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2 Ngalesosikhathi enye indoda eyayizalwa endlini kaLevi yathatha indodakazi yesizwana sikaLevi.+ 2 Owesifazana lo wazithwala wabeletha umntwana ongumfana. Wathi ebona ukuthi umntwana muhle kakhulu, wamfihla okwenyanga ezintathu.+ 3 Kwathi sekumehlula ukuthi aqhubeke emfihlile,+ wathatha ibhasikiti eyenziwe* ngemizi wayihuqa ngethara lengcino wasefaka umntwana phakathi kwayo wayayibeka phakathi kwemihlanga ekhunjini lomfula uNayili. 4 Udadewabo+ womntwana wama bucwadlana ukuze abone ukuthi kwakuzakwenzakalani kuye.
5 Indodakazi kaFaro yehlela kuNayili isiyageza njalo izincekukazi zayo zazihamba eceleni komfula uNayili. Yasibona ibhasikiti phakathi kwemihlanga, yahle yathuma isigqilikazi sayo ukuthi siyeyithatha.+ 6 Yathi iyivula yabona umntwana ongumfana phakathi njalo wayekhala. Yamzwela yasisithi: “Lo ngomunye wabantwana bamaHebheru.” 7 Udadewabo womntwana wasekhuluma lendodakazi kaFaro wathi: “Ngingayakubizela yini owesifazana omunyisayo ongumHebheru ukuthi akondlele umntwana lo?” 8 Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba!” Masinyane nje intombazana yahamba yafika yabiza unina+ womntwana. 9 Indodakazi kaFaro yasisithi kuye: “Thatha umntwana lo ungondlele yena, ngizakubhadala.” Ngakho owesifazana wamthatha umntwana wamondla. 10 Umntwana wathi esekhulile wasemhambisa endodakazini kaFaro, waba yindodana yayo.+ Yamnika ibizo elithi Mosi* yathi: “Kungenxa yokuthi ngamkhipha emanzini.”+
11 Kwathi ngalezonsuku uMosi esekhulile,* waya kubafowabo ukuze abone umsebenzi onzima+ ababewenza, wasebona omunye umGibhithe etshaya umHebheru, omunye wabafowabo. 12 Ngakho wathalaza ngapha langapha, wathi ebona ukuthi akulamuntu wambulala umGibhithe wamfihla etshebetshebeni.+
13 Ngelanga elilandelayo waphuma futhi, wabona amadoda amabili angamaHebheru esilwa. Wasesithi kulowo owayephambanisile: “Umtshayelani omunye wakho?”+ 14 Yena wamphendula wathi: “Ngubani okubeke ukuthi ube ngumbusi lomahluleli wethu? Usufuna ukungibulala njengomGibhithe+ lowana ombuleleyo?” UMosi waqalisa ukwesaba wathi: “Kanti indaba le isisaziwa kangaka?”
15 UFaro wayizwa indaba leyo, wazama ukubulala uMosi, kodwa uMosi wambalekela uFaro waya elizweni lakoMidiyani+ wafika waphumula eduze komthombo. 16 Kwakulomphristi wakoMidiyani+ owayelamadodakazi ayisikhombisa. Amadodakazi la afika emthonjeni ezokukha amanzi njalo ayefuna lokugcwalisa imikolo yamanzi ukuze anathise izifuyo zikayise. 17 Kodwa abelusi bafika bawaxotsha njengenjayelo. UMosi wathi ekubona lokhu wabancedisa* abesifazana laba, wanathisa lezifuyo zabo. 18 Bathi befika ngekhaya kuyise uRehuweli,*+ wamangala wathi kubo: “Kuyini okwenze laphangisa kangaka lamuhla?” 19 Baphendula bathi: “KulomGibhithe+ osilamuleleyo kubelusi njalo uze wasikhela amanzi wanathisa lezifuyo.” 20 Yena wasesithi kumadodakazi akhe: “Manje ungaphi? Limtshiyeleni? Mbizeni azokudla lathi.” 21 Ngemva kwalokho uMosi wavuma ukuhlala laleyondoda, njalo yamnika indodakazi yayo uZiphora+ ukuthi ibe ngumkakhe. 22 Ngokuya kwesikhathi uZiphora waba lomntwana ongumfana njalo uMosi wamnika ibizo wathi nguGeshomu*+ ngoba wathi, “Sengingowezizweni elizweni elingayisilo lakithi.”+
23 Kwathi sekudlule isikhathi eside,* inkosi yaseGibhithe yafa,+ kodwa abako-Israyeli baqhubeka bebubula ngenxa yokuba yizigqili njalo babekhala kabuhlungu. Ukukhala kwabo becela usizo ngenxa yobugqili ababephakathi kwabo kwakulokhu kusenyuka kusiya kuNkulunkulu+ weqiniso. 24 Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uNkulunkulu wezwa ukububula+ kwabo, wasekhumbula isivumelwano sakhe asenza lo-Abrahama lo-Isaka kanye loJakhobe.+ 25 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabakhangela abako-Israyeli wabona ukuhlupheka kwabo.