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Mosi Wakhetsa Kukhonta Jehova

Mosi Wakhetsa Kukhonta Jehova

Ngesikhatsi uhlala eGibhithe umndeni waJakobe bewatiwa ngekutsi ngema-Israyeli. Nasebafile boJakobe naJosefa, kwase kubusa lomunye Faro. Abesaba kutsi ema-Israyeli sewaba nemandla kwendlula emaGibhithe. Ngako loFaro wenta ema-Israyeli tigcili. Abewafolomisa titini futsi awentisa imisebenti yasemasimini. Ema-Israyeli andza kakhulu ngesikhatsi emaGibhithe awaphocelela kutsi asebente kamatima. Ngenca yekutsi Faro abengakutsandzi loko, wakhipha umyalo wekutsi tonkhe tinswane tebafana tema-Israyeli tibulawe. Ucabanga kutsi abesaba kangakanani ema-Israyeli?

Jokhebedi umfati longum-Israyeli abenemntfwana lomuhle longumfana. Kuze amvikele wamfaka ebhasikidini futsi wamfihla emhlangeni losemfuleni iNayili. Miriyamu dzadzewabo loluswane abeme dvutane, entela kubuka kutsi kutakwentekani kulo.

Indvodzakati yaFaro beyiyogeza emfuleni futsi yabona lebhasikidi. Yatfola kuneluswane lwemfana, lukhala futsi yaluhawukela. Miriyamu wabuta watsi: ‘Ngingakulandzela yini make lotakumunyisela lomntfwana aphindze amnakekele?’ Ngesikhatsi indvodzakati yaFaro itsi angahamba, Miriyamu walandza Jokhebedi, make waloluswane. Indvodzakati yaFaro yatsi kuJokhebedi: ‘Tsatsa lomntfwana ungimunyisele yena uphindze umnakekele, mine ngitakubhadala.’

Watsi nasakhulakhulile lomntfwana, Jokhebedi wamtsatsa wammikisa kulendvodzakati yaFaro leyametsa yatsi nguMosi futsi yamkhulisa waba ngewayo. Mosi wakhula njengemntfwanenkhosi futsi abetfola noma yini layifunako. Kodvwa Mosi akazange amkhohlwe Jehova. Bekati kutsi ungum-Israyeli hhayi umGibhithe futsi wakhetsa kukhonta Jehova.

Ngesikhatsi aneminyaka lengu-40, Mosi wancuma kusita bantfu bakubo. Watsi nakabona umGibhithe ashaya um-Israyeli, Mosi washaya lomGibhithe, wambulala wase ummbela esihlabatsini. Watsi Faro nakayiva lendzaba wafuna kubulala Mosi. Kodvwa Mosi wabaleka wayewuhlala eveni lakaMidiyani. Jehova abemnakekela lapho.

“Ngekukholwa, watsi Mosi nasakhulile wala kubitwa ngekutsi uyindvodzana yendvodzakati yaFaro, wakhetsa kuhlushwa nebantfu baNkulunkulu.”​—Hebheru 11:24, 25