Ukuzalwa Nokukhuliswa KukaMose
1Kwasuka indoda kwabendlu kaLevi yaganwa yindodakazi kaLevi. 2Wakhulelwa lowo wesifazane wazala indodana; kwathi lapho eyibona ukuthi yinhle, wayifihla izinyanga ezintathu. 3Kuthe lapho engasakwazi ukuyifihla wayithatha wayifaka ebhokisini elaliphicwe ngekhwani, lahuqwa ngebhithumeni nekoliyati, walibeka emhlangeni owawusosebeni lomfula. 4Udadewabo wema buqamama ukuze abone ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kuye. 5Kwase kwehla indodakazi kaFaro iyogeza emfuleni, abaphelezeli bayo bagudla osebeni lomfula; yayisibona ubhasikidi emhlangeni, yayisithumela umsizi wayo ukuyowulanda. 6Kwathi lapho iwuvula yabona; bheka, kwakungumfana; wayekhala. Yamhawukela, yayisithi: “Lona ngomunye wezingane zamaHebheru.”
7Udadewabo wathi endodakazini kaFaro: “Ngihambe yini ngiyokulandela umzanyana kwabesifazane bamaHebheru ukuba akuncelisele yona na?”
8Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba.”
Intombazane yahamba yayobiza unina wengane. 9Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Thatha lo mntwana uyongincelisela yena, ngizokukhokhela.”
Owesifazane wamthatha umntwana wamncelisa. 10Umntwana wakhula, wayesemyisa endodakazini kaFaro, waba yindodana yayo; yamqamba ngokuthi nguMose, ngokuba yathi: “Ngamkhipha emanzini.”
Ukubaleka KukaMose EGibhithe
11Langa limbe uMose esekhulile, waya kubantu bakubo, wabubona ubunzima ababebuthwele; wabona umGibhithe eshaya umHebheru ongomunye wabantu bakubo. 12Waqalaza ngapha nangapha, wangabona muntu, wayesembulala umGibhithe, wamfihla esihlabathini. 13Ngakusasa lapho ephuma, nanka amadoda amabili amaHebheru elwa; wayesethi kuleyo ndoda eyayonile: “Umshayelani umfowenu na?”
14Yaphendula yathi: “Ngubani okubeke inkosi nomehluleli phezu kwethu na? Ufuna ukungibulala njengalokhu ubulele umGibhithe na?”
UMose wayesesaba, wacabanga wathi: “Impela lokhu sekuyaziwa.”
15Lapho uFaro esezwile ngalokho wafuna ukumbulala uMose.
Kepha uMose wabaleka phambi kukaFaro, wayohlala kwaMidiyani, wahlala phansi eduze komthombo. 16Kwakukhona umphristi kwaMidiyani owayenamadodakazi ayisikhombisa; eza ezokukha amanzi, ukuba agcwalise imikhombe ukuze imfuyo kayise iphuze. 17Abelusi bafika bawaxosha, kodwa uMose wasukuma wawasiza, wawuphuzisa umhlambi wawo.
18Lapho efika kuyise uRehuweli, wathi kuwo: “Yini eyenze nabuya masinya namuhla na?”
19Athi kuye: “UmGibhithe usikhululile esandleni sabelusi, wabuye wasikhelela amanzi, wawuphuzisa nomhlambi.”
20Wathi emadodakazini akhe: “Pho uphi na? Nimshiyeleni? Mbizeni ukuze azokudla.”
21UMose wavuma ukuhlala nalowo muntu. Waganisela uMose indodakazi yakhe uZiphora. 22Wazala indodana wayibiza ngokuthi nguGereshomu, ngokuba ethi: “Ngingumfokazi ezweni labezizwe.”
Isivumelwano SikaNkulunkulu No-Abhrahama
23Sekwedlule izinsuku eziningi, inkosi yaseGibhithe yakhothama. Abantu bakwa-Israyeli babubula ngenxa yokucindezelwa, bakhala benxusa, ukukhala kwabo kwafinyelela kuNkulunkulu. 24UNkulunkulu wakuzwa ukububula kwabo, wayesesikhumbula isivumelwano ayesenze no-Abhrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe. 25UNkulunkulu wababheka abantu bakwa-Israyeli, futhi wabanakekela.
