Kuva
1 Igihe Yakobo, ari we Isirayeli, yajyaga muri Egiputa, yajyanye n’abahungu be, buri wese ari kumwe n’abo mu rugo rwe.+ Aya ni yo mazina y’abahungu ba Yakobo: 2 Rubeni, Simeyoni, Lewi, Yuda,+ 3 Isakari, Zabuloni, Benyamini, 4 Dani, Nafutali, Gadi na Asheri.+ 5 Abantu bose bakomotse kuri Yakobo bari 70, ariko Yozefu we yari asanzwe ari muri Egiputa.+ 6 Amaherezo Yozefu yaje gupfa+ hamwe n’abavandimwe be bose n’ab’icyo gihe bose. 7 Nuko Abisirayeli* barabyara batangira kuba benshi mu gihugu kandi bakomeza kwiyongera no gukomera cyane mu buryo budasanzwe, maze bakwira ahantu hose muri icyo gihugu.+
8 Nyuma y’igihe, Egiputa itangira gutegekwa n’undi mwami utari uzi Yozefu. 9 Nuko abwira abantu be ati: “Dore Abisirayeli babaye benshi cyane kandi baturusha imbaraga.+ 10 None rero nimuze tubigire ubwenge, bitabaye ibyo bazakomeza kwiyongera kandi nituramuka dutewe n’abanzi bacu, bazifatanya na bo baturwanye maze bave mu gihugu.”
11 Nuko babashyiriraho abayobozi bo kubakoresha imirimo ivunanye cyane+ kugira ngo babakandamize. Nanone bubatse umujyi wa Pitomu n’uwa Ramesesi+ kugira ngo Farawo ajye ayibikamo ibintu. 12 Ariko uko barushagaho gukoresha Abisirayeli iyo mirimo ivunanye, ni ko Abisirayeli barushagaho kwiyongera bagakomeza gukwira hirya no hino, ku buryo byatumye Abanyegiputa babatinya, bakabanga cyane.+ 13 Ni cyo cyatumye Abanyegiputa bakandamiza Abisirayeli kandi bakabakoresha imirimo ivunanye cyane.+ 14 Babakoreshaga imirimo ivunanye yo gucukura ibumba no kubumba amatafari n’indi mirimo yose igoye cyane yo gukora mu mirima, batuma ubuzima bubabihira. Babagize abacakara, babatwaza igitugu, babakoresha imirimo yose ivunanye.+
15 Nyuma yaho umwami wa Egiputa avugana n’ababyaza b’Abaheburayokazi ari bo Shifura na Puwa, 16 arababwira ati: “Nimujya kubyaza+ Abaheburayokazi hakavuka umuhungu, mujye muhita mumwica. Ariko nihavuka umukobwa mujye mumureka abeho.” 17 Icyakora abo babyaza batinya Imana y’ukuri, ntibakora ibyo umwami yari yababwiye. Ntibigeze bica abana b’abahungu.+ 18 Hashize igihe umwami wa Egiputa ahamagara ba babyaza arababaza ati: “Ni iki cyatumye mutica abana b’abahungu?” 19 Abo babyaza basubiza Farawo bati: “Abaheburayokazi ntibameze nk’Abanyegiputakazi. Kubera ko bafite imbaraga, babyara umubyaza atarabageraho.”
20 Nuko Imana igirira neza abo babyaza. Abisirayeli bakomeza kuba benshi kandi barakomera cyane. 21 Kubera ko abo babyaza batinye Imana y’ukuri, nyuma yaho yaje gutuma bagira abana. 22 Amaherezo, Farawo ategeka abantu be bose ati: “Umwana w’umuhungu w’Umuheburayo wese uzajya uvuka, mujye mumujugunya mu ruzi rwa Nili ariko uw’umukobwa mujye mumureka abeho.”+