28 Nantso ke indlela owawusima ngayo umngcelele wamaSirayeli eluhambeni lwawo.
29 Ke kaloku uMosis wathetha noHobhabhi usibali wakhe ongunyana kaJetro waseMidiyan, wathi: “Ke ngoku, sibali, sekumbovu ukuba sinduluke sijonge ukuya kungena kwelo lizwe uNdikhoyo wathembisa ukusinika lona. Wasithembisa ukuba uSirayeli uya kuhluma. Ngoko ke hamba nathi, ukuze siyixhamle kunye loo nyhweba yenkqubela.”
30 UHobhabhi walandula wathi: “Hayi, andinako, sibali. Ndifuna ukuphindela kwelakowethu.”
31 UMosis wambongoza wathi: “Hayi kaloku, ungathini ukusishiya, inguwe nje oyaziyo le ntlango. Wena unako ukusikhokela, usibonise apho sifanele ukumisa khona.
32 Xa unokuhamba nathi siya kuyixhamla kunye inyhweba yentlala-kahle asibabala ngayo uNdikhoyo.”
33 Ukuyishiya kwawo amaSirayeli loo ntaba ingcwele, iSinayi, ahamba iintsuku ezintathu. Ke yona ityesi yomnqophiso kaNdikhoyo yayisoloko ihamba phambili, ibakhangelela indawo yokuphumla.
34 Nanini na benduluka ilifu likaNdikhoyo lalijinga phezu kwabo.