1Ngakho uMosi labako-Israyeli basebehlabelela lelihubo kuThixo:
2UThixo ungamandla ami lehubo lami;
3UThixo ulibutho;
4Izinqola zikaFaro lempi yakhe
5Inziki zamanzi zibagubuzele;
6Isandla sakho sokunene, Oh Thixo,
7Ebukhulwini bobukhosi bakho
8Ngokuphefumula kwamakhala akho
9Isitha sakloloda sathi,
10Kodwa wena wavuthela ngomoya wokuphefumula kwakho,
11Ngubani kubonkulunkulu bonke
12Welula isandla sakho sokunene
13Ngothando lwakho olungapheliyo uzabahola
14Izizwe zizakuzwa zithuthumele;
15Izinduna zase-Edomi zizatshaywa luvalo,
16Ukwesaba lokuthuthumela kuzabehlela.
17Uzabangenisa ubahlanyele
18UThixo uzabusa
19Kwathi lapho amabhiza kaFaro, izinqola kanye labagadi bamabhiza sebengenile olwandle, uThixo wawabuyisa amanzi alo phezu kwabo, kodwa abako-Israyeli bona bazihambela badabula ulwandle phezu komhlabathi owomileyo.
20Khonapho uMiriyemu umphrofethikazi, udadewabo ka-Aroni, wathatha isigubhu sakhe ngesandla, bamlandela bonke abesifazane bephethe izigubhu begida.
21UMiriyemu wabahlabelela wathi:
22UMosi wasebahola abako-Israyeli basuka oLwandle Olubomvu baya enkangala yeShuri bengatholi manzi.
23Kwathi befika eMara behluleka ukunatha amanzi akhona ngoba ayebaba. (Yikho indawo leyo kuthiwa yiMara.)
24Abantu basebekhonona kuMosi besithi, “Sinatheni-ke manje?”
25UMosi wasekhala kuThixo, uThixo wasemtshengisa isigojwana. Wasiphosela emanzini, amanzi aphenduka aba mnandi.
26Wathi, “Nxa lilalela kakuhle ilizwi likaThixo uNkulunkulu wenu, lenze okulungileyo kuye, lilandele imilayo yakhe njalo ligcine lezimiso zakhe, kangisoze ngilehlisele iziga lezo engazehlisela amaGibhithe; ngoba nginguThixo olisilisayo.”
27Basebefika e-Elimi lapho okwakulemithombo yamanzi elitshumi lambili khona, lezihlahla zelala ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa. Basebemisa khona lapho eduze kwamanzi.