Amanzi Aphuma Edwaleni
ERefidimi abantu baxabana ngamanzi futhi sebezimisele ukukhanda uMose ngamatshe, bebuza ukuthi uBaba wethu uphakathi kwabo noma qha. UMose utshelwa ukuba ashaye idwala, futhi kuphuma amanzi. Bese u-Amaleki uyahlasela, futhi abakwa-Israyeli banqoba kuphela uma u-Aroni noHuri bephakamisile izandla zikaMose.
17 1Lonke ibandla labantwana bakwa-Israyeli lasuka ehlane laseSini, lahamba isigaba ngesigaba njengokuyala kukaBaba wethu, lamisa eRefidimi—kodwa kwakungekho manzi okuba abantu baphuze. 2Abantu baxabana noMose bathi: “Siphe amanzi siphuze.” UMose waphendula wathi: “Nixabanelani nami? Nimlingelani uBaba wethu?”
3Abantu bomela amanzi lapho, bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: “Wasikhuphulelani eGibhithe ukuze usibulale ngokoma, thina nabantwana bethu nemfuyo yethu?”
4UMose wakhala kuBaba wethu wathi: “Ngibenzenjani laba bantu? Sekuseduze ukuba bangikhande ngamatshe.”
5UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Hamba phambi kwabantu. Thatha abanye babadala bakwa-Israyeli kanye nawe, uthathe esandleni sakho induku owashaya ngayo umfula iNayile, bese uhamba. 6Ngizakuma lapho phambi kwakho edwaleni eHorebe. Shaya idwala, bese kuphuma amanzi kulo ukuze abantu baphuze.” UMose wenza kanjalo bebukele abadala bakwa-Israyeli.
7Waqamba leyo ndawo ngokuthi iMasa neMeriba, ngokuba abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baxabana, bamlinga uBaba wethu, bebuza bethi: “Ukhona yini uBaba wethu phakathi kwethu noma akekho?” a a v7 IMasa isho ukuthi “ukulinga,” iMeriba isho ukuthi “ukuxabana” — leyo ndawo yaqanjwa ngenxa yokungabaza kwabantu ukuthi ngempela uBaba wethu wayenabo yini.
UBaba wethu Uyayinqoba Impi
8Kwase kufika u-Amaleki, walwa no-Israyeli eRefidimi. 9UMose wathi kuJoshuwa: “Sikhethele amadoda, uphume ulwe no-Amaleki. Kusasa ngizakuma esiqongweni segquma, induku kaBaba wethu isesandleni sami.” 10UJoshuwa wenza njengokusho kukaMose, walwa no-Amaleki; uMose, u-Aroni, noHuri benyukela esiqongweni segquma. 11Kwathi lapho uMose ephakamisa isandla sakhe, u-Israyeli wayenqoba; kodwa lapho esehlisa isandla sakhe, u-Amaleki wayenqoba. 12Izandla zikaMose zaba nzima, ngakho bathatha itshe balibeka ngaphansi kwakhe, wahlala phezu kwalo, kuthi u-Aroni noHuri basekela izandla zakhe, omunye ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuze zihlale ziqinile kwaze kwashona ilanga. 13UJoshuwa wamehlula u-Amaleki nabantu bakhe ngosiko lwenkemba.
14UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Bhala lokhu encwadini kube yisikhumbuzo, ukufundele uJoshuwa ngezwi elikhulu: Ngizakwesula nya ukukhunjulwa kuka-Amaleki ngaphansi kwezulu.”
15UMose wakha i-altare, waliqamba ngokuthi “UBaba wethu Uyifulegi Lami,” b b v15 UMose waqamba i-altare ngokuthi “uBaba wethu uyifulegi lami” ngemva kokunqoba kuka-Israyeli phezu kuka-Amaleki, okwanqotshwa ngesikhathi izandla zakhe ziphakanyiselwe kuBaba wethu. 16wathi: “Ngokuba isandla siphezu kwesihlalo sobukhosi sikaBaba wethu: Uzakulwa no-Amaleki isizukulwane ngesizukulwane.” c c v16 “Isandla phezu kwesihlalo sobukhosi” kuyisifungo sempi: u-Amaleki waqala ukuhlasela ukubusa kukaBaba wethu, ngakho ufunga ukulwa nabo kuze kube phakade.
