4. Wawathatha ke, wawanyibilikisa, waza igolide leyo enziwe ngayo wayibumba ngezixhobo zokubumba, wenza inkunzana yenkomo ngayo. AmaSirayeli ke athi: “Sirayeli, nanku uThixo wakho owakukhupha eJiputa!”
5. Akuyibona le nto uAron wakha iqonga lamadini apho phambi kwaloo nkunzana yenkomo, waza wenza isaziso esithi: “Ngomso kobhiyozelwa uNdikhoyo.”
6. Kwangentseni ngomhla olandelayo benza amadini atshiswayo kwanatyiwayo. Ke kaloku abo bantu batya, basela, bahakaza, bada barheletya.
7. *UNdikhoyo wayalela uMosis wathi: “Khawuleza uhle! Aba bantu bakho wabakhupha eJiputa babhatyazile;
8. sebekhawuleze bawushiya umyalelo endabanika wona. Ngoku bazibumbele inkunzana yenkomo, bayinqula; futhi banikela amadini kuyo. Bathi: ‘MaSirayeli, lo nguThixo wethu owasikhupha eJiputa.’ ”
9. UNdikhoyo waqhuba wathi: “Ngoku ndiyabaqonda aba bantu inkani yabo – nqwa neyesele!
10. Ngoko ke wena ndiyeke, kuba ndiza kubacim' igama, wena ndikwenze ube sisizwe esikhulu.”
11. Kambe ke uMosis watarhuzisa kuNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe, wathi: “Awu, *Mhlekazi, ungathini kaloku ukusuka ulwe kanjalo nabantu bakho owabahlangula wabakhulula ngobungaka bona ubungangamsha kwelaseJiputa?
12. Xa kunjalo amaJiputa angatsho ngakhona athi: ‘UThixo wamaSirayeli wawakhupha eJiputa eneenjongo zokuwatshabalalisela ezintabeni, awatshayele angabikho ehlabathini.’ Awu, ndiyakubongoza, Mhlekazi, lala ngenxeba, uxole, ungabi sabahlisela le ntlekele abantu bakho.
13. Khawukhumbule izicaka zakho, uAbraham, uIsake, noSirayeli. Kaloku wazifunga kwawena siqu, usithi: ‘Inzala yenu ndiya kuyandisa, ibe ninzi njengeenkwenkwezi ezisesibhaka-bhakeni. Eli lizwe ndinithembise ngalo liya kuba lilifa lezizukulwana zenu ngonaphakade.’ ”
14. Ngenene ke *uNdikhoyo wabuya nganeno kuloo ntlekele wayethe uza kubahlisela yona abantu bakhe.
15. UMosis ke wehla apho entabeni, ewaphethe loo macwecwe mabini amatye abhalwe ubungqina bomnqophiso macal' omabini.
16. La macwecwe ke ayengumsebenzi kaThixo ncakasana, nombhalo lowo wawukrolwe nguye ngenkqu.
17. Akuyiva ingxolo yabantu bekhwaza, uYoshuwa wabhekisa kuMosis wathi: “Ndiva intsholo esikhululweni ngathi lifile.”
18. UMosis waphendula wathi: “Kum le ntsholo ingathi asiyiyo eyoloyiso, okanye ukoyiswa; ivakala ngathi yeyeziyolo nje.”
19. Uthe ke uMosis akuba kufuphi, ebone loo nkunzi yenkomo, ngokunjalo nabantu beduda bexhentsa, suka wasisifu ngumsindo. Apho kanye phantsi kwentaba wasuka wawalahla phantsi loo macwecwe wayewaphethe, aphuka.
20. Wayithatha loo nkunzi babeyibumbile, wayiphosa emlilweni, waza wayicola yangumgubo, wawugalela emanzini aselwa ngamaSirayeli.
21. UMosis wabuza kuAron wathi: “Aba bantu bakwenze ntoni na ukuze ubafake kwesinje sona isono?”
22. UAron waphendula wathi: “Ungakhathazeki, mntakwethu; kaloku nawe uyabazi aba bantu ukuba baqinel' enyaleni ngesono.