UEksodusi 5 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Eksodusi 5

¹ OMose no-Aroni bangena, bathi kuFaro: “Isho kanje iNkosi, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, ithi: Bavumele abantu bami bahambe, bangenzele umkhosi ehlane.

² Wayesethi uFaro: “Ngubani uJehova ukuba ngilalele izwi lakhe ukuba ngimyeke u-Israyeli ahambe na?” Angimazi uJehova, futhi ngeke ngivumele u-Israyeli ahambe.

³ Bathi: “UNkulunkulu wamaHeberu wasihlangabeza; masihambe uhambo lwezinsuku ezintathu ehlane, sihlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu; funa asehlele ngesifo noma ngenkemba.

⁴ Inkosi yaseGibithe yathi kubo: “Nina, Mose no-Aroni, nibayekelani abantu emisebenzini yabo na? ngikulethe emithwalweni yakho.

⁵ Wayesethi uFaro: “Bheka, abantu bezwe sebebaningi manje, nibayeke baphumule emithwalweni yabo.”

⁶ UFaro wazilaya izikhulu zabantu nezinceku zabo ngalona lolo suku, wathi:

⁷ Ungabe usabanika abantu utshani bokwenza izitini njengakuqala; mabahambe bazibuthele utshani.

⁸ Futhi indaba yezitini abazenzile kuze kube manje, kumelwe ubeke phezu kwayo; aniyikunciphisa namunye kuzo, ngokuba bayavilapha; ngalokho bayabiza, bathi: ‘Masihambe sihlabele uNkulunkulu wethu.’

⁹ Makubekwe umsebenzi phezu kwamadoda, ukuze asebenze kuwo; futhi kabangalaleli amazwi ayize.

¹⁰ Zase ziphuma izikhulu zabantu nezinceku zazo, zakhuluma kubantu, zathi: “Usho kanje uFaro, uthi: Angiyikuninika utshani.

¹¹ Hamba ulande utshani bakho lapho ongabuthola khona; kodwa awukho umsebenzi wakho oyoncishiswa.

¹² Khona-ke abantu bahlakazeka ezweni lonke laseGibhithe ukuze babuthe izinhlanga esikhundleni sotshani.

¹³ Izikhulu zashesha zathi: “Qedelani imisebenzi yenu yezinsuku zonke njengalapho kunotshani.”

¹⁴ Izinceku zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ezazimise izikhulu zikaFaro phezu kwabo zashaywa, zathi: “Aniwuqedanga ngani umsebenzi wenu wokwenza izitini izolo nanamuhla njengakuqala na?

¹⁵ Zase zifika izinceku zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, zambiza uFaro, zathi: “Uziphatheleni kanje izinceku zakho na?

¹⁶ Izinceku zakho azinikwanga tshani, kepha bathi kithi: ‘Yenzani izitina, nibone, izinceku zakho ziyashaywa; kodwa icala likubantu bakho.

¹⁷ Kepha wathi: “Niyavilapha, niyavilapha; ngalokho nithi: ‘Masihambe sihlabele uJehova.’

¹⁸ Hambani manje nisebenze; ngokuba aniyikunikwa tshani, nokho niyakusho inani lezitini.

¹⁹ Izikhulu zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli zabona ukuthi basekubi, lapho kwathiwa: “Aniyikunciphisa lutho ezitini zenu emsebenzini wenu wezinsuku zonke.”

²⁰ Bahlangana noMose no-Aroni bemi endleleni ekuphumeni kwabo kuFaro.

²¹ Basebesithi kubo: INkosi izalibona, ilihlulele; ngokuba nenze iphunga lethu laba yisinengiso emehlweni kaFaro nasemehlweni ezinceku zakhe, ukubeka inkemba esandleni sabo ukuba basibulale.

²² UMose wabuyela kuJehova, wathi: “Nkosi, ubancenge kabi laba bantu na? ungithumeleni?

²³ Ngokuba selokhu ngafika kuFaro ukukhuluma egameni lakho, ubaphathe kabi laba bantu; futhi awubasindisanga nhlobo abantu bakho.