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Mulungu an'pasa mphambvu Mozeji
1 Mozeji adatawira kuti: “Tsono penu iwo an'kandikhulupirira lini, ngakhale kundibvera ndipo acidzati: ‘Mbuya alibe kukuwonekera’ ”.
2 Mbuya adam'bvundza kuti: “Kodi ni ciyani ciri m'manja mwakoco?” Iye adatawira kuti ni mpsimbo.
3 Mbuya adamuuza kuti: “Ithuse pantsi”. Iye adaithusa, ndipo mpsimboyo idasanduka nyoka. Mozeji adaithawa.
4 Pamwepo Mbuya adauza Mozeji aciti: “Futhula boko uiphate kum'cira”. Mozeji adafuthula boko aciiphata kum'cira ndipo iyo idasanduka mpsimbo m'manja mwace.
5 Ndipo Mbuya adati: “Bzimwebzi ni bzakuti iwo akakhulupirire kuti Mulungu wa makolo yawo, Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Mulungu wa Izaki na Mulungu wa Jakobo, adakuwonekera iwe”.
6 Mbuya adamuuza pomwe kuti: “Pitisa boko pacifuwa cako”. Iye adalipitisa. Tsono pomwe adalicosa likhana mapere, yakucena ninga matalala.
7 Mbuya adapitiriza kulewa aciti: “Bwerezera kupitisa bokolo pacifuwa cako”. Mozeji adalipitisa pomwe bokolo pacifuwapo, ndipo pomwe adalicosa lidabwerera mwa kale ninga momwe thupiro likhaliri.
8 Pamwepo Mbuya adati: “Penu iwo an'kakukhulupirira lini iwe, napo kubvuma cizindikiro cakuyamba cakudabwisa, an'dzakhulupirira cizindikiro caciwirico.
9 Tsono penu an'kakhulupirira lini bzizindikiro bziwiribzo, ngakhale kukubvera mafala yako, ukatunge madzi ya mumkulo wa Niro, ukayataye pamataka yakuuma. Pomwe iwepo un'dzataya madziyo pamataka yakuuma iyo yan'dzasanduka mulopa”.
10 Mozeji adauza Mbuya aciti: “Ah, Mbuya! Nimbakwanisa lini kulewa bwino, kuyambira kale ngakhale tsapano pomwe mwalewa na kapolo wanu. Lirime langu lidalemera!”
11 Mbuya adatawira aciti: “Kodi mbani adapasa mulomo munthu? Mbani ambamusandusa nkhuthu, ayai bewewe? Mbani ambamucitisa kuti awone ayai kuti akhale zimola? Kodi ndine lini Mbuya omwe nimbacita bzimwebzi?
12 Tsapano ndoko, Ine nin'dzakhala na iwe ndicimbakupfundzisa bzakuti ulewe”.
13 Tsono Mozeji adatawira kuti: “Ndaphata minyendo Mbuya, ndirikukumbira kuti mutume munthu winango”.
14 Pamwepo Mbuya adakalipira Mozeji, ndipo aciti: “Iwepo ulibe m'bale wako Aloni, muLevi? Ine nin'dziwa kuti iye ambalewa-lewa bwino. Ndipo iye alikubwera kudzagumana nawe, angakuwona an'dzakondwera mum'tima mwace.
15 Iwepo un'dzalewa-lewa naye, ucidzamuuza bzomwe alewe. Ine nin'dzakhala namwe pomwe mumbadzalewa-lewa ndipo nin'dzakuuzani bzomwe mucite.
16 Iye an'kalewa-lewa kuna wanthu pambuto yako, an'dzakhala nthena yako, iwepo un'dzalewa-lewa na iye ninga momwe Mulungu ambalewera na apolofita wace.
17 Utenge mpsimboyi m'manja mwako, nakuti na iyo un'dzacita bzizindikiro bzakudabwisa”.
Mozeji an'bwerera kuIjipito
18 Ndipo Mozeji adabwerera kuna Jetero thebzala wace, acimuuza kuti: “Ndaphata minyendo ndirekeni ndiyende kuIjipito kuti ndikawone abale wangu penu akana moyo”.
Jetero adamutawira kuti: “Ndoko na mtendere!”
19 Mbuya akhadawuza kale Mozeji kuMidiyani kuti: “Bwerera kuIjipito, nakuti wentse omwe akhafuna kukupha adafa”.
20 Na tenepo, Mozeji adatenga mkazi wace na wana wace, aciwakwiza pabulu, ndipo adabwerera kuIjipito. Mozeji adatenga mpsimbo ya Mulungu m'manja mwace.
21 Mbuya adauza pomwe Mozeji kuti: “Pomwe iwepo un'bwerera kuIjipito, leka kukayebwa kucita patsogolo pa Falau bzidabwiso bzentse bzomwe ndakupasa m'manja mwako, tsono Ine nin'kamuumisa m'tima wace kuti iye aleke kudzabvumiza mbumba kucoka”.
22 Ndipo ukamuuze Falau kuti: “Mbuya alewa tenepa: ‘Ijirayeri ni mwana wangu wakuyamba,
23 ndipo ndirikukuuza kuti: Muleke mwanangu ayende kuti akandipembe. Tsono iwepo ungamulambiza kuti ayende, Ine nin'dzapha mwana wako wacimuna wakuyamba!’ ”
24 Pomwe Mozeji akhali paulendo, adagumana na Mbuya panyumba ya alendo ndipo akhafuna kumupha.
25 Tsono Zipora adatenga mwala wakuthwa, acicita m'sinda wa m'gwato mwanace, ndipo khandalo adalikhuyisa m'minyendo mwa Mozeji, acirewa kuti: “Iwe ndiwe mwamuna wa mulopa kwa ine”.
26 Mkaziyo adati: “Mwamuna wa mulopa”, thangwe ra m'sinda wa m'gwato. Na tenepo Mbuya adamusiya.
27 Mbuya adauzambo Aloni kuti: “Ndoko kucidambo ukagumane na Mozeji”. Iye adayenda, ndipo adakagumana naye paphiri la Mulungu, acimumpsompsona.
28 Mozeji adafotokozera Aloni mafala yentse yomwe Mbuya adamuuza, na bzidabwiso bzentse bzomwe adamuuza kuti akacite.
29 Na tenepo Mozeji na Aloni adayenda acikatsonkhanisa akulu-akulu wentse wa aIjirayeri.
30 Aloni adalewa mafala yentse yomwe Mbuya akhadauza Mozeji. Patsogolo pace Mozeji adacita bzidabwiso pamaso pa mbumba.
31 Ndipo mbumbayo idakhulupirira. Pomwe mbumbayo idabva kuti Mbuya adabwera kuti adzathandize wana wa aIjirayeri, ndipo adawona kubonera kwawo, idagodama icimupemba.