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