11 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose ubuso nobuso, njengalokhu umuntu ekhuluma nomhlobo wakhe. Wabuyela ekamu,* kepha inceku yakhe uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, insizwa, ayiphumanga etendeni.
12 UMose wathi kuJehova: “Bheka, uthi kimi: ‘Khuphula laba bantu,’ kepha awungazisanga yena oyakumthuma nami. Nokho ushilo ukuthi: ‘Ngiyakwazi ngegama, ufumene umusa emehlweni ami.’
13 Ngalokho uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, ake ungibonise izindlela zakho ukuba ngikwazi, ukuze ngifumane umusa emehlweni akho, ubhekisise ukuthi lesi sizwe singabantu bakho.”
14 Wayesethi: “Ngiyakuhamba mina uqobo, ngikuphumuze, na?”
15 Wathi kuye: “Uma ungahambi wena uqobo, ungasikhuphuli lapha.
16 Ngokuba kuyakwaziwa ngani ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mina nabantu bakho, na? Akungalokhu yini ukuthi uhamba nathi, ukuze sahlukaniswe, mina nabantu bakho, nabanye abantu abasebusweni bomhlaba na?”
17 UJehova wathi kuMose: “Ngiyakwenza nalokho okushiloyo, ngokuba ufumene umusa emehlweni ami; ngiyakwazi ngegama.”