Jethro uvakashela Mosi
1Jethro, uyisetala waMosi, labengumphristi wakaMidiyani, weva ngako konkhe Nkulunkulu labekwentele Mosi kanye nesive sakhe ema-Israyeli, kutsi Simakadze wabakhipha kanjani eGibhithe. 2Weta kuMosi ahamba naSiphora, umkaMosi, labesambuyisele ekhaya kuyise 3nemadvodzana akhe Mosi lamabili. Lenye Mosi wayetsa libito watsi nguGeshomu, atsi: “Ngisihambi eveni lengingalati.” 4Lenye wayetsa libito watsi ngu-Eliyezeri atsi: “Nkulunkulu wabobabe ube lusito lwami wangiphephisa kutsi Faro angangibulali.” 5Jethro weta nemkaMosi nemadvodzana akhe lamabili lapho Mosi abemise khona entsabeni yaNkulunkulu lesehlane. 6Jethro abesalitfumele livi kuMosi kutsi uta nemkakhe nebantfwabakhe. 7Ngako Mosi waphuma wayakumhlangabeta, wafike wamkhotsamela, wamanga. Babutana imphilo, base bangena ethendeni laMosi. 8Mosi walandzisa uyisetala ngako konkhe Simakadze lakwenta kuFaro nemaGibhithe kuze akhulule sive sema-Israyeli. Wamlandzisa nangebumatima labahlangabetana nabo endleleni, nekutsi Simakadze wabasindzisa kanjani kubo. 9Jethro wajabula kakhulu nasalandziswe ngako konkhe lokuhle ema-Israyeli labekwentelwe nguSimakadze, nekuwakhulula kwakhe esandleni semaGibhithe. 10Watsi: “Akadvunyiswe Simakadze lonikhulule esandleni semaGibhithe naFaro, nalophephise sive sakhe ekugcilatweni ngemaGibhithe! 11Nyalo-ke sengiyati kutsi Simakadze mkhulu kunabo bonkhe labanye bonkulunkulu, ngobe ema-Israyeli uwakhulule ekugcilatweni ngesihluku ngemaGibhithe.” 12Jethro, uyisetala waMosi, waletsa umnikelo wekushiswa naleminye imihlatjelo yekunikelwa kuNkulunkulu. Aroni wahamba kanye nebaholi bema-Israyeli; bakhonta ngekudla kudla lokungcwele kanye naJethro, uyisetala waMosi, embikwaNkulunkulu.
Kubekwa kwebehluleli
13Ngakusasa Mosi wahlala esihlalweni sekwehlulela bantfu, alamula lababecabene nalababenemibango. Bantfu babema tindvwendvwe kusukela ekuseni kuze kushone lilanga. 14Watsi kube Jethro abone konkhe Mosi labekwentela bantfu, wakhuluma kuye watsi: “Yini lena lobentela yona labantfu? Utibulalelani ngekwenta lomsebenti wedvwana, nebantfu beme la kusukela ekuseni kuze kushone lilanga seloku bamele kusitwa nguwe.”
15Mosi wamphendvula watsi: “Kufanele ngikwente loku, ngobe bantfu beta kimi batewufuna intsandvo yaNkulunkulu. 16Nangabe kukhona labacabene ngako, bantfu beta kimi, bese-ke mine ngiyabalamula; ngibatjele imitsetfo nemiyalo yaNkulunkulu.”
17Uyisetala waphendvula watsi: “Ayikalungi lendlela losebenta ngayo. 18Wena nalabantfu nitibulala ngemsebenti; ngobe lomsebenti lowentako mkhulu kakhulu kunawe kutsi ungawenta wedvwana. 19Tsatsa nali livi leseluleko sami, Nkulunkulu utawuba nawe. Kufanele wena ube lincusa lebantfu kuNkulunkulu, emacala abo uwaletse kuye. 20Bafundzise imiyalo nemitsetfo yaNkulunkulu, ubachazele kutsi kufanele baphile njani batiphatse njani. 21Ngetulu kwaloko khetsa emadvodza lafanele, naletsembekile, lesaba Nkulunkulu, nalengatsengeki, uwabeke abe baholi: betinkhulungwane, nebemakhulu, nebema-50, nebemashumi. 22Akube ngawo lafanele kuba behluleli ngato tonkhe tikhatsi. Tindzaba nemacala lamatima bangawaletsa kuwe, kodvwa wona afanele atijubele emacala abo lamancane. Ngako ngalendlela utakwetfwala kamalula, lamadvodza etfwalisane nawe. 23Nawenta loku, njengobe Nkulunkulu akuyala, ungeke wetfwale kamatima, nebantfu labete la batawubuyela ngekushesha emakhaya abo, emacala abo asakhulunyiwe nabo benelisekile.”
24Mosi wawutsatsa njengobe unjalo lomyalo weyisetala. 25Wakhetsa emadvodza lafanele emkhatsini wesive sonkhe sema-Israyeli. Wawabeka aba baholi betinkhulungwane, nebemakhulu, nebema-50, nebemashumi. 26Behlulela tindzaba tebantfu ngato tonkhe tikhatsi: Emacala lamatima bawaletsa kuMosi, kodvwa lamancane ancunywe ngibo.
27Mosi wavalelisa uyisetala; Jethro wahamba wabuyela eveni lakubo.
