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Mulungu an'tumiza mana na ntsenzetsi.
1 Mthithi wentse wa aIjirayeri udacoka kuElimu, ndipo pantsiku khumi na zixanu za mwezi waciwiri atacoka kudziko la Ijipito, adakafika kucidambo ca Sini, comwe ciri pakati pa Elimu na Sinai. 2 Mucidambomo mthithi wentse wa aIjirayeri udadandaulira Mozeji na Aloni. 3 AIjirayeri adawauza kuti: “Bzikhali bwino boko la Mbuya lingadatiphera muIjipito! Kumweko tikhakhala pafupi na bzikalango bza nyama ndipo tikhadya pau ticikhuta, tsono imwepo mwatibweresa kucidambo kuno kuti muphe mthithi wentseneyu na njala!”
4 Ndipo Mbuya adauza Mozeji kuti: “Ine nin'dzakubvumbisirani pau kucokera kudzulu. Mbumba in'dzacoka icimbadzalokota ntsiku zentse cipande cakukwanira ntsiku imweire. Na bzimwebzo, nin'dzakuyezani kuti ndikuwoneni penu mun'dzateweza m'temo wangu ayai nee. 5 Pantsiku yacitanthatu, mun'dzalokote ndipo mudzaphike bzakufunya kawiri pa bzomwe mumbalokota pantsiku”.
6 Pamwepo, Mozeji na Aloni adauza aIjirayeri wentse kuti: “Pomwe kun'doka, imwepo mun'dzadziwa kuti ni Mbuya omwe adakucosani kuIjipito, 7 ndipo mangwana macibese-bese mun'dzawona ulemerero bwa Mbuya, thangwe Mbuya wabva kudandaula komwe mukhamucitira. Kodi ife ndife yani kuti imwe mutidandaulire?” 8 Mozeji adapitiriza aciti: “Mbuya an'kupasani nyama kuti mudye kumaulo na macibese pau momwe mun'funira, thangwe Mbuya wabva kudandaula komwe mukhamucitira, kodi ife ndife yani? Imwepo mulikudandaulira lini ife, koma Mbuya”.
9 Mozeji adauza Aloni kuti: “Uza mbumba yentse ya aIjirayeri kuti ifike patsogolo pa Mbuya, nakuti Iye wabva kudandaula kwanu”.
10 Pomwe Aloni akhalewa-lewa na mthithi wa aIjirayeri, wentse adanyang'ana kucidambo, ndipo ulemerero wa Mbuya udawonekera mumtambo.
11 Ndipo Mbuya adauza Mozeji kuti: 12 “Ndabva kudandaula kwa aIjirayeri. Atawire kuti kumaulo mun'dzadya nyama, ndipo kumacibese mun'dzadya pau mucikhuta, na tenepo mun'dzadziwa kuti Ine ndine Mbuya Mulungu wanu”.
13 Kumaulo zidabwera ntsendzetsi zicimpsinkha mbuto yomwe akhadamanga msasa. Kumacibese kukhana mame kuzungulira msasa. 14 Pomwe mame yadamala mucidambo, pantsi padawoneka tubzinthu tucena ninga mabade. 15 AIjirayeri pomwe adawona tubzinthu tule, adabvundzana wina na mwandzace kuti: “Kodi n'tuciyani tumwetu?” Nakuti akhatudziwa lini kuti nthuciyani.
Mozeji adawauza kuti: “Imweyi ni pau yomwe Mbuya akupasani kuti mudye. 16 Mbuya adawauza terepa: ‘Mtsogoleri wa banja libodzi na libodzi akhongobze tomwe an'funa, munthu ali-yentse magaba mawiri, malinge na mbogo ya wanthu omwe ali pacikumbi pace’ ”.
17 AIjirayeri adacita bzomwe adauzidwa. Anango adalokota bzizinji, anango bzing'ono-ng'ono. 18 Pomwe adapima na galoni, kuna omwe adalokota bzizinji bziribe kusala, ndipo bziribe kuperewera kuna omwe akhadalokota pang'ono. M'bodzi na m'bodzi adalokota bzomwe akhafuna.
