3 Banxanelwa amanzi apho abantu; abantu bamkrokrela uMoses, bathi, Yini na ukuba usinyuse siphume eYiputa, nosapho lwethu, nemfuyo yethu, uze kusibhubhisa ngenxano?
4 UMoses wadanduluka kuYehova, esithi, Ndiya kubathini na aba bantu? Sekukancinane ukuba bandixulube ngamatye.
5 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Gqithela phambi kwabantu, uthabathe amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli abe nawe; uthi nentonga yakho, owawubetha ngayo umlambo, uyiphathe esandleni sakho, uhambe.
6 Yabona, ndiya kuma phambi kwakho khona, phezu kweliwa eHorebhe; uze ulibethe iliwa; kophuma amanzi kulo, basele abantu. Wenjenjalo ke uMoses phambi kwawo amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli.
7 Wathi igama laloo ndawo yiMasa* neMeribha,* ngenxa yokubambana koonyana bakaSirayeli, nangenxa yokumlinga kwabo uYehova, besithi, UYehova ukho na phakathi kwethu, akakho, kusini na?
8 UAmaleki weza, walwa noSirayeli eRefidim.
9 Wathi uMoses kuYoshuwa, Sihlelele amadoda; uze wena uphume ulwe noAmaleki; mna ngomso ndiya kuma encotsheni yenduli, intonga kaThixo isesandleni sam. Wenza uYoshuwa njengoko wathethayo uMoses kuye, walwa noAmaleki;