Chapter 18
1 UYitro, umbingeleli wakwaMidiyan, uyise womkaMoses, wayiva yonke into uThixo abeyenzele uMoses, namaSirayeli abantu bakhe, ukuba uYehova uwakhuphile amaSirayeli eYiputa.
2 UYitro, uyise womkaMoses, wamthabatha uTsipora, umkaMoses, emveni kokuba ebemndulule,
3 noonyana bakhe bobabini; igama lomnye lalinguGershom, kuba wathi, Bendingumphambukeli ezweni lolunye uhlanga; igama lomnye lalinguEliyezere,
4 kuba wathi, UThixo kabawo ubengumncedi wam, wandihlangula ekreleni likaFaro.
5 UYitro, uyise womkaMoses, weza ke noonyana bakhe nomkakhe, kuMoses entlango, apho wayemise khona intente, entabeni kaThixo.
6 Wathi kuMoses, Mna Yitro, unguyihlo, ndize kuwe, ndinomkakho enoonyana bakhe bobabini.
7 Waphuma uMoses, waya kumkhawulela uyise womkakhe, waqubuda, wamanga; babuzana impilo, bangena ententeni.
8 UMoses wambalisela uyise womkakhe yonke into uYehova abeyenzile kuFaro nakumaYiputa ngenxa kaSirayeli; nenkxamleko yonke abayifumanayo endleleni, nokuhlangulwa kwabo nguYehova.
9 Wavuya uYitro akukuva konke ukulunga abekwenzile uYehova kuSirayeli, ngokumhlangula esandleni samaYiputa.
10 Wathi uYitro, Makabongwe uYehova owanihlangulayo esandleni samaYiputa, nasesandleni sikaDaro; owabahlangulayo abantu, baphuma phantsi kwesandla samaYiputa.
11 Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba uYehova mkhulu koothixo bonke; ewe, kwakuloo nto amaYiputa abewakhukhumalele ngayo amaSirayeli.
12 UYitro, uyise womkaMoses, wamthabathela uThixo idini elinyukayo nemibingelelo; weza uAron namadoda amakhulu onke akwaSirayeli, esiza kudla isonka noyise womkaMoses phambi koThixo.
13 Kwathi ngengomso, uMoses wahlala wathetha amatyala abantu; abantu baxhontela kuMoses, kususela kusasa kwada kwangokuhlwa.
14 Wayibona uyise womkaMoses yonke into abeyenza ebantwini, wathi, Iyintoni na le nto uyenzayo ebantwini? Kungani na, le nto uhlala wedwa, bathi bona bonke abantu baxhontele kuwe, kususela kusasa kude kuhlwe?
15 Wathi uMoses kuyise womkakhe, Kungokuba abantu besiza kum ukuba ndibacelele icebo kuThixo;
16 xa banendawo, beza kum ukuba ndigwebe phakathi komntu nommelwane wakhe, ndibazise imimiselo kaThixo nemiyalelo yakhe.
17 Wathi uyise womkaMoses kuye,
18 Ayilungile le nto uyenzayo. Uya kuzigqiba uphele amandla, naba bantu unabo; kuba lo msebenzi unzima kuwe, akunakuwenza wedwa.
19 Phulaphula ngoko izwi lam, ndikuphe iqhinga; uThixo woba nawe. Wena yiba ngumlomo wabantu kuThixo, uzise izinto zabo kuThixo;
20 ubafundise imimiselo nemiyalelo, ubazise indlela abaya kuhamba ngayo, nomsebenzi abaya kuwenza.
21 Uze uzikhangelele ebantwini bonke amadoda anobunkunkqele ekuthetheni amatyala, amoyikayo uThixo, amadoda anyanisileyo, ayithiyileyo inzuzo embi, uwamise phezu kwabo, abe ngabathetheli-waka, nabathetheli-khulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye;
22 bathethe amatyala abantu ngamaxesha onke; zithi izinto zonke ezinkulu bazizise kuwe; zonke ezincinane bazigwebe bona, ukuze kube lula kuwe, bakuthwalise.
23 Ukuba uthe wayenza loo nto, waza wakuwisela umthetho uThixo, woba nako ukuma, bathi naba bantu bonke bafike endaweni yabo benoxolo.
24 UMoses waliphulaphula izwi loyise womkakhe, wayenza into yonke abeyithethile.
25 UMoses wanyula amadoda anobunkunkqele ekuthetheni amatyala kuwo onke amaSirayeli, wawenza iintloko phezu kwabantu, aba ngabathetheli-waka, nabathetheli-khulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye.
26 Bathetha amatyala abantu ngamaxesha onke; izinto ezinqabileyo bazizisa kuMoses, zonke ezincinane bazigweba bona.
27 UMoses wamndulula uyise womkakhe, waya elizweni lakowabo.