UNkulunkulu Uzibonakalisa KuMose
1UMose wayelusa umhlambi womukhwe wakhe uJethro, umphristi wakwaMidiyani. Wawuqhuba wedlula ehlane, waze wayofika eHorebhe entabeni kaNkulunkulu. 2Ingelosi kaSimakade yabonakala kuye elangabini lomlilo phakathi kwesihlahla. Wabona ukuthi isihlahla siyavutha, kodwa asipheli. 3UMose wathi: “Ake ngichezuke ukuze ngibone lesi simangaliso esingaka, ukuthi kungani isihlahla singashi.”
4Lapho uSimakade ebona ukuthi uchezukile ukuyobheka, uNkulunkulu wambiza esesihlahleni, wathi: “Mose, Mose!”
Yena wathi: “Ngilapha.”
5UNkulunkulu wathi: “Ungasondeli lapha; khumula izimbadada ezinyaweni zakho, ngokuba indawo omi kuyo ingumhlabathi ongcwele.”
6Wayesethi: “NginguNkulunkulu kayihlo, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe.”
UMose wafihla ubuso bakhe, ngokuba wayesaba ukubheka uNkulunkulu.
7USimakade wathi: “Ngikubonile ukuhlupheka kwabantu bami abaseGibhithe, futhi ngikuzwile ukukhala kwabo ngenxa yababacindezelayo, ngiyakwazi nokuhlupheka kwabo. 8Ngehlile ukuzobakhulula esandleni sabaseGibhithe, nokubakhuphula kuleli lizwe, ngibayise ezweni elihle nelibanzi, izwe elichichima ubisi noju, izwe lamaKhanani, amaHithi, ama-Amori, amaPherizi, amaHivi, namaJebusi. 9Manje, bheka, ukukhala kwabantu bakwa-Israyeli sekufinyelele kimi, futhi ngikubonile ukucindezelwa kwabo ngabaseGibhithe. 10Ngakho-ke hamba, ngiyakuthuma kuFaro ukuba uyokhulula abantu bami eGibhithe, abantu bakwa-Israyeli.”
11Kepha uMose wathi kuNkulunkulu: “Ngingubani mina ukuthi ngingaya kuFaro, ngikhulule abantu bakwa-Israyeli eGibhithe na?”
12Wathi: “Ngizokuba nawe. Lesi kuyakuba yisibonakaliso sokuthi ngikuthumile: uma usubakhiphile abantu eGibhithe, niyakumkhonza uNkulunkulu kule ntaba.”
13UMose wathi kuNkulunkulu: “Uma ngifika kubantu bakwa-Israyeli, ngithi kubo: ‘UNkulunkulu woyihlo ungithumile,’ bese bengibuza bethi: ‘Ngubani igama lakhe na?’ ngiyakuthini kubo na?”
14UNkulunkulu wathi kuMose: “Nginguye Enginguye.”
Wathi: “Uyakubatshela abantu bakwa-Israyeli uthi: ‘UNginguye ungithumile kini.’ ”
15UNkulunkulu wabuye wathi kuMose: “Uyakusho kubantu bakwa-Israyeli uthi: ‘USimakade uNkulunkulu woyihlo, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe ungithumile kini.’ Leli yigama lami kuze kube phakade, engiyakukhunjulwa ngalo ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
16“Hamba uqoqe amalunga akwa-Israyeli, uthi kuwo: ‘USimakade, uNkulunkulu wokhokho benu, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe uzibonakalisile kimi, wathi: “Ngikubonile konke okwenziwa kini eGibhithe, 17ngathi ngizonikhuphula ekuhlushweni ngabaseGibhithe, nginiyise ezweni lamaKhanani, lamaHithi, lama-Amori, lamaPherizi, lamaHivi, nelamaJebusi, izwe elichichima ubisi noju.” ’
18“Bayokulalela okushoyo; wena uyakuhamba namalunga akwa-Israyeli niye enkosini yaseGibhithe, nifike nithi: ‘USimakade, uNkulunkulu wamaHebheru uzibonakalisile kithi, ngakho-ke sivumele sihambe ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu, siye ehlane, ukuze sihlabele uSimakade uNkulunkulu wethu.’ 19Ngiyazi ukuthi inkosi yaseGibhithe ayiyukunivumela ukuba nihambe, ngaphandle kokuba ngiyicindezele ngesandla esinamandla. 20Ngiyakwelula isandla sami ngilishaye iGibhithe ngezimangaliso engiyakuzenza kulo; emveni kwalokho iyakunikhulula nihambe.
21“Ngiyakunenzela umusa emehlweni abaseGibhithe. Lapho senihamba, aniyukuphuma nilambatha, 22kodwa yilowo nalowo owesifazane uyocela kumakhelwane wakhe nakuye ogogobele emzini wakhe, izinto zesiliva, ezegolide, nezingubo zokugqoka, niyogqokisa amadodana namadodakazi enu; nibaphange kanjalo abaseGibhithe.”
