4 Ngaphezu koko ndênza umnqophiso nabo, ndathi ndobanika ilizwe laseKanana, apho boma khona baxhwarhe okwabahambi.
5 Ngoku ke ndisivile isingqala samaSirayeli ngenxa yokukhotyozwa ngamaJiputa, ndaye ke ndiwukhumbule loo mnqophiso.
6 Ngoko ke yithi kumaSirayeli: ‘NdinguNdikhoyo, ndaye ke ndiza kunikhupha kwingcinezelo yamaJiputa, ndinikhulule kwiimbophelelo zawo. Ndiya kunihlangula ngesandla esigadalala nangezigwebo ezingqongqo.
7 Ndiya kunenza abantu bam, mna ndibe nguThixo wenu. Nani ke niya kuqonda ukuba mna Ndikhoyo ndinguThixo wenu onikhulule ebukhobokeni eJiputa.
8 Ndiya kunikhokela, ndinise kwilizwe endafungayo ukuba ndolinika uAbraham, uIsake, noYakobi. Ndiya kunipha lona, libe lelenu; kaloku mna ndinguNdikhoyo.’ ”
9 La mazwi uMosis wawaxela kumaSirayeli, kodwa ngenxa yokudakumba nangenxa yenkohlakalo yasebukhobokeni akamphulaphulanga.
10 Wathi ke uNdikhoyo kuMosis: