aGen 35:23-26, 46:8-26, 6:14
bGen 46:27; Dute 10:22
cGen 50:26
dGen 1:20,21, 8:17, 9:7; Dute 26:5; Seb 7:17
e2:25; Seb 7:18
fHlab 105:24
gGen 11:3,4,7, 38:16
hHlab 105:25; Seb 7:19
iGen 49:15, 15:13, 3:7; Dute 26:6
j2:11, 5:4,5, 6:6,7; Hlab 81:6
k1 Kho 9:19; 2 Lan 8:4, 16:4, 17:12, 32:28
lGen 47:11, 12:37
mGen 28:14
nNani 22:3
oGen 42:18; Zaga 16:6
pDan 3:16-18, 6:13; Seb 5:29
qTshu 8:12
r2 Sam 7:11; 1 Kho 2:24; 1 Sam 2:35; 2 Sam 7:13,27; 1 Kho 11:38; Hlab 113:9, 127:1
sSeb 7:19

Exodus 1

Ukuhlupheka kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli eGibhithe

1La-ke ngamabizo amadodana kaIsrayeli afika eGibhithe loJakobe a; afika, ileyo laleyo lomuzi wayo, 2uRubeni, uSimeyoni, uLevi, loJuda, 3uIsakari, uZebuluni, loBhenjamini, 4uDani, loNafithali, uGadi, loAsheri. 5Njalo yonke imiphefumulo eyaphuma ekhalweni lukaJakobe yayiyimiphefumulo engamatshumi ayisikhombisa b. Kodwa uJosefa wayeseGibhithe. 6UJosefa wasesifa c labo bonke abafowabo, lalesosizukulwana sonke.

7Njalo abantwana bakoIsrayeli bazalana, baba banengi, banda, baba lamandla kakhulukazi d, ilizwe laze lagcwaliswa yibo. 8Kwasekuvela inkosi entsha phezu kweGibhithe eyayingamazi uJosefa e. 9Yasisithi esizweni sayo: Khangela, isizwe sabantwana bakoIsrayeli sinengi, futhi silamandla kulathi f. 10Wozani g, asisihlakanipheleni h, hlezi sande, njalo kuzakuthi lapho kusehla impi, laso sihlangane lezitha zethu, silwe simelene lathi, senyuke sisuke elizweni. 11Ngakho bamisa phezu kwaso izinduna zesibhalo i ukusihlupha ngemithwalo yabo j. Njalo samakhela uFaro imizi eyiziphala k, iPithoma leRamesesi l. 12Kodwa kwathi ekusihlupheni kwaso kwang'khona sisanda, kwang'khona sisabalala m. Ngakho banengwa ngabantwana bakoIsrayeli n. 13Njalo amaGibhithe abasebenzisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli ngochuku, 14aze enza impilo zabo zababa ngomsebenzi onzima, ngodaka langezitina, langawo wonke umsebenzi emasimini; ngomsebenzi wabo wonke, ababenza bawenza ngodlakela.

15Inkosi yeGibhithe yasikhuluma lababelethisi amaHebherukazi, obizo lowokuqala lalinguShifira, lebizo lowesibili lalinguPhuwa, 16yasisithi: Nxa libelethisa amaHebherukazi, lapho libabona ezihlalweni zokubeletha, uba kuyindodana, liyibulale; kodwa uba kuyindodakazi, iyekeleni iphila. 17Kodwa ababelethisi babemesaba uNkulunkulu o, kabenzanga njengalokho yakhuluma kubo inkosi yeGibhithe p, kodwa babayekela abafana baphila. 18Inkosi yeGibhithe yasibiza ababelethisi, yathi kubo: Liyenzeleni linto ukuthi liyekele abafana baphile? 19Ababelethisi basebesithi kuFaro: Ngoba amaHebherukazi kawanjengabafazi bamaGibhithe; ngoba alamandla, umbelethisi engakafiki kuwo, asebelethile. 20Ngalokhu uNkulunkulu wabenzela ababelethisi okuhle q, labantu banda, baba lamandla kakhulu. 21Kwasekusithi, ngoba ababelethisi bamesaba uNkulunkulu, wabakhela imizi r. 22UFaro waselaya isizwe sakhe sonke esithi: Yonke indodana ezalwayo liyiphosele emfuleni s, kodwa yonke indodakazi liyiyekele iphile.

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