Eksodusi
2 Ngaleso sikhatsi, lenye indvodza levela endlini yaLevi+ yatsatsa intfombi nayo levela kuleyondlu yayenta umfati. 2 Lomfati wakhulelwa futsi watala indvodzana. Nakabona kutsi loluswane luhle, walufihla tinyanga letintsatfu.+ 3 Ngesikhatsi abona kutsi akasakhoni kulufihla,+ watsatsa bhasikidi* lowentiwe ngephaphira,* wawuhuca ngelitiyela nangeludzaka, wase ufaka loluswane kuwo. Ngemuva kwaloko wafihla lobhasikidi emhlangeni loseceleni kweMfula iNayili. 4 Sisi+ waloluswane wema bucadlwana kuze abuke kutsi kutakwentekani kulo.
5 Ngesikhatsi indvodzakati yaFaro ifika itewugeza kuloMfula iNayili, tincekukati tayo betihambahamba eceleni kwalomfula. Yabona lobhasikidi losekhatsi emhlangeni, futsi ngekushesha yatfumela intfombatana lesigcili sayo kutsi iyewutsatsa lobhasikidi.+ 6 Yatsi nayiwuvula, yakhandza kuneluswane lolungumfana lukhala. Ngako yaluvela, kodvwa yatsi: “Lolu ngulolunye lwetinswane temaHebheru.” 7 Sisi waloluswane watsi kulendvodzakati yaFaro: “Ngingakulandzela yini make longumHebheru lotakumunyisela lomntfwana aphindze amnakekele?” 8 Lendvodzakati yaFaro yatsi: “Hamba umlandze!” Ngaso leso sikhatsi lentfombatana yalandza make waloluswane.+ 9 Lendvodzakati yaFaro yatsi kulomake: “Tsatsa lomntfwana ungimunyisele yena uphindze umnakekele, mine ngitakubhadala.” Ngako lomake walutsatsa loluswane walunakekela. 10 Lomntfwana watsi nasakhulile, lomake longumHebheru wammikisa kulendvodzakati yaFaro, yase imtsatsa njengendvodzana yayo.+ Yametsa libito yatsi nguMosi,* ngobe beyitsi: “Kungenca yekutsi ngamkhipha emantini.”+
11 Ngesikhatsi Mosi sekamdzala,* wahamba wayovakashela bantfu bakubo kuze atibonele indlela lebebagcilatwa ngayo.+ Nakefika lapho wabona umGibhithe ashaya umuntfu wakubo longumHebheru. 12 Ngako wacalata, futsi nakabona kutsi kute umuntfu lombonako, wabulala lomGibhithe wase umfihla esihlabatsini.+
13 Nangelilanga lelilandzelako waphindze wabavakashela bantfu bakubo. Nakefika wakhandza emadvodza lamabili langemaHebheru alwa. Ngako watsi kulona lowonile: “Umshayelani umuntfu wakini?”+ 14 Lendvodza yatsi kuye: “Ngubani lokubeke kutsi ube yinkhosi nemehluleli wetfu? Nami sewufuna kungibulala njengalomGibhithe lombulele?”+ Mosi wesaba kakhulu futsi wacabanga watsi: “Vele kusho kutsi bantfu sebayayati lendzaba!”
15 Faro weva ngalendzaba wase wetama kubulala Mosi, kodvwa Mosi wambalekela waya eveni lakaMidiyani+ wayewuhlala khona. Watsi nakefika kulelo live, waphumula ngasemtfonjeni. 16 Umphristi wakaMidiyani+ abenemadvodzakati langu-7. Lamadvodzakati akhe eta kulomtfombo atewukha emanti, awagcwalise lakunatsela khona* tilwane futsi anatsise imfuyo yababe wawo. 17 Njengenhlalayenta, kwefika belusi bawacosha lamadvodzakati alomphristi kanye nalemihlambi yawo. Nakabona loku, Mosi wawasita* waphindze wanatsisa lemihlambi. 18 Nakefika ekhaya, babe wawo Rehuweli*+ wawabuta watsi: “Kwentiwe yini kutsi lamuhla nisheshe nibuye?” 19 Amphendvula atsi: “Lenye indvodza lengumGibhithe+ isivikele kubelusi, yaphindze yakha emanti yanatsisa imihlambi yetfu.” 20 Yena watsi kuwo: “Iphi pho lendvodza? Niyishiyeleni? Hambani niyoyilandza itewudla natsi.” 21 Ngemuva kwaloko, Mosi wavuma kuhlala naRehuweli, futsi Rehuweli wamnika Siphora+ indvodzakati yakhe kutsi abe ngumfati wakhe. 22 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi Siphora watala indvodzana. Mosi wayibita ngekutsi nguGeshomu*+ ngobe bekatsi: “Ngisihambi kulelive.”+
23 Ngemuva kwesikhatsi,* inkhosi yaseGibhithe yafa.+ Ema-Israyeli achubeka aphila kabuhlungu, akhala ngenca yekugcilatwa, futsi achubeka akhala kuNkulunkulu weliciniso kutsi awasite.+ 24 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, Nkulunkulu wakuva kukhala kwawo,+ wasikhumbula nesivumelwane lasenta na-Abrahama, Isaka naJakobe.+ 25 Ngako Nkulunkulu wawanaka ema-Israyeli futsi wakubona nekuhlupheka kwawo.