iEksodus
3:1 Ke kaloku uMoses wayesalusa impahla emfutshane kaYitro, uyise womkakhe, umbingeleli wase
Wayiqhubela ele kwentlango umhlambi, wafika
Intaba kaThixo, ukusa eHorebhe.
3:2 Kwabonakala isithunywa sikaYehova kuye, siselangatyeni lomlilo, luphuma
Wakhangela, wabona ityholo lisitsha
umlilo, laye ityholo alide litshe liphele.
3:3 Wathi uMoses, Makhe ndityeke, ndiye kubona lo mbono mkhulu;
Ityholo alitshi.
3:4 Wabona uYehova, ukuba utyekile esiza kubona, uThixo wambiza
ephakathi etyholweni, wathi, Moses, Moses. Wathi, Nanku
ndim.
3:5 Wathi ke, Musa ukusondela apha; khulula iimbadada zakho ezinyaweni zakho;
kuba indawo leyo umi kuyo ingumhlaba ongcwele.
3:6 Wathi, NdinguThixo kayihlo, uThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo
UThixo kaIsake, uThixo kaYakobi. Wabusithelisa uMoses ubuso bakhe; ngokuba wayenjalo
esoyika ukukhangela kuThixo.
3:7 Wathi uYehova, Ndizibonile okunene iintsizi zabantu bam abazenzayo
baseYiputa, ukuba bakuva ukukhala kwabo, ngenxa yabo babaqhuba kalukhuni;
kuba ndiyawazi umvandedwa wabo;
3:8 Kwaye ndihlile ukuze ndibahlangule esandleni samaYiputa
ukuba ndibanyuse baphume kwelo zwe, baye ezweni elihle nelibanzi, eliya kufikelela kumhlaba olungileyo
ilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi; endaweni yamaKanan, kwaye
amaHeti, nama-Amori, namaPerizi, namaHivi, namaHivi
amaYebhusi.
3:9 Ngoku ke naku ukukhala koonyana bakaSirayeli, kufikile
Kananjalo ndikubonile ukuxina acinezele ngako amaYiputa
bona.
3:10 Hamba ngoku, ndikuthume kuFaro, ube khona
bakhuphe eYiputa abantu bam, oonyana bakaSirayeli.
3:11 Wathi uMoses kuThixo, Ndingubani na ukuba ndingade ndiye kuFaro, ndiye kuye
ukuba ndibakhuphe eYiputa oonyana bakaSirayeli?
3:12 Wathi, Ndiya kuba nawe; kwaye oku kuya kuba ngumqondiso
Ndikuthumile mna;
nina bantu baphuma eYiputa, niya kumkhonza uThixo kule ntaba.
3:13 Wathi uMoses kuThixo, Uyabona, ukuba ndiya koonyana baka-Aron
Sirayeli, ndithi kubo, UThixo wooyihlo undithumile
kuwe; bathi kum, Ngubani na igama lakhe? ndithini na
kubo?
3:14 Wathi uThixo kuMoses, Ndinguye eNdinguye; wathi, Wenjenje
Yithi koonyana bakaSirayeli, UNDINGUYE undithumile kuni.
3:15 Wathi uThixo kuMoses, Wotsho koonyana
kaSirayeli, uYehova, uThixo wooyihlo, uThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo ka-Abraham
uIsake, uThixo kaYakobi, undithumile kuni: ligama lam elo
ngonaphakade, kwaye esi sisikhumbuzo sam kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana.
3:16 Yiya uhlanganise amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, uthi kuwo, Inene,
Yehova, Thixo wooyihlo, uThixo ka-Abraham, kaIsake, kaYakobi,
wabonakala kum, wathi, Ndikuvelele okunene, ndakubona oko ndikubonileyo;
Yenzeka kuwe eYiputa.
3:17 Ndathi ke, Ndiya kuninyusa niphume kwiimbandezelo zaseYiputa, ndinise
ilizwe lamaKanan, namaHeti, nama-Amori, nama-Amori
namaPerizi, namaHivi, namaYebhusi, besa ezweni elibalekayo
ubisi kunye nobusi.
3:18 Boliphulaphula ilizwi lakho; uze ke wena, wena nookumkani
kukumkani waseYiputa, nize nithi kuye, Inkosi
UYehova uThixo wamaHebhere uhlangene nathi; ke ngoku makhe sihambe
wena, uhambo lweentsuku ezintathu entlango, ukuze sibingelele kuwe
uYehova uThixo wethu.
3:19 Ke mna ndiyazi, ukuba ukumkani waseYiputa akayi kunindulula, nokuba sekum
isandla esinamandla.
3:20 Ndiya kusolula isandla sam, ndiyibethe iYiputa ngemisebenzi yam yonke ebalulekileyo
endiya kuyenza esazulwini sayo, andule ke ukunindulula.
3:21 Aba bantu ndiya kubababala phambi kwamaYiputa;
kuthi, xa nithe nahamba, ningemki nize;
3:22 Intokazi iya kuboleka kummelwane wayo, nakuyo leyo
Uhlala endlwini yakhe eneempahla zesilivere, neempahla zegolide, neempahla zegolide
nizinxibe koonyana benu, neentombi zenu;
niwaphange ke amaYiputa.