Kuva
18: 1 Yetro, umutambyi wa Midiyani, sebukwe wa Mose, yumvise byose
ko Imana yakoreye Mose, na Isiraheli ubwoko bwayo, kandi ko Uwiteka
Uhoraho yari yarakuye Isiraheli mu Misiri;
18: 2 Yetro, sebukwe wa Mose, afata Zipora, muka Musa
yari yamwohereje,
3 Abahungu be bombi; muri bo izina ry'iryo ni Gerushomu; kuko yavuze ati:
Nabaye umunyamahanga mu gihugu kidasanzwe:
4 Undi yitwaga Eliezer; kuko Imana ya data, yavuze
ni we wamfashije, ankiza inkota ya Farawo:
5: Yetiro, sebukwe wa Mose, azana n'abahungu be n'umugore we
Mose mu butayu, aho akambika ku musozi w'Imana:
6: 6 Abwira Mose ati: "Databuja Yetro ndaje aho uri,"
n'umugore wawe, n'abahungu be bombi hamwe na we.
7 Mose arasohoka asanganira sebukwe, arunama, kandi
aramusoma; kandi barabazanya imibereho yabo; Baraza
mu ihema.
8 Mose abwira sebukwe ibyo Uhoraho yakoreye Farawo byose
no ku Banyamisiri kubwa Isiraheli, n'imibabaro yose yari ifite
baza kuri bo mu nzira, n'ukuntu Uhoraho yabakijije.
18: 9 Yetro yishimira ibyiza byose Uwiteka yakoreye
Isiraheli, yari yarayakuye mu maboko y'Abanyamisiri.
18:10 Yetiro aravuga ati: Uwiteka ahimbazwe, we wagukuye muri Uwiteka
ukuboko kw'Abanyamisiri, no mu kuboko kwa Farawo ufite
yarokoye abantu mu maboko y'Abanyamisiri.
18:11 Noneho menye ko Uwiteka aruta imana zose, kuko muri byose
aho bakoraga ishema yari hejuru yabo.
18:12 Yetiro, sebukwe wa Mose, afata ituro ryoswa n'ibitambo
kuko Imana: Aroni araza, hamwe n'abakuru bose ba Isiraheli, basangira ibyokurya
Sebukwe wa Mose imbere y'Imana.
Bukeye bwaho, Mose yicara gucira abantu imanza:
abantu bahagarara iruhande rwa Mose kuva mu gitondo kugeza nimugoroba.
18 Sebukwe wa Mose abonye ibyo yakoreye abantu bose, ari we
ati: "Niki kintu ukorera abantu?" Kubera iki wicaye?
wenyine wenyine, kandi abantu bose bahagarara iruhande rwawe kuva mugitondo kugeza nimugoroba?
15:15 Musa abwira sebukwe ati: "Abantu baza aho ndi."
kubaza Imana:
18:16 Iyo bafite ikibazo, baza aho ndi; kandi ncira urubanza hagati yimwe na
undi, kandi ndabamenyesha amategeko y'Imana, n'amategeko yayo.
18 Sebukwe wa Mose aramubwira ati: "Ibyo ukora ntabwo aribyo."
byiza.
18:18 Nta gushidikanya ko uzashira mwembi, ndetse n'aba bantu bari kumwe
wowe: kuko iki kintu kiremereye kuri wewe; ntushobora gukora
ni wowe wenyine.
18:19 Umva ijwi ryanjye, nzakugira inama, kandi Imana izakubera
hamwe nawe: Ba abantu kubantu barinda Imana, kugirango uzane
ibitera Imana:
Uzabigisha amategeko n'amategeko, uzabereke Uwiteka
inzira bagomba kugenderamo, nakazi bagomba gukora.
18:21 Byongeye kandi, uzatanga mu bantu bose bashoboye nk'ubwoba
Mana, bantu b'ukuri, banga kurarikira; hanyuma ubishyire hejuru yabyo, kuba
abategetsi ibihumbi, nabategetsi babarirwa mu magana, abategetsi ba mirongo itanu, na
abategetsi mirongo:
Nibacire abantu imanza ibihe byose, kandi bizaba
ikintu cyose gikomeye bazakuzanira, ariko buri kintu gito
Bazacira urubanza: ni ko bizakorohera wowe ubwawe, kandi bazihanganira
umutwaro hamwe nawe.
18:23 Niba ukora iki kintu, Imana ikagutegeka, uzaba
bashoboye kwihangana, kandi aba bantu bose nabo bazajya mumwanya wabo
amahoro.
18:24 Mose yumva ijwi rya sebukwe, akora ibyo byose
yari yavuze.
Mose atoranya abantu bashoboye muri Isiraheli yose, abahindura imitwe hejuru y'Uwiteka
abantu, abategetsi ibihumbi, abategetsi babarirwa mu magana, abategetsi ba mirongo itanu, na
abategetsi mirongo.
18:26 Kandi bacira abantu imanza ibihe byose: impamvu zikomeye bazanye
kuri Mose, ariko buri kantu kose barisuzumye ubwabo.
18:27 Mose areka sebukwe aragenda; nuko yinjira mu bye
butaka.