¹Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Pinda kuna Farao, undomuudza, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waVaHebheru: Tendera vanhu vangu kuenda vandinamate.

²nekuti kana ukaramba kuvatendera, ukaramba uchivadzivisa,

³tarira, ruoko rwaJehovha ruchava pamusoro pezvipfuwo zvako zviri kusango, napamusoro pamabhiza, napamusoro pemadhongi, napamusoro pamakamera, napamusoro pemombe, napamusoro pezvipfuwo zviduku; hosha yakaipa kwazvo ichavapo.

⁴Jehovha acharaura zvipfuwo zvavaIsiraeri pazvipfuwo zvavaEgipita; hapana chimwe chingafa pazvipfuwo zvose zvavaIsiraeri.

⁵Zvino Jehovha akatara nguva akati, Mangwana Jehovha achaita chinhu ichi munyika ino.

⁶Fume mangwana Jehovha akaita chinhu ichocho, zvipfuwo zvose zveEgipita zvikafa; asi pazvipfuwo zvavana vaIsiraeri hapana zvakafa, kunyange nechimwe chete.

⁷Farao akatuma vanhu, vakawana kuti pazvipfuwo zvavaIsiraeri hapana zvakafa, kunyange chimwe chete. Asi moyo waFarao wakava mukukutu, akasatendera vanhu kuenda.

⁸Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi naAroni, Torai tsama dzamadota echoto, Mozisi aakushire kudenga pamberi paFarao.

⁹Achashanduka guruva rakatsetseka panyika yose yeEgipita, achiita mamota anoputika semhoni pavanhu napazvipfuwo zvose zveIjjipiti.

¹⁰Ivo vakatora madota echoto, vakamira pamberi paFarao, Mozisi akaakushira kudenga, akaita mamota anoputika semhoni pavanhu napazvipfuwo.

¹¹Zvino n'anga dzakanga dzisingagoni kumira pamberi paMozisi nokuda kwamamota, nekuti mamota akanga ari pan'anga napavaEgipita vose.

¹²Asi Jehovha akaomesa moyo waFarao, akasavateerera, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha kuna Mozisi.

¹³Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Fumira mangwanani, undomira pamberi paFarao, uti kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari wavaHebheru: Tendera vanhu vangu kuenda vandinamate.

¹⁴Nekuti nenguva ino ndichatuma matambudziko angu ose pamusoro pomoyo wako, napamusoro pavaranda vako, napamusoro pavanhu vako, uzive kuti hapana akafanana neni panyika dzose.

¹⁵Nekuti dai ndisakadaro, ndingadai ndaitambanudza ruoko rwangu, ndikakurova iwe navanhu vako nehosha yakaipa, ukaparadzwa chose panyika;

¹⁶asi zvirokwazvo ndakakuraramisa nokuda kwaizvozvo, kuti ndikuratidze simba rangu, uye kuti zita rangu rikurumbire kunyika dzose.

¹⁷Zvino ucharamba uchingozvikudza uchirwa navanhu vangu, usingadi kuvatendera kuenda here?

¹⁸Tarira, mangwana, nenguva yakaita seino, ndichanisa chimvuramabwe chakaipa kwazvo, chisina kumbovapo paEgipita kubva pakuvambwa kwayo kusvikira zvino.

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvino tuma vanhu, uunganidze zvipfuwo zvako nezvose zvaunazvo kusango, nekuti vanhu vose nezvipfuwo zvose zvinowanikwa kusango, zvisina kuiswa mudzimba, zvicharohwa nechimvuramabwe zvikafa.

²⁰Zvino vakatya shoko raJehovha pakati pavaranda vaFarao vakaraira kuti varanda vavo nezvipfuwo zvavo zvitizire mudzimba.

²¹Asi vakanga vasingateereri shoko raJehovha, vakarega varanda vavo nezvipfuwo zvavo kusango.

²²Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Tambanudzira ruoko rwako kudenga, chimvuramabwe chivepo panyika yose yeEgipita, pamusoro pavanhu, napamusoro pezvipfuwo, napamusoro pemiriwo yose yeminda panyika yose yeEgipita.

²³Mozisi akatambanudzira tsvimbo yake kudenga, Jehovha akatuma kutinhira nechimvuramabwe, moto wemheni ukarova pasi. Jehovha akanaisa chimvuramabwe panyika

²⁴Chimvuramabwe chikavapo, nomoto wakavengana nechimvuramabwe, chikanyanya kwazvo, chisina kumbovapo panyika yose yeEgipita, kubva pakutanga korudzi ipapo.

²⁵Chimvuramabwe chikarova zvose zvakanga zviri kusango, vanhu nezvipfuwo, panyika yose yeEgipita; chimvuramabwe chikarova miriwo yose yeminda, chikavhuna miti yose yesango.

²⁶Asi munyika yeGosheni chete, imo makanga muna vana vaIsiraeri, ndipo pakanga pasina chimvuramabwe.

²⁷Zvino Farao akatuma vanhu kundodana Mozisi naAroni, akati kwavari, Nguva ino ndatadza; Jehovha akarurama, asi ini navaranda vangu takaipa.

²⁸Nyengeterai kuna Jehovha, nekuti kutinhira kukuru kwaMwari nechimvuramabwe zvaringana; ndichakutenderai kuenda, murege kugara.

²⁹Mozisi akati kwaari, Kana ndangobuda paguta, ndichatambanudzira maoko angu kuna Jehovha; ipapo kutinhira kuchanyarara, nechimvuramabwe hachizovipo; muchaziva kuti nyika yose ndeyaJehovha.

³⁰Asi kana murimwi navaranda venyu, ndinoziva kuti hamungatyi Jehovha Mwari.

³¹Miti yoruchinda nebhari zvikarohwa, nekuti bhari yakanga yatumbuka, nemiti yoruchinda yakanga yava namaruva.

³²Asi zviyo zvegorosi nezvesipereti hazvina kurohwa, nekuti zvakanga zvisina kukura.

³³Zvino Mozisi akabuda muguta pamberi paFarao, akatambanudzira maoko ake kuna Jehovha, kutinhira nechimvuramabwe zvikanyarara, nemvura ikasadururirwa panyika.

³⁴Zvino Farao akati aona kuti mvura nechimvuramabwe nokutinhira zvanyarara, akawedzera kutadza, akaomesa moyo wake, iye navaranda vake.

³⁵moyo waFarao ukaomeswa, akasatendera vana vaIsiraeri kuenda; sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi.