¹And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:

¹Ndiwo mazita avana valsiraeri vakanga vaenda Egipita: mumwe nomumwe akaenda naJakove ana veimba yake:

²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

²Rubheni, naSimioni, naRevhi, naJudha,

³Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

³naIsakari, naZebhuruni, naBhenjamini,

⁴Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

⁴naDhani, naNafutari, naGadhi, naAsheri.

⁵And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

⁵Zvino vanhu vose vakanga vabva muchiuno chaJakove vakanga vari vanhu vana makumi manomwe; asi Josefa akanga atova Egipita.

⁶And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

⁶Zvino Josefa akafa, navana vababa vake vose, navose vakanga vane zero navo.

⁷And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

⁷Vana vaIsiraeri vakaberekana, vakawanda kwazvo, vakava nesimba guru-guru; nyika yakanga izere navo.

⁸And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

⁸Zvino paEgipitati pakamuka mumwe mambo mutsva, akanga asina kuziva Josefa.

⁹And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

⁹Iye akati kuvanhu vake, Tarirai, vanhu ava, vana vaIsiraeri, vanotipfuura isu pakuwanda nesimba;

¹⁰Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

¹⁰uyai, ngativafungire zano, varege kuwandisa, kuti kana kurwa kukamuka, ivo vangabatsirana navavengi vedu, vakarwa nesu, vakabva panyika ino.

¹¹And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

¹¹Naizvozvo vakagadza pamusoro pavo vatariri vebasa, kuti vavanetse nemirimo yavo. Vakavakira Farao maguta ana matura, Pitomi naRamesesi.

¹²But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

¹²Asi vachiramba vachivanetsa, ivo vakaramba vachiwanda kwazvo, vachingopararira. Vakaora moyo nokuda kwavana vaIsiraeri.

¹³And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

¹³VaEgipita vakavabatisa zvinorema;

¹⁴and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

¹⁴vakanetsa upenyu hwavo nebasa rinorema pamatope nezvitina, vachivabatisa zvinorema.

¹⁵And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives -- of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah --

¹⁵Zvino mambo weEgipita akaudza madzimbuya avaHebheru, vainzi mumwe Shifura, mumwe Pua;

¹⁶and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

¹⁶akati, Kana muchibatsira vakadzi vavaHebheru pabasa ramadzimbuya, muchivaona pakupona, kana ari mwanakomana mumuuraye kana ari mwanasikana, ngaararame hake.

¹⁷But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

¹⁷Asi madzimbuya akanga achitya Mwari, akasaita sezvaakarairwa namambo asi vakarega vanakomana vari vapenyu havo.

¹⁸And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

¹⁸Mambo weEgipita akadana madzimbuya, akati kwavari, Makaitireiko izvozvo, mukarega vanakomana vari vapenyu?

¹⁹And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.

¹⁹Madzimbuya akati kuna Farao, nekuti vakadzi vavaHebheru havana kufanana navakadzi vavaEgipita, nekuti vane simba; mbuya vasati vasvika kwavari, vatopona havo.

²⁰And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

²⁰Naizvozvo Mwari akaitira madzimbuya zvakanaka, vanhu vakawanda kwazvo, vakava nesimba kwazvo.

²¹And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

²¹Zvino madzimbuya zvaakanga achitya Mwari, iye akavapa mhuri.

²²Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.

²²Farao akaraira vanhu vake vose, akati, Vanakomana vose vanozoberekwa, muvakandire murwizi, asi vasikana vose muvarege vari vapenyu havo.