Eksodus
4 UMoses wathi: “Masithi ke abandikholelwa ibe abalimameli nelizwi lam+ kuba besithi, ‘UYehova akabonakalanga kuwe.’” 2 UYehova wathi kuye: “Yintoni leyo isesandleni sakho?” Yena wathi: “Yintonga.” 3 UThixo wathi: “Yiphose phantsi.” Ngoko wayiphosa phantsi, yaba yinyoka,+ waza uMoses wayibaleka. 4 Ngoku uYehova wathi kuMoses: “Yolula isandla sakho uze uyithi nqaku ngomsila.” Ngoko wasolula isandla sakhe, wayithi nqaku, yaza yaba yintonga esandleni sakhe. 5 Emva koko uThixo wathi: “Ngale ndlela baza kukholelwa ukuba uYehova uThixo wookhokho babo, uThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake noThixo kaYakobi,+ ubonakele kuwe.”+
6 UYehova waphinda wathi kuye: “Ndicela ufake isandla sakho esifubeni ngaphantsi kwempahla.” Ngoko wasifaka isandla sakhe esifubeni ngaphantsi kwempahla. Uthe akusikhupha, tyhini, isandla sakhe sineqhenqa, sinjengekhephu!+ 7 Emva koko wathi: “Buyisela isandla sakho esifubeni ngaphantsi kwempahla.” Wasibuyisela isandla sakhe esifubeni ngaphantsi kwempahla. Uthe akusikhupha esifubeni ngaphantsi kwempahla, tyhini, siphilisiwe saba njengenyama yonke! 8 UThixo wathi: “Ukuba abakukholelwa, okanye abaneli ngummangaliso wokuqala, ngokuqinisekileyo baza kuwukholelwa lo wesibini.+ 9 Kodwa nokuba abayikholelwa yomibini le mimangaliso baze bangalimameli ilizwi lakho, uze ukhe amanzi kuMlambo UmNayile, uwachithe emhlabeni owomileyo, ibe loo manzi uwakhe kumNayile aza kuba ligazi phezu kwaloo mhlaba.”+
10 UMoses wathi kuYehova: “Uxolo Yehova, zange ndaba liciko kwakudala nasemva kokuba uthethe nesicaka sakho, kuba ndiyacotha xa ndithetha,* nolwimi lwam luyacotha.”+ 11 UYehova wathi kuye: “Ngubani owadala imilomo yabantu, ingubani onamandla okubenza bangakwazi ukuthetha, bangeva, babone kakuhle okanye bangaboni? Ayindim na, mna Yehova? 12 Ngoko ke hamba, ndiza kuba nawe xa uthetha,* ndize ndikufundise into omele uyithethe.”+ 13 Yena wathi: “Uxolo Yehova, ndicela uthume nabani na ofuna ukumthuma.” 14 UYehova wacaphuka kakhulu waza wathi: “Unjani ke umntakwenu uAron,+ umLevi? Ndiyamazi uliciko. Ngoku usendleleni eza kuwe. Uza kuthi xa ekubona, avuye.+ 15 Uze uthethe naye, ufake amazwi emlonyeni wakhe,+ kwaye ndiza kuba nani xa nithetha,+ ibe ndiza kunifundisa nento enimele niyenze. 16 Uza kukuthethela ebantwini, abe sisithethi sakho uze wena ube nguThixo kuye.*+ 17 Phatha le ntonga uze wenze laa mimangaliso ngayo.”+
18 UMoses wabuyela kuYitro umkhwe wakhe,+ wathi kuye: “Ndicela ukubuyela kubantakwethu eYiputa, ukuze ndibone ukuba basaphila na.” UYitro wathi kuMoses: “Hamba ngoxolo.” 19 Emva koko uYehova wathi kuMoses kwaMidiyan: “Hamba ubuyele eYiputa, kuba onke amadoda awayefuna ukukubulala* afile.”+
20 UMoses wathatha umfazi wakhe noonyana bakhe wabakhwelisa edonkini, waza wangena endleleni ebuyela kwilizwe laseYiputa. Ngaphezu koko, uMoses waphatha intonga yoThixo wokwenene. 21 UYehova wathi kuMoses: “Wakubuyela eYiputa, qiniseka ukuba wenza yonke imimangaliso endikwenze wanamandla okuyenza phambi koFaro.+ Kodwa ndiza kuyivumela intliziyo yakhe ibe lukhuni+ yaye akazukubakhulula abantu.+ 22 Uze uthi kuFaro, ‘Uthi uYehova: “USirayeli ngunyana wam, izibulo lam.+ 23 Ndithi kuwe, mkhulule unyana wam ukuze ayokundikhonza. Kodwa ukuba awuvumi ukumkhulula, ndiza kubulala unyana wakho, izibulo lakho.”’”+
24 Endleleni kwindawo yokulala, uYehova+ wadibana naye waza waqhubeka efuna indlela yokumbulala.*+ 25 Ekugqibeleni uTsipora+ wathatha ilitye elibukhali,* wolusa unyana wakhe, wenza ukuba ijwabi lonyana wakhe lichukumise iinyawo zakhe* waza wathi: “Oku kungenxa yokuba ungumyeni wegazi kum.” 26 Ngoko uThixo wamyeka. Ngelo xesha uTsipora wathi, “ungumyeni wegazi,” ngenxa yolwaluko.
27 Emva koko uYehova wathi kuAron: “Hamba uyokuhlangabeza uMoses entlango.”+ Ngoko waya, wadibana naye entabeni yoThixo wokwenene+ waza wamphuza.* 28 UMoses wamxelela uAron yonke into ayithethileyo uYehova owayemthumile,+ nemimangaliso awayemyalele ukuba ayenze.+ 29 Emva koko uMoses noAron bahamba baza babaqokelela bonke abadala bakwaSirayeli.+ 30 UAron wabaxelela yonke into ayithethileyo uYehova kuMoses, wenza nemimangaliso+ phambi kwabantu. 31 Emva koko, abantu babakholelwa.+ Bathe bakuva ukuba uYehova uwakhumbule amaSirayeli+ nokuba uyibonile intlungu yawo,+ basuka baqubuda.