Umusa Uvimbela Ubukhona Bakhe
Lapho betshelwa ukuthi bazolithola izwe kodwa hhayi ubukhona bakhe, abantu bayalila bakhumule nemihlobiso yabo. UMose, okhuluma noBaba wethu ubuso nobuso njengomngane, wenqaba ukuthatha ngisho isinyathelo esisodwa ngaphandle kwakhe, bese ecela ukubona inkazimulo yakhe, afihlwe edwaleni.
33 1UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Suka lapha, wena nabantu owabakhuphula eGibhithe, uye ezweni engafunga ngalo ku-Abrahama, ku-Isaka nakuJakobe ngathi: Ngizolinika inzalo yakho. 2Ngizothumela ingelosi phambi kwakho, ngixoshe amaKhanani, ama-Amori, amaHeti, amaPherizi, amaHivi, namaJebusi. 3Yenyukela ezweni eligeleza ubisi noju, kodwa mina ngeke ngenyuke ngiphakathi kwenu, ngokuba ningabantu abanenkani, ngingase nginibhubhise endleleni.”
4Kwathi lapho abantu bezwa lezi zindaba ezibuhlungu, balila, akwaba khona owafaka imihlobiso yakhe.
5Ngokuba uBaba wethu wayethe kuMose: “Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli: Ningabantu abanenkani. Uma bengingahamba phakathi kwenu ngomzuzwana nje, benginganibhubhisa. Manje khumulani imihlobiso yenu, ukuze nginqume ukuthi ngizokwenzani ngani.”
6Ngakho abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bazikhumula imihlobiso yabo, kusukela entabeni yaseHorebe kuqhubeke.
Itende Lokuhlangana
7UMose wayethatha itende, aligxumeke ngaphandle kwekamu, kude nekamu, alibize ngokuthi yitende lokuhlangana. Wonke umuntu owayefuna uBaba wethu wayephuma aye etendeni lokuhlangana, elingaphandle kwekamu. 8Kwakuthi lapho uMose ephumela etendeni, bonke abantu basukume beme, kube yilowo nalowo emnyango wetende lakhe, babuke uMose aze angene. 9Kwakuthi lapho uMose engena etendeni, insika yefu yehle, ime emnyango, bese uBaba wethu ekhuluma noMose. 10Kwathi lapho bonke abantu bebona insika yefu imi emnyango wetende, basukume bakhonze, kube yilowo nalowo emnyango wetende lakhe. 11Ngakho uBaba wethu wayekhuluma noMose ubuso nobuso, njengomuntu ekhuluma nomngane wakhe. UMose wayebuyela ekamu, kodwa inceku yakhe encane uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni yayingasuki etendeni. a a v11 Ukukhuluma “ubuso nobuso” kusho ukuthi uBaba wethu wakhuluma noMose ngqo nangokusondelene, njengoba abangane benza — hhayi ukuthi uMose wabona ubuso bakhe obungembozwanga, okuyinto ivesi 20 elithi akekho ongasinda kuyo.
Ubukhona BukaBaba Wethu Kithi
12UMose wathi kuBaba wethu: “Bheka, wena uthi kimi, ‘Khuphula laba bantu,’ kodwa awungitshelanga ukuthi ngubani ozomthuma nami. Kanti wathi, ‘Ngiyakwazi ngegama, futhi uthole nomusa emehlweni ami.’” 13“Manje, uma ngithole umusa emehlweni akho, ake ungibonise izindlela zakho, ukuze ngikwazi, ngiqhubeke ngithola umusa emehlweni akho. Khumbula futhi—lesi sizwe singabantu bakho.”
14Wathi: “Ubukhona bami buzohamba nawe, futhi ngizokunika ukuphumula.”
15UMose wathi kuye: “Uma ubukhona bakho bungahambi nathi, ungasikhuphuli lapha. 16Kuyokwaziwa ngani-ke ukuthi ngithole umusa kuwe, mina nabantu bakho? Akukhona yini ngokuhamba kwakho nathi, ukuze sahlukaniswe, mina nabantu bakho, kuzo zonke ezinye izizwe ezisebusweni bomhlaba na?”
17UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Le nto kanye oyicelile ngizoyenza, ngokuba uthole umusa emehlweni ami, futhi ngiyakwazi ngegama.”
18UMose wayesethi: “Ake ungibonise inkazimulo yakho.”
19Wathi: “Ngizokwenza bonke ubuhle bami budlule phambi kwakho, ngimemezele igama lami phambi kwakho. Ngizoba nomusa kulowo engizoba nomusa kuye, ngibonise isihawu kulowo engizobonisa kuye isihawu.” 20Kodwa wathi: “Ngeke ububone ubuso bami, ngokuba akekho ongangibona aphile.” 21UBaba wethu wathi: “Kukhona indawo eceleni kwami; uzokuma edwaleni, 22kuthi lapho inkazimulo yami idlula, ngizokubeka emfantwini wedwala, ngikumboze ngesandla sami ngize ngidlule. 23Bese ngisusa isandla sami, ubone umhlane wami; kodwa ubuso bami ngeke bubonwe.”
