UMoses entlango
Elusa umhlambi entlango ekude, uMoses uphambukela etyholweni elivutha lingatshi. UBawo wethu uthi ubukubonile ubunzima, weva isikhalo, wehla ukuba ahlangule — kwaye uthuma uMoses. Ebuzwa igama, uphendula athi, NdinguYe endinguYe.
3 1UMoses wayesalusa umhlambi kaYitro, uyise womkakhe, umbingeleli wakwaMidiyan. Wawukhokela umhlambi waya ngaphesheya kwentlango, wafika eHorebhe, intaba kaBawo wethu. 2Apho isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sabonakala kuye emlilweni odangazelayo phakathi etyholweni. UMoses wakhangela: ityholo lalivutha kodwa lingatshi. 3Wathi uMoses: “Mandiye kuloo ndawo ndibone lo mbono ungummangaliso—ukuba kutheni na ityholo lingatshi.”
4Uthe uBawo wethu akubona ukuba ujike ukuze abone, wambiza ephakathi etyholweni, wathi: “Moses, Moses!” Wathi uMoses: “Ndilapha.”
5Wathi: “Musa ukusondela. Khulula iimbadada ezinyaweni zakho, kuba umhlaba omi kuwo ungcwele.” 6Wathi: “NdinguBawo wakho, uThixo ka-Abraham, oka-Isake, nokaYakobi.” UMoses wabufihla ubuso bakhe, kuba esoyika ukukhangela uBawo wethu.
7Waza uBawo wethu wathi: “Ndikubonile inene ukubandezeleka kwabantu bam eYiputa, ndasiva isikhalo sabo phantsi kwabaqhubi-kalukhuni babo, kuba ndiyazazi iinkxwaleko zabo. 8Ngoko ndihlile ukuze ndibahlangule esandleni samaYiputa, ndibanyuse kwelo zwe ndibase ezweni elihle, eliphangaleleyo—ilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi—endaweni yamaKanan, namaHeti, nama-Amori, namaPerizi, namaHivi, namaYebhusi. 9Ngoku isikhalo sabantu bakwaSirayeli sifikile kum, ndabona nobandezelo amaYiputa abacinezela ngabo. 10Ngoko hamba—ndiyakuthuma kuFaro, ukuze ubakhuphe abantu bam, oonyana bakaSirayeli, eYiputa.”
11UMoses wathi kuBawo wethu: “Ndingubani na mna ukuba ndiye kuFaro, ndibakhuphe oonyana bakaSirayeli eYiputa?”
12Wathi: “Inene ndiya kuba nawe. Nguwo lo umqondiso wakho wokuba ndikuthumile: xa uthe wabakhupha abantu eYiputa, niya kunqula uBawo wenu kule ntaba.”
13Waza uMoses wathi kuBawo wethu: “Ukuba ndithe ndaya kubantu bakwaSirayeli, ndathi kubo, ‘UThixo wooyihlo undithumile kuni,’ baze bandibuze, ‘Ngubani igama lakhe?’—ndibaxelele ukuthini na?”
14UBawo wethu wathi kuMoses: “NDINGUYE ENDINGUYE.” Waza wathi: “Baxelele oonyana bakaSirayeli, uthi: ‘UNDINGUYE undithumile kuni.’” a a v14 Xa uYesu wathi “phambi kokuba kubekho uAbraham, NDIKHO” (uYohane 8:58), wayethetha kanye elo gama uBawo wethu awalinika uMoses apha. 15UBawo wethu waphinda wathi kuMoses: “Baxelele oonyana bakaSirayeli, uthi: ‘UBawo wenu—uThixo ka-Abraham, oka-Isake, nokaYakobi—undithumile kuni.’ Leli ligama lam ngonaphakade, kwaye ndikhunjulwa ngalo kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. 16Hamba, uhlanganise amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, uthi kuwo: uBawo wenu—uThixo ka-Abraham, oka-Isake, nokaYakobi—ubonakele kum, wathi: inene ndinilindile, ndakubona oko kwenziwa kuni eYiputa, 17Ndithembisile ukuba ndiya kuninyusa, ndinikhuphe ebubini baseYiputa, ndinise ezweni lamaKanan, namaHeti, nama-Amori, namaPerizi, namaHivi, namaYebhusi—ilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi. 18Baya kukuphulaphula. Wena namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli nize niye kukumkani waseYiputa, nithi kuye, ‘UBawo wamaHebhere uqubisene nathi. Ngoku khawusivumele sihambe iintsuku ezintathu siye entlango ukuze sibingelele kuBawo wethu.’ 19Kodwa ndiyazi ukuba ukumkani waseYiputa akayi kunivumela nihambe ngaphandle kwesandla esinamandla. 20Ndiya kusolula isandla sam, ndiyibethe iYiputa ngayo yonke imimangaliso yam endiyenzayo apho; wandule ukunindulula. 21Ndiya kwenza amaYiputa ababale aba bantu, ukuze xa nihamba, ningahambi nilambatha. 22Umfazi ngamnye makacele kummelwane wakhe nakumfazi ohlala endlwini yakhe iimpahla zesilivere negolide neengubo, nize nizambathise koonyana benu nakwiintombi zenu. Ngoko niya kuwaphanga amaYiputa.” b b v22 UkuphumakukaSirayeli eYiputa enobutyebi kuzalisekisa idinga likaBawo wethu kuAbraham kuGenesis 15:14.
