Eksodus
15 Ngelo xesha uMoses namaSirayeli bamculela le ngoma uYehova besithi:+
“Mandimculele uYehova, kuba uphakame kakhulu.+
Ihashe nomkhweli walo uliphose elwandle.+
2 UYa* ungamandla am nokomelela kwam, ekubeni eye wandisindisa.+
Lo nguThixo wam, yaye ndiza kumdumisa;+ nguThixo katata,+ kwaye ndiza kumphakamisela phezulu.+
3 UYehova likroti elinamandla.+ Igama lakhe nguYehova.+
4 Iinqwelo zikaFaro nemikhosi yakhe uziphose elwandle,+
Amakroti akhe aphambili atshoniswe kuLwandle Olubomvu.+
5 Ogqunywa ngamanzi alwayo, atshona enzulwini oku kwelitye.+
7 Ubakhahlela phantsi abo bangakuthobeli ngabom ngenxa yobukhulu bokongama kwakho,+
Ukhupha umsindo wakho ovuthayo, ubaqwenge oku kweendiza.
8 Ngokuphefumla kwakho nje qha, amanzi afunjwa,
Ema ngxi, anqanda izikhukula.
Amanzi alwayo ajiya esizikithini solwandle.
9 Utshaba lwathi: ‘Ndiza kubaleqa! Ndiza kubafumana!
Ndiza kuzahlula-hlula izinto zabo de ndanele!
Ndiza kulikhupha ikrele lam! Isandla sam siza kuboyisa!’+
10 Wavuthela ngomoya wakho osuka ezimpumlweni, lwabogquma ulwandle,+
Batshona oku kwelothe emanzini anamandla.
11 Phakathi koothixo, ngubani onjengawe Yehova?+
Ngubani onjengawe, wena ubonisayo ukuba ungcwele ngeyona ndlela?+
Wena ungowokoyikwa ngokudunyiswa ngeengoma, wena wenza izinto ezimangalisayo.+
12 Wolula isandla sakho sasekunene, wabaginya umhlaba.+
13 Kuba ubathanda ngokungagungqiyo abantu bakho, uye wabakhokela waza wabakhulula.+
Ngamandla akho uza kubasa kwindawo yakho yokuhlala engcwele.
15 Ngelo xesha iinkosi zakwaEdom ziza koyika nyhani,
Abalawuli abanamandla bakwaMowabhi baza kungcangcazela hayi nje kancinci.+
Bonke abantu bakwaKanan baza kutyhafa iintliziyo.+
16 Baza koyika baze bankwantye.+
Ngenxa yobukhulu bengalo yakho baza kuthi cwaka oku kwelitye
Bade badlule abantu bakho Yehova,
17 Uza kubazisa uze ubatyale kwintaba yelifa lakho,+
Kwindawo oyikhethileyo Yehova waza wayilungisa ukuze uhlale,
Indawo yakho engcwele Yehova, oye wayimisela ngezandla zakho.
18 UYehova uza kuba ngukumkani olawula ngonaphakade kanaphakade.+
19 Xa amahashe kaFaro neenqwelo zakhe zokulwa namajoni akhe akhwele amahashe bangena elwandle,+
UYehova wawabuyisela phezu kwabo amanzi olwandle,+
Kodwa amaSirayeli ahamba kumhlaba owomileyo phakathi elwandle.”+
20 Emva koko uMiriyam umprofetikazi, udadeboAron, wathatha igubu, baza bonke abafazi bamlandela bekhalisa amagubu abo kwaye bedanisa. 21 UMiriyam wacula ephendula amadoda wathi:
“Mculeleni uYehova, kuba uphakame kakhulu.+
Ihashe nomkhweli walo uliphose elwandle.”+
22 Emva koko uMoses wakhokela amaSirayeli bemka kuLwandle Olubomvu, baya kwintlango yaseShure. Bahamba iintsuku zantathu entlango, kodwa zange bawafumane amanzi. 23 Bafika eMara,*+ kodwa abazange bakwazi ukuwasela amanzi aseMara kuba ayekrakra. Yiloo nto wayithiya ngokuba yiMara loo ndawo. 24 Abantu bakhalaza* kuMoses,+ besithi: “Sisele ntoni ke ngoku?” 25 UMoses wakhala kuYehova,+ waza uYehova wambonisa umthi omncinci. Xa wawuphosa kuloo manzi, aba mnandi.
Kwalapho, uThixo wababekela umthetho nento enokubenza bagwetywe, waza wabavavanya.+ 26 Wathi: “Ukuba niza kulimamela kakuhle ilizwi likaYehova uThixo wenu, nenze okulungileyo emehlweni akhe, niyibazele indlebe imiyalelo yakhe, niyigcine yonke imithetho yakhe,+ andizukunibetha nangasinye kwizifo endibethe ngazo iYiputa,+ kuba ndinguYehova oniphilisayo.”+
27 Emva koko bafika e-Elim, apho kwakukho imithombo yamanzi eyi-12 nemithi yesundu eyi-70. Ngoko bahlala apho ngasemanzini.