Iimbonakaliso uZimu azinikela uMosi
1UMosi waphendula wathi: “Bahlumba ukungikholwa namkha ukungilalela bese bathi, ‘Sukapha wena! AkunaSomnini okhe waziveza kuwe.’ ”
2USomnini wathi kuye: “Uphetheni kuwapho?”
UMosi wathi: “Ngiphethe idondolo.”
3USomnini wathi: “Liphosele phasi.”
UMosi waliphosela phasi laphenduka inyoka. Kuthe lokha uMosi nayibalekelako, 4uSomnini wathi kuye: “Lula isandla sakho uyibambe ngomsila!”
Yeke uMosi welula isandla sakhe wayibamba, yabuya yaphenduka idondolo esandleni sakhe. 5USomnini wathi: “Naso-ke isibonakaliso ukuze bakholwe bonyana uSomnini uZimu waboyisemkhulu, uZimu ka-Abrahamu, u-Isaka noJakopo uziveze kuwe.”
6Godu uSomnini wathi: “Faka isandla sakho esifubeni.”
UMosi wenza njalo, kwathi lokha nasikhuphako sabe sikghamathele ikhwekhwe simhlophe inga sithwathwa.
7USomnini wathi: “Sibuyisele esifubeni.”
UMosi wasibuyisela, kwathi lokha nasikhuphako sabe sele silaphekile sifana nesinye.
8USomnini waraga wathi: “Nayibe abakukholwa namkha abathatheki ngesibonakaliso sokuthoma, bazakukholwa sesibili. 9Kodwana nayibe abazikholwa zombili iimbonakaliswezo namkha abakulaleli, yikha amanzi eNayili uwathele equlwanini. Amanzi owakhe emlanjeni azakuphenduka iingazi equlwanini.”
10UMosi wathi kuSomnini: “Maye Kosami! Mina angisisikhulumi, azange khengibe ngiso nesikhathini esidlulileko, ngitjho nanje njengombana uSomnini athome ukukhuluma nencekwakhe nje. Ngiyangunguza godu ngikhuluma sidondi.”
11USomnini wathi kuye: “Ngubani owenze umuntu bona akhulume? Ngubani omenza bona abe simumu namkha angezwa? Ngubani omenza abone namkha abe siphofu? Akusimi mina Somnini na? 12Nje-ke ngena indlela, ngizakusiza ukukhuluma bengikufundise nalokho ozokukhuluma.”
13Kodwana uMosi wathi: “Awu, Kosami! Ngiyakubawa, bengithi uSomnini akhe athume omunye.”
14USomnini wathukuthelela uMosi wathi: “Angitjho unomfowenu u-Aroni umLevi? Ngiyazi bonyana yena ukghona ukukhuluma kuhle. Sele asendleleni uzokuhlangabeza, ihliziywakhe izokuthaba nakubonako. 15Uzakhuluma naye umfunze ngamagama; ngizanisiza nobabili ukukhuluma benginifundise nenifanele nikwenze. 16Nguye ozakukhuluma nabantu esikhundleni sakho. Yena uzakuba mlomakho, wena ube njengoZimu kuye. 17Thatha idondolwelo ukuze wenze ngalo iimbonakaliso.”
UMosi ubuyela eGibhide
18UMosi wabuyela kumkhwe wakhe uJetero wathi kuye: “Bengithi ngitjhaphulula ngiye ebantwini bekhethu eGibhide ngiyobabona bonyana basaphile kuhle na.”
UJetero wathi: “Goduka, inga izinto zingakukhambela kuhle.”
19USomnini watjela uMosi asese seMidiyani wathi: “Buyela eGibhide ngombana boke abantu ebegade bafuna ukukubulala sebafile kwanjesi.”
20Yeke uMosi wathatha umkakhe namadodanakhe, wabakhweza kudumbana wanqomba eGibhide. Waphatha nedondolo lakaZimu.
21USomnini wathi kuMosi: “Lokha nawubuyela eGibhide, qinisekisa bonyana wenza phambi kwakaFaro yoke imikarisomraro engikunikele amandla bonyana uyenze. Kodwana ngizakukhunyalalisa ihliziywakhe ukuze angavumi bonyana abantu batjhaphuluke bakhambe. 22Bese uthi kuFaro, ‘Nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini: U-Israyeli yindodanami elizibulo; 23ngikutjele ngathi utjhaphulule indodanami leyo kobana ikwazi ukungilotjha. Kodwana nawunghanghabalako, yazi bonyana ngizokubulala indodanakho elizibulo.’ ”
24Kwathi endleleni, endaweni yokulala, uSomnini weza kuye wafuna ukumbulala. 25Kodwana uTsiphora wathatha ilitje elibukhali watsepunya ijwabu lendodanakhe, wathinta uMosi ngejwabelo ebudodeni bakhe wathi: “Ngambala kimi ungovikeleke ngeengazi!” 26Watjho lokho akhomba ukusoka. Yeke uSomnini wamlisa.
27USomnini wathi ku-Aroni: “Khamba uye erhalawumbeni uyokuhlangabeza uMosi.”
Yeke wahlangana noMosi entabeni kaZimu wamncwanga emhlathini. 28UMosi watjela u-Aroni koke uSomnini amthume bona akutjho, nangazo zoke iimbonakaliso amlayele bonyana azenze.
29UMosi no-Aroni bakhamba, babizela ndawonye boke abaphathi bakwa-Israyeli. 30U-Aroni wafese wabatjela koke uSomnini akukhulume kuMosi. Godu wenza neembonakaliso phambi kwabantu, 31yeke bakholwa. Kuthe lokha nabezwa bonyana uSomnini utshwenyekile ngabo nokobana ubonile isizi labo, badumisa ngokuguqa bahlome iinhloko phasi.
