Ihubo lokudumisa kukaIsrayeli
1Base behlabelela uMose nabantwana bakwaIsrayeli leligama, bekhuluma bethi:
Ngizakuhlabelela kuJehova,
ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu;
ihashi nenkweli yalo ukuphonsé elwandle.
2UJehova ungamandla ami nehubo lami;
waba-yinsindiso kimi;
unguNkulunkulu wami: ngizakumdumisa,
noNkulunkulu kababa: ngizakumphakamisa.
3UJehova uyindoda yempi;
nguJehova igama lakhe.
4Izinqola zikaFaro nempi yakhe
ukuphonsé elwandle;
izinduna zakhe ezikhethiweyo
zaminza eLwandle oluBomvu.
5Izintwa ziyabasibekela;
bashona ezinzulwini njengetshe.
6Isandla sakho sokunene, Nkosi,
sidumisekile ngamandla aso;
esokunene sakho, Nkosi, siyaphahlaza isitha.
7Ngobukhulu bobukhosi bakho
uyachitha abakuvukelayo;
uyathuma intukuthelo yakho,
ibaqede njengamabibi.
8Ngokufutha kwamakhala akho
amanzi anqwabeleka;
izifufula zema njengenqwaba,
amadlambi ashuqa phakathi kolwandle.
9Isitha sathi: Ngiyakubaxosha, ngibafice,
ngahlukanise impango,
inhliziyo yami idele ngabo;
ngiyakuhosha inkemba yami,
isandla sami sibachithe.
10Waphephetha ngomoya wakho,
ulwandle lwabasibekela;
baminzisa okomthofu emanzini anamandla.
11Ngubani onjengawe-Jehova
phakathi kwawonkulunkulu;
ngubani onjengawe okhazimula ngobungcwele,
owesabeka ngezibongo,
owenza izimangaliso, na?
12Welula isandla sakho sokunene,
umhlaba wabagwinya.
13Ngomusa wakho wabahola abantu obahlengileyo;
ngamandla akho wabayisa
endlini yakho engcwele.
14Izizwe zizwile; ziyakuthuthumela;
abakhé eFilistiya behlelwé luvalo.
15Khona aphaphatheka amakhosi akwaEdomi;
izikhulu zakwaMowabi zabanjwa yitwetwe;
bonke abakhé eKhanani baphelile amandla.
16Bayehlelwa luvalo nokwesaba;
ngokobukhulu bengalo yakho bathulisa okwetshe,
baze bawele abantu bakho, Jehova,
baze bawele abantu bakho obathengileyo.
17Uzakubangenisa, ubatshale entabeni yefa lakho,
indawo ozenzele yona, Jehova, ukuba uhlale kuyo,
indlu engcwele, Nkosi, eziyimisile izandla zakho.
18UJehova uyakubusa kuze kube-phakade.
19Ngokuba amahashi kaFaro angena elwandle kanye nezinqola zakhe nabamahashi bakhe, uJehova wabuyisela amanzi olwandle phezu kwabo; kepha abantwana bakwaIsrayeli bahamba emhlabathini owomileyo ngaphakathi kolwandle.
20UMiriyamu umprofethikazi, udadewabo ka-Aroni, waphatha isigubhu ngesandla sakhe; bonke abesifazane baphuma emva kwakhe bephethe izigubhu, besina.
21UMiriyamu wabaphendula ngokuthi:
Hlabelelani kuJehova,
ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu;
ihashi nenkweli yalo
ukuphonsé elwandle.
Amanzi ababayo aseMara
22UMose wayesebahola abakwaIsrayeli besuka eLwandle oluBomvu, baya ehlane laseShuri; bahamba ehlane ezinsuku ezintathu bengafumani-manzi.
23Sebefika eMara babengenakuphuza amanzi aseMara, lokhu ayebaba; ngalokho igama lalo lathiwa iMara*.
24Abantu bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: Siyakuphuzani na?
25Wayesekhala kuJehova; uJehova wambonisa umuthi; wawuphonsa emanzini, amanzi aba-mtoti. Wabamisela khona isimiso nomthetho; wabavivinya lapho,
26wathi: Uma ulalela nokulalela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukwenze okulungile emehlweni akhe, ulalele imiyalo yakhe, ugcine izimiso zakhe zonke, angiyikubeka phezu kwakho nasinye salezozifo engizibeké phezu kwabaseGibithe, ngokuba nginguJehova okuphilisayo.
Ukufika kwabakwaIsrayeli e-Elimi
27Bafika e-Elimi, lapho kwakukhona imithombo eyishumi nambili yamanzi namasundu angamashumi ayisikhombisa; bamisa khona ngasemanzini.
