Ama-Israyeli abhina ingoma yokudumisa
1UMosi nabantu bakwa-Israyeli babhinela uSomnini ingoma nasi:
Ngizakubhinela uSomnini ngombana uphakeme khulu,
wajikijela iinjomani neenkarana ngelwandle.
2USomnini umamandlami neenkhwepha zami
begodu uyisindiswami.
UnguZimami yeke ngizamdumisa,
unguZimu kababa ngizamphakamisa.
3USomnini uyingorho,
ubongelelwa ngebizo lakaSomnini.
4Ujikijele iinkarana zakaFaro nebutho lakhe ngelwandle,
abalawuli beenkarana abakhethekileko
bacwila ngelwandle lomGaba.
5Amanzi azikileko azisibekela,
zatjhinga phasi ekuzikeni njengelitje.
6Isandla sakho Somnini, siyesabeka ngamandlaso;
iye, isandla sakho Somnini, sibhubhisa isitha.
7Ngobukhulu bobukhosi bakho
uketula abajamelani bakho,
uthumela itukuthelwakho,
ibaqothule inga mawunguwungu.
8Ngokufutha kweempumulo zakho
amanzi ayabuthelelana,
iinkhukhula zijame inga lidonga,
amanzi azikileko akhaphuzele phakathi kwelwandle.
9Isitha sathi:
“Ngizabagijimisa, ngibabambe,
ngihlukanise ipango.
Ngizakwanelisa ivunda lami kibo
nangirhwatjha isabulami,
ngibarhayile ngesandla sami.”
10Wena Somnini wavuthela ummoyakho,
ilwandle lawagubuzesa,
acwila njengomthofi emanzini anamandla.
11Ngubani onjengawe Somnini
phakathi kwabosingazimu?
Ngubani onjengawe
onobukhosi obucwengileko
nemisebenzi ebabazekako
ngokwenza imikarisomraro?
12Kwathi nawelula isandla sakho,
iphasi lawaginya.
13Ngokwethembeka kwakho
warhola abantu obahlengileko,
ngamandlakho wabakhokhela endawenakho ecwengileko.
14Izizwe zoke zezwa, zathuthumela;
abahlali beFilistiya baba nevalo.
15Nje-ke amakhosana wakwa-Edomu akakamala,
abaphathi bakwaMowabi bathuthumela;
zoke izakhamuzi zeKanana zahlengezela.
16Zehlelwa kukwesaba okukhulu kanye nevalo
ngebanga lobukhulu bakho obenzileko;
zathula zathi du njengelitje,
lokha nakudlula abantu bakho, Somnini,
iye, kudlule abantu bakho obazuzileko.
17Wena Somnini uzabangenisa,
ubatjale entabeni yelifa lakho,
endaweni Somnini owayilungisako
kobana bahlale kiyo,
iye, indawo ecwengileko wena Mninimandlawoke
owayisungula ngezandla zakho.
18USomnini uzakubusa nini nanini.
19Lokha iinjomani neenkarana zakaFaro kanye nabakhweli bazo nazingena ngelwandle, uSomnini wabuyisa amanzi welwandle azigubuzesa kodwana ama-Israyeli akhamba phezu kwehlabathi eyomileko phakathi kwelwandle.
20Nje-ke uMiriyamu umphorofidikazi, ongudadwabo ka-Aroni waphuma aphethe abosotjherere, boke abafazi bamlandela nabo baphethe babo bagida. 21UMiriyamu wakhalela wathi:
“Bhinelani uSomnini ngombana uphakeme khulu,
wajikijela iinjomani neenkarana ngelwandle.”
Amanzi amunyu erhalawumbeni
22Yeke uMosi warhola u-Israyeli ukusuka elwandle lomGaba bangena erhalawumbeni leTjhuri. Bakhamba amalanga amathathu erhalawumbeni, azange bafunyane amanzi. 23Kuthe lokha nabafika eMara, azange bakghone ukusela amanzi wakhona ngombana gade amunyu. Ngalokho athiywa bona yiMara. 24Abantu banghonghoyila kuMosi bathi: “Uthi sisele ini nasome kangaka?”
25UMosi walila kuSomnini, uSomnini wamkhombisa umuthi. Wawuthatha wawuphosela ngemanzini, amanzi aba mnandi. Khonapho uSomnini wabenzela isimiso nomthetho godu wabazizinya.
26USomnini wathi: “Nakube nizakulalela ngokuzimisela ilizwi lami, mina Somnini uZimenu, nenze okuhle phambi kwami, niphethe imiyalwami bese nigcina zoke iimiso zami, angeze nganehlisela nasinye isifo kilezo engazehlisela amaGibhide ngombana mina Somnini ngimlaphi wenu.”
27Yeke bafika e-Elimi lapha gade kunemithombo elitjhumi nambili yamanzi kanye nemithi yesundu ematjhumi alikhomba. Bahloma amatendabo lapho eqadi kwamanzi.
