Kulonga 1:1-22
1 Lino aaya ngamazina aabana ba Israyeli ibakaboola mu Egepita antoomwe a Jakobo, umwi aumwi iwakaboola amukwasyi wakwe:+
2 Rubeni, Simeoni, Levi, a Juda;+
3 Isakara, Zebuloni, a Benjamini;
4 Dani alimwi a Nafutali, Gadi a Aseri.+
5 Alimwi bantu boonse ibakazyalwa kuli Jakobo* bakali 70, pele Josefa wakali kale mu Egepita.+
6 Mukuya kwaciindi Josefa wakafwa,+ abalo banabokwabo basankwa boonse kubikkilizya abazyalani eeliya bakafwa.
7 Pele bana Israyeli bakazyalana akutalika kuvwula kapati, alimwi bakali kuyaabwiindila kuvwula akuba basinguzu kapati cakuti cisi cakazula mbabo mukaindi buyo kasyoonto.+
8 Mukuya kwaciindi mu Egepita kwakaba mwami mupya iwatakamuzyi Josefa.
9 Aboobo wakaambila bantu bakwe kuti: “Amubone! Bana Israyeli mbanji alimwi mbaasinguzu kapati kwiinda ndiswe.+
10 Atubacenjelele. Buyo-buyo banooyaabuvwula, aboobo ikuti kwabuka nkondo, bayoosangana abasinkondoma akutulwana mpoonya bayootija kuzwa mucisi.”
11 Aboobo bakababikkila basilutwe kuti kabababelesya cabuzike kutegwa kababapenzya amilimo iiminya,+ eelyo bakayaka minzi iitegwa Pitomu a Ramese+ kuti ibe ziyobwedo* zya Farao.
12 Pele nobakali kuyaabwiindila kubapenzya, ndendilyo abalo nobakali kuyaabwiindila kuvwula akumwaika mucisi, aboobo bakayoowa kapati akaambo kabana Israyeli.+
13 Akaambo kaceeci, bana Egepita bakabelesya bana Israyeli cabuzike.+
14 Bakabayumizyila buumi bwabo kwiinda mukubabelesya milimo yacibbalo yakukanda bulongo, kuuma zitina akubeleka milimo iili yoonse yabuzike yamumyuunda. Inzya bakababelesya mubukkale bukatazya mumilimo iili yoonse yabuzike.+
15 Mpoonya mwami wa Egepita wakabandika abasikutumbusya ibana Hebrayo, Sifura a Puwa,
16 akubaambila kuti: “Nomutumbusya+ bamakaintu ba Hebrayo, ikuti mwabona batumbuka mwana musankwa, mweelede kumujaya; pele ikuti naa musimbi, tamweelede kumujaya pe.”
17 Pele basikutumbusya aabo bakali kumuyoowa Leza mwini-mwini, aboobo tiibakacita kweelana ambwaakabaambila mwami wa Egepita. Muciindi caboobo, bana basankwa bakali kubaleka kuti bapone.+
18 Nokwakainda ciindi mwami wa Egepita wakaita basikutumbusya akubabuzya kuti: “Ino mubalekela nzi bana basankwa kuti kabapona?”
19 Basikutumbusya bakati kuli Farao: “Bamakaintu ba Hebrayo tabali mbuli bamakaintu bana Egepita. Balo mbayumu, sikutumbusya katanasika inga nkujana batumbuka kale.”
20 Aboobo Leza wakabacitila kabotu basikutumbusya aaba, alimwi bana Israyeli bakazumanana kuvwula akuba basinguzu kapati.
21 Alimwi akaambo kakuti basikutumbusya bakali kumuyoowa Leza mwini-mwini, kumbele wakabapa mikwasyi yabo beni.
22 Kumane Farao wakalailila bantu boonse kuti: “Mwana musankwa uuli woonse muna Hebrayo iwazyalwa mweelede kumusowela mu Mulonga wa Nile, pele kuti naa musimbi, mweelede kumuleka kuti azumanane kupona.”+
Bupanduluzi buyungizyidwe
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “ibakazwa mucibelo ca Jakobo.”
^ Muminzi eeyi bakayaka matala amaanda aakuyobweda maila azintu zimwi.
