Eksodus
2 Malunga nelo xesha, enye indoda yendlu yakwaLevi yatshata intombi yakwaLevi.+ 2 Wamitha ke lo mfazi waza wazala unyana. Wathi akubona indlela awayemhle ngayo, wamfihla iinyanga ezintathu.+ 3 Xa wayengasakwazi ukumfihla,+ wathatha ibhaskithi* eyenziwe ngompapiri, wayityabeka ngebhitumene nangetha. Wamfaka kuyo umntwana waza wayifaka phakathi kweengcongolo zoMlambo UmNayile, ngaseludongeni. 4 Yena udadewabo+ wamela kudana, ebukele ukuba kuza kwenzeka ntoni kuye.
5 Kwehla intombi kaFaro isiya kuhlamba kuMlambo UmNayile, zabe izicakakazi zayo zihamba ecaleni komNayile. Yayibona loo bhaskithi iphakathi kweengcongolo. Yakhawuleza yathuma isicakakazi sayo ukuba siyokuyithatha.+ 6 Yathi yakuyivula yambona umntwana oyinkwenkwe, ekhala. Yasikwa yinimba, kodwa yathi: “Ngomnye wabantwana bamaHebhere lo.” 7 Wathi ke udadewabo kwintombi kaFaro: “Ndingayokubizela na umfazi oncancisayo ongumHebhere akuncancisele lo mntwana?” 8 Intombi kaFaro yathi: “Yiya!” Yakhawuleza ke le ntwazana yaya kubiza umama womntwana.+ 9 Yathi intombi kaFaro kuye: “Thatha lo mntwana undincancisele yena, ndiza kukubhatala.” Lo mfazi wamthatha umntwana wamncancisa. 10 Wathi akukhula umntwana, wamsa kwintombi kaFaro, waba ngunyana wayo.+ Yamthiya igama elinguMoses,* isithi: “Kuba ndimrhole emanzini.”+
11 Ngaloo mihla, xa uMoses wayesele ekhulile,* waphuma waya kubantakwabo ukuze abone imithwalo ababeyithwaliswa,+ waza wabona umYiputa ebetha umHebhere, umntakwabo. 12 Ngoko walaqaza, wathi akungaboni mntu wambulala loo mYiputa, waza wamfihla esantini.+
13 Wathi xa ephuma ngengomso, wabona amaHebhere amabini esilwa. Wathi kulo wonileyo: “Usibethelani isizalwana sakho?”+ 14 Wathi yena: “Ukhethwe ngubani ukuba ube yinkokheli nomgwebi wethu? Ufuna ukundibulala nam njengalaa mYiputa umbuleleyo?”+ Woyika ke uMoses, wathi: “Tyhini, iyaziwa le nto!”
15 UFaro wayiva le nto, waza wazama ukumbulala uMoses, kodwa uMoses wabaleka wemka kuFaro, waya kuhlala kwilizwe lakwaMidiyan,+ wafika wahlala phantsi ngasequleni. 16 Umbingeleli wakwaMidiyan+ wayeneentombi ezisixhenxe, yaye ezi ntombi zeza kukha amanzi ukuze zigcwalise izikhongozelo, zize ziseze iigusha zikatata wazo. 17 Kodwa ke njengesiqhelo, kwafika abalusi bazigxotha. Waphakama xa kulapho ke uMoses wazinceda* ezi ntombi, waseza neegusha zazo. 18 Zathi zakubuyela ekhaya, uRehuweli*+ utata wazo wathi: “Kutheni nikhawuleze nabuya namhlanje?” 19 Zathi: “Kukho umYiputa+ oye wasihlangula kubelusi, wada wasikhelela namanzi, waseza neegusha.” 20 Ngoko wathi yena kwiintombi zakhe: “Uphi ke ngoku? Nimshiyeleni? Mbizeni, aze kutya nathi.” 21 UMoses wavuma ukuhlala naloo ndoda, yaza yamnika uTsipora+ intombi yayo ukuze ibe ngumfazi wakhe. 22 Kamva yazala unyana, waza uMoses wamthiya igama elinguGershom,*+ kuba wathi: “Ndingumntu wasemzini kwilizwe lasemzini.”+
23 Emva kwexesha elide,* wafa ukumkani waseYiputa,+ kodwa amaSirayeli aqhubeka encwina ngenxa yokukhotyokiswa kwawo, yaye ekhala ebuhlungu. UThixo wokwenene wakuva ukukhalela kwawo uncedo ngenxa yokukhotyokiswa kwawo.+ 24 Ekuhambeni kwexesha uThixo wakuva ukuncwina kwawo,+ waza wasikhumbula isivumelwano awayesenze noAbraham, uIsake noYakobi.+ 25 Ngoko uThixo wawajonga amaSirayeli waza wayibona imeko yawo.