1Lonke ibandla labantu bakwa-Israyeli lasuka ehlane iSini lahamba ngezigaba, njengokuyala kukaSimakade. Lakanisa eRefidimi, kodwa kwakungekho manzi okuba abantu baphuze.
2Abantu baxabana noMose, bathi: “Sinike amanzi ukuze siphuze.” UMose wathi kubo: “Nilwelani nami na? Nimvivinyelani uSimakade na?”
3Abantu bomela amanzi lapho; bakhononda kuMose, bathi: “Wasikhuphulelani eGibhithe ukuba usibulalise ngokoma thina nabantwana bethu nemfuyo yethu na?”
4UMose wakhala kuSimakade, wathi: “Ngiyakwenzani ngalaba bantu na? Sekusele kancane ukuba bangikhande ngamatshe.”
5USimakade wathi kuMose: “Hamba phambi kwabantu, uthathe amanye amalunga akwa-Israyeli, nenduku yakho owashaya ngayo umfula, yiphathe ngesandla sakho, uhambe.
6Ngizobe ngimi phambi kwakho laphaya edwaleni eHorebhe. Uyakulishaya idwala kuphume amanzi kulo, ukuze abantu baphuze.” UMose wenza kanjalo ebuka amalunga akwa-Israyeli.
7Leyo ndawo wayibiza ngokuthi kuseMasa neMeribha, ngenxa yokuphikisana kwabantu bakwa-Israyeli, nangenxa yokuba bamvivinya uSimakade lapho, bethi: “Ngabe uSimakade ukhona yini phakathi kwethu noma qha?”
8Ama-Amaleki aphuma alwa nabakwa-Israyeli eRefidimi.
9UMose wathi kuJoshuwa: “Sikhethele amadoda, uphume uyokulwa nama-Amaleki. Mina ngizobe ngimi esiqongweni sentaba, ngiphethe induku kaNkulunkulu esandleni.”
10UJoshuwa wenza njengalokhu uMose eshilo kuye, walwa nama-Amaleki, ngesikhathi uMose, u-Aroni, noHure bekhuphukela esiqongweni sentaba.
11Noma nini lapho isandla sikaMose siphakeme, u-Israyeli wayenqoba, kodwa uma esehlisa esiphumuza, kunqobe ama-Amaleki.
12Kodwa izandla zikaMose zase zikhathele, ngakho-ke bathatha itshe balibeka phansi kwakhe, wahlala kulo. U-Aroni noHure baphakamisa izandla zakhe, omunye kuleli cala nomunye kwelinye icala, izandla zama kanjalo ziqinile laze lashona ilanga.
13UJoshuwa wanqoba u-Ameleki nabantu bakhe ngenkemba.
14USimakade wathi kuMose: “Kulobe lokhu encwadini kube yisikhumbuzo, ukutshele uJoshuwa ngokuba ngizowabhubhisa aphele nya ama-Amaleki phansi kwezulu, angabe esakhunjulwa nhlobo.”
15UMose wakha i-althare, waliqamba ngokuthi: “uSimakade Nisi”.
16Wayesethi: “Isandla sisesihlalweni sikaSimakade! USimakade uyakulwa nama-Amaleki izizukulwane ngezizukulwane.”