iEksodus
18:1 UYitro, umbingeleli wakwaMidiyan, uyise womkaMoses, wayiva into yonke
awakwenzayo uThixo kuMoses, nakumaSirayeli abantu bakhe, nakumaSirayeli
UYehova umkhuphile amaSirayeli eYiputa;
18:2 UYitro, uyise womkaMoses, wamthabatha uTsipora, umkaMoses, emva kwakhe
wayembuyisele,
18:3 noonyana bakhe bobabini; igama lomnye lalinguGershom; kuba wathi,
Ndibe ngumphambukeli ezweni lolunye uhlanga;
18:4 Igama lomnye lalinguEliyezere; ngokuba utsho uThixo kabawo
waba ngumncedi wam, wandihlangula ekreleni likaFaro;
18:5 UYitro, uyise womkaMoses, weza ke noonyana bakhe nomkakhe
UMoses entlango, apho wayemise khona intente, entabeni kaThixo.
18:6 Wathi kuMoses, Mna Yitro, unguyihlo, ndize kuwe.
nomkakho, noonyana bakhe bobabini kunye naye.
18:7 Waphuma uMoses, waya kumkhawulela uyise womkakhe, waqubuda, waqubuda
wamanga; babuzana impilo; beza ke
ententeni.
18:8 UMoses wamxelela uyise womkakhe zonke izinto uYehova abezenzile kuFaro
namaYiputa ngenxa kaSirayeli, nangenxa yomsebenzi wonke owafumanayo
yiza kubo endleleni, nokuhlangulwa kwabo nguYehova.
18:9 Wakuvuyela uYitro konke ukulunga akwenzileyo uYehova
amaSirayeli, awawahlangulayo esandleni samaYiputa.
18:10 Wathi uYitro, Makabongwe uYehova owanihlangulayo ezweni laseYiputa
esandleni samaYiputa, nasesandleni sikaFaro onayo
wabahlangula abantu phantsi kwesandla samaYiputa.
18:11 Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba uYehova mkhulu koothixo bonke;
ebebakhukhumalele ngazo, waba phezu kwabo.
18:12 UYitro, uyise womkaMoses, wathabatha idini elinyukayo nemibingelelo;
beza uAron namadoda amakhulu onke akwaSirayeli, ukuba adle isonka kunye naye
Uyise womkaMoses phambi koThixo.
18:13 Kwathi ngengomso, uMoses wahlala wathetha amatyala abantu.
abantu bema ngakuMoses, kususela kusasa kwada kwangokuhlwa.
18:14 Wayibona uyise womkaMoses yonke into abeyenza ebantwini, wayibona
Wathi, Yintoni na le nto uyenzayo ebantwini? Uhlaleleni na?
Wena wedwa, bathi bonke abantu baxhobe ngawe, kususela kusasa kude kuhlwe?
18:15 Wathi uMoses kuyise womkakhe, Kungokuba abantu besiza kum
ukubuzisa kuThixo:
18:16 xa banendawo, beza kum; ndigwebe phakathi komnye noyedwa
ndibazisa imimiselo kaThixo, nemiyalelo yakhe.
18:17 Wathi uyise womkaMoses kuye, Asiyiyo le nto uyenzayo
kulungile.
18:18 Uya kuzigqiba uphele amandla, naba bantu banabo
ngokuba le nto inzima kuwe; akuba nako ukwenza
nguwe wedwa.
18:19 Phulaphula ngoko izwi lam, ndikuphe iqhinga, abekho uThixo
yiba ngowabantu kuThixo, uzise
iingxaki kuThixo:
18:20 ubafundise imimiselo nemiyalelo, ubazise
indlela abaya kuhamba ngayo, nomsebenzi abaya kuwenza.
18:21 Uze uzikhangelele ebantwini bonke amadoda anobunkunkqele ekuthetheni amatyala, anokoyika;
UThixo, amadoda okwenyaniso, ayithiyileyo inkanuko; kwaye ubeke ezinjalo phezu kwazo, ukuba zibe
nabathetheli bamawaka, nabathetheli bamakhulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye, nabathetheli bamakhulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye, nabathetheli bamakhulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye, nabathetheli bamakhulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye).
abaphathi bamashumi:
18:22 bathethe amatyala abantu ngamaxesha onke;
Zonke izinto ezinkulu zozizisa kuwe, zonke ezincinane;
koba lula kuwe, bakuthwale
umthwalo unawe.
18:23 Ukuba uthe wayenza loo nto, waza wakuwisela umthetho uThixo, woba njalo
yaye bonke aba bantu baya kuya endaweni yabo
uxolo.
18:24 UMoses waliphulaphula izwi loyise womkakhe, wayenza yonke loo nto
watsho.
18:25 UMoses wanyula amadoda anobunkunkqele ekuthetheni amatyala kuwo onke amaSirayeli, wawenza iintloko phezu kwamaSirayeli
abantu, nabathetheli-waka, nabathetheli-khulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye, nabathetheli bamakhulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye;
abaphathi bamashumi.
18:26 Bathetha amatyala abantu ngamaxesha onke; izinto ezinqabileyo bazizisa
kuMoses, ke zonke ezincinane bazigweba bona.
18:27 UMoses wamndulula uyise womkakhe; wemka kwelakhe icala
umhlaba.