40 Day Adventure – Day 5

₁Kwathi ngenyanga yokuqala uSirayeli ephela wagaleleka kwintlango iZin, waza wamisa eKadeshe. Apho ke kulapho wafa waza wangcwatyelwa khona uMiriyam.

₂Ke kaloku kwakungekho manzi kuloo ndawo. Ngoko ke amaSirayeli aqokelelana kuMosis noAron, ₃alwa noMosis, athi: “Akwaba nathi sasife nabantakwethu phambi *kwesibingelelo *sikaNdikhoyo. ₄Ngani ukuba thina bantu bakaNdikhoyo nisizise kule ntlango? Benifuna size kufela apha ndawonye nemfuyo yethu? ₅Kakade, kwakutheni ukuze nisikhuphe eJiputa, nize kusifaka kwenje yona indawo, emhlaba ungavelisi nento le? Akukho ngqolowa namakhiwane, kungekho diliya narharnati; ke wona amanzi tu!” ₆UMosis noAron balishiya ibandla, baya kuma esangweni lesibingelelo. Baguqa phantsi, baza ke babubona ubungangamsha bukaNdikhoyo.

₇UNdikhoyo wathi kuMosis: ₈“Thatha intonga ephambi kwetyesi yomnqophiso, uze wena nomntakwenu uAron nilihlanganise ibandla, uze ke uthethe neliwa bejongile. Kothi kumpompoze amanzi kulo, baze abantu nemfuyo yabo basele.” ₉Ke uMosis wayithatha intonga leyo esibingelelweni ngokomyalelo kaNdikhoyo.

₁₀Yena noAron bawaqokelela onke amaSirayeli apho phambi kweliwa, waza wathi uMosis: “Phulaphulani, nina baqhankqalazi! Ngaba nifuna sikhuphe amanzi kweli liwa?” ₁₁UMosis wayiphakamsa intonga, walibetha kabini iliwa elo, kwaza ke kwampompoza amanzi, abantu ndawonye nemfuyo basela.

₁₂UNdikhoyo wabhekisa kuMosis noAron wathi: “Ngenxa yokungandithembi nokungandiniki imbeko phambi kwamaSirayeli, anisayi kulikhokela eli bandla nilingenise kwelo lizwe ndalithembisa lona.”

₁₃Esi siganeko ke sehla eMeribha apho amaSirayeli amkhalazela khona uNdikhoyo. Ke yena wazibonakalisa kuwo ukuba ungcwele.

₁Phambi komsobomvu ngeCawe uMariya waseMagadala waya engcwabeni, wafika ilitye lokuvala ingcwaba lisusiwe. ₂Wabaleka, waya kuSimon Petros nalaa mfundi wayethandwa nguYesu, wathi kubo: “Bayithathile iNkosi engcwabeni. Asazi apho bayibeke khona.”

₃Banduluka ke uPetros nomnye umfundi lowo, baya kufika engcwabeni. ₄Babebaleka kunye, kodwa omnye umfundi lo wamshiya ngamendu uPetros, wafika kuqala engcwabeni. ₅Wathoba nje, wawabona amalaphu elinen, engakhange angene. ₆Wagaleleka noPetros, wangena engcwabeni. Wawabona amalaphu ephantsi. ₇Ilaphu uYesu awayebotshwe ngalo intloko, walibona lilodwa, lisongiwe. ₈Wangena ke naloo mfundi obefike kuqala engcwabeni. Akukhangela wakholwa. ₉Kaloku babengaliqondi ilizwi *leziBhalo elithi umelwe kukuba avuke ekufeni. ₁₀Baza ke bagoduka abafundi.