Eksodusi 15

¹Base behlabelela uMose nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli leli gama, bekhuluma bethi: “Ngizakuhlabelela kuJehova, ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu; ihhashi nenkweli yalo ukuphonse elwandle.

²UJehova ungamandla ami nehubo lami; waba yinsindiso kimi; unguNkulunkulu wami: ngizakumdumisa, noNkulunkulu kababa: ngizakumphakamisa.

³UJehova uyindoda yempi; nguJehova igama lakhe.

⁴Izinqola zikaFaro nempi yakhe ukuphonse elwandle; izinduna zakhe ezikhethiweyo zaminza eLwandle Olubomvu.

⁵Izintwa ziyabasibekela; bashona ezinzulwini njengetshe.

⁶“Isandla sakho sokunene, Nkosi, sidumisekile ngamandla aso; esokunene sakho, Nkosi, siyaphahlaza isitha.

⁷Ngobukhulu bobukhosi bakho uyachitha abakuvukelayo; uyathuma intukuthelo yakho, ibaqede njengamabibi.

⁸Ngokufutha kwamakhala akho amanzi anqwabeleka; izifufula zema njengenqwaba, amadlambi ashuqa phakathi kolwandle.

⁹“Isitha sathi: ‘Ngiyakubaxosha, ngibafice, ngahlukanise impango, inhliziyo yami idele ngabo; ngiyakuhosha inkemba yami, isandla sami sibachithe.’

¹⁰Waphephetha ngomoya wakho, ulwandle lwabasibekela; baminzisa okomthofu emanzini anamandla.

¹¹“Ngubani onjengawe Jehova phakathi kwawonkulunkulu; ngubani onjengawe okhazimula ngobungcwele, owesabeka ngezibongo, owenza izimangaliso, na?

¹²Welula isandla sakho sokunene, umhlaba wabagwinya.

¹³“Ngomusa wakho wabahola abantu obahlengileyo; ngamandla akho wabayisa endlini yakho engcwele.

¹⁴Izizwe zizwile; ziyakuthuthumela; abakhe eFilistiya behlelwe luvalo.

¹⁵Khona aphaphatheka amakhosi akwa-Edomi; izikhulu zakwaMowabi zabanjwa yitwetwe; bonke abakhe eKhanani baphelile amandla.

¹⁶Bayehlelwa luvalo nokwesaba; ngokobukhulu bengalo yakho bathulisa okwetshe, baze bawele abantu bakho, Jehova, baze bawele abantu bakho obathengileyo.

¹⁷Uzakubangenisa, ubatshale entabeni yefa lakho, indawo ozenzele yona, Jehova, ukuba uhlale kuyo, indlu engcwele, Nkosi, eziyimisile izandla zakho.

¹⁸UJehova uyakubusa kuze kube phakade.”

¹⁹Ngokuba amahhashi kaFaro angena elwandle kanye nezinqola zakhe nabamahhashi bakhe, uJehova wabuyisela amanzi olwandle phezu kwabo; kepha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bahamba emhlabathini owomileyo ngaphakathi kolwandle.

²⁰UMiriyamu umprofethikazi, udadewabo ka-Aroni, waphatha isigubhu ngesandla sakhe; bonke abesifazane baphuma emva kwakhe bephethe izigubhu, besina.

²¹UMiriyamu wabaphendula ngokuthi: “Hlabelelani kuJehova, ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu; ihhashi nenkweli yalo ukuphonse elwandle.”

²²UMose wayesebahola abakwa-Israyeli besuka eLwandle Olubomvu, baya ehlane laseShuri; bahamba ehlane izinsuku ezintathu bengafumani manzi.

²³Sebefika eMara babengenakuphuza amanzi aseMara, lokhu ayebaba; ngalokho igama lalo lathiwa iMara.

²⁴Abantu bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: “Siyakuphuzani na?”

²⁵Wayesekhala kuJehova; uJehova wambonisa umuthi; wawuphonsa emanzini, amanzi aba mtoti. Wabamisela khona isimiso nomthetho; wabavivinya lapho,

²⁶wathi: “Uma ulalela nokulalela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukwenze okulungile emehlweni akhe, ulalele imiyalo yakhe, ugcine izimiso zakhe zonke, angiyikubeka phezu kwakho nasinye salezo zifo engizibeke phezu kwabaseGibithe, ngokuba nginguJehova okuphilisayo.”

²⁷Bafika e-Elimi, lapho kwakukhona imithombo eyishumi nambili yamanzi namasundu angamashumi ayisikhombisa; bamisa khona ngasemanzini.