Exodus (4/40)  

1. UMozisi wasephendula wathi: Kodwa khangela, kabayikungikholwa, kabayikulilalela ilizwi lami; ngoba bazakuthi: I Nkosi kayibonakalanga kuwe.
2. I Nkosi yasisithi kuye: Kuyini lokho okusesandleni sakho? Wasesithi: Yintonga.
3. Yasisithi: Iphosele emhlabathini. Waseyiphosela emhlabathini, yasisiba yinyoka. UMozisi waseyibalekela.
4. I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Yelula isandla sakho, uyibambe ngomsila. Waselula isandla sakhe, wayithi xhaka; yasisiba yintonga esandleni sakhe,
5. ukuze bakholwe ukuthi ibonakele kuwe i Nkosi, uNkulunkulu waboyise, uNkulunkulu kaAbrahama, uNkulunkulu kaIsaka, loNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
6. I Nkosi yasisithi njalo kuye: Ake ufake isandla sakho esifubeni sakho. Wasesifaka isandla sakhe esifubeni sakhe; esesikhuphile, khangela-ke, isandla sakhe sasesilobulephero njengeliqhwa elikhithikayo.
7. Yasisithi: Buyisela isandla sakho esifubeni sakho. Wasesibuyisela isandla sakhe esifubeni sakhe; esesikhuphile esifubeni sakhe, khangela-ke, sasesiphenduke saba njengenyama yakhe.
8. Njalo kuzakuthi uba bengakukholwa, bengalaleli ilizwi lesibonakaliso sokuqala, bazakholwa ilizwi lesibonakaliso sokucina.
9. Kuzakuthi-ke, uba bengakholwa lalezizibonakaliso ezimbili, bengalaleli ilizwi lakho, uzakukha okwamanzi omfula, uwathele emhlabathini owomileyo; njalo kuzakuthi amanzi ozawakha emfuleni azakuba ligazi emhlabathini owomileyo.
10. UMozisi wasesithi e Nkosi ni: Uxolo, Nkosi yami, kangisiso sikhulumi, ngitsho lamandulo, ngitsho lamuhla ukhulume encekwini yakho; ngoba kunzima emlonyeni wami njalo kunzima olimini.
11. I Nkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngubani owenzela umuntu umlomo? Ngubani owenza isimungulu, kumbe isacuthe, kumbe obonayo, kumbe isiphofu? Kakusimi yini i Nkosi?
12. Khathesi-ke hamba, njalo mina ngizakuba lomlomo wakho, ngikufundise lokho ozakukhuluma.
13. Kodwa wathi: Uxolo, Nkosi yami, akuthume ngesandla salowo ozamthuma.
14. Lwaseluvutha ulaka lwe Nkosi kuMozisi, yasisithi: Angithi uAroni umLevi ngumnewenu? Ngiyazi ukuthi angakhuluma kuhle. Njalo khangela-ke, uzaphuma ukukuhlangabeza; nxa ekubona, uzathaba enhliziyweni yakhe.
15. Njalo uzakhuluma kuye, ufake amazwi emlonyeni wakhe; mina-ke ngizakuba lomlomo wakho lomlomo wakhe, ngizalifundisa lokho elizakwenza.
16. Yena-ke uzakhuluma esizweni esikhundleni sakho, kuzakuthi abe ngumlomo kuwe, wena ube njengoNkulunkulu kuye.
17. Njalo uzathatha lintonga esandleni sakho, ozakwenza izibonakaliso ngayo.
18. UMozisi wasehamba wabuyela kuJetro uyisezala, wathi kuye: Ake ungiyekele ngihambe, ngibuyele kubafowethu abaseGibhithe, ngibone ukuthi basaphila yini. UJetro wasesithi kuMozisi: Hamba ngokuthula.
19. I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi eMidiyani: Hamba, ubuyele eGibhithe; ngoba wonke amadoda asafa, ayedinga umphefumulo wakho.
20. UMozisi wasethatha umkakhe lamadodana akhe, wabakhwelisa phezu kukababhemi, wabuyela elizweni leGibhithe. UMozisi wasethatha intonga kaNkulunkulu esandleni sakhe.
21. I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Ekuhambeni kwakho ubuyela eGibhithe, bona ukuthi, zonke izimangaliso engizibeke esandleni sakho, uzenze phambi kukaFaro. Kodwa ngizakwenza inhliziyo yakhe ibe lukhuni ukuze angasiyekeli isizwe sihambe.
22. Njalo uzakuthi kuFaro: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Indodana yami, izibulo lami, nguIsrayeli;
23. njalo sengithe kuwe: Yekela indodana yami ihambe ukuthi ingikhonze; kodwa walile ukuyiyekela ihambe, khangela, ngizabulala indodana yakho, izibulo lakho.
24. Kwasekusithi esendleleni, endlini yezihambi, i Nkosi yahlangana laye, yadinga ukumbulala.
25. UZipora wasethatha insengetshe, waquma ijwabu lendodana yakhe, walithintisa inyawo zakhe wathi: Isibili ungumyeni wegazi kimi.
26. Yasimyekela. Ngalesosikhathi wathi: Umyeni wegazi, ngenxa yokusoka.
27. I Nkosi yasisithi kuAroni: Hamba, uyehlangabeza uMozisi enkangala. Wahamba-ke, wahlangana laye entabeni kaNkulunkulu, wamanga.
28. UMozisi wasemtshela uAroni wonke amazwi e Nkosi eyayimthumile, lazo zonke izibonakaliso eyayimlaye zona.
29. OMozisi loAroni basebehamba, babuthanisa bonke abadala babantwana bakoIsrayeli.
30. UAroni wasekhuluma amazwi wonke i Nkosi eyayiwakhulume kuMozisi, wenza izibonakaliso phambi kwamehlo abantu.
31. Abantu basebekholwa; bezwa ukuthi i Nkosi ihambele abantwana bakoIsrayeli, lokuthi ibonile inhlupheko yabo, bakhothama, bakhonza.

  Exodus (4/40)