UMose waphendula wathi: “Kepha bheka, ngeke bangikholwe noma bangilalele, bayakuthi: ‘USimakade akabonakalanga kuwe.’ ”
USimakade wathi kuye: “Yini le esesandleni sakho na?”
Wathi: “Yinduku.”
Wayesethi: “Yiphonse emhlabathini.”
Wayiphonsa emhlabathini, yaphenduka inyoka; uMose wayibalekela. Kepha uSimakade wathi kuMose: “Yelula isandla sakho, uyibambe ngomsila.”
Waselula isandla sakhe, wayibamba; yaphenduka induku esandleni sakhe. “Bazokholwa-ke ukuthi uSimakade, uNkulunkulu wokhokho benu, uNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka noNkulunkulu kaJakobe ubonakele kuwe.”
USimakade wabuye wathi kuye: “Faka isandla esifubeni sakho.”
Wasifaka. Lapho esikhipha, mameshane, isandla sakhe sabe sesinochoko, simhlophe njengeqhwa. UNkulunkulu wathi kuye: “Siphindisele esifubeni isandla sakho.”
Wasiphindisela esifubeni sakhe. Kuthe lapho esesikhipha, habe, sesibuyele esimweni saso, sesifana nesikhumba sakhe.
“Uma bengakukholwa, noma bengasishayi mkhuba isibonakaliso sakho sokuqala, bayosikholwa esilandelayo. Uma bengazikholwa zombili izibonakaliso noma bengakulaleli okushoyo, uyokukha amanzi eNayili, uwathele emhlabathini owomileyo, lawo manzi owakhe emfuleni ayophenduka igazi emhlabathini owomileyo.”
UMose wathi kuSimakade: “Nkosi, ngixolele, angikaze ngibe ngumuntu oyiciko lokukhuluma, kusukela kuqala kuze kube manje njengoba ukhuluma nenceku yakho, ngokuba nginamalimi, ulimi lwami lulukhuni.”
USimakade wathi kuye: “Ngubani owenza umlomo womuntu na? Ngubani owenza isimungulu nesithulu, obonayo noyimpumputhe na? AkusiMina Simakade na? Ngalokho-ke hamba, ngizokuba semlonyeni wakho, ngikufundise ozokusho.”
Kepha wathi: “Nkosi, ngixolele, ngiyakucela ukuba uthumele omunye.”
Intukuthelo kaSimakade yamvuthela uMose, wathi: “Akekho yini umfowenu u-Aroni ongumLevi na? Ngiyazi ukuthi uliciko lokukhuluma; bheka, uyeza uzokuhlangabeza, lapho ekubona uyothokoza enhliziyweni yakhe. Uyokhuluma naye, umtshele amazwi azowakhuluma ngomlomo wakhe, ngizokuba semlonyeni wakho nakowakhe, nginifundise enizokwenza. Nguye ozokukhulumela kubantu; uyakuba ngumlomo wakho, wena ufane nonkulunkulu kuye. Phatha le nduku ngesandla sakho, wenze ngayo izibonakaliso.”
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