Eksodusi
1 Ngesikhatsi Israyeli aya eGibhithe, emadvodzana akhe ahamba naye futsi nguleyo naleyo yahamba nemndeni wayo. Nankha emabito alamadvodzana aJakobe:+ 2 Rubeni, Simeyoni, Levi, naJuda;+ 3 Isakhari, Zebuloni, naBhenjamini; 4 Dani naNaftali; Gadi na-Asheri.+ 5 Sebabonkhe bantfu labavela kuJakobe* bebangu-70, kodvwa ngaleso sikhatsi Josefa abesavele aseGibhithe.+ 6 Ekugcineni Josefa wafa.+ Bonkhe bomnakabo kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu lebebaphila ngesikhatsi sakhe* nabo bafa. 7 Ema-Israyeli* aba nebantfwana futsi acala kwandza kakhulu. Achubeka aba manyenti futsi aba nemandla ngelizinga lelimangalisako, kangangekutsi agcwala kulo lonkhe live laseGibhithe.+
8 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi kwabusa lenye inkhosi eGibhithe, futsi yona beyingamati Josefa. 9 Lenkhosi yatsi kubantfu bayo: “Bukani! Lama-Israyeli semanyenti kakhulu futsi anemandla kunatsi.+ 10 Ngako kufanele siwahlakaniphele. Ngobe nasingenti njalo atawuchubeka andza, bese kutsi nakusuka imphi ahlangane netitsa tetfu, alwe natsi futsi ahambe kulelive.”
11 Ngako babeka tindvuna kutsi tigadze tigcili letingema-Israyeli, titinikete nemsebenti lomatima.+ Lama-Israyeli akha emadolobha ekugcina kudla nemphahla yaFaro. Emagama alamadolobha bekuyiPhithomu neRamsesi.+ 12 Kodvwa bebatsi nabawagcilata, ema-Israyeli andze kakhulu futsi agcwale eveni. Ngako bantfu baseGibhithe besaba kakhulu ngenca yalama-Israyeli.+ 13 Ngaleso sizatfu bawagcilata, bawasebentisa kamatima.+ 14 Benta kuphila kwawo kwaba matima, njengobe bebawabhucisa ludzaka, bawabhakisa titini futsi bawentisa nayo yonkhe inhlobo yemisebenti lematima esigangeni. Bawasebentisa kamatima, bawagcilata ngato tonkhe tindlela.+
15 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi inkhosi yaseGibhithe yakhuluma nebabelekisi labangemaHebheru, boShifra naPhuwa, 16 yatsi: “Nanibelekisa bafati labangemaHebheru+ kufanele nibuke kutsi lomake utfole mntfwana muni.* Nangabe kungumfana nibombulala kodvwa nakuyintfombatana, ningambulali.” 17 Kodvwa-ke lababelekisi bebamesaba Nkulunkulu weliciniso, ngako abazange bakwente loko lenkhosi yaseGibhithe lebeyibatjele kona. Esikhundleni saloko, bebangababulali labantfwana lababafana.+ 18 Inkhosi yaseGibhithe yabese ibita lababelekisi, yatsi kubo: “Kungani ningakababulali labantfwana lababafana?” 19 Lababelekisi batsi: “Labafati labangemaHebheru abafani nebafati bemaGibhithe. Bona baphilile futsi umbelekisi utsi nakefika akhandze sebavele babelekile.”
20 Ngako Nkulunkulu wabasekela lababelekisi, nema-Israyeli achubeka andza futsi aba nemandla kakhulu. 21 Ngesizatfu sekutsi lababelekisi bebamesaba Nkulunkulu weliciniso, nabo batitalela bantfwana. 22 Ekugcineni Faro watjela bonkhe bantfu bakhe watsi: “Tonkhe tinswane temaHebheru letibafana kufanele nitijike eMfuleni iNayili, kodvwa letingemantfombatana nitiyekele.”+