29 UMose wathi kuHobabi indodana kaRehuweli wakwaMidiyani, umukhwe kaMose: “Siya endaweni ashilo ngayo uJehova, wathi: ‘Ngiyakuninika yona.’ Woza wena, uhambe nathi, siyakukwenzela okuhle, ngokuba uJehova ukhulumile okuhle ngo-Israyeli.”
30 Wathi kuye: “Angiyikuhamba; kepha ngiyakusuka, ngiye ezweni lakithi nasezihlotsheni zami.”
31 Kepha wathi: “Ake ungasishiyi; njengokuba uyazi ukuthi siyakumisa kanjani ehlane, uyakuba ngamehlo ethu.
32 Kuyakuthi uma uhamba nathi, yebo, kwenzeke ukuthi, noma yikuphi okuhle uJehova asenzela khona, khona lokho uyakukwenzela nawe.”
33 Basuka entabeni kaJehova, bahamba ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu; umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova wahamba phambi kwabo ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu ukubafunela indawo yokuphumula.
34 Ifu likaJehova laliphezu kwabo emini, lapho besuka ekamu.*
35 Kwathi ekusukeni komphongolo uMose washo wathi:“Vuka, Jehova;mazihlakazeke izitha zakho;abakuzondayo mababaleke ebusweni bakho.”