UEksodusi 2 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

Ukuzalwa nokukhuliswa kukaMose

¹ Kwasuka umuntu wendlu kaLevi, wathatha indodakazi kaLevi.

² Wakhulelwa lowo mfazi, wazala indodana; esebonile ukuthi inhle, wayithukusa izinyanga ezintathu.

³ Engasenakuyithukusa wayithathela ibhokisi lebungu, walihuqa ngebitume* nangekolitayi,* wamfaka umfana kulo, walibeka emhlangeni ngasogwini lomfula.

⁴ Udadewabo wayemi kudana, ukuze azi ukuthi kuyakwenziwani kuye.

⁵ Kwase kwehla indodakazi kaFaro ukuyogeza emfuleni; amantombazana ayo ahamba eceleni komfula; ibona ibhokisi emhlangeni yathuma intombazana ukulilanda.

⁶ Yalivula, yabona umntwana; bheka, kwakungumfana; wakhala. Yamhawukela, yathi: “Lona ungowabantwana bamaHeberu.”

⁷ Udadewabo wayesethi kuyo indodakazi kaFaro: “Ngihambe ngikubizele umzanyana kuwo amaHeberu ukuba akuncelisele ingane na?”

⁸ Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba.” Yasuka intombazana, yabiza unina wengane.

⁹ Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba nalo mntwana, ungincelisele yena; ngizakukukhokhela.” Owesifazane wamthatha-ke umntwana, wamncelisa.

¹⁰ Umfana wakhula, wayiswa kuyo indodakazi kaFaro, waba yindodana yayo. Yamqamba igama lokuthi uMose, ithi: “Ngokuba ngamkhipha emanzini.”

Ukubaleka kukaMose

¹¹ Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku uMose esekhulile, waphuma, waya kubafowabo, wabuka imithwalo yabo; wabona owaseGibithe eshaya umHeberu, omunye wabafowabo.

¹² Waphendukela ngalapha nangalapha; esebonile ukuthi akukho muntu, wambulala owaseGibithe, wamthukusa esihlabathini.

¹³ Waphuma nangosuku olulandelayo; bheka, nanko amadoda amabili amaHeberu exabene; wathi kowonileyo: “Umshayelani owakini na?”

¹⁴ Wathi yena: “Ngubani okumise induna nomahluleli phezu kwethu na? Ufuna ukungibulala mina, njengalokho ubulele owaseGibithe, na?” UMose wayesesaba, ethi: “Impela le ndaba iyazeka.”

¹⁵ UFaro esekuzwile lokho wafuna ukumbulala uMose. Kepha uMose wabaleka ebusweni bukaFaro, wahlala ezweni lakwaMidiyani; wahlala phansi ngasemthonjeni.

¹⁶ UMpristi wakwaMidiyani wayenamadodakazi ayisikhombisa; afika ukukha amanzi, agcwalisa imiqengqe eyophuzisa izimvu zikayise.

¹⁷ Kwafika abelusi, bawaxosha. Kepha wayesesukuma uMose, wawasiza, waphuzisa izimvu zawo.

¹⁸ Lapho esefika kuRehuweli uyise, wathi yena: “Yini ukuba nisheshe nibuye namuhla na?”

¹⁹ Athi: “OwaseGibithe usophulile esandleni sabelusi, futhi wasikhelela amanzi, waphuzisa izimvu.”

²⁰ Wathi kuwo amadodakazi akhe: “Uphi yena? Nimshiyeleni na? Mbizeni, eze ukuzokudla.”

²¹ UMose wazimisela ukuhlala kulowo muntu; wamupha uMose uSipora indodakazi yakhe.

²² Wazala indodana, wayiqamba igama lokuthi uGereshomu,* ngokuba wathi: “Ngangingumfokazi ezweni elingesilo elami.”

²³ Kwathi sekudlulile izinsuku eziningi, inkosi yaseGibithe yafa; abakwa-Israyeli babubula ngenxa yobugqila, bakhala; ukukhala kwabo kwenyukela kuNkulunkulu ngobugqila babo.

²⁴ UNkulunkulu wezwa ukububula kwabo; uNkulunkulu wakhumbula isivumelwano sakhe no-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.

²⁵ UNkulunkulu wabona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, wabanakekela.