12 Wathi uYehova kuMoses nakuAron, Ngokokuba ningakholwanga kum, ukuba nindingcwalise emehlweni oonyana bakaSirayeli, ngoko aniyi kusingenisa esi sikhungu ezweni endibanika lona.
13 Ngawo lawo amanzi aseMeribha,* ababambana ngawo oonyana bakaSirayeli noYehova, waza wazingcwalisela bona.
14 UMoses wasusa izigidimi eKadeshe, zaya kuthi kukumkani wakwaEdom, Utsho umzalwana wakho uSirayeli ukuthi, Wena uyakwazi konke ukuxhamleka esafumanana nako.
15 Behla oobawo, baya eYiputa, sahlala eYiputa imihla emininzi. Asiphatha kakubi amaYiputa, thina noobawo bethu;
16 sakhala kuYehova, waliva ilizwi lethu; wathuma isithunywa, sasikhupha eYiputa. Nanku ke siseKadeshe, umzi osekupheleni komda wakho.
17 Makhe sicande ezweni lakho. Asiyi kucanda masimini nasezidiliyeni. Asiyi kusela manzi amaqula. Sohamba ngomendo wenkosi; asiyi kuthi gu bucala siye ekunene nasekhohlo, side sicande emdeni wakho.
18 Wathi uEdom kuye, Ùze ungacandi kum, hleze ndiphume ndinekrele, ndikuhlangabeze.