I-Eksodusi 7

7 ¹UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Bheka, ngikwenze waba njengoNkulunkulu kuFaro, u-Aroni umfowenu uyakuba ngumprofethi wakho. ²Uyakukhuluma konke engikuyala ngakho; u-Aroni umfowenu uyakutshela uFaro ukuba akhiphe abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ezweni lakhe. ³Kodwa ngiyakuyenza lukhuni inhliziyo kaFaro, ngandise izibonakaliso nezimangaliso zami ezweni laseGibhithe. ⁴UFaro akayikunilalela, ngakho ngiyakubeka isandla sami phezu kweGibhithe, ngikhiphe amabutho ami—abantu bami, inzalo ka-Israyeli—ezweni laseGibhithe ngezahlulelo ezinkulu. ⁵AmaGibhithe ayakwazi ukuthi nginguBaba lapho ngelulela isandla sami phezu kweGibhithe, ngikhiphe abantu bakwa-Israyeli phakathi kwawo.”

⁶UMose no-Aroni benza njalo; benza kanye njengokuba uBaba wethu wayebayalile. ⁷UMose wayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, u-Aroni eneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nantathu lapho bekhuluma noFaro.

⁸UBaba wethu wathi kuMose naku-Aroni:

⁹lapho uFaro ethi kini: “Zibonakaliseni ngesimangaliso,” uyakuthi ku-Aroni: “Thatha udondolo lwakho, ulujikijele phansi phambi kukaFaro, luyakuphenduka inyoka.”

¹⁰UMose no-Aroni baya kuFaro, benza njengokuba uBaba wethu wayeyalile. U-Aroni walujikijela udondolo lwakhe phambi kukaFaro nezinceku zakhe, lwaphenduka inyoka. ¹¹UFaro naye wabiza izihlakaniphi nabathakathi, izanusi zaseGibhithe nazo zenza okufanayo ngemilingo yazo yemfihlo. ¹²Yilowo nalowo wajikijela phansi udondolo lwakhe, aphenduka izinyoka. Kodwa udondolo luka-Aroni lwazigwinya izindondolo zabo. ¹³Inhliziyo kaFaro yaba lukhuni; akabalalelanga, njengokuba uBaba wethu wayeshilo.

INayile iphenduka igazi

¹⁴UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Inhliziyo kaFaro inqabile; uyala ukubayeka abantu bahambe. ¹⁵Yiya kuFaro ekuseni lapho ephumela emanzini. Ume ogwini lweNayile ukuba umhlangabeze, uphathe esandleni sakho udondolo olwaphenduka inyoka. ¹⁶Uthi kuye: uBaba wethu wamaHebheru ungithume kuwe, ethi: “Yeka abantu bami bahambe bayongikhonza ehlane.” Nokho kuze kube manje awulalelanga. ¹⁷Usho kanje uBaba wethu: “Ngalokhu uyakwazi ukuthi nginguBaba: bheka, ngodondolo olusesandleni sami ngiyakushaya amanzi aseNayile, aphenduke igazi. ¹⁸Izinhlanzi eziseNayile ziyakufa, iNayile iyakunuka, amaGibhithe ngeke akwazi ukuwaphuza amanzi aseNayile.”’” ¹⁹UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Tshela u-Aroni: Thatha udondolo lwakho welulele isandla sakho phezu kwamanzi aseGibhithe—phezu kwemifula yabo, imisele, amachibi, nazo zonke izigodo zabo zamanzi—aphenduke igazi. Igazi liyakugcwala lonke iGibhithe, ngisho nasezitsheni zokhuni nezamatshe.”

²⁰UMose no-Aroni benza njengokuba uBaba wethu wayeyalile: phambi kukaFaro nezinceku zakhe, u-Aroni waluphakamisa udondolo, washaya amanzi aseNayile, onke amanzi ayo aphenduka igazi. ²¹Izinhlanzi eziseNayile zafa, iNayile yanuka, amaGibhithe ayengenakuwaphuza amanzi aseNayile. Igazi laliselizweni lonke laseGibhithe. ²²Kodwa izanusi zaseGibhithe zenza okufanayo ngemilingo yazo yemfihlo. Ngakho inhliziyo kaFaro yahlala ilukhuni; akabalalelanga, njengokuba uBaba wethu wayeshilo. ²³UFaro waphenduka waya endlini yakhe, akakunakanga nalokhu enhliziyweni yakhe. ²⁴Onke amaGibhithe emba eceleni kweNayile efuna amanzi okuphuza, ngokuba ayengenakuwaphuza amanzi aseNayile. ²⁵Kwadlula izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ezigcwele emva kokuba uBaba wethu eshaye iNayile.