Bible

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

7 Njalo abantwana bakoIsrayeli bazalana, baba banengi, banda, baba lamandla kakhulukazid, ilizwe laze lagcwaliswa yibo. 8 Kwasekuvela inkosi entsha phezu kweGibhithe eyayingamazi uJosefae. 9 Yasisithi esizweni sayo: Khangela, isizwe sabantwana bakoIsrayeli sinengi, futhi silamandla kulathif. 10 Wozanig, asisihlakaniphelenih, hlezi sande, njalo kuzakuthi lapho kusehla impi, laso sihlangane lezitha zethu, silwe simelene lathi, senyuke sisuke elizweni. 11 Ngakho bamisa phezu kwaso izinduna zesibhaloi ukusihlupha ngemithwalo yaboj. Njalo samakhela uFaro imizi eyiziphalak, iPithoma leRamesesil. 12 Kodwa kwathi ekusihlupheni kwaso kwang'khona sisanda, kwang'khona sisabalalam. Ngakho banengwa ngabantwana bakoIsrayelin. 13 Njalo amaGibhithe abasebenzisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli ngochuku, 14 aze enza impilo zabo zababa ngomsebenzi onzima, ngodaka langezitina, langawo wonke umsebenzi emasimini; ngomsebenzi wabo wonke, ababenza bawenza ngodlakela.

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

a Gen. 35.23-26; 46.8-26. 6.14.

b Gen. 46.27. Dute. 10.22.

c Gen. 50.26.

d Gen. 1.20,21; 8.17; 9.7. Dute. 26.5. Seb. 7.17.

e 2.25. Seb. 7.18.

f Hlab. 105.24.

g Gen. 11.3,4,7; 38.16.

h Hlab. 105.25. Seb. 7.19.

i Gen. 49.15; 15.13. 3.7. Dute. 26.6.

j 2.11; 5.4,5; 6.6,7. Hlab. 81.6.

k 1 Kho. 9.19. 2 Lan. 8.4; 16.4; 17.12; 32.28.

l Gen. 47.11. 12.37.

m Gen. 28.14.

n Nani 22.3.

o Gen. 42.18. Zaga 16.6.

p Dan. 3.16-18; 6.13. Seb. 5.29.

q Tshu. 8.12.

r 2 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.

s Seb. 7.19.