Ukubelethwa kwakaMosi
1Indoda yendlu kaLevi gade ithethe umfazi omLevi. 2Umfazi loyo waba sidisi bewabeletha indodana. Kwathi angabona bonyana umntwana muhle, wamfihla iinyanga ezintathu. 3Kodwana kuthe nangasakghoni ukumfihla, wathatha umantji wephaphirasi wawutjhatjha ngemihlobohlobo yesikontiri. Wafaka umntwana ngaphakathi komantji wawubeka hlangana nomgaba emanzini magegana nomlambo iNayili. 4Udadwabo lomntwana wajamela kujanyana afuna ukubona bonyana kuzokwenzakalani ngaye.
5Kwehla indodakazi kaFaro yaya emlanjeni iNayili kobana iyokuhlamba. Lokha nayisahlambako iinsebenzi zayo bezikhambakhamba magegana nomlambo. Kuthe kusesenjalo yabona umantji hlangana nomgaba, yathumela ikhobokakazi layo bonyana liwuthathe. 6Yawuvula, yabona isana lilila. Yeke yalirhawukela yathi: “Leli ngelinye lamasana wamaHebheru.”
7Udadwabo lesanelo wakhuluma nendodakazi kaFaro wathi: “Ngingayokufunela omunye wabafazi bamaHebheru kobana azokumunyisela isaneli na?”
8Yona yathi: “Iye, gijima!”
Nje-ke umntazana wakhamba wayokubiza unina. 9Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kunina: “Thatha isaneli ungondlele lona, ngizakukhokhela.”
Yeke umfazi wathatha isanelo walondla.
10Kuthe umntwana loyo nasele akhulile, wamthatha wamusa endodakazini kaFaro waba yindodanayo. Yamthiya bona nguMosi ngombana yathi: “Iye, ngamthatha emanzini.”
UMosi ubalekela eMidiyani
11Ngelinye ilanga, uMosi sele akhule ngokwaneleko, waphuma waya ebantwini bekhabo, wababona basebenza kabudisi. Khonapho wabona umGibhide abetha umHebheru ongomunye wabantu bekhabo. 12Waqala ngapha nangapha wangabona muntu, wabulala umGibhide loyo bewamfihla ehlabathini. 13Ngelanga elilandelako nakhona waphuma, wabona amaHebheru amabili asilwa. Wabuza onomlandu wathi: “Kubayini ubethe umHebheru wekhenu?”
14Indoda leyo yathi kuye: “Ubekwe ngubani bonyana ube mbusi nomgwebi phezu kwethu? Kghani ucabanga ukungibulala nami njengomGibhide ombuleleko loya?”
UMosi waba nokwesaba wadlumbana wathi: “Kutjho bona sekuyaziwa ngendabami le.”
15Kwathi bona uFaro ezwe ngendaba le, walinga ukubulala uMosi, kodwana uMosi wabalekela eMidiyani wafika wahlala emthonjeni. 16Umphristi weMidiyani gade anamadodakazi alikhomba. Ehla azokukha amanzi bese azalisa neenkerebhe kobana aseze ifuyo kayisawo. 17Khonapho kwavela abelusi abanye bawaqotjha. Kodwana uMosi wasikima wawenyela bewaseza ifuywawo.
18Lokha amadodakazi nabuyela kuyise, uRewuyeli, wawabuza wathi: “Naba msinya kangaka namhlanje kwenze njani?”
19Aphendula athi: “Senyelwe mGibhide othize ebelusinaba. Godu usikhelele namanzi bewaseza nefuywethu.”
20Nje-ke wabuza amadodakazakhe wathi: “Alo, uphi umuntu loyo? Nimtjhiyeleni ebaleni? Khambani niyomkhombela azogoma intwanyana.”
21UMosi wazimisela ukuhlala noRewuyeli. Wamupha indodakazakhe uTsiphora bonyana abe mkakhe. 22UTsiphora wabeletha indodana, uMosi wayithiya bona nguGeritjhomu asithi: “Ngibe sikhonzi enarheni etjhili.”
UMosi ubizelwa ukusindisa ama-Israyeli
23Ngemva kwesikhathi eside ikosi yeGibhide yahlongakala. Kodwana ama-Israyeli bekasoloko anghunanghuna ngobukhoboka bawo. Abalabala njalo ngobukhoboka bawo isililo sawo sabe safika kuZimu. 24UZimu wezwa ukububula kwawo, wakhumbula isivumelwano sakhe no-Abrahamu, u-Isaka noJakopo. 25UZimu wayelela ama-Israyeli bewabazi ubujamo bawo.
