1Ibandla lonke labantwana bakwa-Israyeli lasuka ehlane laseSini ngamabanga alo njengesiyalezo sikaJehova, lamisa eRafidimi; kwakungekho manzi okuba abantu baphuze.
2Ngakho abantu baphikisana loMozisi besithi: Siphe amanzi, siphuze. Wayesethi uMose kubo: “Niphikisana nami na? ubuzani eNkosini?
3Abantu bakhona bomele amanzi; abantu bakhonona ngoMose, bathi: “Usikhuphuleleni eGibithe ukuba usibulale ngokoma thina nabantwana bethu nemfuyo yethu na?
4UMose wayesebiza uJehova, wathi: “Ngizakwenzani kulaba bantu na? sebezongikhanda ngamatshe.
5UJehova wayesethi kuMose: “Phuma phambi kwabantu, uthathe amalunga akwa-Israyeli nawe; nentonga yakho owashaya ngayo umfula, yiphathe esandleni sakho, uhambe.
6Bheka, ngiyakuma lapho phambi kwakho edwaleni laseHorebe; uyakushaya idwala, kuphume amanzi kulo, abantu baphuze. Wenze njalo uMose emehlweni amalunga akwa-Israyeli.
7Wabiza indawo ngokuthi iMasa neMeriba ngenxa yokuxabana kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli nangenxa yokubuza kwabo uJehova ngokuthi: “Ingabe uJehova uphakathi kwethu noma qha?
8U-Amaleki weza walwa no-Israyeli eRafidimi.
9UMose wayesethi kuJoshuwa: “Sikhethele amadoda, uphume ulwe no-Amaleki; kusasa ngiyakuma esiqongweni sentaba, induku kaNkulunkulu isesandleni sami.
10UJoshuwa wenza njengalokho uMose emyalile, walwa no-Amaleki; oMose, no-Aroni, noHure bakhuphukela esiqongweni sentaba.
11Lapho uMose ephakamisa isandla sakhe, u-Israyeli wahlula; lapho esehlisa, u-Amaleki wahlula.
12Kodwa izandla zikaMose zazinzima; bathatha itshe, balibeka phansi kwakhe, wahlala phezu kwalo; o-Aroni noHure baphakamisa izandla zakhe, omunye ngalapha, omunye engalapha; izandla zakhe zaziqinile laze lashona ilanga.
13UJoshuwa wasanganisa u-Amaleki nabantu bakhe ngobukhali benkemba.
14INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Kubhale egwalweni kube yisikhumbuzo, ukuphindaphinde endlebeni zikaJoshuwa, ngoba ngizacima ngokupheleleyo isikhumbuzo sikaAmaleki ngaphansi kwezulu.
15UMose walakha i-altare, walibiza ngokuthi uJehova-Nisi.
16Wathi: “Ngokuba uJehova ufungile ukuthi uJehova uyakulwa no-Amaleki izizukulwane ngezizukulwane.”
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