1. NDIPO maina a ana a Israyeli, amene analowa m'Aigupto ndi Yakobo ndi awa, analowa munthu ndi banja lace:
2. Rubeni, Simeoni, Levi ndi Yuda;
3. Isakara, Zebuloni, ndi Benjamini;
4. Dani ndi Nafitali, Gadi ndi Aseri.
5. Ndipo amoyo onse amene anaturuka m'cuunomwace mwa Yakobo ndiwo makumi asanu ndi awiri; kama Yosefe anali m'Aigupto.
6. Ndipo anafa Yosefe, ndi abale ace onse, ndi mbadwo uwo wonse.
7. Ana a Israyeli ndipo anaswana, nabalana, nacuruka, nakhala nazo mphamvu zazikuru; ndipo dziko linadzala nao.
8. Pamenepo inalowa mfumu yatsopano m'ufumu wa Aigupto, imene siinadziwa Yosefe.
9. Ndipo ananena ndi anthu ace, Taonani, anthu, ndiwo ana a Israyeli, acuruka, natiposa mphamvu.