Then the king of Egypt said to the two chief Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, "When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live" (1:15-16).
15Kutani hosi ya Egipta yi lerisa tisungukati timbirhi ta Vaheveru, Xifira na Puwa, yi ku ka tona: 16"Loko mi ri karhi mi pfuna vavasati va Vaheveru eku tintshunxeni ka vona, langutani swinene n'wana leswaku i wa yini: Loko a ri wa mufana, n'wi dlayeni!