UMiriyam noAron bamchasa uMoses

UMiriyam noAron bathi bona bathetha ngegunya likaBawo wethu njengoMoses. Uphendula esithi noMoses uthetha naye umlomo nomlomo, kungabi ngeziqhalo. UMiriyam uphuma eneqhenqa; ngoko nangoko uMoses ubongoza ukuphiliswa kwakhe, aza onke amaSirayeli alinda iintsuku ezisixhenxe.

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UMiriyam noAron bathetha ngoMoses ngenxa yenkazana engumKushikazi awayezeke yona—kaloku wayezeke inkazana engumKushikazi. Bathi: “Ingaba uBawo wethu uthethe ngoMoses yedwa na? Akathethanga na nangathi?” Weva uBawo wethu.

Ke kaloku uMoses wayeyindoda ethobeke kunene, engaphezu kwabo bonke abantu abasemhlabeni.

Ngesiquphe uBawo wethu wathi kuMoses, nakuAron, nakuMiriyam: “Phumani nobathathu, niye ententeni yokuhlangana.” Baphuma ke bobathathu.

Waza uBawo wethu wehla esemqulwini welifu, wema emnyango wentente, wabiza uAron noMiriyam, baza basondela bobabini.

Wathi: “Khanive amazwi am: xa ekho umprofeti phakathi kwenu, mna, uBawo wenu, ndizityhila kuye ngombono, ndithethe naye ngephupha. Akunjalo ngomkhonzi wam uMoses; Ndithetha naye umlomo nomlomo, ngokucacileyo, kungabi ngeziqhalo, aze abone imbonakalo kaBawo wethu. Yini na ke ukuba ningoyiki ukuthetha ngomkhonzi wam uMoses?”

Wavutha ngoko umsindo kaBawo wethu kubo, waza wemka.

Lakunyuswa ilifu lisuke phezu kwentente, nanko uMiriyam eneqhenqa, emhlophe njengekhephu. Waguquka uAron wabheka kuMiriyam, nanko eneqhenqa. UAron wathi kuMoses: “Tarhu, nkosi yam! Musa ukusibekela ityala lesono sobudenge nokungalungisi kwethu. Musa ukumvumela abe njengozelwe efile, inyama yakhe isele idliwe isiqingatha ekuphumeni kwakhe esizalweni sikanina.”

Wakhala ke uMoses kuBawo wethu, wathi: “Tarhu, Bawo, khawumphilise!”

Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi kuMoses: “Ukuba uyise ebemtshicele nje ebusweni, ebengayi kudana na iintsuku ezisixhenxe? Makavalelwe ngaphandle kweminquba iintsuku ezisixhenxe; andule ke abuyiswe.”

Wavalelwa ke uMiriyam ngaphandle kweminquba iintsuku ezisixhenxe; abantu abandulukanga wada wabuyiswa. Emveni koko abantu banduluka eHatseroti, bamisa iintente entlango yaseParan.