19 Pamwepo Mozeji adawauza kuti: “Palibe omwe an'koya mpaka mangwana”. 20 Tsono anango mwa iwo alibe kum'bvera Mozeji, ndipo adakoya pang'ono mpaka mangwana yandzace, tsono bzakukoya bzire bzidagwa nkhonye bzicinunkha. Ndipopo Mozeji adawakalipira.
21 Macibese yali-yentse, wentse akhambalokota bzomwe akhakwanisa kudya, pakuti dzuwa likapsa bzimwebzire bzikhasungunuka.
22 Pantsiku yacitanthatu, adalokota pau kufunya kawiri, magaloni mawiri kwa munthu m'bodzi. Ndipo atsogoleri wa mthithi adayenda acikafotokozera Mozeji bzimwebzo, 23 tsono Mozeji adawauza kuti: “Mbuya adalewa kuti: ‘Mangwana ni ntsiku yakupuma, ntsiku ya Sabudu yakupambulidwa kwa Mbuya. Wochani ndipo phikani yomwe mun'funa. Yakusalayo muikoye mpaka mangwana’ ”.
24 Ndipo iwo adatukoya mpaka mangwana yace, ninga momwe Mozeji akhadawauzira, tulibe kununkha, ngakhale kugwa tulombo. 25 Mozeji adawauza kuti: “Dyani tumwetu lero, nakuti lero ni ntsiku ya Sabudu ya Mbuya. Lero mun'tuwona lini kunjaku. 26 M'kati mwa ntsiku zitanthatu imwepo mungalokote, tsono ntsiku yacinomwe, ya Sabudu, mun'dzawona lini cinthu”.
27 Napo na bzobzo, anango adayenda pantsiku yacinomwe kuti akalokote cakudya, tsono alibe kuwona cinthu. 28 Pamwepo Mbuya adauza Mozeji kuti: “Kodi imwepo mun'dzalamba kubvera malamulo yangu na malangizo yangu mpaka lini? 29 Kumbukirani kuti Mbuya ndiye adakupasani ntsiku ya Sabudu. Ndipopo pantsiku ya citanthatu Iye ambakupasani pau zakuti mudye ntsiku ziwiri. Ntsiku yacinomwe khalani mwentse komwe muliko, palibe ndiye an'coka”. 30 Na tenepo, pantsiku yacinomwe mbumba idapuma.
31 Mbumba ya Ijirayeri idapasa cakudya cire dzina lakuti mana. Cikhali cakucena ninga mbewu icena, ndipo cikhatapira ninga bolo lakukondzedwa na uci. 32 Mozeji adawauza kuti: “Mbuya alewa kuti lokotani galoni la mana, mulikoye kuti mibadwe ya kutsogolo kuno idzawone pau yomwe ndidakupasani mucidambo, pomwe ndidakucosani mudziko la Ijipito”.
33 Pamwepo Mozeji adauza Aloni kuti: “Pima magaba mawiri ya mana uikhe mucombo ndipo uikhe pana Mbuya, kuti yakoyedwere mibadwe ya kutsogolo kuno”.
34 Mwakubvera bzomwe Mbuya akhadauzira Mozeji, Aloni adaikha mana patsogolo pa Kaxa ya Cipangano* kuti yakoyeke. 35 Ndipo aIjirayeri adamala magole makumi manai alikudya mana, mpaka adakafika kudziko lakukhalika. Adadya mana mpaka kufika kumalire ya dziko la Kanani. 36 (Galoni likhali cacikhumi ca efa†.)
* 16:34 Kaxa ya Cipangano: MuBibliya la Almeida ambati: “Testemunho”. † 16:36 Efa ikhali mphimo ya bzakuuma. Ikhapita litru makumi mawiri (20) ayai makumi manai (40).