Eksodusi 18:1 Lapho uJetro, umpristi wakwaMidiyani, uyisezala kaMose, wezwa ngakho konke lokho uNkulunkulu ayekwenzile kuMose naku-Israyeli abantu bakhe, nokuthi UJehova wayemkhiphile u-Israyeli eGibithe; 18:2 Khona-ke uJetiro, uyisezala kaMose, wathatha uSipora, umkaMose, ngemva kwakhe wayesembuyisele emuva, 18:3 Amadodana akhe amabili; igama lomunye lalinguGereshomu; ngoba wathi, Kade ngingowezizwe ezweni elingaziwa. 18:4 Igama lomunye lalingu-Eliyezeri; ngoba uNkulunkulu kababa wathi wayengumsizi wami, wangikhulula enkembeni kaFaro; 18:5 UJetiro, umukhwe kaMose, weza namadodana akhe nomkakhe uMose ehlane, lapho amisa khona entabeni kaNkulunkulu. 18:6 Wathi kuMose: "Mina umukhwe wakho uJetiro ngize kuwe. nomkakho, namadodana akhe amabili kanye naye. 18:7 UMose waphuma ukumhlangabeza umukhwe wakhe, futhi wakhuleka, futhi wamanga; babuzana impilo yabo; beza etendeni. 8 UMose wamtshela umukhwe wakhe konke uJehova abekwenzile kuFaro nakwabaseGibithe ngenxa ka-Israyeli, nakho konke ukushikashikeka ayenakho behlele endleleni, nokuthi uJehova wabakhulula kanjani. 18:9 UJetiro wajabula ngakho konke okuhle uJehova ayekwenzile u-Israyeli ayemkhulule esandleni sabaseGibithe. " 18:10 UJetiro wathi: "Makabongwe uJehova, owanikhulula esandleni esandleni sabaseGibithe, nasesandleni sikaFaro onakho wakhulula abantu esandleni sabaseGibithe. 18:11 Manje ngiyazi ukuthi uJehova mkhulu kunabo bonke onkulunkulu lapho ababezidla khona wayephezu kwabo. 18:12 UJetiro, umukhwe kaMose, wathatha umnikelo wokushiswa nemihlatshelo u-Aroni nawo onke amalunga akwa-Israyeli beza ukuba badle isinkwa kanye naye Uyisezala kaMose phambi kukaNkulunkulu. 18:13 Kwathi ngangomuso, uMose wahlala ukwahlulela abantu. abantu bema ngakuMose kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwahlwa. 18:14 Lapho umukhwe kaMose ebona konke abekwenza kubantu wathi: Kuyini lokhu okwenzayo ebantwini? uhlaleleni wena wedwa, nabantu bonke bema phambi kwakho kusukela ekuseni kuze kube kusihlwa na? " 18:15 UMose wathi kuyisezala: "Ngoba abantu beza kimi ukubuza kuNkulunkulu: 18:16 Lapho benendaba, beza kimi; futhi ngahlulela phakathi kokukodwa no omunye, futhi ngibazisa izimiso zikaNkulunkulu, nemithetho yakhe. " 18:17 Futhi uyisezala kaMose wathi kuye: "Lokhu okwenzayo akuyona kuhle. 18:18 Uzokhathala ngempela, kokubili wena, futhi lesi sizwe esikanye nabo wena, ngokuba le nto inzima kakhulu kuwe; awukwazi ukwenza nguwe wedwa. 18:19 Lalela manje izwi lami, Ngizokunikeza iseluleko, futhi uNkulunkulu uyakuba nawe yiba ngowabantu kuNkulunkulu ukuba ulethe izinkinga kuNkulunkulu: 18:20 Futhi uyakubafundisa izimiso nemithetho, futhi uyobabonisa indlela okufanele bahambe ngayo, nomsebenzi okufanele bawenze. 18:21 Futhi kumelwe uhlinzeke kubo bonke abantu amadoda anamandla, njengokwesaba UNkulunkulu, amadoda eqiniso, azonda ukuhaha; futhi ubeke ezinjalo phezu kwazo, ukuba zibe nababusi bezinkulungwane, nababusi bamakhulu, nabangamashumi ayisihlanu, nababusi ababusi bamashumi: 18:22 Futhi mabahlulele abantu ngaso sonke isikhathi, futhi kuyoba, ukuthi zonke izindaba ezinkulu bayakuziletha kuwe, kodwa zonke ezincane bayakwahlulela, kube lula kuwe, bathwale umthwalo ngawe. 18:23 Uma uzokwenza lokhu, futhi uNkulunkulu ekuyala kanjalo, khona-ke uyakuba bekwazi ukubekezela, futhi bonke laba bantu bayongena endaweni yabo ukuthula. 24 UMose walilalela izwi likayisezala, wakwenza konke lokho wayeshilo. 18:25 UMose wakhetha amadoda anamandla ku-Israyeli wonke, wawenza izinhloko phezu kwethempeli abantu, nababusi bezinkulungwane, nababusi bamakhulu, nababusi bamashumi ayisihlanu, nababusi ababusi bamashumi. 18:26 Futhi bahlulela abantu ngaso sonke isikhathi: nezinkinga ezinzima baletha kuMose, kepha zonke izindaba ezincane babezahlulela bona. 18:27 UMose wamvumela uyisezala; wahamba waya kweyakhe umhlaba.