1. Ngenyanga yesithathu emveni kokuphuma koonyana bakaSirayeli ezweni laseYiputa, ngayo loo mini, bafika entlango yaseSinayi.
2. Banduluka eRefidim, bafika entlango yaseSinayi, balalisa entlango; amisa iintente apho amaSirayeli malunga nentaba.
3. UMoses wenyuka waya kuThixo, uYehova wadanduluka kuye esentabeni apho, wathi, Yitsho kwindlu kaYakobi, uxelele oonyana bakaSirayeli ukuthi,
4. Nina niyibonile into endiyenzileyo kumaYiputa, ukuba ndanithwala ngamaphiko okhozi, ndanizisa kum.
5. Ngoku ke, ukuba nithe naliphulaphula okunene izwi lam, nawugcina umnqophiso wam, noba yinqobo kum kwizizwe zonke, kuba ihlabathi lonke lelam;
6. nibe bubukumkani bababingeleli kum, nohlanga olungcwele. Ngawo lawo amazwi oya kuwathetha koonyana bakaSirayeli.
7. Weza uMoses, wawabiza amadoda amakhulu abantu, wabeka phambi kwawo onke amazwi uYehova awamwisela umthetho ngawo.
8. Baphendula bonke abantu ngamxhelo mnye, bathi, Konke akuthethileyo uYehova sokwenza. UMoses wayixelela uYehova intetho yabantu.
9. Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Yabona, ndiyeza kuwe ndiselifini elingqingqwa, ukuze beve abantu ekuthetheni kwam nawe, bakholwe kuwe ngonaphakade. Wawaxela ke uMoses amazwi abantu kuYehova.