‏ Exodus 15

Ingoma KaMosi LoMiriyemu

1Ngakho uMosi labako-Israyeli basebehlabelela lelihubo kuThixo:

“Ngizamhlabelela uThixo
ngoba uphakeme kakhulu.
Ibhiza lomgadi walo
ukuphosele ngamandla olwandle.

2 UThixo ungamandla ami lehubo lami;
useyikusindiswa kwami.
UnguNkulunkulu wami, ngizamdumisa;
uNkulunkulu kababa ngizamphakamisa.
3 UThixo ulibutho;
nguThixo ibizo lakhe.
4Izinqola zikaFaro lempi yakhe
ukuphosele ngamandla olwandle.
Izikhulu zikaFaro ezithenjiweyo,
zigalule oLwandle oluBomvu.
5Inziki zamanzi zibagubuzele;
batshona ekujuleni njengelitshe.
6Isandla sakho sokunene, Oh Thixo,
saba lamandla obukhosi.
Isandla sakho sokunene, Oh Thixo,
sasihlikiza isitha.

7Ebukhulwini bobukhosi bakho
wabasakazela phansi abakuphikisayo.
Wavulela ulaka lwakho oluvuthayo,
lwabatshisa njengencwathi.
8Ngokuphefumula kwamakhala akho
amanzi aqoqana aba yinqwaba.
Amanzi ageleza ngenhlokomo ema enza udonga;
amanzi azikileyo ajiya enzikini yolwandle.
9Isitha sakloloda sathi,
‘Ngizabaxhuma, ngibedlule.
Ngizakwaba impango;
ngizazitika ngokungokwabo.
Ngizakhokha inkemba yami,
isandla sami sibabhubhise.’
10Kodwa wena wavuthela ngomoya wokuphefumula kwakho,
ulwandle lwabasibekela.
Batshona njengomnuso
emanzini esabekayo.
11Ngubani kubonkulunkulu bonke
onjengawe, Thixo?
Ngubani onjengawe,
olobukhosi ebungcweleni bakhe,
owesabekayo ngenkazimulo,
owenza izimangaliso?

12Welula isandla sakho sokunene
umhlabathi uziginye izitha zakho.
13Ngothando lwakho olungapheliyo uzabahola
abantu obahlengileyo.
Ngamandla akho uzabaholela
endaweni yakho engcwele.
14Izizwe zizakuzwa zithuthumele;
umhedehede ubahlukuluze abantu baseFilistiya.
15Izinduna zase-Edomi zizatshaywa luvalo,
abakhokheli baseMowabi bafikelwe yikwesaba,
abantu baseKhenani banyamalale nya!
16Ukwesaba lokuthuthumela kuzabehlela.
Ngamandla engalo yakho,
bazathula njengelitshe,
abantu bakho baze bedlule, Oh Thixo,
abantu owabadalayo baze bedlule.
17Uzabangenisa ubahlanyele
entabeni yelifa lakho,
indawo, Oh Thixo,
owayenzela ukuthi uhlale kuyo,
indawo engcwele, Oh Thixo,
eyamiswa ngezandla zakho.

18 UThixo uzabusa
kuze kube nini lanini.”
19Kwathi lapho amabhiza kaFaro, izinqola kanye labagadi bamabhiza sebengenile olwandle, uThixo wawabuyisa amanzi alo phezu kwabo, kodwa abako-Israyeli bona bazihambela badabula ulwandle phezu komhlabathi owomileyo. 20Khonapho uMiriyemu umphrofethikazi, udadewabo ka-Aroni, wathatha isigubhu sakhe ngesandla, bamlandela bonke abesifazane bephethe izigubhu begida. 21UMiriyemu wabahlabelela wathi:

“Mhlabeleleni uThixo
ngoba uphakeme kakhulu.
Ibhiza lomgadi walo
ukuphosele ngamandla olwandle.”

Amanzi EMara Le-Elimi

22UMosi wasebahola abako-Israyeli basuka oLwandle Olubomvu baya enkangala yeShuri bengatholi manzi. 23Kwathi befika eMara behluleka ukunatha amanzi akhona ngoba ayebaba. (Yikho indawo leyo kuthiwa yiMara.) 24Abantu basebekhonona kuMosi besithi, “Sinatheni-ke manje?”

25UMosi wasekhala kuThixo, uThixo wasemtshengisa isigojwana. Wasiphosela emanzini, amanzi aphenduka aba mnandi.

Khonapho uThixo wabenzela isimiso lomthetho, njalo khonapho wabalinga. 26Wathi, “Nxa lilalela kakuhle ilizwi likaThixo uNkulunkulu wenu, lenze okulungileyo kuye, lilandele imilayo yakhe njalo ligcine lezimiso zakhe, kangisoze ngilehlisele iziga lezo engazehlisela amaGibhithe; ngoba nginguThixo olisilisayo.”

27Basebefika e-Elimi lapho okwakulemithombo yamanzi elitshumi lambili khona, lezihlahla zelala ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa. Basebemisa khona lapho eduze kwamanzi.