UMose wayelusa umhlambi womukhwe wakhe uJethro, umphristi wakwaMidiyani. Wawuqhuba wedlula ehlane, waze wayofika eHorebhe entabeni kaNkulunkulu. Ingelosi kaSimakade yabonakala kuye elangabini lomlilo phakathi kwesihlahla. Wabona ukuthi isihlahla siyavutha, kodwa asipheli. UMose wathi: “Ake ngichezuke ukuze ngibone lesi simangaliso esingaka, ukuthi kungani isihlahla singashi.”
Lapho uSimakade ebona ukuthi uchezukile ukuyobheka, uNkulunkulu wambiza esesihlahleni, wathi: “Mose, Mose!”
Yena wathi: “Ngilapha.”
UNkulunkulu wathi: “Ungasondeli lapha; khumula izimbadada ezinyaweni zakho, ngokuba indawo omi kuyo ingumhlabathi ongcwele.”
Wayesethi: “NginguNkulunkulu kayihlo, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe.”
UMose wafihla ubuso bakhe, ngokuba wayesaba ukubheka uNkulunkulu.
USimakade wathi: “Ngikubonile ukuhlupheka kwabantu bami abaseGibhithe, futhi ngikuzwile ukukhala kwabo ngenxa yababacindezelayo, ngiyakwazi nokuhlupheka kwabo. Ngehlile ukuzobakhulula esandleni sabaseGibhithe, nokubakhuphula kuleli lizwe, ngibayise ezweni elihle nelibanzi, izwe elichichima ubisi noju, izwe lamaKhanani, amaHithi, ama-Amori, amaPherizi, amaHivi, namaJebusi. Manje, bheka, ukukhala kwabantu bakwa-Israyeli sekufinyelele kimi, futhi ngikubonile ukucindezelwa kwabo ngabaseGibhithe. Ngakho-ke hamba, ngiyakuthuma kuFaro ukuba uyokhulula abantu bami eGibhithe, abantu bakwa-Israyeli.”
Kepha uMose wathi kuNkulunkulu: “Ngingubani mina ukuthi ngingaya kuFaro, ngikhulule abantu bakwa-Israyeli eGibhithe na?”
Wathi: “Ngizokuba nawe. Lesi kuyakuba yisibonakaliso sokuthi ngikuthumile: uma usubakhiphile abantu eGibhithe, niyakumkhonza uNkulunkulu kule ntaba.”
UMose wathi kuNkulunkulu: “Uma ngifika kubantu bakwa-Israyeli, ngithi kubo: ‘UNkulunkulu woyihlo ungithumile,’ bese bengibuza bethi: ‘Ngubani igama lakhe na?’ ngiyakuthini kubo na?”
UNkulunkulu wathi kuMose: “Nginguye Enginguye.”
Wathi: “Uyakubatshela abantu bakwa-Israyeli uthi: ‘UNginguye ungithumile kini.’ ”
UNkulunkulu wabuye wathi kuMose: “Uyakusho kubantu bakwa-Israyeli uthi: ‘USimakade uNkulunkulu woyihlo, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe ungithumile kini.’ Leli yigama lami kuze kube phakade, engiyakukhunjulwa ngalo ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
“Hamba uqoqe amalunga akwa-Israyeli, uthi kuwo: ‘USimakade, uNkulunkulu wokhokho benu, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe uzibonakalisile kimi, wathi: “Ngikubonile konke okwenziwa kini eGibhithe, ngathi ngizonikhuphula ekuhlushweni ngabaseGibhithe, nginiyise ezweni lamaKhanani, lamaHithi, lama-Amori, lamaPherizi, lamaHivi, nelamaJebusi, izwe elichichima ubisi noju.” ’
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