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.