Ukwesaba kukaMose
UMose uyaphikisa: ngeke bangikholwe, nginolimi oluphuthumayo, thuma omunye. Unikwa udondolo oluphenduka inyoka, isandla esiba nesifo bese sihlambuluka, ekugcineni u-Aroni abe ngumlomo wakhe. U-Israyeli uyindodana kaBaba wethu eyizibulo, futhi uFaro kufanele amyeke ahambe.
4 1UMose waphendula wathi: “Kodwa ngeke bangikholwe noma balalele izwi lami, ngokuba bayakuthi, ‘UBaba wethu akazange abonakale kuwe.’”
2UBaba wethu wathi kuye: “Yini leyo esandleni sakho?” Wathi: “Yinduku.”
3Wathi: “Yiphonse phansi.” Wayiphonsa phansi, yaphenduka inyoka, uMose wayibalekela.
4Kodwa uBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Yelula isandla sakho uyibambe ngomsila”—welula isandla sakhe, wayibamba, yaphenduka induku esandleni sakhe. 5“ukuze bakholwe ukuthi uBaba wakho, uNkulunkulu woyise—ka-Abrahama, ka-Isaka, nokaJakobe—ubonakele kuwe.”
6Khona-ke uBaba wethu wathi kuye: “Faka isandla sakho esembathweni sakho.” Wenze njalo, kwathi lapho esikhipha, isandla sakhe sase sinesifo sesikhumba, simhlophe njengeqhwa.
7Wathi: “Buyisela isandla sakho esembathweni sakho.” Wenza njalo, kwathi lapho esikhipha, sasesibuyele esimweni saso, njengenye inyama yakhe.
8“Uma bengakukholwa noma bengalaleli isibonakaliso sokuqala, mhlawumbe bayakukholwa isibonakaliso sesibili. 9Uma besengakholwa lezi zibonakaliso ezimbili noma bengalaleli izwi lakho, thatha amanzi aseNayile uwathele emhlabathini owomileyo; amanzi owathathe eNayile ayakuba yigazi emhlabathini owomileyo.”
10Kodwa uMose wathi kuBaba wethu: “Ngiyakucela, Baba wami oyiNkosi, angikaze ngibe nekhono emazwini, kungaba ngaphambili noma selokhu ukhulume nenceku yakho, ngokuba ngiyephuza ukukhuluma, nolimi lwami luyephuza.”
11Khona-ke uBaba wethu wathi kuye: “Ngubani owanika umuntu umlomo wakhe? Ngubani owenza ukuthi abe yisimungulu noma yisithulu, abone noma abe yimpumputhe? Akusimi yini, uBaba wakho? 12Manje hamba, ngiyakuba nomlomo wakho, ngikufundise lokho ozokukusho.”
13Kodwa wathi: “Ngiyakucela, Baba wami oyiNkosi, thuma omunye umuntu.”
14Khona-ke intukuthelo kaBaba wethu yamvuthela uMose. Wathi: “Akusiye yini u-Aroni umfowenu, umLevi? Ngiyazi ukuthi ukhuluma kahle. Nakalokhu uyaphuma ukuzokuhlangabeza, uyakuthokoza enhliziyweni yakhe lapho ekubona. 15Khuluma naye; ufake amazwi emlonyeni wakhe. Ngiyakuba nomlomo wakho nowakhe, nginifundise nobabili lokho enizokwenza. 16Yena uyakukhulumela ebantwini, abe ngumlomo wakho, wena ube njengoNkulunkulu kuye. 17Uthathe le nduku esandleni sakho, uyisebenzise ukwenza izibonakaliso.”
UMose noJethro bayahlukana
18UMose wabuyela kuyisezala uJethro wathi: “Ake ngibuyele kubafowethu eGibhithe ngibone ukuthi basaphila yini.” UJethro wathi: “Hamba ngokuthula.”
19UBaba wethu wathi kuMose eMidiyani: “Buyela eGibhithe—bonke abantu ababefuna ukukubulala sebefile.”
20UMose wathatha umkakhe namadodana akhe, wabakhweza embongolweni, wabuyela ezweni laseGibhithe. UMose wathatha induku kaBaba wethu esandleni sakhe.
21Khona-ke uBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Lapho ubuyela eGibhithe, yenza phambi kukaFaro zonke izimangaliso engikunike amandla okuzenza. Kodwa mina ngiyakuyenza lukhuni inhliziyo yakhe, ukuze angabayeki abantu bahambe. 22Khona-ke uyakuthi kuFaro: ‘Nakhu okushiwo nguBaba wethu: U-Israyeli uyindodana yami eyizibulo, a a v22 Kudala kakhulu u-Israyeli engakabi yisizwe, uBaba wethu wabiza lesi sizwe ngendodana yakhe eyizibulo — isibonakaliso sokuqala somndeni awubuthela kuye, owagcwaliseka lapho uJesu, izibulo leqiniso, evula indlela yokubuyela ekhaya kubo bonke abantwana bakhe. 23ngithi kuwe: yeka indodana yami ihambe ingikhonze. Uma wenqaba ukuyiyeka ihambe, ngiyakuyibulala indodana yakho eyizibulo.’”
24Endaweni yokulala endleleni, uBaba wethu wahlangana naye wazama ukumbulala. b b v24 Lesi sigcawu esifushane nesiyimfihlakalo sigxile ophawini lwesivumelwano lokusoka, uMose ayebe elunakile endodaneni yakhe. Isenzo esisheshayo sikaZipora sibuyisela umndeni esivumelwaneni ngaphambi kokuba uMose akwazi ukuhola abantu bakaBaba wethu. 25UZipora wathatha itshe elibukhali, wasika ijwabu lendodana yakhe, walithinta ezinyaweni zikaMose, wathi: “Ngempela, ungumkhwenyana wegazi kimi.”
26Ngakho-ke uBaba wethu wamyeka uMose. Khona-ke wathi: “Umkhwenyana wegazi,” ngenxa yokusoka.
27Manje uBaba wethu wathi ku-Aroni: “Hamba uyohlangabeza uMose ehlane.” Wahamba, wahlangana naye entabeni kaBaba wethu, wamanga.
28UMose watshela u-Aroni wonke amazwi uBaba wethu ayewanike yena ukuba awadlulise, nazo zonke izibonakaliso ayemyale ukuba azenze. 29Khona-ke uMose no-Aroni bahamba babutha bonke abadala babantu bakwa-Israyeli. 30U-Aroni wakhuluma wonke amazwi uBaba wethu ayewakhulume kuMose, wenza izibonakaliso phambi kwabantu. 31Abantu bakholwa. Bathi besizwa ukuthi uBaba wethu usebuyile ukuzosiza abantu bakwa-Israyeli, ebonile nokuhlupheka kwabo, bakhothamisa amakhanda abo bakhuleka.
