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.”