UEksodusi 8 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Eksodusi 8 Isiqephu sesibili: Amaxoxo

¹ INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Ngena kuFaro, uthi kuye: Itsho njalo iNkosi: Bayekela abantu bami ukuthi bahambe, bangikhonze.

² Uma wenqaba ukuba bahambe, bheka, ngiyakushaya yonke indawo yakho ngamasele.

³ Umfula uyakuzala amasele, akhuphukele endlini yakho, nasekamelweni lakho lokulala, naphezu kombhede wakho, nasendlini yezinceku zakho, naphezu kwabantu bakho, naphezu kohhavini bakho, nasezitsheni zakho zamadolo;

⁴ Amaxoxo ayakukhuphukela kuwe nakuzo abantu bakho nakuzo zonke izinceku zakho.

⁵ INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi kuAroni: Yelula isandla sakho esilenduku yakho phezu kwemifula, laphezu kwemifula, laphezu kwamachibi, amaxoxo akhuphukele elizweni leGibhithe.

⁶ U-Aroni welula isandla sakhe phezu kwamanzi aseGibithe; amasele akhuphuka, asibekela izwe laseGibithe.

⁷ Izanusi zenza njalo ngemilingo yazo, zakhuphula amasele ezweni laseGibithe.

⁸ UFaro wayesebabiza oMose no-Aroni, wathi: “Ncengani uJehova ukuba asuse amasele kimi nakubantu bami; ngiyakubavumela abantu ukuba bahambe, bahlabele uJehova.

⁹ UMose wayesethi kuFaro: “Zibonge ngami; ngiyakukuncenga nini wena nezinceku zakho nabantu bakho ukuba baqothule amasele kuwe nasezindlini zakho, asale emfuleni kuphela, na?

¹⁰ Wathi: “Kusasa.” Wathi: “Kuhamba njengokusho kwakho, ukuze wazi ukuthi akakho onjengoJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.”

¹¹ Amasele ayakumuka kuwe, nasezindlini zakho, nasezincekwini zakho, nakubantu bakho; bangahlala emfuleni kuphela.

¹² OMose no-Aroni basuka kuFaro, uMose wakhuleka kuJehova ngenxa yamasele awalethela uFaro.

¹³ INkosi yenza njengezwi likaMose; amasele afa ezindlini, nasemizini nasemasimini.

¹⁴ Bazibuthela izinqwaba, izwe lanuka.

¹⁵ Kodwa uFaro esebonile ukuthi sekuphuzile, wayenza lukhuni inhliziyo yakhe, kabalalelanga; njengokutsho kweNkosi.

Isifo Sesithathu: Omiyane

¹⁶ INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Tshono kuAroni uthi: Yelula intonga yakho, utshaye uthuli lwelizwe, lube omiyane elizweni lonke leGibhithe.

¹⁷ Benza njalo; ngokuba u-Aroni welula isandla sakhe esinenduku yakhe, washaya uthuli lomhlabathi, lwaba omiyane kubantu nasezinkomeni; lonke uthuli lwezwe lwaba omiyane ezweni lonke laseGibithe.

¹⁸ Izanusi zenza njalo ngemilingo yazo ukuba ziveze omiyane, kepha azikwazanga; kwaba khona omiyane kubantu nasezilwaneni.

¹⁹ Zase zithi izanusi kuFaro: “Lokhu kungumunwe kaNkulunkulu; njengokutsho kweNkosi.

Isifo Sesine: Izixuku izimpukane

²⁰ UJehova wayesethi kuMose: “Vuka ekuseni kakhulu, ume phambi kukaFaro; bheka, Uphumela emanzini; wathi kuye: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Bavumele abantu bami ukuba bahambe, ukuze bangikhonze.

²¹ Uma kungenjalo, uma ungabadedeli abantu bami, bheka, ngiyakuthuma izibawu kuwe, nasezincekwini zakho, nakubantu bakho, nasezindlini zakho; izindlu zabaseGibhithe ziyogcwala izibawu kanye nomhlabathi ezikuwo.

²² Ngalolo suku ngiyakunquma izwe laseGosheni abantu bami abahlala kulo, kungabikho izibawu; kuze kube sekupheleni niyakwazi ukuthi nginguJehova enkabeni yomhlaba.

²³ Ngizakwahlukanisa phakathi kwabantu bami labantu bakho; kusasa kuzoba yilesi sibonakaliso.

²⁴ INkosi yenza njalo; kwafika uswebezane lwezibawu endlini kaFaro, nasezindlini zezinceku zakhe, nakulo lonke izwe laseGibithe;

²⁵ UFaro wayesebabiza oMose no-Aroni, wathi: “Hambani nihlabele uNkulunkulu wenu ezweni.”

²⁶ Wayesethi uMose: “Akulungile; ngoba siyakunikela okunengekayo kwabaseGibhithe eNkosini uNkulunkulu wethu; bheka, siyakunikela okunengekayo kwabaseGibithe phambi kwamehlo abo, bangasikhandi ngamatshe, na?

²⁷ Siyakuhamba ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu ehlane, sihlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, njengalokho yasiyala.

²⁸ Wayesethi uFaro: “Ngiyakunivumela ukuba nihambe, nihlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu ehlane; kodwa akumelwe nihambe kakhulu; ngikhulekeleni.

²⁹ Wayesethi uMose: “Bheka, ngiyaphuma kuwe, ngiyakuncenga uJehova ukuba kusasa zisuke izibawu kuFaro, nasezincekwini zakhe, nakubantu bakhe; kepha uFaro makangabe esaqhubeka nokukhohlisa, avumele abantu ukuba bahambe bayohlabela uJehova.

³⁰ UMose wamuka kuFaro, wakhuleka kuJehova.

³¹ INkosi yenza njengezwi likaMose; wasusa izibawu kuFaro, nasezincekwini zakhe, nakubantu bakhe; akwasala noyedwa.

³² Naye uFaro wayenza lukhuni inhliziyo yakhe ngalesi sikhathi, kabavumelanga abantu ukuba bahambe.