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Jetero an'zungira Mozeji
1 Jetero, wantsembe wa kuMidiyani, thebzala wa Mozeji, adabva bzentse bzomwe Mulungu akhadacitira Mozeji na mbumba ya Ijirayeri, bza momwe Mbuya adacosera aIjirayeri muIjipito.
2 Mozeji akhadatumiza Zipora mkazi wace kunyumba kwa thebzala wace Jetero, iye adamutambira 3 pabodzi na wana wace awiri wacimuna. M'bodzi wawo akhacemeredwa Geresoni, thangwe Mozeji adati: “Ndakhala nyakudza mudziko lacilendo”. 4 Ndipo winangoyo adam'cemera Eliyezere, thangwe adati: “Mulungu wa baba wangu akhali m'thandizi wangu ndipo adandipulumusa pa cisenga ca Falau”.
5 Jetero, thebzala wa Mozeji, adabwera na mkazi na wana wa Mozeji mucidambo, komwe akhadamanga bzikumbi pafupi na phiri la Mulungu. 6 Ndipo Jetero adatumiza mafala kuna Mozeji kuti: “Ine thebzala wako Jetero, ndirikubwera kuna iwe, na mkazi wako na wana wace awiri”.
7 Pamwepo Mozeji adacoka acikagumana na thebzala wace, adagodama acimumpsompsona. Atamusana adapita mucikumbi. 8 Ndipo Mozeji adafotokozera thebzala wace bzentse bzomwe Mbuya adacita kuna Falau na aIjipito, thangwe ra lufoi kuna aIjirayeri, ndipombo mphicha zomwe adagumana nazo paulendo, na momwe Mbuya adawapulumusira.
9 Jetero adakondwera na bzabwino bzentse bzomwe Mbuya adacitira aIjirayeri, kuwapulumusa m'manja mwa aIjipito. 10 Ndipo adati: “Mbasimbidwe Mbuya, omwe adakupulumusani m'manja mwa aIjipito na mwa Falau. 11 Tsapano ndadziwa kuti Mbuya ni m'kulu kuposa mirungu yentse, thangwe adapulumusa mbumbayi m'manja mwa aIjipito, pomwe iwo akhainyoza”. 12 Pamwepo Jetero, thebzala wa Mozeji, adatenga ntsembe yakutentha na ntsembe zinango, acipereka kwa Mulungu. Ndipo Aloni na akulu wa Ijirayeri wentse adabwera kuti adzadye na thebzala wa Mozeji, patsogolo pa Mulungu.
Mozeji an'tambira malangizo kuna Jetero
13 Mangwana yace, Mozeji adakhala pa mpando kuti atonge mirandu ya mbumba, ndipo mbumba ikhadaima patsogolo pa Mozeji, kuyambira macibese mpaka dzuwa kumira. 14 Pomwe Jetero, thebzala wa Mozeji, adawona bzentse bzomwe iye akhacitira mbumba, adati: “Ni ciyani comwe ulikucita kuna mbumba? Thangwe ranyi iwe wekha ndiwe un'khala pakutonga, ndipo mbumba yentse in'dikhira idaima, kuyambira macibese mpaka kumira kwa dzuwa?”
15 Mozeji adatawira kuti: “Mbumbayi irikundibwerera kuti ine ndibvunze Mulungu. 16 Nthawe zentse zomwe wina an'khala na mulandu, ambabweresa kuna ine ndipo ine nimbatonga pakati pawo, ndiciwapfundzisa malamulo na mitemo ya Mulungu”.
17 Tsono thebzala wa Mozeji adati: “Bzomwe ulikucita n'bzabwino lini. 18 Iwe na mbumba yako mun'dzaneta, nakuti kwa iwe basali ndikulu kwene-kwene. Ungakwanise lini kulicita iwe wekha. 19 Tsapano bvaya bzomwe nin'funa kulewa! Ine nin'dzakuyeruza, ndipo Mulungu akhale na iwe. Uimirire mbumba pamaso pa Mulungu, tenga milandu yawo uipereke kuna Mulungu. 20 Apfunzise malamulo na mitemo, uciwadziwisa kakhalidwe ndipo kuti ni ciyani comwe angacite. 21 Tsono pakati pa mbumba yentseneyi sankhula amuna omwe an'kwanisa, wakugopa Mulungu, amuna wakulungama omwe ambabvuma lini kugulidwa. Uwaikhe kuti akhale atsogoleri wa culu, wa dzana, wa makumi maxanu na wa khumi. 22 Iwo an'dzatonga mirandu ya mbumba nthawe zentse. Mirandu yentse yakunesa ambabwere nayo kuna iwe. Tsono mirandu yakupusa kutonga ambaitonge okha. Bzimwebzi bzin'dzalulisa mtolo wako, thangwe iwo an'dzagawana nawe. 23 Penu iwe un'cita tenepoyo, ndipo Mulungu acikuuza tenepoyo, iwepo un'dzakwanisa kulimbika pamphicha, ndipo mbumba yentseneyi in'dzabwerera kumui na mtendere”.
24 Mozeji adabvuma mafala ya thebzala wace, ndipo adacita bzentse bzomwe iye adamuuza. 25 Mozeji adasankhula amuna wakukwanisa pakati pa aIjirayeri wentse, ndipo adawaikha utsogoleri: Atsogoleri wa culu, atsogoleri wa dzana, atsogoleri wa makumi maxanu na atsogoleri wa khumi. 26 Ndipo iwo akhatonga mbumba nthawe yentse. Mirandu yakunesa akhayenda nayo kuna Mozeji ndipo mirandu yakupusa kutonga akhaitonga okha.
27 Pamwepo, Mozeji adagonekana na thebzala wace, ndipo Jetero adabwerera kudziko lace.

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