1. Ngosuku lweshumi kwinyanga yesihlanu ngonyaka wesixhenxe, kweza kum iqela lamadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, ahlala phambi kwam, eze kubuzisa *kuNdikhoyo.
2. Ndeva ilizwi likaNdikhoyo lisithi:
3. “Mntundini, thetha namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, uthi kuwo: Ithi iNgangalala uNdikhoyo: Nize kubuzisa kum na? Ngokwenene ndiyafunga andiyi kunivumela nibuzise kum, itsho iNgangalala uNdikhoyo.
4. “Mntundini, bagwebe! Ewe, bagwebe! Baxelele ngezenzo ezinezothe zooyise,
5. uthi kubo: Naku okuthethwa yiNgangalala uNdikhoyo: Mhla ndazinyulela uSirayeli, ndafunga ndamisa izibhozo phambi kwesizukulwana sendlu kaYakobi, ndaza ndazityhila kubo eJiputa. Ewe, ndamisa isibhozo, ndathi kubo: ‘Mna ndinguNdikhoyo uThixo wenu.’
6. Ngaloo mhla ndafunga kubo ndathi ndiya kubakhupha eJiputa, ndibase kwilizwe endibafunele lona, ilizwe eliphuphuma ubisi nobusi, elona lizwe lilibhongo emazweni.
7. Ndaza ndathi kubo: ‘Omnye nomnye kuni makahlukane *nemifanekiso enezothe esenizimisele kuyo, niyeke ukuzigqwalisa *ngezithixo zaseJiputa. Ndim uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu.’
8. “Bandivukela, bala ukundiphulaphula, abayilahla imifanekiso enezothe ababezimisele kuyo, abazilahla izithixo zaseJiputa. Ndatsho ke ukuthi ndiya kuyikhuphela kubo ingqumbo yam; baya kuwuva umsindo wam eJiputa.
9. Kodwa ngenxa yegama lam ndenza ngako konke ukuba lingabandakanywa nokungendawo zizizwe abahlala phakathi kwazo nendizityhile phambi kwazo kumaSirayeli xa ndandiwakhupha eJiputa.
10. Ndawakhupha ke eJiputa, ndaza ndawazisa entlango.
11. Ndawanika imimiselo yam, ndawabekela nemithetho yam, ngokuba umntu oyithobelayo uya kudla ubomi ngayo.
12. Ndada ndawamisela *iMihla yam yokuPhumla njengomqondiso phakathi kwam nawo, ukuze azi ukuba mna Ndikhoyo ndiwenze abantu ababodwa.
13. “Kodwa kuko konke oku abantu bakwaSirayeli bandivukela entlango, bayityeshela imimiselo yam, bayilahla imithetho yam – nakuba lowo uyithobelayo eya kudla ubomi ngenxa yayoNqulo 18:5 – bayinyelisa kwaphela iMihla yam yokuPhumla. Ndatsho ukuthi ndiya kuyikhuphela kubo ingqumbo yam, ndibatshabalalise entlango.
14. Kodwa ngenxa yegama lam ndenza ngako konke ukuba lingenyeliswa emehlweni ezizwe abahlala phakathi kwazo nezandibona xa ndadibakhupha.