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| 1. | Inhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli yasuka enkangala yeSini, ngamalombolombo abo, ngokomlayo we Nkosi, bamisa inkamba eRefidimi; kodwa kwakungelamanzi okunatha abantu. |
| 2. | Ngakho abantu bamsola uMozisi bathi: Sinike amanzi, sinathe. UMozisi wasesithi kubo: Lingisolelani? Liyilingelani i Nkosi? |
| 3. | Abantu basebesomela amanzi lapho, abantu bangunguna kuMozisi bathi: Wasenyuselani eGibhithe ukuze usibulale thina labantwana bethu lezifuyo zethu ngokoma? |
| 4. | UMozisi wasekhala e Nkosi ni esithi: Ngizakwenzani kulababantu? Sekukancane ukuthi bangikhande ngamatshe. |
| 5. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Dlula phambi kwabantu, uthathe kanye lawe kubadala bakoIsrayeli, lentonga yakho owatshaya umfula ngayo, ithathe ngesandla sakho, uhambe. |
| 6. | Khangela, ngizakuma lapho phambi kwakho phezu kwedwala eHorebe; njalo uzatshaya idwala, kuphume-ke kulo amanzi ukuze abantu banathe. UMozisi wasesenza njalo phambi kwamehlo abadala bakoIsrayeli. |
| 7. | Wasebiza ibizo lendawo ngokuthi yiMasa lo kuthi yiMeriba ngenxa yokusola kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli langenxa yokuyilinga kwabo i Nkosi besithi: I Nkosi iphakathi kwethu yini loba hatshi? |
| 8. | Kwasekufika uAmaleki, walwa loIsrayeli eRefidimi. |
| 9. | UMozisi wasesithi kuJoshuwa: Sikhethele amadoda, uphume uyekulwa loAmaleki; kusasa ngizakuma engqongeni yoqaqa, lentonga kaNkulunkulu izakuba sesandleni sami. |
| 10. | UJoshuwa wasesenza njengokutsho kukaMozisi kuye, walwa loAmaleki. OMozisi, uAroni loHuri basebesenyukela engqongeni yoqaqa. |
| 11. | Kwasekusithi lapho uMozisi ephakamisa isandla sakhe, uIsrayeli waba lamandla; kodwa lapho wehlisa isandla sakhe, uAmaleki waba lamandla. |
| 12. | Kodwa izandla zikaMozisi zaba nzima, ngakho bathatha ilitshe, balibeka ngaphansi kwakhe, ukuthi ahlale kulo. OAroni loHuri basebesekela izandla zakhe, omunye engapha lomunye engale, ukuze izandla zakhe ziqine lize litshone ilanga. |
| 13. | UJoshuwa wasemchitha uAmaleki labantu bakhe ngobukhali benkemba. |
| 14. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Bhala lokhu egwalweni kube yisikhumbuzo, ukubeke ezindlebeni zikaJoshuwa ukuthi ngokwesula ngizakwesula ukukhunjulwa kukaAmaleki ngaphansi kwamazulu. |
| 15. | UMozisi wasesakha ilathi, wabiza ibizo lalo ngokuthi: UJehova-nisi; |
| 16. | wathi: Ngoba isandla siphezu kwesihlalo sobukhosi se Nkosi, i Nkosi izakuba lempi imelene loAmaleki kusukela kusizukulwana kusiya kusizukulwana. |
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