Bavingcelwe luLwandle
Bevingelwe phakathi kolwandle neenqwelo zokulwa zikaFaro, amaSirayeli athi kungcono ngewawasala engamakhoboka. UMoses uwaxelela ukuba ame nkqi akhangele uBawo wethu esilwa. Ulwandle luqhekeka ngumoya wasempumalanga obusuku bonke, aze amaSirayeli ahambe phakathi, baza amanzi abuyayo athabathe umkhosi owawulandela.
14 1Wathi ke uBawo wethu kuMoses:
2“Yithi koonyana bakaSirayeli mababuyele, bamise phambi kwePihahiroti, phakathi kweMigidoli nolwandle, phambi kweBhahalitsefon—nize nimise ngaselwandle, malunga nayo. 3Kuba uFaro uya kuthi ngoonyana bakaSirayeli: ‘Balahlekile ezweni; intlango ibavingcile.’ 4Ndiya kuyiqaqadekisa intliziyo kaFaro, aze abasukele; ndiya kuzizukisa ngoFaro nawo wonke umkhosi wakhe, lize iYiputa lazi ukuba ndinguBawo.” Benza ke njalo. a a v4 Xa iziBhalo zisithi uBawo wethu wayiqaqadekisa intliziyo kaFaro, zibiza isigwebo sakhe kukumkani owayesele eyiqaqadekisile eyakhe intliziyo nxamnye naye; uPawulos uzamazamana nale mfihlakalo inye kumaRoma 9.
5Akuxelelwa ukumkani waseYiputa ukuba abantu babalekile, uFaro nabathetheli bakhe bajika benxamnye nabo: “Yintoni na le siyenzileyo, sindulula amaSirayeli ekusikhonzeni?” 6Wayibopha ke inqwelo yakhe yokulwa, wabathabatha abantu bakhe nabo. 7Wathabatha iinqwelo zokulwa ezingamakhulu amathandathu ezahleliweyo, nazo zonke ezinye iinqwelo zokulwa zaseYiputa, zinabaphathi phezu kwazo zonke. 8UBawo wethu wayiqaqadekisa intliziyo kaFaro ukumkani waseYiputa, waza wabasukela oonyana bakaSirayeli abaphuma ngesandla esiphakamileyo. 9AmaYiputa abasukela, awafumana bemise ngaselwandle—onke amahashe kaFaro, neenqwelo zakhe zokulwa, nabamahashe bakhe, nomkhosi wakhe—ngasePihahiroti, phambi kweBhahalitsefon.
10Akuba uFaro esondela, amaSirayeli aphakamisa amehlo, awabona amaYiputa esondela emva kwawo. Oyika kunene, adanduluka kuBawo wethu. 11Athi kuMoses: “Ingaba iYiputa ibingenamangcwaba na, le nto usithabathele ukufela entlango? Yintoni na le uyenzileyo kuthi, usikhupha eYiputa? 12Asithanga na kuwe eYiputa: ‘Yeka ukusikhathaza, sivumele sikhonze amaYiputa’? Kungcono ukuwakhonza kunokufela entlango.”
13Wathi uMoses ebantwini: “Musani ukoyika. Yimani niqine, nibone usindiso lukaBawo wethu aya kunisindisa ngalo namhlanje; kuba amaYiputa eniwabonayo namhlanje, anisayi kuphinda niwabone naphakade. 14UBawo wethu uya kunilwela; nina nozola nje kuphela.”
15Wathi ke uBawo wethu kuMoses: “Undikhalelani na? Yithi koonyana bakaSirayeli baye phambili. 16Yiphakamise intonga yakho, uze wolule isandla sakho ngaphezu kolwandle, ulucande; baze oonyana bakaSirayeli bawele phakathi kolwandle emhlabeni owomileyo. 17Mna ndiya kuyiqaqadekisa intliziyo yamaYiputa, ukuze abalandele bangene; ndize ndizizukise ngoFaro nawo wonke umkhosi wakhe, neenqwelo zakhe zokulwa, nabamahashe bakhe. 18AmaYiputa aya kwazi ukuba ndinguBawo, xa ndithe ndazizukisa ngoFaro, neenqwelo zakhe zokulwa, nabamahashe bakhe.”
19Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu, esasihamba phambi kweminquba yamaSirayeli, sasuka saya emva kwawo; nomqulu welifu wasuka phambi kwawo, wema emva kwawo. 20Weza phakathi kweminquba yamaYiputa neminquba yamaSirayeli—kwaba lilifu nobumnyama, kanti wabukhanyisa ubusuku—akwasondelelana ubusuku bonke.
21UMoses wolula isandla sakhe phezu kolwandle. UBawo wethu walubuyisa ubusuku bonke ngomoya wasempumalanga owomeleleyo, walwenza umhlaba owomileyo. Acandeka amanzi. 22Oonyana bakaSirayeli bahamba phakathi kolwandle emhlabeni owomileyo, amanzi eluthango kubo, ngasekunene nangasekhohlo. 23AmaYiputa abasukela, angena phakathi kolwandle—onke amahashe kaFaro, neenqwelo zakhe zokulwa, nabamahashe bakhe. 24Ngesifingo sokusa, uBawo wethu wawuqwalasela umkhosi wamaYiputa esemqulwini womlilo nowelifu, wawuphosa ekuxakaxakeni umkhosi wamaYiputa. 25Wazixina iivili zeenqwelo zawo zokulwa, zaza zahamba kanzima. Athi amaYiputa: “Masibaleke emaSirayeli—uThixo uyawalwela nxamnye neYiputa!”
26Wathi ke uBawo wethu kuMoses: “Yolula isandla sakho phezu kolwandle, abuye amanzi phezu kwamaYiputa, nasezingqwelweni zawo zokulwa, nakubamahashe bawo.”
27UMoses wolula isandla sakhe phezu kolwandle; kwathi ngesifingo lwabuyela kubunzulu balo. AmaYiputa abaleka esiya kulo, waza uBawo wethu wawagibisela amaYiputa phakathi kolwandle. 28Abuya amanzi, azigubungela iinqwelo zokulwa nabamahashe, wonke umkhosi kaFaro owabasukelayo angena elwandle. Akwasala namnye. 29Oonyana bakaSirayeli bahamba phakathi kolwandle emhlabeni owomileyo, amanzi eluthango ngasekunene nangasekhohlo kubo. 30Ngaloo mini ke uBawo wethu wawahlangula amaSirayeli esandleni samaYiputa, aza wona awabona izidumbu zamaYiputa zilele elunxwemeni lolwandle. 31AmaSirayeli awabona amandla amakhulu uBawo wethu awawasebenzisa nxamnye neYiputa; amoyika, akholwa nguye nangomkhonzi wakhe uMoses.
