1. Ke kaloku ibandla liphela lamaSirayeli latsho ngesimbonono lakhala bonke obo busuku.
2. Ewe, uSirayeli wakhalaza kuMosis noAron, esithi: “Akwaba sasifele eJiputa, okanye sifele kule ntlango.
3. Ngani ukuba *uNdikhoyo asise kwilizwe elinjalo? Kuba kucacile ukuba siya kufel' emfazweni, baze abafazi nabantwana bethu babe ngamaxhoba. Anitsho nina ukuba kubhetele sibuyele kwaseJiputa?”
4. Baza ke bacebisana bathi: “Masizikhethele inkokheli yokusibuyisela eJiputa.”
5. Kwesi sithuba ke uMosis noAron bathi guqaqa apho phambi kwebandla lakwaSirayeli liphela.
6. Ke yena uYoshuwa unyana kaNune, noKalebhi unyana kaJefune, abanye bezaa ntlola, basuka baziqwenga iimpahla zabo ngenxa yokukhathazeka,
7. baza babhekisa kumaSirayeli, bathi: “Hayi bo! Elaa lizwe sivela kulijonga lelihle kunene.
8. Ukuba uNdikhoyo uyakholwa sithi, uza kusisa kulo, alinikezele kuthi, yeka ke kambe indyebo yalo – liyintombazana!
9. Nto nje nina musani ukumvukela uNdikhoyo, ningabaxhaleli nabemi belo lizwe, kuba siya kuboyisa lula. UNdikhoyo ungakuthi, ibe ke bona bakukutya kwethu, kuba *izithixo zabo azinakubanceda. Hayi bo, sanukuba nadyudyu ngenxa yabo!”
10. Ke kaloku amaSirayeli ephela athi selezimisele ukubaxuluba ngamatye, suka abona ngobukhazi-khazi bokukhazimla kukaNdikhoyo bukhakhaba phezu kwesibingelelo.
11. *UNdikhoyo ke wadanduluka wathi: “Koda kube nini aba bantu bendidela? Koda kube nini bengandithembi, nangona sendenze imimangaliso engaka nje phakathi kwabo?
12. Yini le! Ndiza kubathumela ngobhubhani ndibatshabalalise. Kambe ke wena, nenzala yakho, ndiza kukwenza isizwe esikhulu nesinobungangamsha kunabo.”
13. Ke yena uMosis waphendula wathi kuNdikhoyo: “Awu, Mhlekazi, koba yini amaJiputa akuyiva loo nto? Kaloku nguwe owakhupha aba bantu phakathi kwawo ngamandla akho.
14. Abemi beli lizwe sebezivile iindaba zokuba wena Ndikhoyo uhamba nawo amaSirayeli, abantu bakho, yaye ubonwa ngamehlo; futhi nelifu lakho lisoloko lijinga phezu kwawo. Bevile nokuba wena emini uwakhokela ngomqulu welifu, uze uwakhokele ngomlilo odangazelayo ebusuku.