Kwasuka indoda kwabendlu kaLevi yaganwa yindodakazi kaLevi. Wakhulelwa lowo wesifazane wazala indodana; kwathi lapho eyibona ukuthi yinhle, wayifihla izinyanga ezintathu. Kuthe lapho engasakwazi ukuyifihla wayithatha wayifaka ebhokisini elaliphicwe ngekhwani, lahuqwa ngebhithumeni nekoliyati, walibeka emhlangeni owawusosebeni lomfula. Udadewabo wema buqamama ukuze abone ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kuye. Kwase kwehla indodakazi kaFaro iyogeza emfuleni, abaphelezeli bayo bagudla osebeni lomfula; yayisibona ubhasikidi emhlangeni, yayisithumela umsizi wayo ukuyowulanda. Kwathi lapho iwuvula yabona; bheka, kwakungumfana; wayekhala. Yamhawukela, yayisithi: “Lona ngomunye wezingane zamaHebheru.”
Udadewabo wathi endodakazini kaFaro: “Ngihambe yini ngiyokulandela umzanyana kwabesifazane bamaHebheru ukuba akuncelisele yona na?”
Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba.”
Intombazane yahamba yayobiza unina wengane. Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Thatha lo mntwana uyongincelisela yena, ngizokukhokhela.”
Owesifazane wamthatha umntwana wamncelisa. Umntwana wakhula, wayesemyisa endodakazini kaFaro, waba yindodana yayo; yamqamba ngokuthi nguMose, ngokuba yathi: “Ngamkhipha emanzini.”
Langa limbe uMose esekhulile, waya kubantu bakubo, wabubona ubunzima ababebuthwele; wabona umGibhithe eshaya umHebheru ongomunye wabantu bakubo. Waqalaza ngapha nangapha, wangabona muntu, wayesembulala umGibhithe, wamfihla esihlabathini. Ngakusasa lapho ephuma, nanka amadoda amabili amaHebheru elwa; wayesethi kuleyo ndoda eyayonile: “Umshayelani umfowenu na?”
Yaphendula yathi: “Ngubani okubeke inkosi nomehluleli phezu kwethu na? Ufuna ukungibulala njengalokhu ubulele umGibhithe na?”
UMose wayesesaba, wacabanga wathi: “Impela lokhu sekuyaziwa.”
Lapho uFaro esezwile ngalokho wafuna ukumbulala uMose.
Kepha uMose wabaleka phambi kukaFaro, wayohlala kwaMidiyani, wahlala phansi eduze komthombo. Kwakukhona umphristi kwaMidiyani owayenamadodakazi ayisikhombisa; eza ezokukha amanzi, ukuba agcwalise imikhombe ukuze imfuyo kayise iphuze. Abelusi bafika bawaxosha, kodwa uMose wasukuma wawasiza, wawuphuzisa umhlambi wawo.
Lapho efika kuyise uRehuweli, wathi kuwo: “Yini eyenze nabuya masinya namuhla na?”
Athi kuye: “UmGibhithe usikhululile esandleni sabelusi, wabuye wasikhelela amanzi, wawuphuzisa nomhlambi.”
Wathi emadodakazini akhe: “Pho uphi na? Nimshiyeleni? Mbizeni ukuze azokudla.”
UMose wavuma ukuhlala nalowo muntu. Waganisela uMose indodakazi yakhe uZiphora. Wazala indodana wayibiza ngokuthi nguGereshomu, ngokuba ethi: “Ngingumfokazi ezweni labezizwe.”
Sekwedlule izinsuku eziningi, inkosi yaseGibhithe yakhothama. Abantu bakwa-Israyeli babubula ngenxa yokucindezelwa, bakhala benxusa, ukukhala kwabo kwafinyelela kuNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu wakuzwa ukububula kwabo, wayesesikhumbula isivumelwano ayesenze no-Abhrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe. UNkulunkulu wababheka abantu bakwa-Israyeli, futhi wabanakekela.
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