Umntwana Ofihlwe Engcongolweni
Umama ongumLevi ufihla unyana wakhe iinyanga ezintathu, aze ambeke engobozini etyatyekwe ngebhitumene phakathi kwengcongolo yomlambo weNayile, ize intombi kaFaro imbhatale unina ukuba amanyise. Ekhulile, uMoses ubulala umYiputa, abalekele eMidiyan. USirayeli uyagcuma, aze uBawo wethu eve, akhumbule umnqophiso wakhe.
2 1Ke kaloku indoda yendlu kaLevi yahamba, yazeka intombi kaLevi. 2Wamitha umfazi lowo, wazala unyana; akubona ukuba uphilile, wamfihla iinyanga ezintathu. 3Akuba engasenako ukumfihla, wathabatha ingobozi yengcongolo, wayityabeka ngebhitumene nangetela, wambeka umntwana kuyo, wayibeka engcongolweni elunxwemeni lomlambo. 4Wema udade wabo ekude, ukuze abone oko kuya kwenzeka kuye. 5Yehla intombi kaFaro isiya kuzihlamba emlanjeni, behamba ngasemlanjeni abakhonzazana bayo. Yabona ingobozi phakathi kwengcongolo, yathuma umkhonzazana wayo ukuba ayilande. 6Yayivula, yambona umntwana — khangela, yinkwenkwana, ilila. Yaba nemfesane kuye, yathi: “Lo ngomnye wabantwana bamaHebhere.”
7Wathi udade wabo entombini kaFaro: “Ndikubizele umfazi ongumHebherekazi ukuba akwanyisele umntwana na?”
8Yaphendula intombi kaFaro yathi: “Ewe, hamba.” Yahamba ke intombazana, yabiza unina womntwana.
9Intombi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Mthabathe lo mntwana, umndanyisele, ndiya kukunika umvuzo wakho.” Umfazi lowo wamthabatha umntwana, wamanyisa.
10Wakhula umntwana; wamsa entombini kaFaro, yaza yamenza unyana wayo, yamthiya igama elinguMoses, isithi: “Ngokuba ndamrhola emanzini.” a a v10 Igama elinguMoses livakalelana negama elithi “ukurhola” — wamthiya ngenxa yomzuzu awarholwa ngawo emanzini.
UMoses Phakathi Kwabakowabo
11Ngaloo mihla uMoses wakhula, waphuma waya kubantu bakowabo, wayibona imithwalo yabo, wabona umYiputa ebetha umHebhere, omnye wabazalwana bakhe. 12Wasingasinga, akubona ukuba akukho mntu, wambulala umYiputa, wamfihla entlabathini.
13Ngengomso waphuma, wabona amaHebhere amabini esilwa, wathi kumfo owonileyo: “Yini na ukuba umbethe ummelwane wakho?”
14Wathi: “Ngubani okumise ukuba ube ngumphathi nomgwebi phezu kwethu? Ngaba ufuna ukundibulala njengoko umbulele umYiputa na?” Woyika uMoses, wacinga, wathi: “Inene, le nto isaziwa.”
15Weva uFaro, wafuna ukumbulala uMoses; wabaleka ebusweni bukaFaro, wahlala ezweni lamaMidiyan, wahlala ngasequleni.
16Umbingeleli wamaMidiyan wayeneentombi ezisixhenxe; zeza kukha amanzi, zayizalisa imijelo ukuze ziseze umhlambi kayise. 17Kwathi bakufika abalusi, bazigxotha, wesuka uMoses wazihlangula, wayiseza imfuyo yazo. 18Zakubuyela kuyise uRehuweli, wathi: “Yini na ukuba nibuye kwangoko namhla?”
19Zathi: “Indoda engumYiputa isihlangule esandleni sabalusi, yaza yasikhelela namanzi, yawuseza umhlambi.”
20Wathi kwiintombi zakhe: “Uphi na? Kutheni nishiye loo ndoda? Mbizeni ukuba adle.”
21Wavuma uMoses ukuhlala naloo ndoda, yaza yamnika uMoses intombi yayo uTsipora ukuba ibe ngumkakhe. 22Wazala unyana; uMoses wamthiya igama elinguGershom, esithi: “Bendingumphambukeli ezweni lolunye uhlanga.” b b v22 Igama elinguGershom livakala ngathi lelesiHebhere elithi “umphambukeli apho” — uMoses wamthiya unyana wakhe ngenxa yobomi bakhe njengomphambukeli kude nasekhaya.
23Emva kwexesha elide, wafa ukumkani waseYiputa. Bancwina oonyana bakaSirayeli ngenxa yobukhoboka, bakhala; saza senyuka isikhalo sabo sisiya kuBawo wethu siphuma ebukhobokeni. 24UBawo wethu wakuva ukuncwina kwabo, waza wawukhumbula umnqophiso wakhe no-Abraham, noIsake, noYakobi. 25UBawo wethu wabakhangela oonyana bakaSirayeli, waza waqonda.
