Efilu 1:1-22
1 Biabia mashina a bana ba Isalele babatuelele na Yakobo mu Ejipitu, muntu oso na ba mu nshibo muaye ngano:
2 Rubene, Simeone, Levi na Yuda:
3 Isakare, Zabulone na Benyamine;
4 Dane na Neftali; Gade na Ashere.
5 Na bantu* boso ba mu kifuko kia Yakobo babaadi 70, anka Yosefe baadi mupue kuikala mu Ejipitu.
6 Nfudiilo a bioso, Yosefe bafuile, na bakuabo balume boso, mpa na bantu boso ba mu kiakia kipungo.
7 Na bena Isalele babaadi betandene, abo nkufuima ngofu, na babaadi abatungunuka nka na kufuima na kufika na bukome mu kipaso kia kukaanya. Biabia, babauudile muiumbo dishima.
8 Muenda mafuku, ungi nfumu mupia shibaadi auku Yosefe babangile kumunana mu Ejipitu.
9 Biabia aye nkulungula muilo waye’shi: “Talayi! Bena Isalele be bungi bukile na be bukome kuitukila.
10 Tukimbeyi mushindo wa kuibakutshisha bua’shi tabafuimanga. Bisumanga, abatungunuka na kufuima, na su ngoshi yatuuka abende ku lupese lua beshikuanyi netu bua kuituluisha, akupu bakatukie muiumbo.”
11 Biabia babatuudile ba nfumu ba kuibafubisha midimo pa bukopo bua’shi bebakiengieshe na midimo i bukopo, na bebakile Faraone bibundi bia kulamina bintu, kuamba’shi, Pitome na Ramesese.
12 Kadi pababadi abanyisha kuibakiengiesha, babaadi abanyisha kufuima na kupalakana muiumbo. Biabia bena Ejipitu babapushishe bena Isalele moo wi bukopo.
13 Nyi buakinyi bena Ejipitu babakuatshile bena Isalele ku bupika na nkuibakitshisha midimo i bukopo.
14 Babekeshe nshalelo abo bubi bukile na kuibakitshisha midimo i bukopo ya kukita potopoto, kubula kua matafuadi na midimo yoso i bukopo ya mu mafuba. Eyendo, babaadi abebafubisha midimo yoso ilekene ya bupika na kifita kioso.
15 Kunyima nfumu a mu Ejipitu nkuisamba na Shifra na Puwa ba ntaashi bena Ebelu,
16 aye nkuibalungula’shi: “Panukuasha bakashi bena Ebelu bua kutanda, talayi muana kalolo, su nubamono’shi mmulume, numuipee; kadi su nubamono’shi mmukashi, numulekie na muwa.”
17 Anka ba ntaashi babatshinyine Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi, na tababakitshine bibaadi nfumu a mu Ejipitu muibalungule nya. Kadi babaadi abalama bana balume na muwa.
18 Muenda mafuku, nfumu a mu Ejipitu bayitanyine baba ba ntaashi ebepusha’shi: “Buakinyi nukuete kuleka bana balume na muwa?”
19 Ba ntaashi babalunguile Faraone’shi: “Bana bakashi bena Ebelu ta be bu bana bakashi ba bena Ejipitu nya. Be bukome na bakuete kutanda kumpala kuashi ntaashi afikie kuabadi.”
20 Biabia Efile Mukulu belele baba ba ntaashi miabi, na bena Isalele babaadi abatungunuka na kufuima na kufika na bukome bukile.
21 Na bu bibaadi baba ba ntaashi batshine Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi, bebapeele bana kunyima kua mafuku.
22 Nfudiilo a bioso, Faraone balunguile muilo waye oso’shi: “Abitungu nuele muana mulume oso abatanda kui bena Ebelu mu muela wa Nile, kadi nulekie muana mukashi oso na muwa.”
Mayi e mushi mwesaki
^ Sunga “Anyima.”
