25 Khona uFaro wababiza oMose no-Aroni, wathi: “Hambani nihlabele uNkulunkulu wenu kuleli zwe.”
26 Wayesethi uMose: “Akufanele ukwenze njalo, ngokuba siyakuhlabela uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu lokhu okunengeka kwabaseGibithe; bheka, singahlaba okunengeka kwabaseGibithe emehlweni abo, bangasikhandi ngamatshe, na?
27 Siyakuhamba ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu, siye ehlane, sihlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, njengalokho ezakusiyala.”
28 Wayesethi uFaro: “Ngizakunivumela ukuba nihambe nihlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu ehlane, kepha ningayi kude kakhulu nokho; ngikhulekeleni.”
29 Wathi uMose: “Bheka, ngiyaphuma kuwe; ngiyakuncenga uJehova ukuba izibawu zimuke, zisuke kuFaro, nakuzo izinceku zakhe, nakubantu bakhe ngomuso; kodwa uFaro angabuyi akhohlise ngokungavumeli abantu ukuba bahambe bahlabele uJehova.”
30 UMose wayesephuma kuFaro, wamncenga uJehova.
31 UJehova wayesenza njengezwi likaMose; wasusa izibawu kuFaro, nakuzo izinceku zakhe, nakubantu bakhe; akwasala nesisodwa.