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| 1. | I Nkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi: |
| 2. | Ngingcwelisela lonke izibulo, elivula loba yisiphi isizalo phakathi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli, elomuntu lelenyamazana, lingelami. |
| 3. | UMozisi wasesithi ebantwini: Khumbulani lolusuku eliphume ngalo eGibhithe, endlini yobugqili; ngoba ngamandla esandla i Nkosi ilikhuphile lapha. Njalo kakungadliwa isinkwa esilemvubelo. |
| 4. | Ngalolusuku liyaphuma ngenyanga kaAbhibhi. |
| 5. | Njalo kuzakuthi lapho i Nkosi isikungenisile elizweni lamaKhanani lamaHethi lamaAmori lamaHivi lamaJebusi, afunga kuboyihlo ukukunika lona, ilizwe eligeleza uchago loluju, uzagcina linkonzo ngalinyanga. |
| 6. | Insuku eziyisikhombisa uzakudla izinkwa ezingelamvubelo, langosuku lwesikhombisa kuzakuba khona umkhosi e Nkosi ni. |
| 7. | Izinkwa ezingelamvubelo zizadliwa ngensuku eziyisikhombisa; njalo kakuyikubonwa kuwe okuvutshelweyo lemvubelo kayiyikubonwa kuwe kuwo wonke umngcele wakho. |
| 8. | Njalo uzatshela indodana yakho ngalolosuku usithi: Ngenxa yalokho i Nkosi eyakwenza kimi ekuphumeni kwami eGibhithe. |
| 9. | Futhi kuzakuba kuwe luphawu phezu kwesandla sakho lesikhumbuzo phakathi laphakathi kwamehlo akho, ukuze umlayo we Nkosi ube semlonyeni wakho; ngoba ngesandla esilamandla i Nkosi ikukhuphile eGibhithe. |
| 10. | Ngakho uzagcina lesisimiso ngesikhathi saso esimisiweyo iminyaka ngeminyaka. |
| 11. | Njalo kuzakuthi lapho i Nkosi isikungenisile elizweni lamaKhanani, njengokufunga kwayo kuwe lakuboyihlo, isikunike lona, |
| 12. | uzakwehlukanisela i Nkosi konke okuvula isizalo; lalo lonke izibulo lomqegu wezifuyo olazo, amaduna azakuba ngawe Nkosi. |
| 13. | Lalo lonke izibulo likababhemi uzalihlenga ngewundlu; kodwa uba ungalihlengi, uzalephula intamo; lalo lonke izibulo lomuntu phakathi kwamadodana akho uzalihlenga. |
| 14. | Njalo kuzakuthi lapho indodana yakho ikubuza ngesikhathi esizayo isithi: Kuyini lokhu? Uzakuthi kuyo: Ngamandla esandla i Nkosi yasikhupha eGibhithe, endlini yobugqili. |
| 15. | Ngoba kwathi uFaro ezenza lukhuni ukuthi asiyekele sihambe, i Nkosi yabulala lonke izibulo elizweni leGibhithe, kusukela kuzibulo lomuntu kusiya kuzibulo lezifuyo; ngakho ngiyahlabela i Nkosi konke okuvula isizalo okuduna; kodwa lonke izibulo lamadodana ami ngiyalihlenga. |
| 16. | Njalo kuzakuba luphawu phezu kwesandla sakho lamafilakteriyu* phakathi laphakathi kwamehlo akho, ngoba ngamandla esandla i Nkosi yasikhupha eGibhithe. |
| 17. | Kwasekusithi uFaro eseyekele abantu bahambe, uNkulunkulu kabakhokhelanga nge ndlela yelizwe lamaFilisti, lanxa yayiseduze; ngoba uNkulunkulu wathi: Hlezi abantu bazisole nxa bebona impi, babuyele eGibhithe. |
| 18. | Kodwa uNkulunkulu wababhodisa abantu ngendlela yenkangala yoLwandle oluBomvu. Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesenyuka besuka elizweni leGibhithe behlomile. |
| 19. | UMozisi wasethatha amathambo kaJosefa wahamba lawo, ngoba wayebafungisile lokubafungisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli esithi: Isibili uNkulunkulu uzalihambela; futhi kalibokwenyusa lapha amathambo ami lihambe lawo. |
| 20. | Basebesuka eSukothi, bamisa inkamba eEthama, ekucineni kwenkangala. |
| 21. | I Nkosi yasihamba phambi kwabo emini ngensika yeyezi ukubakhokhela endleleni, lebusuku ngensika yomlilo ukubakhanyisela, ukuze bahambe emini lebusuku. |
| 22. | Kayiyisusanga insika yeyezi emini, lensika yomlilo ebusuku, phambi kwabantu. |
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