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.