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2 Ngalesosikhathi enye indoda eyayizalwa endlini kaLevi yathatha indodakazi yesizwana sikaLevi.+
2 Owesifazana lo wazithwala wabeletha umntwana ongumfana. Wathi ebona ukuthi umntwana muhle kakhulu, wamfihla okwenyanga ezintathu.+
3 Kwathi sekumehlula ukuthi aqhubeke emfihlile,+ wathatha ibhasikiti eyenziwe* ngemizi wayihuqa ngethara lengcino wasefaka umntwana phakathi kwayo wayayibeka phakathi kwemihlanga ekhunjini lomfula uNayili.
4 Udadewabo+ womntwana wama bucwadlana ukuze abone ukuthi kwakuzakwenzakalani kuye.
5 Indodakazi kaFaro yehlela kuNayili isiyageza njalo izincekukazi zayo zazihamba eceleni komfula uNayili. Yasibona ibhasikiti phakathi kwemihlanga, yahle yathuma isigqilikazi sayo ukuthi siyeyithatha.+
6 Yathi iyivula yabona umntwana ongumfana phakathi njalo wayekhala. Yamzwela yasisithi: “Lo ngomunye wabantwana bamaHebheru.”
7 Udadewabo womntwana wasekhuluma lendodakazi kaFaro wathi: “Ngingayakubizela yini owesifazana omunyisayo ongumHebheru ukuthi akondlele umntwana lo?”
8 Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba!” Masinyane nje intombazana yahamba yafika yabiza unina+ womntwana.
9 Indodakazi kaFaro yasisithi kuye: “Thatha umntwana lo ungondlele yena, ngizakubhadala.” Ngakho owesifazana wamthatha umntwana wamondla.
10 Umntwana wathi esekhulile wasemhambisa endodakazini kaFaro, waba yindodana yayo.+ Yamnika ibizo elithi Mosi* yathi: “Kungenxa yokuthi ngamkhipha emanzini.”+
11 Kwathi ngalezonsuku uMosi esekhulile,* waya kubafowabo ukuze abone umsebenzi onzima+ ababewenza, wasebona omunye umGibhithe etshaya umHebheru, omunye wabafowabo.
12 Ngakho wathalaza ngapha langapha, wathi ebona ukuthi akulamuntu wambulala umGibhithe wamfihla etshebetshebeni.+
13 Ngelanga elilandelayo waphuma futhi, wabona amadoda amabili angamaHebheru esilwa. Wasesithi kulowo owayephambanisile: “Umtshayelani omunye wakho?”+
14 Yena wamphendula wathi: “Ngubani okubeke ukuthi ube ngumbusi lomahluleli wethu? Usufuna ukungibulala njengomGibhithe+ lowana ombuleleyo?” UMosi waqalisa ukwesaba wathi: “Kanti indaba le isisaziwa kangaka?”
15 UFaro wayizwa indaba leyo, wazama ukubulala uMosi, kodwa uMosi wambalekela uFaro waya elizweni lakoMidiyani+ wafika waphumula eduze komthombo.
16 Kwakulomphristi wakoMidiyani+ owayelamadodakazi ayisikhombisa. Amadodakazi la afika emthonjeni ezokukha amanzi njalo ayefuna lokugcwalisa imikolo yamanzi ukuze anathise izifuyo zikayise.
17 Kodwa abelusi bafika bawaxotsha njengenjayelo. UMosi wathi ekubona lokhu wabancedisa* abesifazana laba, wanathisa lezifuyo zabo.
18 Bathi befika ngekhaya kuyise uRehuweli,*+ wamangala wathi kubo: “Kuyini okwenze laphangisa kangaka lamuhla?”
19 Baphendula bathi: “KulomGibhithe+ osilamuleleyo kubelusi njalo uze wasikhela amanzi wanathisa lezifuyo.”
20 Yena wasesithi kumadodakazi akhe: “Manje ungaphi? Limtshiyeleni? Mbizeni azokudla lathi.”
21 Ngemva kwalokho uMosi wavuma ukuhlala laleyondoda, njalo yamnika indodakazi yayo uZiphora+ ukuthi ibe ngumkakhe.
22 Ngokuya kwesikhathi uZiphora waba lomntwana ongumfana njalo uMosi wamnika ibizo wathi nguGeshomu*+ ngoba wathi, “Sengingowezizweni elizweni elingayisilo lakithi.”+
23 Kwathi sekudlule isikhathi eside,* inkosi yaseGibhithe yafa,+ kodwa abako-Israyeli baqhubeka bebubula ngenxa yokuba yizigqili njalo babekhala kabuhlungu. Ukukhala kwabo becela usizo ngenxa yobugqili ababephakathi kwabo kwakulokhu kusenyuka kusiya kuNkulunkulu+ weqiniso.
24 Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uNkulunkulu wezwa ukububula+ kwabo, wasekhumbula isivumelwano sakhe asenza lo-Abrahama lo-Isaka kanye loJakhobe.+
25 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabakhangela abako-Israyeli wabona ukuhlupheka kwabo.
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “ibhokisi elenziwe.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Okhutshiweyo,” okutsho ukuthi ohlengwe emanzini.
^ Kumbe, “esesiba yindoda elamandla.”
^ Kumbe, “wabalwela.”
^ Lapha kutshiwo uJethro.
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Owesinye isizwe.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “izinsuku ezinengi.”
