Eksodusi 4:1-31
4 Kodvwa Mosi waphendvula watsi: “Asengitsi abangikholwa futsi abalilaleli livi lami,+ esikhundleni saloko batsi: ‘Jehova akakabonakali kuwe.’”
2 Jehova wase utsi kuye: “Yini loloyiphetse esandleni sakho?” Yena watsi: “Yindvuku.”
3 Nkulunkulu watsi: “Yijike phansi.” Ngako Mosi wayijika phansi, yagucuka yaba yinyoka+ futsi wayibalekela.
4 Jehova wase utsi kuMosi: “Yelula sandla sakho uyibambe ngemsila.” Mosi waselula wayibamba, yase ibuyela iba yindvuku.
5 Nkulunkulu wase utsi: “Loku utawukwenta kuze bakholwe kutsi Jehova Nkulunkulu wabokhokho babo, Nkulunkulu wa-Abrahama, wa-Isaka newaJakobe+ ubonakele kuwe.”+
6 Jehova waphindze watsi kuye: “Ngicela ufake sandla sakho engutjeni yakho ngasesifubeni.” Ngako wasifaka, watsi nakasikhipha saphuma sesimhlophe njengelichwa, sinebulephelo.+
7 Wase utsi: “Phindze ufake lesandla engutjeni yakho.” Ngako Mosi wasifaka, watsi nakasikhipha saphuma sesiphilile, sesifana nayo yonkhe inyama yakhe.
8 Nkulunkulu watsi: “Nangabe bangeke bakukholwe nobe bakunake nawenta lesimangaliso sekucala, nakanjani batakunaka nasewenta lesesibili.+
9 Nangabe-ke bangatikholwa letimangaliso letimbili, bangafuni nekulilalela livi lakho, utawukha emanti eMfuleni iNayili uwatsele emhlabatsini lowomile, futsi atawugucuka abe yingati lapho emhlabatsini.”+
10 Mosi wase utsi kuJehova: “Ngiyacolisa Jehova, kusukela kadzeni mine angikaze ngibe sikhulumi lesihle, futsi bekusolo kunjalo kusukela wacala kukhuluma nenceku yakho. Ngiyanensa nangikhuluma futsi ngiyanamula.”+
11 Jehova watsi kuye: “Ngubani lowanika umuntfu umlomo nobe lonemandla ekwenta umuntfu abe simungulu, angeva etindlebeni, abone kahle nobe abe yimphumphutse? Akusimi yini, mine Jehova?
12 Ngako-ke hamba, futsi mine ngitakusita nasewukhuluma,* ngitakufundzisa loko lokufanele ukusho.”+
13 Kodvwa yena watsi: “Ngiyacolisa Jehova, ngicela umane utfume nobe ngabe ngubani lomunye lofuna kumtfuma.”
14 Ngako intfukutselo yaJehova yamvutsela Mosi, wase utsi kuye: “Ucabangani ngemnakenu Aroni,+ umLevi? Ngiyati kutsi yena ukhuluma kahle. Nyalo usendleleni uta kuwe, futsi nakakubona utawujabula kakhulu.+
15 Kufanele ukhulume naye, umtjele loko lengikushito.+ Mine ngitanisita nanikhuluma,+ futsi ngitanifundzisa loko lokufanele nikwente.
16 Yena utawuba ngumkhulumeli wakho, akukhulumele kulabantfu, wena ube njengaNkulunkulu kuye.*+
17 Ubophatsa lendvuku lesesandleni sakho, ngobe utakwenta ngayo timangaliso.”+
18 Ngako Mosi wabuyela kubabetala wakhe+ Jethro, wafike watsi: “Ngicela kuhamba ngibuyele kubantfu bakitsi eGibhithe ngiyobahlola kutsi basaphila yini.” Jethro watsi kuMosi: “Kulungile, hamba ngekuthula.”
19 Ngemuva kwaloko Jehova wakhuluma naMosi ngesikhatsi akaMidiyani, watsi: “Hamba ubuyele eGibhithe, ngobe bonkhe labantfu lebebafuna kukubulala sebafile.”+
20 Mosi wase utsatsa umfati wakhe kanye nemadvodzana akhe wabagibelisa embongolweni, ngemuva kwaloko besuka babuyela eGibhithe. Watsatsa nalendvuku Nkulunkulu weliciniso labetsite ayiphatse.
21 Jehova wase utsi kuMosi: “Nasewufikile eGibhithe, ubociniseka kutsi utenta tonkhe letimangaliso lengikunikete emandla ekutenta embikwaFaro.+ Kodvwa ngitawuvumela inhlitiyo yaFaro ibe lukhuni,+ futsi angeke abakhulule labantfu kutsi bahambe.+
22 Naku lokufanele ukusho kuFaro: ‘Jehova utsi: “Israyeli uyindvodzana yami, umntfwana wami wekucala.+
23 Ngako ngitsi kuwe, khulula lendvodzana yami kuze itengikhonta. Kodvwa nangabe ungayikhululi, ngitawubulala indvodzana yakho yekucala.”’”+
24 Batsi nasebasendleleni, endzaweni yekuphumula, Jehova+ wefika kuye futsi abefuna kumbulala.*+
25 Ekugcineni Siphora+ watsatsa litje lelikhaliphile* wasoka indvodzana yakhe, wawisela lelijwabu etinyaweni tayo, wase utsi: “Kungobe ungumyeni wengati kimi.”
26 Ngako-ke Nkulunkulu wamyekela wahamba. Ngaleso sikhatsi Siphora watsi: “Ungumyeni wengati,” futsi loku wakusho ngenca yalokusoka.
27 Jehova wase utsi ku-Aroni: “Hamba uye ehlane uyohlangabeta Mosi.”+ Ngako Aroni wahamba futsi wahlangana naMosi entsabeni yaNkulunkulu weliciniso,+ wambingelela ngekumcabuza.
28 Mosi wase utjela Aroni onkhe emavi Jehova labewashito kuye njengobe abemtfumile,+ wamtjela nangato tonkhe timangaliso Nkulunkulu labetsite atente.+
29 Ngemuva kwaloko boMosi na-Aroni babita onkhe emadvodza lamadzala langema-Israyeli.+
30 Aroni watjela lamadvodza onkhe emavi Jehova labewakhulume kuMosi, futsi Mosi waphindze wenta netimangaliso+ embikwalabantfu.
31 Ngako labantfu bamkholwa+ Mosi. Batsi nabeva kutsi Jehova ubanakile+ futsi ukubonile kuhlupheka kwabo,+ baguca bakhotsama.
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “ngitawuba nemlomo wakho.”
^ Nobe “utawube umelela Nkulunkulu kuye.”
^ Loku kungenteka kusho indvodzana yaMosi.
^ Nobe “umukhwa lokhaliphile.”
