Exodus (15/40)  

1. Khona oMozisi labantwana bakoIsrayeli bahlabelela lelihubo e Nkosi ni; bakhuluma bathi: Ngizahlabelela i Nkosi, ngoba iphakeme isibili. Ibhiza lomgadi walo ikuphosele olwandle.
2. I Nkosi ingamandla lehubo lami, isibe kimi lusindiso, lo nguNkulunkulu wami, ngakho ngizamdumisa, unguNkulunkulu kababa, ngakho ngizamphakamisa.
3. I Nkosi yindoda yempi, i Nkosi libizo layo.
4. Inqola zikaFaro lebutho lakhe ikuphosele olwandle, lokhetho lwezinduna zakhe lwacwiliswa oLwandle oluBomvu.
5. Inziki zabasibekela; behlela ekujuleni njengelitshe.
6. Isandla sakho sokunene, Nkosi, sidunyisiwe ngamandla; isandla sakho sokunene, Nkosi, sisiphahlazile isitha.
7. Njalo ngobukhulu bokuphakama kwakho uchithile abakuvukelayo; uthumele ulaka lwakho oluvuthayo, lwabaqeda njengezidindi.
8. Langokuvuthela kwamakhala akho amanzi abuthelelwa; impophoma zema njengenqumbi; izinziki zajiya enhliziyweni yolwandle.
9. Isitha sathi: Ngizaxotsha, ngifice, ngehlukanise impango; isiloyiso sami sizasutha bona, ngizahwatsha inkemba yami, isandla sami sizababhubhisa.
10. Waphephetha ngomoya wakho, ulwandle lwabasibekela; batshona njengomnuso emanzini alamandla.
11. Ngubani onjengawe, Nkosi, phakathi kwabonkulunkulu? Ngubani onjengawe olodumo ebungcweleni, owesabekayo ezindunyisweni, esenza izimangaliso?
12. Welulile isandla sakho sokunene, umhlaba wabaginya.
13. Ukhokhele ngomusa wakho lesisizwe osihlengileyo; wa si hola ngamandla akho endaweni yakho yokuhlala yobungcwele bakho.
14. Izizwe zizwile, ziyathuthumela; umhelo ubabambile abakhileyo beFilisti.
15. Ngalesosikhathi izinduna zeEdoma zizasanganiseka, iziphathamandla zakoMowabi, ukuthuthumela kwazibamba, bonke abakhileyo beKhanani bazancibilika.
16. Ukwethuka lokwesaba kuzabehlela; ngobukhulu bengalo yakho bazathula njengelitshe, size sichaphe isizwe sakho, Nkosi, size sichaphe isizwe osithengileyo.
17. Uzabangenisa, ubahlanyele entabeni yelifa lakho, indawo oyenzileyo, Nkosi, ukuthi uhlale kuyo, indawo engcwele eziyimisileyo izandla zakho, Nkosi.
18. I Nkosi izabusa kuze kube phakade lanininini.
19. Ngoba ibhiza likaFaro langena olwandle lenqola yakhe labagadi bakhe bamabhiza, i Nkosi yasibuyisela amanzi olwandle phezu kwabo, kodwa abantwana bakoIsrayeli bahamba emhlabathini owomileyo phakathi kolwandle.
20. UMiriyamu umprofethikazi, udadewabo kaAroni, wasethatha isigujana esandleni sakhe; bonke abesifazana basebephuma ngemva kwakhe, lezigujana lemigido.
21. UMiriyamu wasebaphendula wathi: Hlabelelani i Nkosi, ngoba inqobe ngodumo. Ibhiza lomgadi walo ikuphosele olwandle.
22. UMozisi wasemkhokhela uIsrayeli eqhubeka esuka eLwandle oluBomvu, baphuma baya enkangala yeShuri; bahamba insuku ezintathu enkangala, kabatholanga manzi.
23. Kwathi lapho befika eMara babengelakuwanatha amanzi eMara, ngoba ayebaba; ngakho ibizo layo lathiwa yiMara.
24. Abantu basebekhonona bemelene loMozisi besithi: Sizanathani?
25. Wasekhala e Nkosi ni. I Nkosi yasimtshengisa isihlahla, asiphosela emanzini, amanzi asesiba mnandi. Yabamisela khona isimiso lesimiselo, lalapho yabalinga,
26. yasisithi: Uba lilalela lokulalela ilizwi le Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, lenze okulungileyo emehlweni ayo, libeke indlebe emilayweni yayo, ligcine zonke izimiso zayo, kangiyikwehlisela phezu kwenu lasinye sezifo engazehlisela phezu kwamaGibhithe; ngoba ngiyi Nkosi elelaphayo.
27. Basebefika eElimi lapho okwakukhona imithombo elitshumi lambili yamanzi, lezihlala zelala ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa; basebemisa inkamba khona emanzini.

  Exodus (15/40)