I-Eksodusi 2

2 ¹Kwathi indoda yendlu kaLevi yahamba yathatha indodakazi kaLevi. ²Owesifazane wakhulelwa wazala indodana; ebona ukuthi inempilo, wayifihla izinyanga ezintathu. ³Esengakwazi ukuyifihla isikhathi eside, wathatha ubhasikidi wekhwane, wawuhuqa ngethara nangenhlaka, wafaka umntwana kuwo, wawubeka phakathi kwemihlanga osebeni lomfula iNayile. ⁴Udadewabo wema kude ukuze abone ukuthi kwakuyokwenzekani kuye. ⁵Indodakazi kaFaro yehlela ukuyogeza eNayile, izincekukazi zayo zihamba ngaseNayile. Yabona ubhasikidi phakathi kwemihlanga, yathuma incekukazi yayo ukuba iwulande. ⁶Yawuvula, yabona umntwana—usana olungumfana, lukhala. Yaluhawukela, yathi: “Lo ngomunye wabantwana bamaHeberu.”

⁷Udadewabo wabuza indodakazi kaFaro: “Ngikubizele yini owesifazane ongumHeberu ukuba akunciselele umntwana?”

⁸Indodakazi kaFaro yaphendula: “Yebo, hamba.” Ngakho intombazane yahamba yabiza unina womntwana.

⁹Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Thatha lo mntwana ungincelisele, mina ngiyokukhokhela umholo wakho.” Owesifazane wamthatha umntwana wamncelisa.

¹⁰Umfana wakhula; wamletha endodakazini kaFaro, eyamamukela njengendodana yayo, yametha igama lokuthi uMose: “Ngokuba ngamdonsa emanzini.” ^a a v10 Igama elithi Mose lizwakalisa igama elisho ukuthi “ukudonsa ngaphandle” — waqanjwa ngaso isikhathi akhushulwa ngaso emanzini.

UMose Phakathi Kwabantu Bakubo

¹¹Ngalezo zinsuku uMose wakhula, waphuma waya kubantu bakubo, wabona imithwalo yabo, wabona umGibhithe eshaya umHeberu, omunye wezihlobo zakhe. ¹²Waqalaza, ebona ukuthi akukho muntu, wambulala umGibhithe wamfihla esihlabathini.

¹³Ngosuku olulandelayo waphuma, wabona amaHeberu amabili elwa, wabuza lowo owayenephutha: “Umshayelani umngane wakho?”

¹⁴Yena wathi: “Ubani okubeke waba umbusi nomahluleli phezu kwethu? Ucabanga ukungibulala njengoba ubulele umGibhithe na?” UMose wesaba, wacabanga: “Ngempela le ndaba sekwaziwa ngayo.”

¹⁵UFaro wezwa, wafuna ukumbulala uMose; wabaleka kuFaro, wakha ezweni laseMidiyani, wahlala eduze komthombo.

¹⁶Umpristi waseMidiyani wayenamadodakazi ayisikhombisa; afika ukukha amanzi agcwalisa imikhombe ukuze aphuzise umhlambi kayise. ¹⁷Kwathi abelusi befika bewaxosha, uMose wasukuma, wawasiza, waphuzisa umhlambi wawo. ¹⁸Lapho ebuyela kuyise uReweli, wabuza: “Kungani nibuye masinyane kangaka namuhla?”

¹⁹Athi: “UmGibhithe usisizile kubelusi, waze wasikhela namanzi waphuzisa umhlambi.”

²⁰“Uphi yena?” wabuza amadodakazi akhe. “Nimshiyeleni lowo muntu? Mbizeni ukuba azodla.”

²¹UMose wavuma ukuhlala naleyo ndoda, eyamnika indodakazi yayo uSipora ukuba ibe ngumkakhe. ²²Wazala indodana; uMose wayetha igama lokuthi uGereshoma, ethi: “Bengiyisihambi ezweni lezinye izizwe.” ^b b v22 Igama elithi Gereshoma lizwakala njengamazwi esiHeberu athi “isihambi lapho” — uMose waqamba indodana yakhe ngokuphila kwakhe njengowezizwe kude nasekhaya.

²³Emva kwesikhathi eside, inkosi yaseGibhithe yafa. Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babubula ngenxa yobugqila, bakhala; ukukhala kwabo kwenyukela kuBaba wethu kuvela ebugqilini. ²⁴UBaba wethu wezwa ukububula kwabo, wakhumbula isivumelwano sakhe no-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe. ²⁵UBaba wethu wawabheka ama-Israyeli, waqonda.