¹ Lawa ngemagama ebantfwana baka Israel lababuya Egibhithe kanye na Jakobhe, nendlu yakhe yonkhe: ² Reuben, Simoni, Levi, and Juda, ³ Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, ⁴ Dan, Naphtail, Gad, and Asher. ⁵ Bonkhe labantfu labasitukulwane sa Jakobe bebangemashumi lasikhombisa ngenombolo. Josefa abesavele ase Gibhithe. ⁶ Kwase Josefa, Bonkhe bafowabo, nasosonkhe lesitukulwane safa. ⁷ Ema Israel atalana kakhulu, andzakakhulu ngenombolo, babanemandla lamakhulu; lendzawo yase igcwala bona. ⁸ Kwase kuba nenkosi lensha leyabese iyabekwa Egibhithe, munye lebekangati nga Josefa. ⁹ Watsi kubantfu bakhe, ''Buka, lama Israel semanengi kakhulu kunatsi futsi anemandla kunatsi. ¹⁰ Kotani sitobhekana nawo ngekuhlakanipha, ngaphandle kwaloko batochubeka bakhule ngesibalo sabo, ngobe umakungavela imphi ngaphandle, batoba yincenye yetitsa tetfu, balwe natsi, bese bayayishiya lendzawo.'' ¹¹ Base babeka tindvuna temsebenti ngetulu kwabo labatabagcindzetela kutsi bente umsebenti lomatima. Ema Israel akha titolo nemadolobha a Pharaoh: Pithom na Rameses. ¹² Kodvwa Lamagibhithe awagcindzetela kakhulu, lama israel kodvwa akhula kakhulu ngenombolo aphindze asakaka. Ase ema Gibhithe acala kuwesaba ema Israel. ¹³ Emagibhithe enta ema Israel kutsi asebente kalukhuni. ¹⁴ Benta timphilo tabo taba munyu ngekuwasebentisa kalukhuni ngekuwa bhucisa ludzaka netitini, nayoyonkhe inhlobo yemsebenti yasemasimini. Konkhe lebebatjelwa kutsi bakwente kwakulukhuni. ¹⁵ Yase inkhosi yase Gibhithe ikhuluma kubafati bema Hebheru labababelekisi; ligama lamunye kwakungu Shiphrah, lalolomunye kwaku ngu Puah. ¹⁶ Watsi, ''Uma usita umfati wema Hebheru nakabeleka, ubobukisisa uma umbelekisa. Uma kuyindvodzana, ngako kufuna umubulale; kodvwa uma kuyindvodzakati, ngako kufuna ungamubulali.'' ¹⁷ Kodvwa lababelekisa besaba Nkulunkulu bangakwenti loko lebakutjelwe yinkhosi yase Gibhithe kutsi bakwente; esikhundleni saloko babayekela labantfwana besilisa baphila. ¹⁸ Inkhosi yase Gibhithe yabita lababelekisi yatsi kubo, '' Nikwenteleni loku, kutsi niyekele bantfwana besilisa kutsi baphile?'' ¹⁹ Lababelekisi baphendvula Pharaoh, ''Bafati bema Hebheru abafanani nebafati bema Gibhithe. Banemandla futsi bacedza kubeleka ngaphambi kwekutsi umubelekisi afike kubo.'' ²⁰ Nkulunkulu wabavikela lababelekisi. Labantfu bakhula ngelinani bachubeka babanemandla kakhulu. ²¹ Ngobe lababelekisi bebesaba Nkulunkulu, wabanika imindeni. ²² Pharaoh watjela bonkhe bantfu bakhe, ''Kufanele nilahle yonkhe indvodzana letelwe ekhatsi emfuleni, kodvwa yonkhe indvodzakati nitoyenta iphile.''