UMose Ehlane
Elusa ehlane elikude, uMose uphambukela esihlahleni esivuthayo kodwa singashi. UBaba wethu uthi ubonile ukuhlupheka, ezwile ukukhala, futhi wehlile ukuze ahlenge — futhi uthuma uMose. Lapho ebuzwa igama, uphendula ngokuthi NGIYILOKHO ENGIYIKHO.
3 1UMose wayelusa umhlambi womukhwe wakhe uJetro, umpristi waseMidiyani. Waqhuba umhlambi waya ngaphesheya kwehlane, wafika eHorebe, intaba kaBaba wethu. 2Khona lapho isithunywa sikaBaba wethu sabonakala kuye silokhu kuvutha umlilo oqhuma phakathi esihlahleni. UMose wabuka, wabona isihlahla sivutha umlilo kodwa singashi. 3UMose wathi: “Ake ngiye lapho ngibone lesi simangaliso esikhulu—ukuthi kungani isihlahla singashi.”
4Kwathi uBaba wethu esebonile ukuthi uphambukele ukuze abone, wambiza ephakathi esihlahleni, wathi: “Mose, Mose!” UMose wathi: “Ngilapha.”
5Wathi: “Ungasondeli. Khumula izicathulo zakho ezinyaweni zakho, ngokuba umhlabathi omi kuwo ungcwele.” 6Wathi: “Mina nginguBaba wakho, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe.” UMose wafihla ubuso bakhe, ngokuba wayesaba ukubuka uBaba wethu.
7UBaba wethu wathi: “Ngikubonile ngempela ukuhlupheka kwabantu bami eGibhithe, ngezwa ukukhala kwabo ngenxa yabaqhubi babo bezigqila, ngokuba ngiyazi izinhlungu zabo. 8Ngalokho ngehlile ukuba ngibakhulule esandleni samaGibhithe, ngibakhuphule kulelo zwe ngibayise ezweni elihle nelibanzi—izwe eligeleza ubisi noju—endaweni yamaKhanani, namaHeti, nama-Amori, namaPherizi, namaHivi, namaJebusi. 9Manje ukukhala kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli sekufike kimi, futhi ngikubonile ukucindezelwa amaGibhithe abacindezela ngakho. 10Manje hamba—ngikuthuma kuFaro, ukuba ukhiphe abantu bami, amadodana akwa-Israyeli, eGibhithe.”
11UMose wathi kuBaba wethu: “Ngingubani mina ukuba ngiye kuFaro, ngikhiphe abantwana bakwa-Israyeli eGibhithe?”
12Wathi: “Impela ngiyakuba nawe. Lokhu kuyisibonakaliso sakho sokuthi ngikuthumile: lapho ukhipha abantu eGibhithe, niyakukhonza uBaba wenu kule ntaba.”
13UMose wathi kuBaba wethu: “Uma ngiya kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli ngithi kubo, ‘UNkulunkulu wawoyihlo ungithume kini,’ bese bengibuza bethi, ‘Ngubani igama lakhe?’—ngithini kubo?”
14UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “NGINGUYE ENGINGUYE.” Wabe esethi: “Uthi kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli: ‘uNGIKHONA ungithumile kini.’” a a v14 Lapho uJesu ethi “ngaphambi kokuba u-Abhrahama abe khona, mina NGIKHONA” (Johane 8:58), wayekhuluma lona kanye igama uBaba wethu alinika uMose lapha. 15UBaba wethu waphinda wathi kuMose: “Uthi kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli: ‘UBaba wenu—uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe—ungithumile kini.’ Leli yigama lami kuze kube phakade, nendlela engikhunjulwa ngayo kuzo zonke izizukulwane. 16Hamba, ubuthe amalunga akwa-Israyeli, uthi kubo: uBaba wenu—uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe—ubonakele kimi wathi: Ngininakekele ngempela, ngabona okwenziwa kini eGibhithe, 17Ngithembisile ukunikhuphula ekuhluphekeni kwaseGibhithe nginise ezweni lamaKhanani, namaHeti, nama-Amori, namaPherizi, namaHivi, namaJebusi—izwe eligeleza ubisi noju. 18Bayakukulalela. Wena namalunga akwa-Israyeli niyakuya enkosini yaseGibhithe, nithi kuyo, ‘uBaba wamaHeberu uhlangene nathi. Manje ake usivumele sihambe izinsuku ezintathu siye ehlane, siyohlabela uBaba wethu.’ 19Kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi inkosi yaseGibhithe ngeke inivumele ukuba nihambe ngaphandle uma kungenxa yesandla esinamandla. 20Ngiyakwelula isandla sami, ngishaye iGibhithe ngazo zonke izimangaliso engizenza khona; ngemva kwalokho uyakunidedela. 21Ngiyakwenza ukuba amaGibhithe abe nomusa kulaba bantu, ukuze lapho nisuka, ningahambi nize. 22Yilowo nalowo wesifazane uyakucela kumakhelwane wakhe nakowesifazane ohlala endlini yakhe izinto zesiliva nezegolide nezingubo, nembathise amadodana namadodakazi enu ngazo. Kanjalo niyakuwaphanga amaGibhithe.” b b v22 U-Israyeli ophuma eGibhithe enengcebo ugcwalisa isithembiso sikaBaba ku-Abhrahama kuGenesise 15:14.
