Eksodus
9 UYehova wathi kuMoses: “Yiya kuFaro uze uthi kuye, ‘UYehova uThixo wamaHebhere uthi: “Yeka abantu bam bayokundikhonza.+ 2 Kodwa ukuba awufuni ukubakhulula yaye uyabagcina, 3 isandla sikaYehova+ siza kuba phezu kwemfuyo yakho esendle. Isibetho esonakalisa ngeyona ndlela+ siza kufikela amahashe, iidonki, iinkamela, umhlambi weenkomo nomhlambi weegusha. 4 Nakanjani uYehova uza kwenza kubekho umahluko kwimfuyo yamaSirayeli nemfuyo yamaYiputa, akukho mfuyo yamaSirayeli iza kufa.”’”+ 5 UYehova wade wabeka ixesha esithi: “Ngomso uYehova uza kuyenza le nto kweli lizwe.”
6 UYehova wayenza le nto ngosuku olulandelayo. Yafa yonke imfuyo yaseYiputa,+ kodwa zange kufe mfuyo kumaSirayeli. 7 UFaro wayokujonga, wafika kungekho mfuyo ifileyo kumaSirayeli. Sekunjalo, yaqhubeka ilukhuni intliziyo kaFaro, ibe zange abakhulule abantu.+
8 Emva koko uYehova wathi kuMoses noAron: “Thathani uthuthu eziko, nigcwalise izandla zenu zozibini, aze uMoses aluphose emoyeni phambi koFaro. 9 Luza kuba luthuli, lugcwale iYiputa yonke, yaye luza kuba ngamathumba abhidlayo aphuma ebantwini nakwizilwanyana kulo lonke elaseYiputa.”
10 Ngoko baluthatha uthuthu eziko baza baya kuma phambi koFaro, emva koko uMoses waluphosa emoyeni. Lwaba ngamathumba abhidlayo aphuma ebantwini nakwizilwanyana. 11 Ababingeleli abenza imilingo abazange bakwazi ukuma phambi koMoses, kuba bona nawo onke amaYiputa baba namathumba.+ 12 Kodwa uYehova wayiyeka intliziyo kaFaro yaba lukhuni, ngoko uFaro zange abamamele, kanye njengokuba uYehova wayetshilo kuMoses.+
13 Emva koko uYehova wathi kuMoses: “Vuka ekuseni, uyokuma phambi koFaro, uze uthi kuye, ‘Uthi uYehova uThixo wamaHebhere, “Vumela abantu bam baye kundikhonza. 14 Kuba ngoku ndithumela zonke izibetho zam entliziyweni yakho, kwizicaka zakho nakubantu bakho, ukuze wazi ukuba akukho namnye unjengam kuwo wonke umhlaba.+ 15 Kaloku ngendisolule isandla sam ndaza ndakubetha wena nabantu bakho ngesibetho esonakalisayo, ibe beniza kutshayelwa kuthi tu phezu komhlaba. 16 Kodwa ndiye ndakuyeka ukuze ndikubonise amandla am nokuze igama lam laziwe emhlabeni wonke.+ 17 Ngaba usazikhukhumalisa, ngokuthi ungabavumeli abantu bam bahambe? 18 Uyabona, ngomso lo usayo, malunga neli xesha, ndiza kunethisa isichotho esikhulu gqitha, ekungazange kubekho sinjengaso eYiputa, ukususela ngemini eyabakho ngayo de kube ngoku. 19 Ngoko thumela ilizwi ukuba kuqokelelwe yonke imfuyo yakho, yonke nje into yakho ifakwe endaweni ekhuselekileyo. Umntu ofunyenwe endle waza akaya endlini, uza kufa xa kunetha isichotho, nesilwanyana esifunyenwe endle saza asasiwa ekhusini siza kufa”’”
20 Izicaka zikaFaro ezaloyikayo ilizwi likaYehova, zakhawuleza zangenisa izicaka zazo ezindlini, nemfuyo yazo zayingenisa ekhusini, 21 kodwa nabani na ongazange ayifake entliziyweni into eyathethwa nguYehova, wazishiya endle izicaka zakhe nemfuyo yakhe.
22 Ngoku uYehova wathi kuMoses: “Yolulela isandla sakho emazulwini, ukuze isichotho sinethe kulo lonke ilizwe laseYiputa,+ ebantwini, kwizilwanyana nakubo bonke utyani obusendle kwilizwe laseYiputa.”+ 23 Ngoko uMoses wayolulela emazulwini intonga yakhe, waza uYehova wabangela kwagqekreza iindudumo kwanetha isichotho nomlilo* emhlabeni, uYehova waqhubeka enethisa isichotho kwilizwe laseYiputa. 24 Kwabakho isichotho nomlilo owawulenyeza phakathi kweso sichotho. Sasisikhulu nyhani; zange kwakhe kwakho isichotho esinjengaso kwelo lizwe ukususela oko iYiputa yaba luhlanga.+ 25 Isichotho sabetha yonke nje into eyayisendle kulo lonke ilizwe laseYiputa, ukusuka emntwini ukuya kuqhina kwisilwanyana, savuthulula bonke utyani, sophula yonke imithi yasendle.+ 26 Lilizwe laseGoshen kuphela elingazange libe nasichotho, apho kwakukho amaSirayeli.+
27 UFaro wathumela ukuba kubizwe uMoses noAron waza wathi kubo: “Ngoku ndonile. UYehova lilungisa, ndim nabantu bam abenza into embi. 28 Mcengeni uYehova ukuze aphelise iindudumo nesichotho sakhe. Emva koko ndiza kuvuma ukunikhulula nihambe, ningabi sahlala.” 29 UMoses wathi kuye: “Ukuphuma nje kwam kwesi sixeko, ndiza kuzolulela phambi kukaYehova izandla zam. Kuza kuyeka ukududuma nesichotho siza kuyeka ukuna, ukuze wazi ukuba umhlaba lo ngokaYehova.+ 30 Kodwa ke sendisazi ukuba wena nezicaka zakho anizukumoyika uYehova uThixo.”
31 Ngoku isichotho sasiyivuthulule iflakisi nerhasi, kuba irhasi yayisel’ idubule neflakisi yayisel’ ityatyambile. 32 Kodwa yona ingqolowa nehabile zange zivuthululwe sisichotho, kuba zavuthwa mva.* 33 Ngoko uMoses wemka esixekweni nakuFaro, emva koko wazolulela kuYehova izandla zakhe, kwaza kwayeka ukududuma, naso isichotho nemvula zayeka ukugalela emhlabeni.+ 34 Uthe uFaro akubona ukuba imvula nesichotho ziyekile ukunetha yaye kuyekile ukududuma, wona kwakhona, waza yena nezicaka zakhe bazenza lukhuni iintliziyo zabo.+ 35 Yaye intliziyo kaFaro yaqhubeka ilukhuni, yaye zange awakhulule amaSirayeli, kanye njengokuba uYehova wayetshilo ngoMoses.+