UEksodusi 18 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Eksodusi 18 ukuvakasha kukaJethro

¹ Kwathi uJetro, umpristi wakwaMidiyani, umukhwe kaMose, esezwile ngakho konke uNkulunkulu abekwenzile kuMose nakubantu bakhe u-Israyeli, nokuthi uJehova wayemkhiphile u-Israyeli eGibithe;

² UJetiro, umukhwe kaMose, wamthatha uZipora umkaMose, esemmukisile;

³ namadodana akhe amabili; igama lomunye lalinguGereshomu; ngoba wathi: Ngangingowemzini elizweni lemzini.

⁴ Igama lomunye lalingu-Eliyezeri; ngokuba uNkulunkulu kababa ubengumsizi wami, wangikhulula enkembeni kaFaro.

⁵ UJetiro, umukhwe kaMose, weza namadodana akhe nomkakhe kuMose ehlane, lapho ayemise khona entabeni kaNkulunkulu.

⁶ Wathi kuMose: “Mina, uyihlozala, uJetiro, ngizé kuwe, nomkakho namadodana akhe amabili enaye.

⁷ UMose waphuma ukumhlangabeza umukhwe wakhe, wakhothama, wamanga; babuzana ukuphila kwabo; bangena etendeni.

⁸ UMose wamtshela umukhwe wakhe konke uJehova ayekwenzile kuFaro nabaseGibhithe ngenxa ka-Israyeli, nazo zonke izinhlupheko ezazibehlele endleleni, nokuthi uJehova wayebophule.

⁹ UJetiro wajabula ngakho konke okuhle uJehova ayekwenzile ku-Israyeli, eyayimsindisile esandleni sabaseGibhithe.

¹⁰ UJetiro wasesithi: Kayibusiswe iNKOSI eyalikhulula esandleni samaGibhithe lesandleni sikaFaro, owakhulula abantu esandleni samaGibhithe.

¹¹ Manje sengiyazi ukuthi uJehova mkhulu kunabo bonke onkulunkulu, ngoba endabeni ababezidla ngayo wayephezu kwabo.

¹² UJetiro, umukhwe kaMose, wamthathela uNkulunkulu umnikelo wokushiswa nemihlatshelo; weza u-Aroni nawo onke amalunga akwa-Israyeli ukuba badle isinkwa nomukhwe kaMose phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

¹³ Kwathi ngangomuso uMose wahlala ukwahlulela abantu, abantu bema ngakuMose kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwahlwa.

¹⁴ Lapho umukhwe kaMose ebona konke akwenzela abantu, wathi: “Iyini le nto oyenza kubantu? Uhlalelani wedwa, nabantu bonke bema kuwe kusukela ekuseni kuze kuhlwe?

¹⁵ UMozisi wasesithi kuyisezala: Ngoba abantu beza kimi ukubuza kuNkulunkulu.

¹⁶ Nxa benecala, bayeza kimi; ngiyakwahlulela phakathi kwabo, ngibazise izimiso zikaNkulunkulu nemithetho yakhe.

¹⁷ Wayesethi umukhwe kaMose kuye: “Ayiyinhle le nto oyenzayo;

¹⁸ Ngokuqinisekile uzokhathala, wena nalaba bantu abakanye nawe, ngoba le nto inzima kakhulu kuwe; awukwazi ukukwenza ngokwakho.

¹⁹ Manje lalela izwi lami, ngizokululeka, futhi uNkulunkulu uyakuba nawe: yiba noNkulunkulu kubantu, ukuze ulethe izindaba kuNkulunkulu.

²⁰ Futhi kumelwe ubafundise izimiso nemithetho futhi ubabonise indlela okufanele bahambe ngayo nomsebenzi okufanele bawenze.

²¹ Ngaphezu kwalokho, kumelwe ukhethe kubo bonke abantu amadoda afanelekayo amesabayo uNkulunkulu, amadoda eqiniso, azondayo ukuhaha; wabeka phezu kwabo izinduna zezinkulungwane, nezinduna zamakhulu, nezinduna zamashumi ayisihlanu, nezinduna zeshumi.

²² Mabahlulele abantu ngaso sonke isikhathi; zonke izindaba ezinkulu ziyakuziletha kuwe, kepha zonke ezincane ziyakwahlulela; ngakho-ke kuyoba lula kuwe, futhi bayothwala umthwalo kanye nawe.

²³ Uma wenza lokhu futhi uNkulunkulu ekuyala kanjalo, khona-ke uyokwazi ukukhuthazela, futhi bonke laba bantu bayobuyela endaweni yabo ngokuthula.

²⁴ UMose walilalela izwi likayisezala, wenza konke ayekushilo.

²⁵ UMose wakhetha amadoda anamandla ku-Israyeli wonke, wawamisa aba izinhloko phezu kwabantu, izinduna zezinkulungwane, nezinduna zamakhulu, nezinduna zamashumi amahlanu nezinduna zeshumi.

²⁶ Basebeqondisa abantu ngazo zonke izikhathi; izindaba ezinzima baziletha kuMose, kepha zonke izindaba ezincane bazihlulela bona.

²⁷ UMose wayesemukisa umukhwe wakhe; wasesiya elizweni lakibo.