iEksodus
19:1 Ngenyanga yesithathu baphuma oonyana bakaSirayeli
Ezweni laseYiputa, ngayo loo mini, bafika entlango yaseSinayi.
19:2 Banduluka eRefidim, bafika entlango
iSinayi yamisa entlango; amisa iintente apho amaSirayeli phambi kwawo
intaba.
19:3 Wenyuka uMoses, waya kuThixo, uYehova wambiza ephakathi kwakho
entabeni, uthi, Yitsho kwindlu kaYakobi, uxele
oonyana bakaSirayeli;
19:4 Niyibonile ke into endayenzayo kumaYiputa, ukunithwala kwam
ngamaphiko okhozi, ndanizisa kum.
19:5 Ngoku ke, ukuba nithe naliphulaphula okunene izwi lam, nawugcina umnqophiso wam,
noba yinqobo kum kwizizwe zonke
ihlabathi lelam;
19:6 nibe bubukumkani bababingeleli kum, nohlanga olungcwele. Ezi
ngamazwi oya kuwathetha koonyana bakaSirayeli.
19:7 Weza uMoses, wawabiza amadoda amakhulu abantu, wabeka phambi kwawo
ubuso babo onke amazwi uYehova awamwisela umthetho ngawo.
19:8 Baphendula bonke abantu ngamxhelo mnye, bathi, Konke anako uYehova
esithethileyo siya kwenza. Wawabuyisela uMoses amazwi abantu kuYehova
NKOSI.
19:9 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Yabona, ndiyeza kuwe ndiselifini elingqingqwa.
ukuze beve abantu ekuthetheni kwam nawe, bakholwe kuwe
ngonaphakade. Wawaxela ke uMoses amazwi abantu kuYehova.
19:10 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Yiya ebantwini, ubangcwalise
Mabahlambe iingubo zabo imini nangomso;
19:11 Ke nizilungiselele ngomhla wesithathu, kuba ngomhla wesithathu uya kuza uYehova
yehla phezu kwentaba yeSinayi emehlweni abantu bonke.
19:12 ubamisele abantu imida ngeenxa zonke, uthi, Lumkani;
ngokwenu, ukuze ningenyuki niye entabeni, ningawachukumisi amazantsi ayo
othe wayichukumisa intaba wobulawa afe.
19:13 Makungafiki sandla kuye; makaxulutywe ngamatye mpela, athi mhlawumbi atolwe nokutolwa
nge; nokuba yinto ezizitho zine, nokuba ngumntu, akayi kuphila: xa kuthe kwavuthelwa isigodlo
liza kuvakala isandi, benyuke baye entabeni.
19:14 Wehla ke uMoses entabeni, waya ebantwini, wayingcwalisa uYehova
abantu; bazihlamba iingubo zabo.
19:15 Wathi ke ebantwini, Zilungiseleleni ngomhla wesithathu;
abafazi benu.
19:16 Kwathi ngomhla wesithathu, kwakusa, kwabakho;
neendudumo, nemibane, nelifu elingqingqwa phezu kwentaba, nesandi
isandi sesigodlo esandi esikhulu; ukuze bonke abantu ababelapho
inkampu yangcangcazela.
19:17 UMoses wabakhupha abantu eminqubeni, baya kumkhawulela uThixo; kwaye
bema emazantsi entaba.
19:18 Intaba yeSinayi yaba ngumsi yonke iphela, kuba wehla uYehova
phezu kwayo ngomlilo; umsi wayo wenyuka njengomsi wezulu
yanyikima kunene yonke intaba.
19:19 Lakuba izwi lesigodlo liqhubeka likhula, laya likhula ngamandla,
wathetha kakhulu uMoses, uThixo wamphendula ngelizwi.
19:20 Wehla ke uYehova phezu kwentaba yeSinayi, encotsheni yentaba;
UYehova wambizela uMoses encotsheni yentaba; wenyuka ke uMoses.
19:21 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Yihla, ubaqononondise abantu, hleze bahambe
batyhoboza kuYehova, bakhangele, kwabhubha abaninzi kubo.
19:22 Kananjalo ababingeleli, abasondelayo kuYehova, mabangcwalise
bona ngokwabo, hleze uYehova abatyhobozele.
19:23 Wathi uMoses kuYehova, Abantu abanakunyuka, baye entabeni yeSinayi.
ngokuba wasiwisela umthetho, wathi, Yimisele imida intaba, uyingcwalise
yona.
19:24 Wathi uYehova kuye, Hamba uhle, uze unyuke;
wena noAron unawe; ke mabangaqhekezi ababingeleli nabantu
ukuba anyuke aye kuYehova, hleze ababhuqe.
19:25 Wehla ke uMoses, waya ebantwini, wathetha kubo.