I-Eksodusi 15

15 ¹Khona-ke uMose nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli bahlabelela le ngoma kuBaba wethu, bathi: Ngiyakuhlabelela kuBaba wethu, ngokuba unqobe ngenkazimulo; ihhashi nomgibeli walo uliphonse olwandle. ²uBaba wethu ungamandla ami nengoma yami, futhi usube yinsindiso yami; lo nguBaba wami, ngiyakumdumisa, uNkulunkulu kababa, ngiyakumphakamisa. ³uBaba wethu uyiqhawe lempi; uBaba wethu uyigama lakhe. ⁴Izinqola zikaFaro nebutho lakhe uziphonse olwandle, nezikhulu zakhe ezikhethiweyo zaminzela oLwandle Olubomvu. ^a a v4 NgesiHebheru: Yam Suf, “uLwandle Lwemihlanga.” ⁵Amanzi ajulileyo abamboza; behlela ezinzulwini njengetshe. ⁶Isandla sakho sokunene, Baba wethu, sikhazimule ngamandla; isandla sakho sokunene, Baba wethu, siphahlaza isitha. ⁷Ngobukhulu bobukhosi bakho uyabachitha abakuvukelayo; uthumela ulaka lwakho oluvuthayo; lubashwabadela njengezibi. ⁸Ngokufutha kwamakhala akho amanzi anqwabelana; amanzi agobhozayo ema njengenqwaba; amanzi ajulileyo aqina enhliziyweni yolwandle. ⁹Isitha sathi: “Ngiyakuxosha, ngiyakufica, ngiyakwaba impango; ngiyakusutha ngabo. Ngiyakuhosha inkemba yami; isandla sami sizababhubhisa.” ¹⁰Waphephetha ngomoya wakho; ulwandle lwabasibekela; bazika njengomthofu emanzini anamandla. ¹¹Ngubani onjengawe phakathi konkulunkulu, Baba wethu? Ngubani onjengawe, okhazimule ngobungcwele, owesabekayo ezenzweni ezidumisekayo, owenza izimangaliso? ¹²Welula isandla sakho sokunene; umhlaba wabagwinya. ¹³Ngomusa wakho ubahole abantu obabahlengileyo; ubaqondisile ngamandla akho endaweni yakho engcwele yokuhlala. ¹⁴Izizwe zizwile; ziyathuthumela; ubuhlungu buphethe abantu baseFilistiya. ¹⁵Manje izinduna zakwa-Edomi zethukile; ukuthuthumela kuphethe izikhulu zakwaMowabi; bonke abahlali baseKhanani bancibilikile. ¹⁶Uvalo nokwesaba kuwela phezu kwabo; ngenxa yobukhulu bengalo yakho bathule njengetshe, baze bedlule abantu bakho, Baba wethu, baze bedlule abantu obathengileyo. ¹⁷Uzakubangenisa ubatshale entabeni yefa lakho, indawo, Baba wethu, oyenzele ukuhlala kwakho, indlu engcwele, Baba oyiNkosi, emiswe yizandla zakho. ¹⁸uBaba wethu uzakubusa kuze kube phakade naphakade.

¹⁹Kwathi lapho amahhashi kaFaro, izinqola, nabagibeli bamahhashi bengena olwandle, uBaba wethu wabuyisela amanzi olwandle phezu kwabo—kodwa u-Israyeli wahamba phakathi kolwandle emhlabathini owomileyo. ²⁰UMiriyamu umprofethikazi, udadewabo ka-Aroni, wathatha isigubhu esandleni sakhe, bonke abesifazane bamlandela benezigubhu, begida. ²¹UMiriyamu wabahlabelela: “Hlabelelani kuBaba wethu—unqobe ngenkazimulo; ihhashi nomgibeli walo uliphonse olwandle.”

Ukuya Ehlane

²²UMose wahola u-Israyeli esuka oLwandle Olubomvu waya ehlane laseShure; bahamba izinsuku ezintathu kulelo hlane bengawutholi amanzi. ²³Bafika eMara kodwa abakwazanga ukuwaphuza amanzi—ayebaba. Ngakho leyo ndawo yaqanjwa igama elithi Mara. ²⁴Abantu bakhonona kuMose, bathi: “Sizakuphuzani na?” ²⁵Wakhala kuBaba wethu, owamkhombisa isigodo; wasiphonsa emanzini, aba mnandi. Lapho uBaba wethu wabamisela isimiso nomthetho, wabavivinya khona.

²⁶Wathi: “Uma ulalela ngempela izwi likaBaba wakho, wenze okulungileyo emehlweni akhe, unake imiyalo yakhe, ugcine zonke izimiso zakhe, angiyikwehlisela phezu kwakho noyedwa wezifo engazehlisela phezu kweGibhithe, ngokuba nginguBaba wakho okukuphulukisayo.” ^b b v26 Emanzini ababayo aseMara, uBaba wethu wazembula njengaLowo ophulukisayo — ephendula ukubaba kube ubumnandi, ezibopha ebantwini bakhe njengomelaphi wabo.

²⁷Bafika e-Elimi, lapho kwakukhona imithombo yamanzi eyishumi nambili nezihlahla zamasundu ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa, bamisa khona eceleni kwamanzi.