U-Eksodusi 11

₁UJehova wayesethi kuMose: “Ngisezakuletha inhlupheko eyodwa kuFaro nakulo iGibithe; ngasemuva uyakunivumela ukuba nisuke lapha; yebo, nxa eniyeka ukuba nihambe, uzakunixosha nokunixosha lapha. ₂Khuluma manje ezindlebeni zabantu ukuba yilowo nalowo mlisa acele kumakhelwane wakhe, yilowo nalowo wesifazane acele kumakhelwane wakhe izinto zesiliva nezinto zegolide.” ₃UJehova wabapha abantu umusa emehlweni abaseGibithe. Futhi lowo muntu uMose wayemkhulu kakhulu ezweni laseGibithe emehlweni ezinceku zikaFaro nasemehlweni abantu.

₄UMose wathi: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: ‘Ngaphakathi kwamabili ngizakuphuma, ngiye phakathi kweGibithe; ₅amazibulo onke asezweni laseGibithe ayakufa, kusukela kulo izibulo likaFaro ohlala esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi kuze kube kulo izibulo lencekukazi engasetsheni lokugaya, kanye namazibulo onke ezinkomo. ₆Kuyakuba khona ukukhala okukhulu ezweni lonke laseGibithe, okungazange kube khona okungangako, okungasayikuba khona futhi okungangako. ₇Kepha kubo bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli akuyikubakho nanja eyakugwavumela umuntu nenkomo,’ ukuze nazi ukuthi uJehova uyahlukanisa iGibithe no-Israyeli. ₈Zonke lezi zinceku zakho ziyakwehla, zifike kimi, zingikhothamele, zithi: ‘Phuma wena nabantu bonke abakulandelayo; emva kwalokho ngizakuphuma.’ ” Waphuma kuFaro evutha ulaka.

₉Wayesethi uJehova kuMose: “UFaro akayikukulalela ukuba izimangaliso zami zande ezweni laseGibithe.” ₁₀OMose no-Aroni bazenza zonke lezi zimangaliso ebusweni bukaFaro; uJehova wayenza lukhuni inhliziyo kaFaro, kabavumelanga abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuphuma ezweni lakhe.