UNkulunkulu unika amaIsrayeli imana

16Basebesuka eElimia, lenhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli yafika enkangala yeSini, ephakathi kweElimi leSinayi, ngosuku lwetshumi lanhlanu lwenyanga yesibili emva kokuphuma kwabo elizweni leGibhithe. 2 Lenhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli yakhonona imelana loMozisi loAronib enkangala. 3 Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesithi kubo: Kungathi ngabe safa ngesandla seNkosi elizweni leGibhithe lapho sasihlezi embizeni zenyama, lapho sadla isinkwa sasuthac; ngoba lisikhuphele kulinkangala ukuze libulale lelibandla lonke ngendlala.

4 INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Khangela, ngizalinisela isinkwa sivela emazulwinid; labantu bazaphuma ukubutha isabelo sosuku ngosuku lwaso, ukuze ngibalingee ukuthi bazahamba ngomlayo wami yini kumbe hayi. 5 Kuzakuthi-ke ngosuku lwesithupha bazalungisa lokho abakulethileyo, njalo kuzabe kuphindwe kabili kulokho abakubuthayo insuku ngensukuf. 6 UMozisi loAroni basebesithi kubo bonke abantwana bakoIsrayeli: Kusihlwag, khona lizakwazi ukuthi iNkosi ilikhuphile elizweni leGibhitheh; 7 njalo kusisa, khona lizabona inkazimulo yeNkosii, ngoba izwile ukukhonona kwenu limelene leNkosi. Thina-ke siyini ukuthi lisikhononelej? 8 UMozisi wasesithi: Lapho iNkosi ilinika inyama yokudla kusihlwa, lesinkwa ekuseni, ukuze lisuthe, kungoba iNkosi izwile ukukhonona kwenu elikukhonona limelene layo. Ngoba thina siyini? Ukukhonona kwenu kakumelananga lathi, kodwa kumelene leNkosik.

9 UMozisi wasesithi kuAronil: Tshono kunhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli uthi: Sondelani phambi kweNkosim, ngoba izwile ukukhonona kwenu. 10 Kwasekusithi uAroni esakhuluma kunhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli, bakhangela ngasenkangala, khangela-ke, inkazimulo yeNkosi yabonakala eyezinin.

11 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi: 12 Sengizwile ukukhonona kwabantwana bakoIsrayelio; batshele uthi: Kusihlwa lizakudla inyamap, lekuseni lisuthe isinkwaq, njalo lizakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu. 13 Kwasekusithi ntambama kwenyuka izagwaca, zasibekela inkamba; lakusisa kwakulomlalela wamazolo uzingelezele inkamba. 14 Kwathi umlalela wamazolo usuwenyukile, khangela-ke, phezu kobuso benkangala into eyisigaqa encinyane, incinyane njengongqwaqwane emhlabathinir. 15 Kwathi abantwana bakoIsrayeli bezibona bathi omunye komunye: Yimana? Ngoba babengazi ukuthi kuyini. UMozisi wasesithi kubo: Kuyisinkwa iNkosi elinike sona ukuze lidles. 16 Le yinto iNkosi elilaye ngayo yathi: Ngulowo lalowo kabuthe kuyo okulingene ukudla kwakhet, i-omeri* ngekhanda, njengenani lemiphefumulo yenu, ngulowo uzathathela abasethenteni lakhe. 17 Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesenza njalo, babutha, omunye okunengi lomunye okulutshwana. 18 Sebelinganise nge-omeri*u, lowo owayebuthe okunengi kabanga lokusalayo, lowayebuthe okulutshwana kaswelangav; babutha, ngulowo lalowo okulingene ukudla kwakhew. 19 UMozisi wasesithi kubo: Kakungabi lamuntu otshiya kukho kuze kube sekuseni. 20 Kodwa kabamlalelanga uMozisi; kodwa abanye batshiya kukho kwaze kwaba sekuseni, kwasekuphethuza impethu, kwaba levumba. Ngakho uMozisi wabathukuthelela. 21 Bakubutha ukusa ngokusa, ngulowo lalowo okulingene ukudla kwakhe; lapho ilanga selitshisa, kwancibilika.

22 Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesithupha babutha isinkwa esiphindwe kabili, ama-omeri* amabili ngamunye. Njalo zonke izinduna zenhlangano zeza zamtshela uMozisi. 23 Wasesithi kuzo: Lokhu yikho iNkosi ekutshiloyo: Kusasa yikuphumula, isabatha elingcwele leNkosix. Bhakani elizakubhaka, lipheke elizakupheka, konke lokho okuseleyo lizibekele kugcinwe kuze kube sekuseni. 24 Basebekubeka kwaze kwaba sekuseni njengokulaya kukaMozisi. Njalo kakubanga levumba, kwakungelampethu kukhoy. 25 UMozisi wasesithi: Dlanini lokhu lamuhla, ngoba lamuhla kulisabatha leNkosi; lamuhla kaliyikukuthola egangeni. 26 Lizakubutha insuku eziyisithupha; kodwa ngosuku lwesikhombisa, isabatha, kakuyikuba khona kulo.

27 Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesikhombisa abanye babantu baphuma ukubutha, kodwa kabakutholanga. 28 INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Koze kube nini lisala ukugcina imilayo yami lemithetho yami? 29 Bonani, ngoba iNkosi ilinikile isabatha, ngakho ilinika ngosuku lwesithupha isinkwa sensuku ezimbili; hlalani kube ngulowo lalowo endaweni yakhe, kakungaphumi muntu endaweni yakhe ngosuku lwesikhombisaz. 30 Ngakho abantu baphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa. 31 Indlu yakoIsrayeli yasibiza ibizo lakho ngokuthi yimanaa; njalo kwakunjengenhlanyelo yekhoriyanderi* emhlophe, lokunambitheka kwayo kwakunjengezinkwana eziyizipatalala ezilolujub.

32 UMozisi wasesithi: Le yinto iNkosi elaye ngayo ukuthi: Gcwalisani i-omeri ngayo igcinelwe izizukulwana zenu, ukuze zibone isinkwa engalinika sona ukuthi lidle enkangala ekulikhupheni kwami elizweni leGibhithe. 33 UMozisi wasesithi kuAroni: Thatha inqayi eyodwa, ufake kuyo i-omeri* eligcwele imana, uyibeke phambi kweNkosi, igcinelwe izizukulwana zenuc. 34 Njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi, uAroni wayibeka phambi kobufakazi ukuze igcinwed. 35 Abantwana bakoIsrayeli-ke badla imana iminyaka engamatshumi amanee baze bafika elizweni elakhiweyof. Badla imana baze bafika emngceleni welizwe leKhanani. 36 I-omeri-ke* ingokwetshumi kwe-efa*g.