1 Kwasuka umuntu wendlu kaLevi, wathatha indodakazi kaLevi.
2 Wakhulelwa lowo mfazi, wazala indodana; esebonile ukuthi inhle, wayithukusa izinyanga ezintathu.
3 Engasenakuyithukusa wayithathela ibhokisi lebungu, walihuqa ngebitume* nangekolitayi,* wamfaka umfana kulo, walibeka emhlangeni ngasogwini lomfula.
4 Udadewabo wayemi kudana, ukuze azi ukuthi kuyakwenziwani kuye.
5 Kwase kwehla indodakazi kaFaro ukuyogeza emfuleni; amantombazana ayo ahamba eceleni komfula; ibona ibhokisi emhlangeni yathuma intombazana ukulilanda.
6 Yalivula, yabona umntwana; bheka, kwakungumfana; wakhala. Yamhawukela, yathi: “Lona ungowabantwana bamaHeberu.”
7 Udadewabo wayesethi kuyo indodakazi kaFaro: “Ngihambe ngikubizele umzanyana kuwo amaHeberu ukuba akuncelisele ingane na?”