UJetero uthekela uMosi
1UJetero umphristi weMidiyani ongumkhwe kaMosi wezwa ngakho koke uSomnini uZimu akwenzela uMosi kanye nabantu bakhe u-Israyeli nokobana wawakhupha njani ama-Israyeli eGibhide. 2Kwathi lokha uMosi naseseGibhide wathumela umkakhe kuJetero umkhwe wakhe bona amtjheje, yena 3namadodanakhe amabili. Ibizo lenye bekunguGeritjhomu ngombana uMosi wathi: “Ngibe sikhonzi enarheni etjhili.” 4Enye bekungu-Eliyezeri ngombana wathi: “UZimu kababa ube msizami bewangisindisa esabuleni kaFaro.”
5Yeke uJetero, umkhwe kaMosi, weza nomkaMosi namadodanakhe kuye erhalawumbeni lapha agade ahlome khona itende entabeni kaZimu. 6UJetero gade athumele ilizwi kuMosi wathi: “UJetero umkhwe wakho uza nomkakho namadodanakho amabili.”
7Nje-ke uMosi waphuma wayomhlangabeza. Wafese wahloma ihloko phambi kwakhe, wamncwanga emhlathini bebabuzana amavuko. Bangena ngetendeni. 8UMosi watjela umkhwe wakhe ngakho koke okwenziwa nguSomnini kuFaro namaGibhide ngebanga lama-Israyeli. Wamtjela nangobudisi boke obabehlelako endleleni nokobana uSomnini wabasindisa njani. 9UJetero wathabela boke ubuhle uSomnini abenzela ama-Israyeli ngombana uSomnini wawasindisa esandleni samaGibhide. 10Nje-ke wathi: “Akadunyiswe uSomnini onisindise esandleni seGibhide nesakaFaro. Iye, kudunyiswe uSomnini owasindisa abantu bakhe emandleni wamaGibhide 11agade abaphatha ngokubanyaza. Gadesi sengiyazi bonyana uSomnini mkhulu kunabo boke abosingazimu.”
12Khonapho uJetero, umkhwe kaMosi, waphuma wayokwenzela uZimu umhlabelo wokutjhiswa newetjhebiswano. U-Aroni nabo boke abaphathi bakwa-Israyeli bahlanganyela nomkhwe kaMosi ekugomeni umhlabelo wetjhebiswano phambi kwakaZimu.
13Ngakusasa uMosi wahlala bona agwebe abantu. Abantu bajama ubuhlomohlomo kuMosi ukusuka ekuseni bekwahlwa. 14Umkhwe wakhe wathi nabona koke lokho uMosi agade akwenzela abantu, wathi: “Yintobani oyenza ebantwini le? Kubayini uhlale wedwa bese abantu bajama ubuhlomohlomo kuwe ukusuka ekuseni bekuhlwe?”
15UMosi wathi kuye: “Abantu beza kimi babuze ngoZimu. 16Lokha nabarareneko nakhona beza kimi bese ngigweba phakathi komuntu nomakhelwanakhe. Vane ngibafundisa iimiso nemithetho kaZimu.”
17Umkhwe wakhe wathi kuye: “Into oyenzako ayikalungi. 18Wena nabantu abakuwaba niyazibulalisa ngombana umtjhikatjhika lo mkhulu khulu, angeze wawenza uwedwa. 19Ngilalela, ngizakweluleka kuhle; uZimu akusize! Wena kumele ujamele abantu phambi kwakaZimu, ulethe imilandwabo phambi kwakhe. 20Ubayelelise ngeemiso nemithetho, ubafundise indlela okumele bakhambe ngayo nalokho okumele bakwenze. 21Ngaphezu kwalokho beka ilihlo emadodeni, ukhethe anekghono, esaba uZimu, athembekileko nazonda ukufunjathiswa bese uwabeka bonyana abe ziinduna zeenkulungwana, zekhulu, zamatjhumi amahlanu nezamatjhumi phezu kwabantu. 22Akube ngiwo agweba abantu ngeenkhathi zoke. Akagwebe iindaba ezilula, kodwana ezimaphorodlha azilethe kuwe. Ngaleyondlela kuzakuba lula kuwe ngombana azakuphumuza. 23Nawenza lokhu noZimu akuyala bonyana ukwenze, uzakubambelela, nabantwaba boke nje bazakuya emizinabo bathokozile.”
24Ngalokho uMosi walalela iseluleko somkhwe wakhe, wenza koke agade athe akwenze. 25UMosi wakhetha amadoda anekghono kwa-Israyeli wawenza abarholi babantu, aba ziinduna zeenkulungwana, zamakhulu, zamatjhumi amahlanu nezamatjhumi. 26Agweba abantu ngeenkhathi zoke, iindaba ezimaphorodlha aziletha kuMosi kodwana lezo ezilula azigwebela zona.
27UMosi waphekelela umkhwe wakhe bonyana akhambe. Njalo-ke waya enarheni yekhabo.
