EKESODU 17
Metsi a tswa mo lefikeng
1Jaanong morafe otlhe wa Baiseraele wa tloga kwa sekakeng sa Sine, wa tsamaya o thibelela ka fa taolong ya Morena go ya go fitlha kwa Rafidime. Ba feta ba tlhoka metsi a a nowang. 2Mme morafe wa lwa le Moše wa re: “Re fe metsi re nwe.” Mme Moše a ba raya a re: “Lo lwelang le nna? Ke ka ntlha ya eng fa lo leka Morena?”
3Batho ba nyorelwa metsi gona; batho ba ngongoregela Moše ba re: “Ke ka ntlha ya eng, fa o re ntshitse kwa Egepeto gore o re bolae le bana ba rona le diruiwa tsa rona ka lenyora?”
4Mme Moše a goela Moreneng a re: “Nka dira eng ka batho ba? Ba setse ba le gaufi le go nkgobotletsa ka majwe.”
5Morena a raya Moše a re: “Fetela kwa pele ga morafe, o ye le bangwe ba bagolo ba Baiseraele, o tshotse thobane ya gago e o ne wa itaya noka ka yona, o sepele. 6Bona, ke tla ema fa pele ga gago teng mo Horebe fa lefikeng. E tla re fa o itaya lefika, le tswe metsi gore morafe o nwe.” Moše a dira jalo fa pele ga bagolo ba Baiseraele.
7Felo foo a go taya leina la Masa le Meriba; gonne Baiseraele ba ne ba lole, ba leka Morena ba re: “A Morena o teng mo gare ga rona gongwe nnyaya?”
Jošua o fenya Baamaleke
8E rile ba le kwa Rafidime, Baamaleke ba tla, ba tlhabana le Baiseraele. 9Ke fa Moše a laela Jošua a re: “Re tlhaolele banna, o tsoge o bolole kamoso, o tlhabane le Baamaleke. Nna ke tla ema mo setlhoeng sa thabana ke tshotse thobane ya Modimo ka letsogo.” 10Jošua a dira ka fa Moše a mo laetseng ka teng, a bolola go tlhabana le Baamaleke. Mme Moše le Arone le Hure ba tlhatlogela kwa setlhoeng sa thabana. 11E ne ya re fa Moše a tsholetsa mabogo, Baiseraele ba fenye; mme fa a diga mabogo, go fenye Baamaleke. 12Mme Moše a simolola go lapa mabogo, a nna bokete. Jaanong ba tsaya lentswe, ba le baya ka fa tlase ga gagwe, a nna mo go lone; Arone le Hure ba ntse ba tshegeditse mabogo a gagwe, mongwe ka fa le yo mongwe ka fa; ba tiisa mabogo a gagwe jalo, ga tsamaya letsatsi la phirima. 13Jošua a fenya Amaleke le batho ba gagwe ka bogale jwa tšhaka.
14Ke fa Morena a raya Moše a re: “Tseo di kwale mo lokwalong gore di se lebalwe, o di tsenye mo tsebeng tsa ga Jošua go re: Ruri, ke tla tlosa go gopola Amaleke gotlhe fa tlase ga letsatsi.” 15Moše a aga aletare, a e taya leina le le reng: “Morena ke sefoka sa me.” 16A ba a re: “A seatla se tshware sefoka sa Morena; Morena o tla lwa le Baamaleke go tswa losikeng go ya losikeng.”
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