu Ijipita, uno wabujile kumuyuka Yosefwa. ⁹ Waambile kubantu banji, ''talai, bena Isalela bavula ne kukosa kukila atweba. ¹⁰ Iyai, twibajimukile, ingene basakutwajijila kuvujilako pakwibabala, kabiji inge nkondo yabuka, bakayaku lubaji lwaba lwanyi betu, nekwitu lwisha atweba, ne kufuma mukyalo kyetu.'' ¹¹ Onkao maambo babikile bisendwa bya kosa peabo mukwiba manyika namingilo yakosa.Bena Isalela batungile mataba akwa Felo: Pitomu mukwabo Lamasesa. ¹² Mino kuvula kwa kumanyikwa kwa bena Ijipita, kokwajinga kuvuluka kwabena Isalela kuvujilako ne kukumbana bena Ijipita batatwile kwiba china ne kwi shikwa bena Isalela. ¹³ Bena Ijipita javula ba kanjikizhe bena Isalela kwingila. ¹⁴ Balengeshe bwikalo bwabo kutama na mingilo yakosa na mulom ne matafwali, ne mingilo yonse yamumajimi. Mingilo yonse yobeba tongwejile yaingijile. ¹⁵ Kabiji Mfumu wa Ijipita waambile kuba kuba nsemeshi; baba hebelu, jizhina jauno wajinga Shifulu,mukwabo Puwa. ¹⁶ Waambile amba, ''byo mwiba semesha bana bakazhi baba hebelu pankata yakusema, mwiba mwene paku sema. Inge wa mulume, mumwipaye; mino inge wa mukazhi, mukamuleke na bumi. ¹⁷ Mino bansemeshi bachine Lesa kechi baubile byo ebazkambizhe Mfumu wabena Ijipita ne ; beba pushishenga bana babalume. ¹⁸ Mfumu wa Ijipita waichile ba nsemeshi ne kwamba kwi abo amba, ''Kika kyo mwaubila bibye, byo mwaleka bana babalume nabumi?'' ¹⁹ Bansemeshi bakumwile kwi Felo, ''Mbaba Hebelu bana bakazhi kechi baji pamo nebena Ijipita bana bakazhi ne. Bapedlawizha kusema nsemeshi saakyangye kufika kwi abo.'' ^{20 21 22} Lesa wiba kikijile bansemeshi. Bantu bailenga nakuvula nekukosa.Mambo bansemeshi bachinenga Lesa , wiba pele bamubisemibyabo. Felo wakambizhe bantu banji bonse, ''Mukataye mwaana wamulume yense wasemwa mumukola wamukachi muka muleke nabumiz.''