iEksodus 17:1 Lemka ke lonke ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli entlango yaseSin, ngokweehambo zabo, ngokomthetho ka uYehova wamisa eRefidim, akwabakho manzi abantu ukusela. 17:2 Babambana abantu noMoses, bathi, Siphe amanzi; singasela. Wathi uMoses kubo, Yini na ukuba nibambane nam? ngenxa yoko Niyamlinga na uYehova? 17:3 Banxanelwa amanzi apho abantu; abantu bamkrokrela Wathi uMoses, Yini na ukuba usinyuse usinyuse? iYiputa, ukusibulala ngonxano thina, nabantwana bethu, neenkomo zethu? 17:4 UMoses wadanduluka kuYehova, esithi, Ndiya kubathini na aba bantu? sele eza kundixuluba ngamatye. 17:5 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Gqithela phambi kwabantu, uthabathe nawe wena kumadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli; nentonga yakho owabetha ngayo uYehova mlambo, thabatha esandleni sakho, uhambe. 17:6 Yabona, ndiya kuma phambi kwakho khona, phezu kweliwa eHorebhe; nawe uya kulibetha iliwa, kuphume amanzi kulo; abantu bangasela. Wenjenjalo ke uMoses phambi kwamadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli. 17:7 Wathi igama laloo ndawo yiMasa neMeribha, ngenxa kaYehova ingxabano yoonyana bakaSirayeli, nangenxa yokumlinga kwabo uYehova; besithi, UYehova uphakathi kwethu, akakho, kusini na? 17:8 Weza ke uAmaleki, walwa namaSirayeli eRefidim. 17:9 Wathi uMoses kuYoshuwa, Sinyulele amadoda, uphume ulwe nawo Amaleki: ngomso ndiya kuma encotsheni yenduli, ndinentonga ye UThixo esandleni sam. 17:10 Wenza ke uYoshuwa njengoko wathethayo uMoses kuye, walwa noAmaleki OoMoses noAron noHure benyuka baya encotsheni yenduli. 17:11 Kwathi, xa uMoses wasiphakamisayo isandla sakhe, kweyisa uSirayeli; wathi akusihlisa isandla sakhe, kweyisa uAmaleki. 17:12 Zaba nzima ke izandla zikaMoses; bathabatha ilitye, balibeka phantsi kwalo naye, wahlala phezu kwalo; ooAron noHure bazixhasa izandla zakhe, omnye kweli cala, elinye lingaphaya; zaye izandla zakhe zizinzile de litshone ilanga. 17:13 UYoshuwa wawaxabela ama-Amaleki nabantu bakhe ngohlangothi lwekrele. 17:14 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Kubhale oku kube sisikhumbuzo encwadini, noku Yithethe ezindlebeni zikaYoshuwa; ngokuba ndiya kuyicima kanye isikhumbuzo sika-Amaleki phantsi kwezulu. 17:15 Wakha ke uMoses isibingelelo, wathi igama laso nguYehova-nisi. 17:16 Wathi, Efunge uYehova ukuba uya kuba nemfazwe kunye noAmaleki kwisizukulwana ngesizukulwana.