I-Eksodusi 6

6 ¹UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Manje uzobona engizokwenza kuFaro: ngesandla esinamandla uyakubakhipha; ngesandla esinamandla uyakubaxosha ezweni lakhe.”

²UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuMose, wathi kuye: “NginguBaba wakho. ³Ngabonakala ku-Abhrahama, ku-Isaka, nakuJakobe njenge-El Shaddai—uBaba wethu uSomandla—kodwa babengangazi ngegama lami, elithi Baba. ^a a v3 Okhokho bakhuleka ngaleli gama (uGenesise 15:2)—kodwa ukulazi kungukuliphila, futhi lokho kuqala manje (6:7). AmaBhayibheli amaningi esiNgisi aliloba ngokuthi “uSimakade.” ⁴Ngasiqinisa nesivumelwano sami nabo, ukubanika iKhanani, izwe ababehlala kulo njengabezizwe. ⁵Ngikuzwile futhi ukububula kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, abenziwa izigqila ngabaseGibhithe, ngasikhumbula isivumelwano sami. ⁶Tshela amadodana akwa-Israyeli uthi: NginguBaba wenu. Ngizanikhipha ngaphansi kwemithwalo yaseGibhithe, nginikhulule ebugqileni babo, nginihlenge ngengalo eyeluliwe nangezahlulelo ezinkulu. ⁷Ngizanithatha nibe ngabantwana bami, ngibe nguBaba wenu. Niyakwazi ukuthi nginguBaba wenu, onikhulula ngaphansi kwemithwalo yaseGibhithe. ⁸Ngizaningenisa ezweni engafunga ngalo, ngiphakamise isandla, ukulinika u-Abhrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe, ngizalinika nina libe yifa lenu. NginguBaba wenu.”

⁹UMose wakutshela abantwana bakwa-Israyeli lokhu, kodwa abamlalelanga uMose ngenxa yomoya wabo owaphukileyo nangenxa yobugqila obunzima.

¹⁰UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

¹¹“Hamba, utshele uFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe ukuba avumele abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baphume ezweni lakhe.”

¹²Kodwa uMose wathi phambi kukaBaba wethu: “Uma abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bengangilaleli, pho uFaro uyakungilalela kanjani na? Ngikhuluma kabi.” ¹³UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuMose naku-Aroni, wabayala ngokuphathelene nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli noFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe, ukuba bakhiphe abantwana bakwa-Israyeli eGibhithe.

Uzalo lukaLevi: UMose no-Aroni

¹⁴Izinhloko zezindlu zawoyise: amadodana kaRubeni, izibulo lika-Israyeli—uHanoki, uPhalu, uHezroni, uKarmi. Lezi kwakuyimindeni kaRubeni. ¹⁵Amadodana kaSimeyoni: uJemuweli, uJamini, u-Ohadi, uJakini, uZohari, noShawuli indodana yowesifazane ongumKhanani—imindeni kaSimeyoni. ¹⁶Amadodana kaLevi ngezizukulwane zawo: uGereshoni, uKohati, uMerari. ULevi waphila iminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amathathu nesikhombisa. ¹⁷Amadodana kaGereshoni: uLibni noShimeyi, ngemindeni yawo. ¹⁸Amadodana kaKohati: u-Amramu, u-Izhari, uHebroni, no-Uziyeli. UKohati waphila iminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amathathu nantathu. ¹⁹Amadodana kaMerari: uMahli noMushi. Lezi kwakuyimindeni yakwaLevi ngokwezizukulwane zayo. ²⁰U-Amramu wathatha udadewabo kayise uJokhebedi; wamzalela u-Aroni noMose. Waphila iminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amathathu nesikhombisa. ²¹Amadodana ka-Izhari: uKora, uNefegi, noZikri. ²²Amadodana ka-Uziyeli: uMishaweli, u-Elizafani, noSitri. ²³U-Aroni wathatha u-Elisheba indodakazi ka-Aminadaba, udadewabo kaNaheshoni; wamzalela uNadabi, u-Abihu, u-Eleyazare, no-Ithamari. ²⁴Amadodana kaKora: u-Asiri, u-Elkana, no-Abiyasafi. Lezi kwakuyimindeni yamaKorama. ²⁵U-Eleyazare, indodana ka-Aroni, wathatha enye yamadodakazi kaPhutiyeli; wamzalela uFinehasi. Laba bayizinhloko zezindlu zamaLevi, ngokwemindeni yawo.

²⁶Yibo laba u-Aroni noMose uBaba wethu athi kubo: “Khiphani abantwana bakwa-Israyeli eGibhithe ngamaviyo abo.”

²⁷Yibo laba abakhuluma kuFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe ukuze bakhiphe abantwana bakwa-Israyeli eGibhithe: uMose no-Aroni.

²⁸Kwathi ngosuku uBaba wethu akhuluma ngalo kuMose ezweni laseGibhithe,

²⁹uBaba wethu wathi kuye: “NginguBaba wakho. Tshela uFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe konke engikutshela khona.”

³⁰Kodwa uMose wathi phambi kukaBaba wethu: “Njengoba ngikhuluma kabi, uFaro uyakungilalela kanjani na?”