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17 Onkhe ema-Israyeli esuka ehlane laseSini,+ ahamba ema etindzaweni letehlukehlukene njengobe nje Jehova+ abewatjela. Afike amisa emathende eRefidimu,+ kodvwa akazange awatfole emanti ekunatsa.
2 Ngako labantfu bacala kulwa naMosi+ batsi: “Sinike emanti ekunatsa.” Kodvwa Mosi watsi kubo: “Kungani nilwa nami futsi nichubeka nivivinya Jehova?”+ 3 Ngenca yekutsi labantfu bebome kakhulu, bachubeka bakhonona ngaMosi+ batsi: “Usikhipheleni eGibhithe? Ufuna tsine nemadvodzana etfu kanye nemfuyo yetfu sife ngenca yekoma?” 4 Ekugcineni Mosi wakhala kuJehova, watsi: “Ngibatsini labantfu? Sekusele kancane kutsi bangigcobe ngematje!”
5 Jehova wase utsi kuMosi: “Tsatsa lamanye emadvodza lamadzala aka-Israyeli uhambe embikwalabantfu, uphatse nalendvuku yakho lowashaya ngayo uMfula iNayili.+ Uboyiphatsa ngesandla sakho bese uyahamba. 6 Mine ngitawube ngime embikwakho kulelidvwala laseHorebe. Uboshaya lelidvwala, futsi kutawuphuma emanti kulo bese labantfu bayawanatsa.”+ Ngako Mosi wenta njalo embikwalamadvodza lamadzala aka-Israyeli. 7 Ngako Mosi wabita lendzawo ngekutsi yiMasa*+ nangekutsi yiMeribha,*+ ngobe ema-Israyeli alwa naye futsi avivinya+ Jehova, atsi: “Jehova unatsi yini nobe cha?”
8 Kwabese kufika ema-Amaleki+ eRefidimu+ atekulwa nema-Israyeli. 9 Ngako Mosi watsi kuJoshuwa:+ “Khetsa emadvodza lotawuhamba nawo kuze niyokulwa nema-Amaleki. Kusasa ngitakuma esicongweni seligcuma, futsi esandleni sami ngitawube ngiphetse lendvuku Nkulunkulu weliciniso latsite ngiyiphatse.” 10 Joshuwa wenta njengobe Mosi amtjelile,+ walwa nema-Amaleki. BoMosi na-Aroni, kanye naHure+ bakhuphukela esicongweni saleligcuma.
11 Bekutsi Mosi nakaphakamise tandla takhe, ema-Israyeli awehlule ema-Amaleki, kodvwa lapho nje atehlisa, ema-Amaleki awehlule ema-Israyeli. 12 Ngesikhatsi tandla taMosi setidziniwe, bo-Aroni naHure bamletsela litje kuze ahlale kulo. Bema ngala nangala kwaMosi, base baphakamisa tandla takhe, futsi atizange tehle laze layewushona. 13 Ngako Joshuwa wawancoba ngenkemba+ ema-Amaleki kanye nalabo lebebaseluhlangotsini lwawo.
14 Jehova wase utsi kuMosi: “Bhala lamavi encwadzini kuze abe sikhumbuto, uphindze uwatjele Joshuwa, utsi: ‘Ngitawabhubhisa onkhe ema-Amaleki ngephansi kwemazulu, futsi ngeke aphindze akhunjulwe.’”+ 15 Ngako Mosi wakha li-al’thare walibita ngekutsi yiJehova-nisi,* 16 ngobe watsi: “Ngenca yekutsi sandla sema-Amaleki simelene nesihlalo sebukhosi saJehova,+ Jehova utakulwa nawo kanye nato tonkhe titukulwane tawo.”+