Eksodus
13 UYehova waphinda wathetha noMoses wathi: 2 “Ndingcwalisele* onke amazibulo angamakhwenkwe* kumaSirayeli. Umntu wokuqala ukuzalwa oyindoda ebantwini ngowam. Nesilwanyana esizelwe kuqala esiyinkunzi sesam.”+
3 UMoses wathi ebantwini: “Lukhumbuleni olu suku niphume ngalo eYiputa,+ endlini yobukhoboka, kuba uYehova unikhuphe ngesandla esinamandla.+ Ngoko mayingatyiwa into enegwele. 4 Namhlanje, ngale nyanga ka-Abhibhi,+ niyaphuma.* 5 Nimele nisikhumbule esi siganeko, qho ngale nyanga xa uYehova sele eningenise kwilizwe lamaKanan, lamaHiti, lama-Amori, lamaHivi nelamaYebhusi,+ ilizwe awafungela ookhokho benu ukuba uza kuninika lona,+ ilizwe eligcwele ubisi nobusi.+ 6 Nimele nitye izonka ezingenagwele+ iintsuku ezisixhenxe, nize ngosuku lwesixhenxe nenzele uYehova itheko. 7 Izonka ezingenagwele mazityiwe iintsuku ezisixhenxe,+ ibe makungabonwa nto inegwele kuwe,+ yaye uze ungafunyanwa unegwele kuwo wonke ummandla wakho.* 8 Ngaloo mini, uze uthi kunyana wakho, ‘Le nto ndiyenza ngenxa yento endayenzelwa nguYehova xa ndandiphuma eYiputa.’+ 9 Elo theko liza kuba ngumqondiso kuwe esandleni sakho kwaye liza kuba sisikhumbuzo ebunzini lakho,*+ ukuze umthetho kaYehova ube semlonyeni wakho, kuba uYehova ukukhuphe eYiputa ngesandla esinamandla. 10 Uze uwugcine lo mthetho, uwuthobele ngexesha lawo elimisiweyo unyaka nonyaka.+
11 “Xa uYehova ekungenisa kwilizwe lamaKanan, ilizwe awafunga ukuninika lona, wena nookhokho bakho,+ 12 uze unike uYehova onke amazibulo angamakhwenkwe,* nawo onke amazibulo aziinkunzi kumhlambi oza kuba nawo. Onke amazibulo angamakhwenkwe naziinkunzi ngakaYehova.+ 13 Zibulo ngalinye ledonki, umele ulikhulule ngegusha, kodwa ukuba awulikhululi, umele ulaphule intamo. Onke amazibulo angamakhwenkwe koonyana bakho, umele uwakhulule.+
14 “Ukuba unyana wakho unokukubuza ngenye imini athi, ‘Uyenzela ntoni le nto?’ uze uthi kuye, ‘UYehova wasikhupha eYiputa endlini yobukhoboka, ngesandla esinamandla.+ 15 Wathi uFaro akuba nenkani, waza akavuma ukusikhulula,+ uYehova wawabulala onke amazibulo kwilizwe laseYiputa, ukusuka kwizibulo lomntu ukuya kwelesilwanyana.+ Yiloo nto ndibingelela kuYehova ngawo onke amazibulo aziinkunzi,* ndize ndiwakhulule onke amazibulo oonyana bam.’ 16 Le nto imele ibe ngumqondiso osesandleni sakho, ifane nento ebotshwa entloko kwibunzi lakho,*+ kuba uYehova wasikhupha eYiputa ngesandla esinamandla.”
17 Uthe uFaro akubakhulula abantu, uThixo akabahambisa ngendlela egqitha kwilizwe lamaFilisti, nangona yayimfutshane. Kuba uThixo wathi: “Abantu basenokujika xa bedibana nemfazwe baze babuyele eYiputa.” 18 Ngoko uThixo wabajikelisa ngendlela yasentlango yoLwandle Olubomvu.+ AmaSirayeli aphuma eYiputa elungele imfazwe. 19 UMoses wahamba namathambo kaYosefu, kuba uYosefu wayebafungisile oonyana bakaSirayeli, wathi: “Ngokuqinisekileyo uThixo uza kuninceda. Nize nihambe namathambo am xa nihamba apha.”+ 20 Bemka eSukoti baza bamisa inkampu e-Etham, ngasekupheleni kwentlango.
21 Emini uYehova wayebakhokela kuloo ndlela ngomqulu welifu.+ Ebusuku wayebakhokela ngomqulu womlilo, ebakhanyisela ukuze bakwazi ukuhamba emini nasebusuku.+ 22 Wawungasuki phambi kwabantu umqulu welifu emini nomqulu womlilo ebusuku.+