Exodus 18:1-27
18 Jeturo tamweyi zaMosesa ogu ga kere mupristeli gomoMidiyani, kwa zuvhire nayinye eyi ga ruganenene Karunga Mosesa novantu vendi Vaisraeli ntani nomu Jehova ga gusire Vaisraeli moEgipite.
2 Jeturo tamweyi zaMosesa kwa pakerere mbili Sipora mukadaMosesa apa va mu tumine kwendi,
3 kumwe novana vendi wovagara vavali. Munendi gumwe kwa mu rukire Geresomu,* yeeyi Mosesa kwa tente asi: “Ame kwa ya tunga ngomunayirongo mosirongo sovantu.”
4 Ano gumwe kwa mu rukire Eliyesere,* morwa age kwa tente asi: “Karunga gotate kuvatera nge, age kwa popera nge korufuro rwaFarawo.”
5 Jeturo tamweyi zaMosesa novana vaMosesa wovagara ntani namukadendi, kwa wizire kwaMosesa momburundu. Mosesa kwa dikire tende zendi kondundu zaKarunga gousili.
6 Makura age ta tumine Mosesa mbudi asi: “Ame tamweyi zoge Jeturo kuna kuwiza kumwe namukadoge ntani novana woge vavali wovagara.”
7 Mosesa makura ta zi a ka gwane tamweyi zendi. Age ta mu nyongamene nokumuncumita. Konyima zokulikunda, tava hwilire motende.
8 Mosesa ta tantere tamweyi zendi nayinye eyi ga rugene Jehova kwaFarawo noVaegipite a popere Vaisraeli ntani nomaudigu nagenye aga va ligwanekerere nago monzira nomu ga va poperere Jehova.
9 Jeturo kwa haferere yininke nayinye yoyiwa eyi ga rugene Jehova apa ga poperere Vaisraeli koVaegipite.*
10 Makura Jeturo ta tanta asi: “Jehova va mu hamberere morwa age ga mu popera koVaegipite ntani kwaFarawo. Age kwa popera vantu koupangeli woVaegipite.
11 Ngesi nina yi diva asi Jehova ga pitakana yikarunga nayinye, morwa age kwa tengekere vantu ava va tekwire vantu vendi momudona.”
12 Makura Jeturo ta reta nzambo zeswakerero ntani nononzambo dimwe kwaKarunga. Ano Arona nomasimbi goVaisraeli tava wiza va ya lye kumwe natamweyi zaMosesa komeho zaKarunga gousili.
13 Ezuva eli lya kweme ko, Mosesa ta hingire ngwendi moomu nga yi rugana a pangure vantu. Vantu kwa sikeme pwaMosesa kutundilira ngurangura dogoro ngurova.
14 Tamweyi zendi apa ga mwene eyi ga ruganenene Mosesa vantu, ta tanta asi: “Yisinke ono kuyiruganena ngoso? Morwasinke ono hingilire nyovelike o sige vantu va sikame kutunda ngurangura dogoro ngurova?”
15 Mosesa ta tantere tamweyi zendi asi: “Vantu kuna kuwiza kwange morwa vana hara kudiva eyi ana hara Karunga.
16 Nsene una horoka udigu pokatji kovantu, awo kuureta kwange ni ya u pangure, makura ame kuvadivisa eyi ana tokora Karunga gousili ntani nonoveta dendi.”
17 Tamweyi zendi ta mu tantere asi: “Eyi ono kurugana kapisi yiwa.
18 Ayo ngayi kurorora kumwe novantu ava ava wiza koge, morwa sirugana esi udigu unene kapi to vhuru kusirugana nyovelike.
19 Ngesi purakena nge. Ame tani ku pe ko magano ntani Karunga na kara kumwe nove. Ove ngo uyungira po vantu kwaKarunga gousili nokutwara maudigu govantu kwaKarunga gousili.
20 Wa hepa kuvaronga nompangera nonoveta daKarunga noku va divisa omu nava paruka ntani neyi nava rugana.
21 Nye wa hepa kuhorowora vagara wokuhuguvara ava va tjira Karunga ava ava dili kupapara mfuto.* Tura vamwe va pitisire vantu eyovi, vamwe vantu efere, ano vamwe vantu nomurongo ntano ntani vamwe vantu murongo.
22 Awo va hepa kupangura vantu nsene udigu una horoka ntani awo ngava reta maudigu gomanene koge, nye maudigu gomanunu ngava ga pangura vene. Nsene o va pulisira va ku vatere, ayo ngayi rerupika yirugana yoge.
23 Nsene no yi rugana ntani nsene Karunga nage ana yi kwatesa ko, ove kapi ngo roroka ntani vantu navenye ngava tengura komambo gawo nombili.”
24 Mosesa ta purakene kwatamweyi zendi nokurugana nayinye eyi ga mu tanterere.
25 Mosesa makura ta horowora vagara wokuhuguvara moVaisraeli, ta tura vamwe va pitisire vantu eyovi, vamwe vantu efere, ano vamwe vantu nomurongo ntano ntani vamwe vantu murongo.
26 Awo ngava pangura vantu nsene maudigu gana horoka. Maudigu gomanene ngava ga twara kwaMosesa nye gomanunu ngava ga pangura vene.
27 Konyima, Mosesa ta rekere tamweyi zendi makura tava tengura kosirongo sawo.
Nonkango dokonhi
^ Kutanta asi “Munayirongo.”
^ Kutanta asi “Karunga kuvatera nge.”
^ MoRuhebeli asi “mokuwoko koVaegipite.”
^ Ndi “ava va nyenga yomoufutunkume.”
