1 Ipapo Mozisi navaIsraeri vakaimba rwiyo urwu kuna Jehovha:
2 “Jehovha ndiye simba rangu norwiyo rwangu;
3 Jehovha imhare;
4 Ngoro dzaFaro nehondo yake
5 Mvura yakadzika yakavafukidza;
6 “Ruoko rwenyu rworudyi, imi Jehovha,
7 “Muukuru hwoumambo hwenyu
8 Nokufema kwemhino dzenyu
9 “Muvengi akazvikudza achiti,
10 Asi makafuridza nokufema kwenyu,
11 “Ndianiko pakati pavamwari akaita semi, imi Jehovha?
12 Makatambanudza ruoko rwenyu rworudyi,
13 “Murudo rwenyu rusingaperi muchatungamirira
14 Ndudzi dzichazvinzwa uye dzichadedera;
15 Madzishe eEdhomu achavhundutswa,
16 kutya nokuvhunduka zvichavawira.
17 Muchaenda navomo uye mugovasima
18 “Jehovha achatonga
19 Mabhiza aFaro, ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza vakapinda mugungwa, Jehovha akauyisa mvura yomugungwa pamusoro pavo, asi vaIsraeri vakafamba napakati pegungwa pavhu rakaoma.
20 Ipapo Miriamu muprofitakadzi, hanzvadzi yaAroni, akatora tambureni muruoko rwake, uye vakadzi vose vakamutevera, vana matambureni uye vachitamba.
21 Miriamu akavaimbira akati:
22 Ipapo Mozisi akatungamirira vaIsraeri kubva paGungwa Dzvuku uye vakapinda murenje reShuri. Vakafamba kwamazuva matatu murenje vachishayiwa mvura.
23 Vakati vasvika paMara, havana kugona kunwa mvura yacho nokuti yaivava. (Ndokusaka nzvimbo yacho ichinzi Mara.)
24 Saka vanhu vakapopotera Mozisi vachiti, “Tonweiko?”
25 Ipapo Mozisi akachema kuna Jehovha, Jehovha akamuratidza chimuti. Akachikanda mumvura, mvura ikanaka.
26 Akati, “Kana mukanyatsoteerera inzwi raJehovha Mwari wenyu uye mukaita zvakarurama pamberi pake, kana mukarerekera nzeve dzenyu kumirayiro yake uye mukachengeta mitemo yose, haangauyisi pamusoro penyu zvirwere zvose zvandakauyisa pamusoro pavaIjipita, nokuti ndini Jehovha anokuporesai.”
27 Ipapo vakasvika paErimu, paiva namatsime gumi namaviri uye nemiti yemichindwe makumi manomwe, uye vakadzika misasa ipapo pedyo nemvura.