1 Base behlabelela uMose nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli leli gama, bekhuluma bethi:“Ngizakuhlabelela kuJehova,ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu;ihhashi nenkweli yalo ukuphonse elwandle.
2 UJehova ungamandla ami nehubo lami;waba yinsindiso kimi;unguNkulunkulu wami: ngizakumdumisa,noNkulunkulu kababa: ngizakumphakamisa.
3 UJehova uyindoda yempi;nguJehova igama lakhe.
4 Izinqola zikaFaro nempi yakheukuphonse elwandle;izinduna zakhe ezikhethiweyozaminza eLwandle Olubomvu.
5 Izintwa ziyabasibekela;bashona ezinzulwini njengetshe.
6 “Isandla sakho sokunene, Nkosi,sidumisekile ngamandla aso;esokunene sakho, Nkosi, siyaphahlaza isitha.
7 Ngobukhulu bobukhosi bakhouyachitha abakuvukelayo;uyathuma intukuthelo yakho,ibaqede njengamabibi.
8 Ngokufutha kwamakhala akhoamanzi anqwabeleka;izifufula zema njengenqwaba,amadlambi ashuqa phakathi kolwandle.
9 “Isitha sathi: ‘Ngiyakubaxosha, ngibafice,ngahlukanise impango,inhliziyo yami idele ngabo;ngiyakuhosha inkemba yami,isandla sami sibachithe.’
10 Waphephetha ngomoya wakho,ulwandle lwabasibekela;baminzisa okomthofu emanzini anamandla.
11 “Ngubani onjengawe Jehovaphakathi kwawonkulunkulu;ngubani onjengawe okhazimula ngobungcwele,owesabeka ngezibongo,owenza izimangaliso, na?
12 Welula isandla sakho sokunene,umhlaba wabagwinya.
13 “Ngomusa wakho wabahola abantu obahlengileyo;ngamandla akho wabayisaendlini yakho engcwele.
14 Izizwe zizwile; ziyakuthuthumela;abakhe eFilistiya behlelwe luvalo.
15 Khona aphaphatheka amakhosi akwa-Edomi;izikhulu zakwaMowabi zabanjwa yitwetwe;bonke abakhe eKhanani baphelile amandla.
16 Bayehlelwa luvalo nokwesaba;ngokobukhulu bengalo yakho bathulisa okwetshe,baze bawele abantu bakho, Jehova,baze bawele abantu bakho obathengileyo.
17 Uzakubangenisa, ubatshale entabeni yefa lakho,indawo ozenzele yona, Jehova, ukuba uhlale kuyo,indlu engcwele, Nkosi, eziyimisile izandla zakho.
18 UJehova uyakubusa kuze kube phakade.”
19 Ngokuba amahhashi kaFaro angena elwandle kanye nezinqola zakhe nabamahhashi bakhe, uJehova wabuyisela amanzi olwandle phezu kwabo; kepha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bahamba emhlabathini owomileyo ngaphakathi kolwandle.
20 UMiriyamu umprofethikazi, udadewabo ka-Aroni, waphatha isigubhu ngesandla sakhe; bonke abesifazane baphuma emva kwakhe bephethe izigubhu, besina.
21 UMiriyamu wabaphendula ngokuthi:“Hlabelelani kuJehova,ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu;ihhashi nenkweli yaloukuphonse elwandle.”
22 UMose wayesebahola abakwa-Israyeli besuka eLwandle Olubomvu, baya ehlane laseShuri; bahamba ehlane izinsuku ezintathu bengafumani manzi.
23 Sebefika eMara babengenakuphuza amanzi aseMara, lokhu ayebaba; ngalokho igama lalo lathiwa iMara.*
24 Abantu bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: “Siyakuphuzani na?”
25 Wayesekhala kuJehova; uJehova wambonisa umuthi; wawuphonsa emanzini, amanzi aba mtoti. Wabamisela khona isimiso nomthetho; wabavivinya lapho,
26 wathi: “Uma ulalela nokulalela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukwenze okulungile emehlweni akhe, ulalele imiyalo yakhe, ugcine izimiso zakhe zonke, angiyikubeka phezu kwakho nasinye salezo zifo engizibeke phezu kwabaseGibithe, ngokuba nginguJehova okuphilisayo.”
27 Bafika e-Elimi, lapho kwakukhona imithombo eyishumi nambili yamanzi namasundu angamashumi ayisikhombisa; bamisa khona ngasemanzini.