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₁Ke kaloku uMosis wayethathe umKushekazi, kwaza ngenxa yeso sizathu uMiriyam noAron bamgxeka. ₂Babesithi: “*UNdikhoyo ngaba uthethe ngomlomo kaMosis kuphela na? Kanene akathethanga na nathi?” Kambe ke uNdikhoyo wakuva oku kuthetha kwabo. ( ₃Lo mfo unguMosis ke wayelilulama, kungekho mntu ufika kuye ngokuthoba ehlabathini liphela.)

₄UNdikhoyo wathetha ngoko nangoko noMosis noAron noMiriyam, wathi: “Yiyani phaya *esibingelelweni nobathathu.” Ngenene ke baya, ₅waza uNdikhoyo wehla ngelifu, waya kuma esangweni lesibingelelo. Wasuka ke wabiza uAron noMiriyam. Bakuba bezile ke, ₆uNdikhoyo wathi: “Phulaphulan' apha! *Kumshumayeli onokubakho phakathi kwenu ndizibonakalisa ngemibono, ndithethe naye ngamaphupha. ₇Akunjalo ke kodwa kwisicaka sam uMosis; yena lithenjwa kwindlu yam iphela. ₈Ngoko ke yena ndithetha naye ubuso ngobuso, hayi ngezangotshe. Ewe, mna ngokwam ndiyazibonakalisa kuye. Hee! Ngani ke ukuba ningoyiki ukuthetha kakubi ngesicaka sam uMosis?”

₉Hayi ke, wavutha uNdikhoyo ngumsindo, wabashiya. ₁₀Lithe ke lona liphuma ilifu apho esibingelelweni waye uMiriyam selemhlophe wé sisifo solusu esikhwankqisayo. UAron uthe akumjonga wafumanisa ukuba simbophile esi sifo. ₁₁Kwangoko ke wajikela kuMosis, wambongoza wathi: “Camagu, nkosi yam! Ndiyakuthandaza; musa ukukhathazeka ngenxa yobutyhakala esibenzileyo. ₁₂Nqanda angade abe ngathi yinto ezelw' ifile selineenyama ezonakeleyo.”

₁₃Kwangoko ke uMosis wadanduluka kuNdikhoyo, wathi: “Camagu, Thixo wam, ndiyakubongoza, khawumphilise!”

₁₄UNdikhoyo waphendula wathi: “Andithi ebengáthi ekhe watshicelwa nguyise ebusweni anyeliseke iintsuku ezisixhenxe? Nangoku ke makakhutshelwe ngaphandle kwebandla lakwaSirayeli iintsuku ezisixhenxe; emva koko ke aphinde abuye.” ₁₅Ngenene ke uMiriyam wakhutshelwa ngaphandle komzi wamaSirayeli iintsuku zasixhenxe. AmaSirayeli ke akhe alinda apho kuloo ndawo wada uMiriyam wabuyiselwa. ₁₆Kamva ke anduluka apho eHazeroti, aya kugaleleka kwintlango yaseParan.