Verse 1: Kwasuka umuntu wendlu kaLevi, wathatha indodakazi kaLevi.
Verse 2: Wakhulelwa lowo mfazi, wazala indodana; esebonile ukuthi inhle, wayithukusa izinyanga ezintathu.
Verse 3: Engasenakuyithukusa wayithathela ibhokisi lebungu, walihuqa ngebitume nangekolitayi, wamfaka umfana kulo, walibeka emhlangeni ngasogwini lomfula.
Verse 4: Udadewabo wayemi kudana, ukuze azi ukuthi kuyakwenziwani kuye.
Verse 5: Kwase kwehla indodakazi kaFaro ukuyogeza emfuleni; amantombazana ayo ahamba eceleni komfula; ibona ibhokisi emhlangeni yathuma intombazana ukulilanda.
Verse 6: Yalivula, yabona umntwana; bheka, kwakungumfana; wakhala. Yamhawukela, yathi: “Lona ungowabantwana bamaHeberu.”
Verse 7: Udadewabo wayesethi kuyo indodakazi kaFaro: “Ngihambe ngikubizele umzanyana kuwo amaHeberu ukuba akuncelisele ingane na?”
Verse 8: Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba.” Yasuka intombazana, yabiza unina wengane.
Verse 9: Indodakazi kaFaro yathi kuye: “Hamba nalo mntwana, ungincelisele yena; ngizakukukhokhela.” Owesifazane wamthatha-ke umntwana, wamncelisa.
Verse 10: Umfana wakhula, wayiswa kuyo indodakazi kaFaro, waba yindodana yayo. Yamqamba igama lokuthi uMose, ithi: “Ngokuba ngamkhipha emanzini.”
Verse 11: Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku uMose esekhulile, waphuma, waya kubafowabo, wabuka imithwalo yabo; wabona owaseGibithe eshaya umHeberu, omunye wabafowabo.
Verse 12: Waphendukela ngalapha nangalapha; esebonile ukuthi akukho muntu, wambulala owaseGibithe, wamthukusa esihlabathini.
Verse 13: Waphuma nangosuku olulandelayo; bheka, nanko amadoda amabili amaHeberu exabene; wathi kowonileyo: “Umshayelani owakini na?”
Verse 14: Wathi yena: “Ngubani okumise induna nomahluleli phezu kwethu na? Ufuna ukungibulala mina, njengalokho ubulele owaseGibithe, na?” UMose wayesesaba, ethi: “Impela le ndaba iyazeka.”
Verse 15: UFaro esekuzwile lokho wafuna ukumbulala uMose. Kepha uMose wabaleka ebusweni bukaFaro, wahlala ezweni lakwaMidiyani; wahlala phansi ngasemthonjeni.
Verse 16: UMpristi wakwaMidiyani wayenamadodakazi ayisikhombisa; afika ukukha amanzi, agcwalisa imiqengqe eyophuzisa izimvu zikayise.
Verse 17: Kwafika abelusi, bawaxosha. Kepha wayesesukuma uMose, wawasiza, waphuzisa izimvu zawo.
Verse 18: Lapho esefika kuRehuweli uyise, wathi yena: “Yini ukuba nisheshe nibuye namuhla na?”
Verse 19: Athi: “OwaseGibithe usophulile esandleni sabelusi, futhi wasikhelela amanzi, waphuzisa izimvu.”
Verse 20: Wathi kuwo amadodakazi akhe: “Uphi yena? Nimshiyeleni na? Mbizeni, eze ukuzokudla.”
Verse 21: UMose wazimisela ukuhlala kulowo muntu; wamupha uMose uSipora indodakazi yakhe.
Verse 22: Wazala indodana, wayiqamba igama lokuthi uGereshomu, ngokuba wathi: “Ngangingumfokazi ezweni elingesilo elami.”
Verse 23: Kwathi sekudlulile izinsuku eziningi, inkosi yaseGibithe yafa; abakwa-Israyeli babubula ngenxa yobugqila, bakhala; ukukhala kwabo kwenyukela kuNkulunkulu ngobugqila babo.
Verse 24: UNkulunkulu wezwa ukububula kwabo; uNkulunkulu wakhumbula isivumelwano sakhe no-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.
Verse 25: UNkulunkulu wabona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, wabanakekela.