¹ Base behlabelela uMose nabantwana bakwa -Israyeli leli gama , bekhuluma bethi: Ngizakuhlabelela kuJehova , ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu ; ihhashi nenkweli yalo ukuphonse elwandle. ² UJehova ungamandla ami nehubo lami ; waba yinsindiso kimi ; unguNkulunkulu wami : ngizakumdumisa, noNkulunkulu kababa : ngizakumphakamisa. ³ UJehova uyindoda yempi; nguJehova igama lakhe. ⁴ Izinqola zikaFaro nempi yakh e ukuphonse elwandle ; izinduna zakhe ezikhethiweyo zaminza eLwandle Olubomvu. ⁵ Izintwa ziyabasibekela; bashona ezinzulwini njengetshe. ⁶ Isandla sakho sokunene , Nkosi, sidumisekile ngaman dla aso ; esokunene sakho, Nkosi, siyaphahlaza isitha. ⁷ Ngobukhulu bobukhosi bakh o uyachitha abakuvukelayo ; uyathuma intukuthelo yakho, ibaqede njengamabibi. ⁸ Ngokufutha kwamakhala akh o amanzi anqwabeleka ; izifufula zema njengenqwaba, amadlambi ashuqa phakathi kolwandle. ⁹ Isitha sathi: Ngiyakubaxosha, ngibafice, ngahlukanise impango , inhliziyo yami idele ngabo; ngiyakuhosha inkemba yami, isandla sami sibachithe. ¹⁰ Waphephetha ngomoya wakho , ulwandle lwabasibekela ; baminzisa okomthofu emanzini anamandla. ¹¹ Ngubani onjengawe Jehov a phakathi kwawonkulunkulu ; ngubani onjengawe okhazimula ngobungcwele , owesabeka ngezibongo , owenza izimangaliso, na? ¹² Welula isandla sakho sokunene, umhlaba wabagwinya. ¹³ Ngomusa wakho wabahola abantu obahlengileyo ; ngamandla akho wabayisa endlini yakho engcwele. ¹⁴ Izizwe zizwile; ziyakuthuthumela; abakhe eFilistiya behlelwe luvalo. ¹⁵ Khona aphaphatheka amakhosi akwa -Edomi; izikhulu zakwaMowabi zabanjwa yitwetwe; bonke abakhe eKhanani baphelile amandla. ¹⁶ Bayehlelwa luvalo nokwesaba; ngokobukhulu bengalo yakho bathulisa okwetshe, baze bawele abantu bakho , Jehova, baze bawele abantu bakho obathengileyo. ¹⁷ Uzakubangenisa, ubatshale entabeni yefa lakho , indawo ozenzele yona , Jehova, ukuba uhlale kuyo, indlu engcwele, Nkosi, eziyimisile izandla zakho. ¹⁸ UJehova uyakubusa kuze kube phakade. ¹⁹ Ngokuba amahhashi kaFaro angena elwandle kanye nezinqola zakhe nabamahhashi bakhe , uJehova wabuyisela amanzi olwandle phezu kwabo ; kepha abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bahamba emhlabathini owomileyo ngaphakathi kolwandle. ²⁰ UMiriyamu umprofethikazi , udadewabo ka -Aroni, waphatha isigubhu ngesandla sakhe ; bonke abesifazane baphuma emva kwakhe bephethe izigubhu, besina. ²¹ UMiriyamu wabaphendula ngokuthi : Hlabelelani kuJehova, ngokuba uphakeme kakhulu; ihhashi nenkweli yalo ukuphonse elwandle. Amanzi ababayo aseMara ²² UMose wayesebahola abakwa -Israyeli besuka eLwandle Olubomvu , baya ehlane laseShuri; bahamba ehlane izinsuku ezintathu bengafumani manzi. ²³ Sebefika eMara babengenakuphuza amanzi aseMara , lokhu ayebaba; ngalokho igama lalo lathiwa iMara. ²⁴ Abantu bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: Siyakuphuzani na? ²⁵ Wayesekhala kuJehova ; uJehova wambonisa umuthi ; wawuphonsa emanzini, amanzi aba mtoti . Wabamisela khona isimiso nomthetho ; wabavivinya lapho, ²⁶ wathi: Uma u lalela nokulalela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho , ukwenze okulungile emehlweni akhe , ulalele imiyalo yakhe , ugcine izimiso zakhe zonke , angiyikubeka phezu kwakho nasinye salezo zifo engizibeke phezu kwabaseGibithe, ngokuba nginguJehova okuphilisayo. Ukufika kwabakwa-Israyeli e-Elimi ²⁷ Bafika e -Elimi, lapho kwakukhona imithombo eyishumi nambili yamanzi namasundu angamashumi ayisikhombisa; bamisa khona ngasemanzini.