Eksodusi
4:1 UMose waphendula, wathi: "Kepha bheka, abayikukholwa yimi, noma
lalela izwi lami, ngokuba bayakuthi: 'UJehova akabonakalanga.'
kuwe.
" 4:2 Futhi uJehova wathi kuye: "Kuyini lokho esandleni sakho? Futhi wathi, A
induku.
4:3 Wathi, Yiphonse phansi. Wayiphonsa phansi, nayo
waba inyoka; uMose wabaleka phambi kwayo.
4:4 UJehova wathi kuMose: "Yelula isandla sakho, uyibambe ngesandla."
umsila. Waselula isandla sakhe, wayibamba, yaba yintonga phakathi
isandla sakhe:
4:5 Ukuze bakholwe ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise, uNkulunkulu we
U-Abrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe, ubonakele kuye
wena.
" 4:6 Futhi uJehova wathi futhi kuye: "Faka manje isandla sakho esandleni sakho
esifubeni. Wasifaka isandla sakhe esifubeni sakhe;
bheka, isandla sakhe sasinochoko njengeqhwa.
4:7 Wathi, Sibuyisele isandla sakho esifubeni sakho. Futhi wabeka isandla sakhe
esifubeni sakhe futhi; walikhipha esifubeni sakhe, bheka, selikhona
yabuye yaphendulwa yaba njengenye inyama yakhe.
4:8 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, uma bengeke bakholwe, noma
lalela izwi lesibonakaliso sokuqala, ukuze bakholwe yizwi
yophawu lwakamuva.
4:9 Futhi kuyothi uma bengakholwa nalaba ababili
izibonakaliso, ungalilaleli izwi lakho, ukuthi uthabathe emanzini
emfuleni, uwathululele emhlabathini owomileyo, namanzi onawo
okuphuma emfuleni kuyakuba yigazi emhlabathini owomileyo.
" 4:10 UMose wathi kuJehova: "O Nkosi yami, angiyena umuntu oqephuzayo
kuze kube manje, kusukela lapho usukhulumile encekwini yakho, kepha ngiyalibala
lokukhuluma, lolimi olunensayo.
" 4:11 Futhi uJehova wathi kuye: "Ubani owenze umlomo womuntu? kumbe ngubani owenza i
oyisimungulu, noma isithulu, noma obonayo, noma impumputhe? angithi mina Jehova?
4:12 Ngakho manje hamba, futhi ngizoba nomlomo wakho, futhi ngikufundise lokho wena
uzothi.
" 4:13 Wathi, "O Nkosi yami, ngicela uthumele ngesandla salowo omthandayo
ufuna ukuthumela.
4:14 Intukuthelo kaJehova yamvuthela uMose, wathi: "Akunjalo."
umfowenu u-Aroni umLevi na? Ngiyazi ukuthi uyakwazi ukukhuluma kahle. Futhi okunye,
bheka, uyaphuma ukukuhlangabeza;
ejabule enhliziyweni yakhe.
4:15 Futhi uyokhuluma kuye, futhi uyobeka amazwi emlonyeni wakhe, futhi ngizoba
ngomlomo wakho nangomlomo wakhe, futhi uyakunifundisa eniyakukwenza.
4:16 Futhi uyakuba umkhulumeli wakho kubantu, futhi uyakuba, yebo yena
kuyakuba ngumlomo kuwe, wena ube esikhundleni sakhe
uNkulunkulu.
4:17 Futhi uzothatha le ntonga esandleni sakho, ozokwenza ngayo
izimpawu.
4:18 UMose wahamba, wabuyela kuJetro uyisezala, wathi kuye
wathi: Ake ngihambe, ngibuyele kubafowethu abaphakathi
iGibhithe, ubone ukuthi basaphila yini. UJetro wathi kuMose: "Hamba."
ngokuthula.
" 4:19 Futhi uJehova wathi kuMose kwaMidiyani: "Hamba, ubuyele eGibhithe
afile amadoda abedinga ukuphila kwakho.
4:20 UMose wathatha umkakhe namadodana akhe, wabakhwelisa embongolweni, futhi yena
wabuyela ezweni laseGibithe; uMose wathatha intonga kaNkulunkulu esandleni sakhe
isandla.
" 4:21 Futhi uJehova wathi kuMose: "Nxa usubuyela eGibhithe, bheka
ukuze wenze zonke lezi zimangaliso engizibeke kuwe phambi kukaFaro
isandla: kepha ngiyakuyenza lukhuni inhliziyo yakhe, ukuze angabavumeli abantu ukuba bahambe.
4:22 Uzakuthi kuFaro: Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: U-Israyeli uyindodana yami;
ngisho izibulo lami.
4:23 Futhi ngithi kuwe: Vumela indodana yami ukuba ihambe, ukuze ingikhonze, futhi uma wena
wenqaba ukumdedela, bheka, ngiyakubulala indodana yakho, izibulo lakho.
4:24 Kwathi endleleni endlini yezihambi, ukuthi uJehova wamhlangabeza, futhi
efuna ukumbulala.
4:25 USipora wayesethatha intshetshe, wanquma ijwabu lendodana yakhe.
waliphonsa ngasezinyaweni zakhe, wathi: "Nempela ungumyeni wegazi."
mina.
4:26 Ngakho wamdedela
ukusoka.
" 4:27 Futhi uJehova wathi ku-Aroni: "Hamba ehlane ukuhlangabezana noMose. Futhi yena
wahamba, wamhlangabeza entabeni kaNkulunkulu, wamanga.
4:28 UMose wamtshela u-Aroni wonke amazwi kaJehova owayemthumile, futhi wonke
izibonakaliso ayemyale ngazo.
4:29 OMose no-Aroni bahamba, babutha onke amalunga kaJehova
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli:
4:30 U-Aroni wakhuluma onke amazwi uJehova awakhuluma kuMose, futhi
wenza izibonakaliso emehlweni abantu.
4:31 Futhi abantu bakholwa, futhi lapho bezwa ukuthi uJehova wayebavakashele
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, nokuthi wayekubonile ukuhlupheka kwabo,
bagebisa amakhanda abo, bakhuleka.