UMoses Entabeni
UMoses wenyukela eNebho, waza uBawo wethu wambonisa ilizwe lonke angayi kungena kulo. Ufela khona eneminyaka elikhulu elinamashumi mabini, amehlo akhe engekafiphali, waza uBawo wethu wamngcwaba apho kungaziwa mntu. AmaSirayeli alila iintsuku ezimashumi mathathu; akukho mprofeti ukususela ngoko omaziyo ubuso ngobuso.
34 1Wenyuka ke uMoses, esuka ezinkqantosini zakwaMowabhi, waya phezu kwentaba yeNebho, encotsheni yePisga eyayimalunga neYeriko; waza uBawo wethu wambonisa ilizwe lonke—iGiliyadi kuse kwaDan, 2neNafetali yonke, nelizwe lakwaEfrayim nelakwaManase, nelizwe lonke lakwaYuda kuse elwandle lwasentshonalanga, 3nelasezantsi, nommandla—intili yaseYeriko, umzi wamaSundu—kuse eTsohare.
4Waza uBawo wethu wathi kuye: “Nali ilizwe endandifungele ngalo kuAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi, ndisithi: ‘Imbewu yakho ndiya kuyinika lona.’ Ndikuvumele ukuba ulibone ngamehlo akho, kodwa akuyi kuwela ungene kulo.”
5Wafa khona ke uMoses, umkhonzi kaBawo wethu, ezweni lakwaMowabhi, njengoko watshoyo uBawo wethu. 6UBawo wethu wamngcwaba esihlanjeni sakwaMowabhi malungana neBhete-pehore; kodwa akukho mntu owaziyo indawo yakhe yokungcwaba kude kube namhla. 7UMoses ebeminyaka ilikhulu elinamanci mabini ezelwe ekufeni kwakhe; amehlo akhe ayengafiphalanga, namandla akhe ayengabunanga. 8Oonyana bakaSirayeli bamlilela uMoses ezinkqantosini zakwaMowabhi iintsuku ezimashumi mathathu, zada zaphela iintsuku zokulila nezokumenzela isijwili. 9UYoshuwa unyana kaNun wayezele nguMoya wobulumko, ngokuba uMoses ebewabekile phezu kwakhe izandla zakhe. Oonyana bakaSirayeli bamphulaphula, benza njengoko uBawo wethu abemwisele umthetho uMoses. 10Kususela ngoko akuzanga kuvele mprofeti kwaSirayeli onjengoMoses, lowo uBawo wethu wamazi ubuso ngobuso, 11ngayo yonke imiqondiso nezimanga awamthuma uBawo wethu ukuba azenze eYiputa—kuFaro, nakubakhonzi bakhe bonke, nakwilizwe lakhe lonke, 12nangaso sonke isandla esithe nkqi, nazo zonke izenzo ezinkulu ezoyikekayo, awazenzayo uMoses phambi kwamehlo amaSirayeli onke.
