Eksodus
17 Emka onke amaSirayeli entlango yaseSin+ ngokwamaqela, njengokuba wayewayalele uYehova,+ aza amisa inkampu eRefidim.+ Kodwa kwakungekho manzi okusela.
2 Abantu baxambulisana noMoses+ besithi: “Sinike amanzi okusela.” Kodwa uMoses wathi kubo: “Kutheni nixambulisana nam nje? Kutheni niqhubeka nimlinga uYehova?”+ 3 Abantu babomile lunxano apho, yaye baqhubeka bekhalazela uMoses+ besithi: “Kutheni usikhuphe eYiputa ukuze usibulale ngonxano, thina noonyana bethu nemfuyo yethu?” 4 Ekugqibeleni uMoses wakhala kuYehova, esithi: “Ndisithini esi sizwana? Akuzukuba kudala sindibethe ngamatye!”
5 UYehova wathi kuMoses: “Bashiye abantu, uhambe nabanye abadala bakwaSirayeli nentonga yakho owawubetha ngayo uMlambo UmNayile.+ Yiphathe uze uhambe. 6 Jonga! Ndiza kuma phambi kwakho eliweni laseHorebhe. Uze ulibethe iliwa, yaye kuza kuphuma amanzi kulo, basele abantu.”+ UMoses wayenza loo nto phambi kwabadala bakwaSirayeli. 7 Ngoko wayithiya loo ndawo ngokuba yiMasa*+ neMeribha,*+ ngenxa yokuba amaSirayeli axambulisana naye nangenxa yokuba amlinga uYehova,+ esithi: “Ukho na okanye akekho uYehova phakathi kwethu?”
8 Emva koko kwafika ama-Amaleki+ aza alwa noSirayeli eRefidim.+ 9 Wathi ke uMoses kuYoshuwa:+ “Sikhethele amadoda aza kuphuma ayokulwa nama-Amaleki. Ngomso ndiza kuma phezu kwenduli, ndiphethe intonga kaThixo wokwenene.” 10 UYoshuwa wayenza yonke into awayeyixelelwe nguMoses,+ walwa nama-Amaleki. Yena uMoses, uAron noHure+ benyuka baya phezu kwenduli.
11 Xa uMoses eziphakamisile izandla zakhe, amaSirayeli ayesoyisa, kodwa wayesithi akuzehlisa, ama-Amaleki oyise. 12 Zathi zakudinwa izandla zikaMoses, bathatha ilitye, balibeka phantsi kwakhe, waza wahlala kulo. Emva koko uAron noHure bema macala bazixhasa izandla zakhe, zatsho zakwazi ukuhlala zomelele de kwatshona ilanga. 13 Ngoko ke uYoshuwa wamoyisa uAmaleki nabantu bakhe ngekrele.+
14 UYehova wathi kuMoses: “Bhala la mazwi encwadini abe sisikhumbuzo, uze uwaxelele noYoshuwa uthi, ‘Ndiza kumcima igama uAmaleki phantsi kwamazulu.’”+ 15 Emva koko uMoses wakha isibingelelo, wasithiya ngokuba nguYehova-nisi,* 16 esithi: “UYehova uza kulwa imfazwe noAmaleki kuzo zonke izizukulwana,+ kuba isandla sakhe silwa netrone kaYa.”+