AmaSirayeli Afika eSinayi
ESinayi uBawo wethu uthi wabathwala ngamaphiko okhozi, wabazisa kuye, aze abanike umnqophiso: inqobo eyingqwele, ubukumkani bababingeleli. Abantu bayahlamba balinde iintsuku ezintathu, iza intaba ingcangcazele ngumlilo nomsi nexilongo elisanda ngokukhula.
19 1Ngenyanga yesithathu emva kokuphuma koonyana bakaSirayeli eYiputa, kwangaloo mini, bafika entlango yaseSinayi. 2Banduluka eRefidim, bafika entlango yaseSinayi, bamisa iintente khona; uSirayeli wamisa iintente ekhangelene nentaba.
3UMoses wenyuka waya kuBawo wethu, waza uBawo wethu wambiza esentabeni, wathi: “Yitsho oku kwindlu kaYakobi, uxelele oonyana bakaSirayeli: 4Nikubonile oko ndakwenzayo kwelaseYiputa, indlela endanithwala ngayo ngamaphiko okhozi, ndanizisa kum. 5Ngoku, ukuba niyaliphulaphula okunene izwi lam, niwugcine umnqophiso wam, niya kuba yinqobo yam phakathi kwezizwe zonke—kuba lonke ihlabathi lelam. a a v5 UBawo wethu ubiza abantu bakhe ngokuba “yinqobo yakhe” — intetho yothando olunzulu, njengokuba ubawo emxabisa umntwana amthandayo. 6Niya kuba bubukumkani bam bababingeleli, uhlanga olungcwele. La ngamazwi oza kuwathetha koonyana bakaSirayeli.”
7UMoses weza, wabizela kuye amadoda amakhulu abantu, wawabekela phambi kwawo onke la mazwi uBawo wethu awamwisela umthetho ngawo. 8Baphendula bonke abantu ngaxeshanye, bathi: “Siya kukwenza konke akuthethileyo uBawo wethu.” UMoses wawabuyisela kuBawo wethu amazwi abo.
9Wathi uBawo wethu kuMoses: “Ndiza kuwe ngelifu elishinyeneyo, ukuze abantu beve xa ndithetha nawe, bakholwe nguwe ngonaphakade.” Waza uMoses wawaxela amazwi abantu kuBawo wethu. 10Wathi uBawo wethu kuMoses: “Yiya ebantwini, ubangcwalise namhla nangomso; bozihlamba iingubo zabo. 11Mababalunge ngomhla wesithathu, kuba ngawo ndiya kuhla entabeni yaseSinayi phambi kwamehlo abantu bonke. 12Umise umda abantu ngeenxa zonke, usithi: ‘Zigcineni ningenyuki entabeni, ningasichukumisi isiphelo sayo. Osukuba echukumisa intaba wobulawa afe okunene.’ 13Akukho sandla simchukumisayo—woxulutywa ngamatye okanye axunywe ngotolo. Nokuba yinkomo nokuba ngumntu, makafe. Xa isigodlo sisolula sokuhlaba umkhosi, bangenyuka entabeni.”
14UMoses wehla entabeni waya kubantu, wabangcwalisa, baza bazihlamba iingubo zabo. 15Wathi ebantwini: “Lungani umhla wesithathu; ningasondeli kubafazi.”
16Kwathi kusasa ngomhla wesithathu, kwabakho iindudumo nemibane, ilifu elishinyeneyo layigubungela intaba, nesandi sesigodlo esikhulu kunene senza bonke abantu abaseminqubeni bangcangacazela. 17UMoses wabakhupha abantu eminqubeni ukuba bahlangabeze uBawo wethu, bema ngasezantsi kwentaba. 18Intaba yaseSinayi yayingumsi iphela, ngokuba uBawo wethu wehla kuyo ngomlilo. Kwenyuka umsi njengomsi weziko, yaza intaba iphela yanyikima kakhulu. 19Ekubeni isandi sesigodlo saya sikhula ngokukhula, uMoses wathetha, waza uBawo wethu wamphendula ngendudumo. 20UBawo wethu wehla entabeni yaseSinayi, encotsheni yentaba, waza uBawo wethu wambizela uMoses encotsheni yentaba; wenyuka uMoses.
21Wathi uBawo wethu kuMoses: “Yihla uqononondise abantu ukuba bangagqobhozi beze kundibona, hleze kufe abaninzi. 22Nababingeleli abasondela kum mabazingcwalise, hleze ndibagqabhukele.”
23Wathi uMoses kuBawo wethu: “Abantu abanako ukunyuka entabeni yaseSinayi, kuba wena ngokwakho wasiqononondisa, usithi: ‘Yibekele umda intaba, uyingcwalise.’”
24Wathi uBawo wethu kuye: “Yihla, uze unyuke noAron. Ababingeleli nabantu mabangagqobhozi beze kunyuka kum, hleze ndibagqabhukele.”
25Wehla ke uMoses waya ebantwini, wabaxelela.
