Eksodusi
3:1 Manje uMose wayelusa umhlambi kaJetiro uyisezala, umpristi
kwaMidiyani, wayiyisa umhlambi ngasemuva kwehlane, wafika
entabeni kaNkulunkulu kwaze kwaba seHorebe.
3:2 Futhi ingelosi kaJehova yabonakala kuye elangabini lomlilo ephuma
phakathi kwesihlahla; wabheka, bheka, isihlahla sivutha
umlilo, nesihlahla asiphelanga.
3:3 Wathi uMose: “Mangiphambuke, ngibone lo mbono omkhulu;
isihlahla asishi.
3:4 Futhi lapho uJehova ebona ukuthi uphambukile ukuze abone, uNkulunkulu wambiza
phakathi kwesihlahla, wathi: Mose, Mose. Wasesithi: Nanku
ngi.
3:5 Wathi, Ungasondeli lapha; khumula izicathulo zakho ezinyaweni zakho.
ngoba indawo omi kuyo ingumhlabathi ongcwele.
3:6 Wathi futhi: "NginguNkulunkulu kayihlo, uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, the."
UNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe. UMose wafihla ubuso bakhe; ngoba wayenjalo
esaba ukubuka uNkulunkulu.
" 3:7 Futhi uJehova wathi, "Ngikubonile nokubona ukuhlupheka kwabantu bami
baseGibithe, bezwile ukukhala kwabo ngenxa yabacindezeli babo;
ngokuba ngiyazazi izinsizi zabo;
3:8 Futhi ngehlile ukuze ngibakhulule esandleni sabaseGibhithe, futhi
ukubakhuphula baphume kulelo zwe, babayise ezweni elihle nelibanzi, a
izwe elichichima ubisi nezinyosi; endaweni yamaKhanani, futhi
amaHeti, nama-Amori, namaPherizi, namaHivi, kanye
amaJebusi.
3:9 Manje, bheka, ukukhala kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli sekufikile
futhi ngikubonile ukucindezela abaseGibhithe
bona.
3:10 Woza manje, futhi ngizokuthuma kuFaro, ukuze wena
khipha abantu bami abantwana bakwa-Israyeli eGibithe.
3:11 UMose wathi kuNkulunkulu: "Ngingubani mina ukuba ngiye kuFaro, futhi."
ukuthi ngikhuphe abantwana bakoIsrayeli eGibhithe?
3:12 Wathi: "Impela ngiyakuba nawe; futhi lokhu kuyoba wuphawu
kuwe, ukuthi ngikuthumile: lapho usuyikhiphile
nina bantu abavela eGibhithe, niyokhonza uNkulunkulu kule ntaba.
" 3:13 UMose wathi kuNkulunkulu: "Bheka, lapho ngifika kubantwana bakwa
Israyeli, ngithi kubo: UNkulunkulu wawoyihlo ungithumile
kuwe; bazakuthi kimi: Ngubani ibizo lakhe? ngizothini
kubo?
3:14 UNkulunkulu wathi kuMose: "Nginguye enginguye."
yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: 'Nginguye ungithumile kini.'
" 3:15 Futhi uNkulunkulu wathi futhi kuMose: "Yilokhu ozokusho kubantwana
ka-Israyeli, uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyihlo, uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama
u-Isaka, uNkulunkulu kaJakobe, ungithumile kini: leli yigama lami
kuze kube phakade, lesi yisikhumbuzo sami ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
3:16 Hamba, ubuthe amalunga akwa-Israyeli, uthi kubo: The
Jehova, Nkulunkulu waboyihlo, Nkulunkulu wa-Abrahama, Isaka, naJakobe,
wabonakala kimi, wathi: Ngikuhambele nokukuhambela, ngabona lokho
kwenziwa kuwe eGibhithe.
3:17 Futhi ngithé: "Ngizonikhuphula ekuhluphekeni kwaseGibhithe."
izwe lamaKhanani, namaHeti, nama-Amori, nama-Amori
namaPherizi, namaHivi, namaJebusi, ezweni eligelezayo
ubisi noju.
3:18 Futhi bayolalela izwi lakho, futhi uzofika, wena kanye
amalunga akwa-Israyeli enkosini yaseGibithe, nithi kuyo:
UJehova uNkulunkulu wamaHeberu uhlangene nathi;
kuwe, uhambo lwezinsuku ezintathu ehlane, ukuze sihlabele kuwe
uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.
3:19 Futhi ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi inkosi yaseGibhithe ngeke anivumele ukuba nihambe, cha, hhayi nge
isandla esinamandla.
3:20 Futhi ngiyokwelula isandla sami, futhi ngishaye iGibhithe ngazo zonke izimangaliso zami
engizakwenza phakathi kwawo; emva kwalokho uzakulikhulula.
3:21 Futhi ngizonika lesi sizwe umusa emehlweni abaseGibhithe, futhi
kuyakuthi lapho nihamba, ningahambi ningenalutho;
3:22 Kodwa wonke owesifazane uyoboleka kumakhelwane wakhe, futhi kuye lokho
ugogobele endlini yakhe, izinto zesiliva, nezinto zegolide, kanye
nizembathe amadodana enu namadodakazi enu;
niyakuphanga abaseGibithe.