U-Eksodusi 17:1-16
17 Bonke abantu bako-Israyeli basuka enkangala yeSini+ njalo babehamba besima ezindaweni ezitshiyeneyo belandela lokho ababekutshelwa nguJehova.+ Bafika bakhempa eRefidimu+ kodwa kwakungelamanzi okunatha.
2 Ngakho abantu baqalisa ukuxabana loMosi+ besithi: “Sinike amanzi okunatha.” Kodwa uMosi wathi kubo: “Kungani lixabana lami? Kungani lilokhu lilinga+ uJehova?”
3 Kodwa abantu basebewome kakhulu kuleyondawo njalo baqhubeka bekhonona kuMosi+ besithi: “Usikhipheleni eGibhithe uzosibulalisa ngokoma thina lamadodana ethu lezifuyo zethu?”
4 UMosi wasekhala kuJehova wathi: “Ngithini ngabantu laba? Sekusele kancane ukuthi bangikhande ngamatshe.”
5 UJehova wasesithi kuMosi: “Thatha abanye abadala bako-Israyeli uhambe labo phambi kwabantu. Uthathe lentonga yakho owatshaya ngayo umfula uNayili,+ uyiphathe ngesandla uhambe.
6 Ngizabe ngimi phambi kwakho edwaleni eliseHorebhi. Kumele utshaye idwala liphume amanzi, abantu besebenatha.”+ UMosi wakwenza lokhu abadala bako-Israyeli bekhangele.
7 Ngakho wabiza indawo le ngokuthi yiMasa*+ kanye leMeribha*+ ngoba abako-Israyeli babexabane laye njalo balinga+ uJehova besithi: “UJehova uphakathi kwethu yini kumbe hatshi?”
8 Ngemva kwalokho ama-Amaleki+ abuya azokulwa labako-Israyeli eRefidimu.+
9 UMosi wasesithi kuJoshuwa:+ “Sikhethele amadoda beseliphuma liyekulwa lama-Amaleki. Kusasa ngizakuma phezu koqaqa ngiphethe intonga kaNkulunkulu weqiniso ngesandla sami.”
10 UJoshuwa wahamba wayakulwa lama-Amaleki njengokutsho kukaMosi.+ UMosi lo-Aroni loHuri+ bona baqansa baya phezu koqaqa.
11 Kwakusithi nxa uMosi ephakamise izandla zakhe abako-Israyeli bawakhulele ama-Amaleki, kodwa angazehlisa nje ama-Amaleki ayebakhulela.
12 Izandla zikaMosi zathi sezidiniwe bathatha ilitshe balibeka ngaphansi kwakhe wasehlala kulo. U-Aroni wama kwelinye icele, uHuri laye wama kwelinye icele bajeka izandla zakhe, azizange zinyikinyeke ilanga laze latshona.
13 Ngakho uJoshuwa wawanqoba ama-Amaleki ngenkemba.+
14 UJehova wasesithi kuMosi: “Bhala lokhu ebhukwini kube yisikhumbuzo uphinde ukutshele uJoshuwa uthi, ‘Ngizawaqeda wonke ama-Amaleki njalo awasoze aphinde akhunjulwe ngaphansi kwamazulu.’”+
15 UMosi wasesakha i-alithare walibiza ngokuthi Jehova-nisi,*
16 esithi: “Ngoba isandla sama-Amaleki simelane lesihlalo sobukhosi sikaJah.*+ UJehova uzakulwa lama-Amaleki kuzo zonke izizukulwane+ zawo.”
Amabala angaphansi
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Ukulinga.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Ukuxabana.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “UJehova uyisibonakaliso sami.”
^ Lesi yisifitshaniso sebizo elithi Jehova ngesiHebheru.
