UEksodusi 14:1-14

UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuba baphenduke, bamise ngaphambi kwePhihagiroti, phakathi kweMigidoli nolwandle, malungana neBali Sefoni; ngalokho uyakumisa ngaselwandle. Ngoba uFaro uzakuthi ngabantwana bakoIsrayeli: Badidekile elizweni, inkangala ibahaqile. Ngiyakuyenza lukhuni inhliziyo kaFaro ukuba abalandele; ngiyakudunyiswa phambi kukaFaro naphezu kwempi yakhe yonke; ukuze abaseGibithe bazi ukuthi nginguJehova. Benza kanjalo. Kwasekubikwa enkosini yeGibhithe ukuthi abantu babalekile, lenhliziyo kaFaro leyenceku zakhe yabaphendukela abantu, bathi: Sikwenzeleni lokhu, ukuthi senze uIsrayeli ahambe asikhonze? Walungisa inqola yakhe, wathatha abantu bakhe wahamba naye. Wathatha izinqola ezingamakhulu ayisithupha zekhethelo kanye nazo zonke izinqola zaseGibhithe nezinduna phezu kwazo zonke. UJehova wayenza lukhuni inhliziyo kaFaro inkosi yaseGibithe, waxosha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli; abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baphuma ngesandla esiphakeme. AbaseGibithe babaxosha, amahhashi onke, nezinqola zikaFaro, nabamahhashi bakhe, nempi yakhe, babafica ababemise ngaselwandle ngasePhi-hagiroti ngaphambi kweBali Sefoni. UFaro esesondela, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baphakamisa amehlo abo, bheka, abaseGibithe babebalandela; besaba kakhulu, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bakhuleka kuJehova. Base bethi kuMose: “Ngokuba kwakungekho mathuna eGibithe wasisusa ukuba sifele ehlane na?” wasenzelani kanje, wasikhipha eGibithe na? Leli akulona yini izwi esalikhuluma kuwe eGibhithe ukuthi: Ake sime, ukuze sikhonze abaseGibhithe? Ngokuba kwakungcono kithi ukukhonza abaseGibithe kunokuba sifele ehlane. UMose wayesethi kubantu: “Ningesabi; yimani, nibone ukusindiswa kweNkosi ezonenzela khona namuhla; ngokuba abaseGibithe enibabonile namuhla anisayikubabona kuze kube phakade. UJehova uyakunilwela, nina nithule