Ekesode 1:1-22
1 Nunku aa mmêna a bana ba Isalele bavua balue mu Ejipitu ne Yakoba, muntu yonso uvua mulue ne ba mu nzubu wende:+
2 Lubena, Simeona, Lewi, ne Yuda;+
3 Yisakâ, Zebulona, ne Benyamina;
4 Dana ne Nafatale; Gada ne Ashê.+
5 Bantu* bonso bavuabu balelele Yakoba* bavua bantu* 70, kadi Jozefe yeye ukavua mu Ejipitu.+
6 Ndekelu wa bionso, Jozefe wakafua,+ yeye ne bana babu bonso ne bantu bonso ba mu tshipungu atshi kabidi.
7 Bena Isalele* bakalelangana bikole, kuluabu ba bungi, ne bakatungunuka ne kuvulangana ne kulua ne bukole bua bungi mu mushindu wa dikema; kuwulabu+ mu buloba tente.
8 Pakapita matuku, mukalenge mukuabu uvua kayi mumanye Jozefe wakajuka mu Ejipitu.
9 Nunku wakambila bantu bende ne: “Tangilayi! Bena Isalele mbatupite bungi ne badi ne bukole kutupita.+
10 Tubadimukilayi, tshianana nebatungunuke ne kuvulangana, ne mvita yoyi mibuele, nebadisangishe kudi bena lukuna betu, nebatuluishe ne pashishe nebumbuke mu ditunga.”
11 Nunku bakabatekela bamfumu bua kubenzeja midimu mikole ku bukole* ne bua kubakengesha ne midimu mikole;+ bakibakila Palô bimenga bia kulamina bintu, mmumue ne: Pitoma ne Lamesese.+
12 Kadi pavuabu babakengesha bikole ke pavuabu bavulangana bikole ne batangalaka bikole, nunku bakumvua buôwa bua bungi bua bualu bua bena Isalele.+
13 Bua bualu abu, bena Ejipitu bakabueja bena Isalele mu bupika+ bubi ku bukole.
14 Bakavuija nsombelu wabu mukole pa kubenzeja midimu mikole, benza mudimu ne potopoto ne madioto, ne benza midimu ya bupika ya mishindu yonso mu madimi. Eyowa, bakabenzeja midimu mikole ya bupika ya mishindu yonso+ mu mushindu mubi.
15 Pashishe mukalenge wa Ejipitu wakakula ne baleleshi bena Ebelu; mêna abu avua Shifela ne Pua,
16 yeye kubambila ne: “Panudi nuambuluisha bakaji bena Ebelu bua kulela,+ panudi nubamona pa tshibasa tshia kulelela, nudi ne bua kushipa muana bikalaye wa balume; kadi bikalaye wa bakaji, udi ne bua kushala ne muoyo.”
17 Kadi baleleshi bakatshina Nzambi mulelela, kabakenza tshivua mukalenge wa Ejipitu mubambile bua kuenza to. Bavua balama bana ba balume ne muoyo.+
18 Pakapita matuku, mukalenge wa Ejipitu wakabikila baleleshi abu, kubambilaye ne: “Bua tshinyi nudi bashiye bana ba balume ne muoyo?”
19 Baleleshi bakambila Palô ne: “Bakaji bena Ebelu kabena bu bakaji bena Ejipitu to. Badi ne makanda ne badi balela kumpala kua muleleshi kufikaye kudibu.”
20 Nunku Nzambi wakenzela baleleshi abu malu mimpe, ne bantu bakatungunuka ne kuvulangana ne kulua ne bukole bua bungi.
21 Bu muvua baleleshi abu b atshine Nzambi mulelela, yeye wakalua kubapesha mêku.
22 Ndekelu wa bionso, Palô wakatumina bantu bende bonso dîyi ne: “Nudi ne bua kuela muana wa balume yonso wa bena Ebelu udibu balela mu Musulu wa Nile, kadi nudi ne bua kulama muana wa bakaji yonso ne muoyo.”+
Note
^ Anyi “Anyima.”
^ Ku mua.: “bavua bapatuke mu tshibelu tshia Yakoba.”
^ Anyi “anyima.”
^ Ku mua.: “Bana ba balume ba Isalele.”
^ Anyi “bakabatekela bafidi ba midimu mikole.”
