UMose Uphiwa Amandla Okwenza Izimangaliso
1UMose waphendula wathi: “Kepha bheka, ngeke bangikholwe noma bangilalele, bayakuthi: ‘USimakade akabonakalanga kuwe.’ ”
2USimakade wathi kuye: “Yini le esesandleni sakho na?”
Wathi: “Yinduku.”
3Wayesethi: “Yiphonse emhlabathini.”
Wayiphonsa emhlabathini, yaphenduka inyoka; uMose wayibalekela. 4Kepha uSimakade wathi kuMose: “Yelula isandla sakho, uyibambe ngomsila.”
Waselula isandla sakhe, wayibamba; yaphenduka induku esandleni sakhe. 5“Bazokholwa-ke ukuthi uSimakade, uNkulunkulu wokhokho benu, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka noNkulunkulu kaJakobe ubonakele kuwe.”
6USimakade wabuye wathi kuye: “Faka isandla esifubeni sakho.”
Wasifaka. Lapho esikhipha, mameshane, isandla sakhe sabe sesinochoko, simhlophe njengeqhwa. 7UNkulunkulu wathi kuye: “Siphindisele esifubeni isandla sakho.”
Wasiphindisela esifubeni sakhe. Kuthe lapho esesikhipha, habe, sesibuyele esimweni saso, sesifana nesikhumba sakhe.
8“Uma bengakukholwa, noma bengasishayi mkhuba isibonakaliso sakho sokuqala, bayosikholwa esilandelayo. 9Uma bengazikholwa zombili izibonakaliso noma bengakulaleli okushoyo, uyokukha amanzi eNayili, uwathele emhlabathini owomileyo, lawo manzi owakhe emfuleni ayophenduka igazi emhlabathini owomileyo.”
10UMose wathi kuSimakade: “Nkosi, ngixolele, angikaze ngibe ngumuntu oyiciko lokukhuluma, kusukela kuqala kuze kube manje njengoba ukhuluma nenceku yakho, ngokuba nginamalimi, ulimi lwami lulukhuni.”
11USimakade wathi kuye: “Ngubani owenza umlomo womuntu na? Ngubani owenza isimungulu nesithulu, obonayo noyimpumputhe na? AkusiMina Simakade na? 12Ngalokho-ke hamba, ngizokuba semlonyeni wakho, ngikufundise ozokusho.”
13Kepha wathi: “Nkosi, ngixolele, ngiyakucela ukuba uthumele omunye.”
14Intukuthelo kaSimakade yamvuthela uMose, wathi: “Akekho yini umfowenu u-Aroni ongumLevi na? Ngiyazi ukuthi uliciko lokukhuluma; bheka, uyeza uzokuhlangabeza, lapho ekubona uyothokoza enhliziyweni yakhe. 15Uyokhuluma naye, umtshele amazwi azowakhuluma ngomlomo wakhe, ngizokuba semlonyeni wakho nakowakhe, nginifundise enizokwenza. 16Nguye ozokukhulumela kubantu; uyakuba ngumlomo wakho, wena ufane nonkulunkulu kuye. 17Phatha le nduku ngesandla sakho, wenze ngayo izibonakaliso.”
UMose Ubuyela EGibhithe
18UMose wahamba wabuyela kumukhwe wakhe uJethro, wathi kuye: “Ngiyakucela, ngivumele ngihambe, ngibuyele kubahlobo bami abaseGibhithe, ngiyobona ukuthi basaphila yini.”
UJethro wathi kuMose: “Hamba ngokuthula.”
19USimakade wathi kuMose ekwaMidiyani: “Hamba ubuyele eGibhithe, ngokuba sebafa bonke abebefuna ukukubulala.”
20UMose wathatha umkakhe namadodana akhe, wabagibelisa embongolweni, wahamba wabuyela eGibhithe. UMose wayephethe induku kaNkulunkulu ngesandla.
21USimakade wathi kuMose: “Lapho usubuyele eGibhithe, qikelela ukuthi uzenze zonke izimangaliso phambi kukaFaro engakunika amandla okuba uzenze, kodwa ngiyoyenza lukhuni inhliziyo yakhe, ukuze angabavumeli abantu ukuba bahambe. 22Uyakuthi kuFaro: ‘Usho kanje uSimakade: “U-Israyeli uyizibulo lami, 23ngathi kuwe: yivumele indodana yami ihambe ukuze ingikhonze, kepha wenqaba ukuyidedela ihambe, uyabona-ke, ngizoyibulala indodana yakho, izibulo lakho.” ’ ”
24Esendleleni, endaweni yokuphumula, uSimakade wahlangana naye, wafuna ukumbulala. 25UZiphora wathatha itshe elicijile wasika ijwabu lendodana yakhe, wathinta izinyawo zikaMose, wathi: “Ungumyeni wami wegazi kimi.”
26Ngalokho wamyeka uMose uSimakade, ngokuba uZiphora wathi: “Ungumyeni wami wegazi, ngenxa yokusoka.”
27USimakade wathi ku-Aroni: “Hamba uye ehlane uyohlangabeza uMose.”
Wahamba, wahlangana naye entabeni kaNkulunkulu, wamanga. 28UMose wayesetshela u-Aroni wonke amazwi kaSimakade ayemthume wona, nazo zonke izibonakaliso ayemyale ukuba azenze. 29UMose no-Aroni bahamba baqoqa wonke amalunga abantu bakwa-Israyeli. 30U-Aroni wawakhuluma wonke amazwi uSimakade ayewakhulume kuMose, wenza nezibonakaliso phambi kwabantu. 31Abantu bakholwa lapho bezwa ukuthi uSimakade uqaphelile, wabona futhi ukuhlupheka kwabo, base bekhothama, bakhuleka.
