1. Ndipo Yehova ananena kwa Mose, Tsopano udzaona comwe ndidzacitira Farao; pakuti ndi dzanja lamphamvu adzawalola apite, inde ndi dzanja lamphamvu adzawaingitsa m'dziko lace.
2. Ndipo Mulungu ananena ndi Mose, nati kwa iye, Ine ndine YEHOV A:
3. ndipo ndinaonekera Abrahamu, Isake ndi Yakobo, Mulungu Wamphamvuyonse; koma sindinadziwika kwa iwo ndi dzina langa YEHOV A.
4. Ndipo ndinakhazikitsanso nao cipangano canga, kuwapatsa dziko la Kanani, dziko la maulendo ao, anali alendo m'mwemo.
5. Ndamvanso kubuula kwa ana a Israyeli, amene Aaigupto awayesa akapolo; ndipo ndakumbukila cipangano canga.
6. Cifukwa cace nena kwa ana a Israyeli, Ine ndine Yehova, ndipo ndidzakuturutsani pansi pa akatundu a Aaigupto, ndipo ndidzakulanditsani ku ukapolo wanu; ndipo ndidzakuombolani ndi dzanja lotambasuka, ndi maweruzo akuru;
7. ndipo ndidzalandira inu mukhale anthu anga, ndipo ndidzakhala Ine Mulungu wanu; ndipo mudzadziwa kuti Ine ndine Yehova Mulungu wanu, wakuturutsa inu pansi pa akatundu a Aaigupto.
8. Ndipo ndidzakulowetsani m'dziko limene ndinakweza dzanja langa kunena za ilo, kuti ndilipereke kwa Abrahamu, kwa Isake ndi kwa Yakobo; ndipo ndidzakupatsani ilo likhale lanulanu; Ine ndine Yehova.
9. Ndipo Mose ananena comweco ndi ana a Israyeli; koma sanamvera Mose cifukwa ca kuwawa mtima, ndi ukapolo wolemera.
10. Ndipo Yehova ananena ndi Mose, ndi kuti,
11. Lowa, lankhula ndi Farao mfumu ya Aigupto, kuti alole ana a Israyeli aturuke m'dziko lace.
12. Koma Mose ananena pamaso pa Mulungu, ndi kuti, Onani, ana a Israyeli sanandimvera ine; adzandimvera bwanji Farao, ndine wa milomo yosadula?
13. Ndipo Yehova ananena ndi Mose ndi Aroni, nawalangiza za ana a Israyeli, ndi za Farao mfumu ya Aigupto, kuti aturutse ana a Israyeli m'dziko la Aigupto.
14. Akuru a mbumba za makolo ao ndi awa: ana amuna a Rubeni, woyamba wa Israyeli ndiwo: Hanoki ndi Palu, Hezroni, ndi Karmi; amene ndiwo mabanja a Rubeni.