UMoses namaSirayeli Bayacula
UMoses namaSirayeli bavuma oko kusandukwenzeka — ihashe nomkhweli waphoswa elwandle, uBawo wethu eligorha, osandla sakhe sokunene siyalutyumza utshaba, nothando lomnqophiso lwakhe lukhokelela abakhululweyo ekhaya. Emva kweentsuku ezintathu akukho manzi, lize ichibi elikrakra laseMara lenziwe mnandi.
15 1Waza uMoses noonyana bakaSirayeli bavuma le ngoma kuBawo wethu: Ndiya kuvuma kuBawo wethu, kuba uloyisile ngobungangamsha; ihashe nomkhweli walo wawuphosa elwandle. 2UBawo wethu ungamandla am nengoma yam, waza waba lusindiso lwam; nguye lo uBawo wam, ndaye ndiya kumdumisa, uThixo kabawo, ndaye ndiya kumphakamisa. 3UBawo wethu uligorha; uBawo wethu ligama lakhe. 4Iinqwelo zokulwa zikaFaro nempi yakhe wazigibisela elwandle, baza abathetheli bakhe abanyuliweyo bantywiliselwa eLwandle oluBomvu. a a v4 NgesiHebhere: Yam Suf, “uLwandle lweNgcongolo.” 5Amanzi anzongonzongo abagubungela; behla baya enzulwini njengelitye. 6Isandla sakho sasekunene, Bawo, singcangcazelisa ngamandla; isandla sakho sasekunene, Bawo, siyalutyumza utshaba. 7Ngobukhulu bobungangamsha bakho ubabhukuqa abo bakuvukelayo; uthumela umsindo wakho ovuthayo; ubatshisa njengeendiza. 8Ngokufutha kwamathatha akho amanzi aba yimfumba; amanzi ageleza ema njengongqameko; amanzi anzongonzongo aqina embilinini yolwandle. 9Utshaba lwathi: “Ndiya kusukela, ndiya kufumana, ndiya kwaba amaxhoba; ndiya kuhlutha ngabo. Ndiya kurhola ikrele lam; isandla sam siya kubatshabalalisa.” 10Waphephetha ngomoya wakho; ulwandle lwabagubungela; bantywila njengelothe emanzini anamandla. 11Ngubani na onjengawe phakathi koothixo, Bawo? Ngubani na onjengawe, ongcangcazelisa ngobungcwele, owoyikekayo ngezenzo ezizukileyo, owenza imimangaliso? 12Wasolula isandla sakho sasekunene; ihlabathi labaginya. 13Ngenceba yakho yomnqophiso ubakhokele abantu obakhululeyo; ubakhaphe ngamandla akho ubasa ekhayeni lakho elingcwele. 14Zivile izizwe; ziyangcangcazela; inkwantyiso ibabambile abantu baseFilisti. 15Ngoku izikhulu zakwaEdom ziqhiphuke umbilini; ukungcangcazela kuzibambile iinkokeli zakwaMowabhi; bonke abemi baseKanan banyibilikile. 16Unkwantyiso novalo luwela phezu kwabo; ngenxa yengalo yakho enamandla amakhulu bema baqine okwelitye, bade bagqithe abantu bakho, Bawo, bade bagqithe abantu owabathengayo. 17Uya kubangenisa ubatyale entabeni yelifa lakho, kuloo ndawo, Bawo, owazenzela yona ukuba ube likhaya lakho, kule ngcwele, Nkosi Bawo, eyamiswa zizandla zakho. 18UBawo wethu uya kulawula kude kuse ephakadeni laphakade.
19Kuthe xa amahashe kaFaro, iinqwelo zakhe zokulwa, nabamahashe bakhe bangena elwandle, uBawo wethu wawabuyisela phezu kwabo amanzi olwandle; kodwa amaSirayeli ahamba phakathi elwandle emhlabeni owomileyo. 20UMiriyam umprofetikazi, udade boAron, wathabatha ingqongqo ngesandla, baza bonke abafazi bamlandela beneengqongqo, bengqungqa. 21UMiriyam wavuma kubo: “Vumani kuBawo wethu — uloyisile ngobungangamsha; ihashe nomkhweli walo wawuphosa elwandle.”
Baya Entlango
22UMoses wawakhokela amaSirayeli ukuwasusa eLwandle oluBomvu, wawasa entlango yaseShure; ahamba iimini ezintathu kuloo ntlango engafumani manzi. 23Afika eMara, kodwa akaba nako ukuwasela amanzi — ayekrakra. Ngenxa yoko yathiywa igama elinguMara. 24Baza abantu bamkhalazela uMoses, besithi: “Sosela ntoni na?” 25Wanqula kuBawo wethu, owambonisa uthi lomthi; wawuphosa emanzini, aza aba mnandi. Apho uBawo wethu wabamisela ummiselo nesiko, waza wabavavanya khona.
26Wathi: “Ukuba uthe waliphulaphula ngokwenene izwi likaBawo wakho, wenza okulungileyo emehlweni akhe, ubeke indlebe kwimiyalelo yakhe, uyigcine yonke imimiselo yakhe, andiyi kubeka nasinye kuwe sezo zifo ndazibeka eYiputa; kuba ndinguBawo wakho okuphilisayo.” b b v26 Emanzini akrakra aseMara, uBawo wethu wazibonakalisa njengaLowo uphilisayo — eguqula ubukrakra bube bumnandi, ezibopha ebantwini bakhe njengomphilisi wabo.
27Bafika e-Elim, apho kwakukho imithombo yamanzi, eyayilishumi elinamibini, namasundu angamashumi asixhenxe; baza bamisa khona ngasemanzini.