iEksodus
5:1 Emveni koko beza ooMoses noAron, bathi kuFaro, Utsho uYehova ukuthi
Yehova, Thixo kaSirayeli, bandulule abantu bam, bandenzele umthendeleko
entlango.
5:2 Wathi uFaro, Ngubani na uYehova, ukuba ndiphulaphule izwi lakhe, ukuba ndilikhulule
USirayeli uyahamba? Andimazi uYehova, kwaye andiyi kumndulula uSirayeli.
5:3 Bathi ke bona, UThixo wamaHebhere uhlangene nathi;
khawuncede uhambe iintsuku zibe ntathu entlango, ubingelele kuYehova
Yehova, Thixo wethu; hleze asiqwele ngendyikitya yokufa nangekrele.
5:4 Wathi ukumkani waseYiputa kubo, Yini na, nina Moses noAron?
Bayeke abantu emisebenzini yabo? yiyani emithwalweni yenu.
5:5 Wathi uFaro, Yabonani, baninzi abantu belizwe ngoku, nani nina
baphumze emithwalweni yabo.
5:6 Kwangaloo mini uFaro wabawisela umthetho abaqhubi-kalukhuni babantu
abaphathi babo, besithi,
5:7 ningabi sabanika abantu mququ wokwenza izitena, njengokwangaphambili;
baya kuzibuthela umququ.
5:8 Ke inani lezitena ababelenza ngaphambili, nolibala
phezu kwabo; ize ningalinciphisi, kuba bayahiliza;
ngenxa yoko bakhala, besithi, Masiye kubingelela kuThixo wethu.
5:9 Makeze umsebenzi phezu kwamadoda, asebenze wona;
bangayiphathi into engento.
5:10 Baphuma ke abaphathi nabaqhubi-kalukhuni babantu, nababhali babo, kwanabo
wathi ebantwini, Utsho uFaro ukuthi, Andiyi kuninika
umququ.
5:11 yiyani nina, nizithabathele umququ apho ningawufumana khona;
iya kuncitshiswa.
5:12 Baphalazeka abantu ezweni lonke laseYiputa
butha iindiza endaweni yomququ.
5:13 Abaqhubi-kalukhuni babantu babangxamisa, besithi, Yisebenzeni imisebenzi yenu, imini yonke
imisebenzi, njengaxa kukho iindiza.
5:14 Abaphathi boonyana bakaSirayeli, abo baqhutywa nguFaro
Bamisa phezu kwabo, batyakatywa, kusithiwa, Yini na ukuba ningabi nako?
uwufezile umsebenzi wakho wokwenza izitena izolo nanamhla, njengoko
ngaphambili?
5:15 Baya abaphathi boonyana bakaSirayeli, bakhala kuFaro.
besithi, Yini na ukuba wenjenje kubakhonzi bakho?
5:16 Abakhonzi bakho aba abanikwa mququ;
Yabona, abakhonzi bakho bayabethwa; ke ityala likuwe
abantu bakho.
5:17 Wathi ke yena, Kuhiliza nina, niyahiliza; kungoko nithi, Masihambe siye
bingelela kuYehova.
5:18 Hambani ke ngoku, nisebenze; kuba aniyi kunikwa mququ
inani lezitena nolikhupha.
5:19 Babona abaphathi boonyana bakaSirayeli ukuba bangenile
ububi, ekubeni kuthiwe, Aniyi kunciphisa nto eziteneni zenu
yomsebenzi wakho wemihla ngemihla.
5:20 Baqubisana noMoses noAron, bema endleleni ekuphumeni kwabo
evela kuFaro:
5:21 Bathi kubo, UYehova makanikhangele, agwebe; ngokuba nina
silinukisile ivumba lethu phambi koFaro naphambi kwamehlo kaFaro
ukuba abeke ikrele lokusibulala esandleni sabakhonzi bakhe.
5:22 UMoses wabuyela kuYehova, wathi, Yehova, yini na ukuba ube nenjenje?
benze ububi kwaba bantu? Undithume ntoni na?
5:23 Kususela koko ndangenayo kuFaro, ndithetha egameni lakho, yena wenze ububi kuye
aba bantu; akubahlangulanga nokubahlangula abantu bakho.