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Isahluko 2

Kwasuka umuntu wendlu kaLevi, wathatha indodakazi kaLevi.
2 Wakhulelwa lowo mfazi, wazala indodana; esebonile ukuthi inhle, wayithukusa izinyanga ezintathu.
3 Engasenakuyithukusa wayithathela ibhokisi lebungu, walihuqa ngebitume nangekolitayi, wamfaka umfana kulo, walibeka emhlangeni ngasogwini lomfula.
4 Udadewabo wayemi kudana, ukuze azi ukuthi kuyakwenziwani kuye.
5 Kwase kwehla indodakazi kaFaro ukuyogeza emfuleni; amantombazana ayo ahamba eceleni komfula; ibona ibhokisi emhlangeni yathuma intombazana ukulilanda.
6 Yalivula, yabona umntwana; bheka, kwakungumfana; wakhala. Yamhawukela, yathi: “Lona ungowabantwana bamaHeberu.”
7 Udadewabo wayesethi kuyo indodakazi kaFaro: “Ngihambe ngikubizele umzanyana kuwo amaHeberu ukuba akuncelisele ingane na?”
8 Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba.” Yasuka intombazana, yabiza unina wengane.
9 Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba nalo mntwana, ungincelisele yena; ngizakukukhokhela.” Owesifazane wamthatha-ke umntwana, wamncelisa.
10 Umfana wakhula, wayiswa kuyo indodakazi kaFaro, waba yindodana yayo. Yamqamba igama lokuthi uMose, ithi: “Ngokuba ngamkhipha emanzini.”
11 Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku uMose esekhulile, waphuma, waya kubafowabo, wabuka imithwalo yabo; wabona owaseGibithe eshaya umHeberu, omunye wabafowabo.
12 Waphendukela ngalapha nangalapha; esebonile ukuthi akukho muntu, wambulala owaseGibithe, wamthukusa esihlabathini.
13 Waphuma nangosuku olulandelayo; bheka, nanko amadoda amabili amaHeberu exabene; wathi kowonileyo: “Umshayelani owakini na?”
14 Wathi yena: “Ngubani okumise induna nomahluleli phezu kwethu na? Ufuna ukungibulala mina, njengalokho ubulele owaseGibithe, na?” UMose wayesesaba, ethi: “Impela le ndaba iyazeka.”
15 UFaro esekuzwile lokho wafuna ukumbulala uMose. Kepha uMose wabaleka ebusweni bukaFaro, wahlala ezweni lakwaMidiyani; wahlala phansi ngasemthonjeni.
16 UMpristi wakwaMidiyani wayenamadodakazi ayisikhombisa; afika ukukha amanzi, agcwalisa imiqengqe eyophuzisa izimvu zikayise.
17 Kwafika abelusi, bawaxosha. Kepha wayesesukuma uMose, wawasiza, waphuzisa izimvu zawo.
18 Lapho esefika kuRehuweli uyise, wathi yena: “Yini ukuba nisheshe nibuye namuhla na?”
19 Athi: “OwaseGibithe usophulile esandleni sabelusi, futhi wasikhelela amanzi, waphuzisa izimvu.”
20 Wathi kuwo amadodakazi akhe: “Uphi yena? Nimshiyeleni na? Mbizeni, eze ukuzokudla.”
21 UMose wazimisela ukuhlala kulowo muntu; wamupha uMose uSipora indodakazi yakhe.
22 Wazala indodana, wayiqamba igama lokuthi uGereshomu, ngokuba wathi: “Ngangingumfokazi ezweni elingesilo elami.”
23 Kwathi sekudlulile izinsuku eziningi, inkosi yaseGibithe yafa; abakwa-Israyeli babubula ngenxa yobugqila, bakhala; ukukhala kwabo kwenyukela kuNkulunkulu ngobugqila babo.
24 UNkulunkulu wezwa ukububula kwabo; uNkulunkulu wakhumbula isivumelwano sakhe no-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.
25 UNkulunkulu wabona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, wabanakekela.