Eksodus
19 Ngenyanga yesithathu emva kokuba amaSirayeli ephumile kwilizwe laseYiputa, kanye ngolo suku, afika entlango yaseSinayi. 2 Emka eRefidim+ aya entlango yaseSinayi, amisa inkampu apho. Amisa iinkampu zawo apho phambi kwaloo ntaba.+
3 UMoses wenyuka waya kuThixo wokwenene, waza uYehova wakhwaza ekuloo ntaba+ wathi: “Yithi kwindlu kaYakobi, uwaxelele le nto amaSirayeli, 4 ‘Nizibonele ngawenu amehlo into endiyenze kumaYiputa+ ukuze ndinithwale ngamaphiko okhozi, ndinizise kum.+ 5 Ngoku ukuba niyalithobela ilizwi lam, nisigcine isivumelwano sam, ngokuqinisekileyo niza kuba ngabantu bam abakhethekileyo,*+ phakathi kwazo zonke izizwana, kuba wonke umhlaba ngowam.+ 6 Niza kuba bubukumkani bababingeleli, isizwe esingcwele.’+ Thetha loo mazwi kumaSirayeli.”
7 UMoses wahamba waza wabiza bonke abadala, wabaxelela yonke into uYehova awayemyalele yona.+ 8 Emva koko bonke abantu baphendula ngazwi-nye, bathi: “Yonke into ayithethileyo uYehova, siza kuyenza.”+ Ngoko nangoko uMoses wabuyisela impendulo yabantu kuYehova. 9 UYehova wathi kuMoses: “Jonga! Ndiza kuwe ndikwilifu elimnyama, ukuze abantu beve xa ndithetha nawe, nokuze basoloko bekholwa kuwe.” Emva koko uMoses waxelela uYehova into abayithethileyo abantu.
10 UYehova wathi kuMoses: “Yiya ebantwini, ubangcwalise namhlanje nangomso, bazihlambe iimpahla zabo. 11 Bamele babe sebelungile ngomhla wesithathu, kuba ngomhla wesithathu uYehova uza kwehlela phezu kweNtaba YaseSinayi phambi kwabo bonke abantu. 12 Uze ubamisele imida abantu macala onke entaba, uthi kubo, ‘Lumkani, ninganyukeli entabeni, ningaqalisi kwaukunyathela kuyo. Nabani na othi cakatha unyawo kuloo ntaba, nakanjani na uza kubulawa. 13 Makangachukunyiswa ngesandla umntu owonileyo, kodwa umele abethwe ngamatye okanye ahlatywe.* Enoba lirhamncwa okanye ngumntu, umele abulawe.’+ Kodwa ke xa kuvuthelwa uphondo lwenkunzi yegusha,+ bangasondela kufutshane nentaba.”
14 Emva koko uMoses wehla entabeni waya ebantwini waza wabenza ngcwele, bazihlamba iimpahla zabo.+ 15 Wathi kubo: “Lungelani umhla wesithathu. Ningabelani ngesondo namntu.”*
16 Kwakusa, ngomhla wesithathu, kwaduduma, kwabaneka, kwabakho ilifu elingqindilili+ phezu kwentaba nengxolo enkulu yophondo, baza bangcangcazela+ bonke abantu ababesenkampini. 17 UMoses wabakhupha enkampini, bahlangabeza uThixo wokwenene, bafika bema emazantsi entaba. 18 Yonke iNtaba YaseSinayi yaqhuma, kuba uYehova wehlela phezu kwayo esemlilweni.+ Umsi wayo wanyuka njengomsi weziko, ibe yonke loo ntaba yanyikima ngamandla.+ 19 Ingxolo yophondo yaya ikhwaza, uMoses wathetha, waza uThixo wokwenene wamphendula ngelizwi.
20 UYehova wehlela encotsheni yeNtaba YaseSinayi. Emva koko uYehova wabizela uMoses encotsheni yentaba, waza wanyuka uMoses.+ 21 UYehova wathi kuMoses: “Yehla uyokulumkisa abantu ukuba bangazami ukutyhoboza ukuze babone uYehova, kungenjalo kuza kutshabalala abantu abaninzi. 22 Ababingeleli abaqhele ukusondela kuYehova mabazenze ngcwele, ukuze uYehova angababulali.”+ 23 Emva koko uMoses wathi kuYehova: “Abantu abanakuyinyuka iNtaba YaseSinayi kuba sele usilumkisile wathi, ‘Yimisele imida intaba uze uyenze ngcwele.’”+ 24 UYehova wathi kuye: “Yihla, uze unyuke noAron, kodwa ungabavumeli ababingeleli nabantu ukuba batyhoboze beze kuYehova, ukuze angababulali.”+ 25 Ngoko uMoses wehla waya ebantwini waza wabaxelela.