U-Eksodusi

³OMose no-Aroni bangena-ke kuFaro, bathi kuye: “Usho kanje uJehova, uNkulunkulu wamaHeberu, uthi: ‘Koze kube nini wenqaba ukuzithoba phambi kwami na? Bavumele abantu bami ukuba bahambe, bangikhonze. ⁴Ngokuba uma wenqaba ukuba abantu bami bahambe, bheka, ngomuso ngizakuletha isikhonyane ezweni lakho. ⁵Siyakusibekela ubuso bomhlaba, ukuze kungabe kusabonwa mhlabathi; siyakudla okuseleyo okusindile, enikushiyelwe yisichotho, sidle yonke imithi enimilelayo endle. ⁶Izindlu zakho, nezindlu zezinceku zakho zonke, nezindlu zabo bonke abaseGibithe ziyakugcwaliswa yiso, abangazange basibone esinjalo oyihlo nawoyise bawoyihlo, selokhu bafika emhlabeni kuze kube namuhla.’ ” Waphenduka, waphuma kuFaro. ⁷Kepha izinceku zikaFaro zathi kuye: “Lo muntu uzakuba lugibe kuze kube nini na? Bavumele abantu ukuba bahambe bakhonze uJehova uNkulunkulu wabo. Awukwazi ukuthi iGibithe seliyashabalala na?” ⁸OMose no-Aroni babuyiselwa kuFaro; wathi kubo: “Hambani nimkhonze uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu; kepha ngobani abazakuhamba na?” ⁹UMose wathi: “Siyakuhamba nabasha bethu, nabadala bethu, namadodana ethu, namadodakazi ethu, nezimvu zethu, nezinkomo zethu, ngokuba sinomkhosi kaJehova.”