Ekesodo 5:1-23
5 Morago ga moo, Moshe le Arone ba ne ba tsena kwa go Faro mme ba mo raya ba re: “Jehofa, Modimo wa Iseraele a re, ‘Lesa batho ba me gore ba ye go ntirela moletlo kwa nageng.’”
2 Mme Faro a ba raya a re: “Jehofa+ ke mang gore ke utlwe lentswe la gagwe mme ke lese Baiseraele gore ba tsamaye?+ Ga ke itse Jehofa gotlhelele e bile mo godimo ga moo, ga nkitla ke letla Baiseraele gore ba tsamaye.”+
3 Mme ba ne ba re: “Modimo wa Bahebera o buile le rona. Tsweetswee, re batla go tsaya loeto lwa malatsi a le mararo re ye kwa nageng mme re ntshetse Jehofa, Modimo wa rona setlhabelo;+ go seng jalo o tla re otlhaya ka bolwetse kgotsa ka tšhaka.”
4 Kgosi ya Egepeto e ne ya ba araba ya re: “Ke ka ntlha yang fa wena Moshe le Arone lo tlogedisa batho tiro ya bone? Boelang kwa tirong* ya lona!”+
5 Mme Faro a tswelela a re: “Bonang gore batho ba lona ba bantsi jang, mme lo tla dira gore ba tlogele tiro ya bone.”
6 Mo go lone letsatsi leo, Faro o ne a laela baokamedi ba tiro le balebedi ba bone jaana:
7 “Lo se ka lwa tlhola lo naya batho bano lotlhaka gore ba dire ditena.+ A ba ye go iphuthela lotlhaka.
8 Mme lo tswelele lo batla selekanyo sa ditena se ba neng ba ntse ba se dira pele. Lo se ka lwa se fokotsa ka gonne ba iketlile.* Ke gone ka moo ba goang ba re, ‘Re batla go tsamaya, re batla go ntshetsa Modimo wa rona setlhabelo!’
9 Dirang gore ba bereke thata mme lo dire gore ba nne ba tshwaregile gore ba se ka ba reetsa maaka.”
10 Ka jalo, baokamedi ba tiro+ le balebedi ba ne ba tswa mme ba raya batho ba re: “Faro o buile jaana, ‘Ga ke tlhole ke lo naya lotlhaka.
11 Tsamayang lo ye go ipatlela lotlhaka gongwe le gongwe kwa lo ka lo bonang teng, mme gone tiro ya lona ga e kitla e fokodiwa.’”
12 Go tswa foo, batho ba ne ba gasama mo lefatsheng lotlhe la Egepeto gore ba phuthe lotlhaka mo masimong a a setseng a robilwe.*
13 Mme baokamedi ba tiro ba nna ba ba raya ba re: “Letsatsi le letsatsi, mongwe le mongwe wa lona o tshwanetse go fetsa tiro ya gagwe fela jaaka fa lo ne lo newa lotlhaka.”
14 Balebedi ba Baiseraele, ba ba neng ba tlhomilwe ke baokamedi ba tiro ba ga Faro gore ba okamele Baiseraele, ba ne ba itewa.+ Ba ne ba bodiwa jaana: “Ke ka ntlha yang fa lo sa fitlhelela selekanyo sa ditena se lo tlholang lo se dira? Seno se diragetse maabane le gompieno.”
15 Ka jalo, balebedi ba Baiseraele ba ne ba ya kwa go Faro mme ba ngongorega ba re: “Ke ka ntlha yang fa o tshwara batlhanka ba gago ka tsela eno?
16 Rona batlhanka ba gago, ga re newe lotlhaka le fa go ntse jalo baokamedi ba tiro ba re raya ba re, ‘Dirang ditena!’ Rona batlhanka ba gago, re a itewa le fa gone batho ba gago e le bone ba ba molato.”
17 Faro o ne a ba raya a re: “Lo iketlile,* lo iketlile!*+ Ke gone ka moo lo reng, ‘Re batla go tsamaya, re batla go ntshetsa Jehofa setlhabelo.’+
18 Jaanong tsamayang, boelang kwa tirong! Ga lo kitla lo newa lotlhaka, mme gone lo tshwanetse go dira selekanyo sa ditena se se batlegang.”
19 Foo balebedi ba Baiseraele ba ne ba lemoga gore ba lebane le bothata jo bogolo ka ntlha ya taelo eno: “Lo se ka lwa fokotsa selekanyo sa lona sa ditena se lo se dirang letsatsi le letsatsi.”
20 Morago ga moo, balebedi bao ba ne ba kopana le Moshe le Arone, ba ba neng ba ba emetse gore ba ba kgatlhantshe fa ba tswa kwa go Faro.
21 Gone fela foo, ba ne ba ba raya ba re: “E kete Jehofa a ka bona se lo se dirileng a bo a lo atlhola, ka gonne lo dirile gore Faro le batlhanka ba gagwe ba re nyatse* e bile lo tsentse tšhaka mo diatleng tsa bone gore ba re bolaye.”+
22 Foo Moshe a bua le Jehofa a re: “Jehofa, ke ka ntlha yang fa o bogisitse batho bano? Ke ka ntlha yang fa o nthomile?
23 Go tloga ka nako e ke neng ka ya go bua le Faro ka yone mo leineng la gago,+ Faro o diretse batho bano bosula le go feta,+ mme wena ga o a golola batho ba gago.”+
Dintlha Tse di Kwa Tlase
^ Kgotsa “mekgweleong.”
^ Kgotsa “ditshwakga.”
^ Seheb., “ba phuthe dirite gore ba tle ba dire lotlhaka.”
^ Kgotsa “ditshwakga.”
^ Kgotsa “ditshwakga.”
^ Kgotsa “lo dirile gore re nkge bosula fa pele ga ga Faro le fa pele ga batlhanka ba gagwe.”
