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4 Kodwa uMosi waphendula wathi: “Manje ngizathini nxa bangayekela ukungikholwa, bale lokulalela ilizwi lami?+ Phela bazakuthi, ‘UJehova kazange abonakale kuwe.’”
2 UJehova wasesithi kuye: “Kuyini lokho okusesandleni sakho?” Yena waphendula wathi: “Yintonga.”
3 UNkulunkulu wathi: “Yiphosele phansi.” Yikho wayiphosela phansi yatshintsha yaba yinyoka,+ uMosi wayibalekela.
4 UJehova wathi kuMosi: “Yelula isandla sakho uyibambe ngomsila.” Ngakho welula isandla sakhe wayibamba, yasitshintsha yaba yintonga esandleni sakhe.
5 UNkulunkulu wasesithi: “Lokhu kuzakwenza bakholwe ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wabokhokho babo, uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama loNkulunkulu ka-Isaka loNkulunkulu kaJakhobe+ ubonakele kuwe.”+
6 UJehova waphinda wathi kuye: “Ngicela ufake isandla esigqokweni sakho ngaphezulu esifubeni.” Ngakho wafaka isandla esigqokweni sakhe. Wathi esikhupha sasesigcwele ubulephero sesimhlophe njengongqwaqwane.+
7 Wasesithi: “Buyisela isandla sakho esigqokweni sakho ngaphezulu esifubeni.” Ngakho wasibuyisela isandla esigqokweni sakhe. Wathi esikhipha sasesingaselabulephero sesifanana lawo wonke umzimba wakhe.
8 Wathi kuye: “Nxa bengasoze bakukholwe futhi bengasinaki isibonakaliso sokuqala loba sekutheni bazalalela nxa usuwenze esesibili.+
9 Kodwa nxa bangayekela ukuzikholwa izibonakaliso lezi ezimbili, bale lokulalela ilizwi lakho, uzakukha amanzi emfuleni uNayili uwathele phansi emhlabathini owomileyo njalo lawomanzi owathethe kuNayili azatshintsha abe ligazi emhlabathini owomileyo.”+
10 UMosi wasesithi kuJehova: “Uxolo Jehova, kusukela kudala kuze kube yilesisikhathi ukhuluma lenceku yakho, angikaze ngibe ligabazi ekukhulumeni. Vele ngikhuluma nzima njalo angenelisi ukubeka kuhle amabala.”+
11 UJehova wathi kuye: “Ngubani owanika abantu umlomo kumbe obenza babe yizimungulu loba izacuthe? Ngubani obenza babone kuhle kumbe babe yiziphofu? Ayisimi yini uJehova?
12 Ngakho hamba, ngizakuba lawe nxa usukhuluma* njalo ngizakutshela* lokho okumele ukukhulume.”+
13 Kodwa yena wathi: “Uxolo Jehova, ngicela uthume loba ngubani ofuna ukumthuma.”
14 UJehova wamzondela kakhulu uMosi, wathi: “Kanti umnewenu u-Aroni+ umLevi kakho yini? Ngiyakwazi ukuthi uyenelisa ukukhuluma kuhle kakhulu njalo usendleleni khathesi, uzokuhlangabeza. Uzathi ekubona inhliziyo yakhe ithokoze.+
15 Ngakho kufanele ukhulume laye, umtshele okumele akukhulume.+ Ngizakuba lawe kanye laye ngesikhathi likhuluma+ futhi ngizalitshela okumele likwenze.
16 Nguye ozakukhulumela ebantwini, abe ngumkhulumeli wakho futhi wena uzakuba nguNkulunkulu kuye.*+
17 Kumele uphathe lentonga le esesandleni sakho ukuze wenze ngayo+ izibonakaliso.”
18 Ngakho uMosi wabuyela kuyisezala+ uJethro wathi kuye: “Ngicela ungivumele ngibuyele kubafowethu eGibhithe ngiyebona ukuthi basaphila yini.” UJethro wathi kuMosi: “Hamba ngokuthula.”
19 UJehova wasekhuluma loMosi koMidiyani wathi: “Buyela eGibhithe ngoba bonke abantu ababefuna ukukubulala sebafa.”+
20 Ngemva kwalokho uMosi wathatha amadodana akhe lenkosikazi yakhe wabagadisa ubabhemi, basebengena indlela baya elizweni laseGibhithe. UMosi wathatha lentonga kaNkulunkulu weqiniso wayiphatha ngesandla sakhe.
21 UJehova wasesithi kuMosi: “Nxa usufikile eGibhithe woba leqiniso lokuthi uyazenza zonke izimangaliso engikunike amandla okuthi uzenze+ phambi kukaFaro. Kodwa ngizavumela ukuthi inhliziyo yakhe ibe lukhuni,+ kasoze avume ukuthi abantu bahambe.+
22 Kumele utshele uFaro uthi, ‘Nanku uJehova akutshoyo: “U-Israyeli yindodana yami, izibulo lami.+
23 Yikho ngithi kuwe vumela indodana yami ihambe ukuze iyengikhonza. Kodwa nxa ungayala ukuthi ihambe ngizabulala indodana yakho, izibulo lakho.”’”+
24 Bathi besemangweni sebefike endaweni yokuphumula uJehova+ wahlangana laye njalo wayefuna ukumbulala.+
25 UZiphora+ wasethatha ilitshe elibukhali* wasoka indodana yakhe futhi wenza ukuthi ijwabu layo lithinte inyawo zakhe,* wathi: “Kungenxa yokuthi ungumyeni wegazi kimi.”
26 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wamyekela wahamba. Ngalesosikhathi uZiphora wathi, “ungumyeni wegazi,” ngenxa yokusokwa.
27 UJehova wasesithi ku-Aroni: “Hamba enkangala uyehlangana loMosi.”+ Yikho wahamba wayahlangana laye entabeni kaNkulunkulu weqiniso,+ wafika wambingelela ngokumqabuza.
28 UMosi wasetshela u-Aroni wonke amazwi uJehova ayemtshele wona ngesikhathi emthuma,+ wamlandisela lazo zonke izibonakaliso ayemtshele ukuthi azenze.+
29 Ngemva kwalokho uMosi lo-Aroni bahamba bayabuthanisa bonke abadala bako-Israyeli.+
30 U-Aroni wasebatshela wonke amazwi uJehova ayewatshele uMosi njalo wenza izibonakaliso+ phambi kwabantu.
31 Ngakho abantu bakholwa.+ Bathi besizwa ukuthi uJehova usebakhumbulile abako-Israyeli+ lokuthi usekubonile ukuhlupheka+ kwabo, baguqa phansi bakhothamisa amakhanda.
Amabala angaphansi
^ NgesiHebheru, “ngizakufundisa.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “ngizakuba lomlomo wakho.”
^ Kumbe, “uzakuba ngummeli kaNkulunkulu kuye.”
^ Lapha kungabe kutshiwo inyawo zengilosi.
^ Kumbe, “ingqamu eyenziwe ngelitshe; insengetshe.”
