UZimu upha ama-Israyeli ukudla erhalawumbeni
1Umkhambathi woke wama-Israyeli wasuka e-Elimi wafika erhalawumbeni leSini eliphakathi kwe-Elimi neSinayi elangeni letjhumi nahlanu lenyanga yesibili ngemuva kobana uphumile enarheni yeGibhide. 2Umkhambathi lowo wanghonghoyila kuMosi no-Aroni erhalawumbeni, 3wathi kibo: “Ngathana uSomnini wase wasibulalela enarheni yeGibhide lapha gade sizihlalela khona kamnandi ngeempotweni zenyama, sidla isikwa, sibetha esimonyongwana. Kodwana qalani nje, nina nisilethe erhalawumbenapha bona nibulale yoke ihlangano le ngendlala.”
4Yeke uSomnini wathi kuMosi: “Qala, ngizanehlisela isikwa esivela ezulwini. Abantu bazakuphuma ilanga nelanga babuthelele okwanele ilanga. Ngalokho ngizabe ngibazizinya kobana ngibone nakube bazakukhamba ngomyalwami namkha njani. 5Kuzakuthi ngelanga lesithandathu, lokha nabalungiselela abakubuthileko, kube ngokubuyelelwe kabili.”
6-7Yeke uMosi no-Aroni bathi kuma-Israyeli: “Besiyini thina bona ninganghonghoyila kithi? Kuhlekuhle ninghonghoyila kuSomnini! USomnini ukuzwile ukunghonghoyila kwenu ngaye. Ngalokho ntambama nizakwazi bonyana nguSomnini owanikhupha enarheni yeGibhide, godu nakusasa ekuseni nizakubona ubukhulu bephazimulwakhe.” 8Godu uMosi wathi: “Lokha uSomnini nanipha inyama namhlanje ntambama kobana nigome nesikwa esaneleko kusasa ekuseni, khona nizakwazi bonyana ukuzwile ukunghonghoyila kwenu. Thina asisilitho; emanyeni naninghonghoyilako aninghonghoyileli thina kodwana ninghonghoyilela uSomnini.”
9UMosi wathi ku-Aroni: “Yithi kiwo woke umkhambathi wama-Israyeli, ‘Tjhidelani eduze noSomnini ngombana ukuzwile ukunghonghoyila kwenu.’ ”
10Kuthe u-Aroni asakhuluma nabantu bakwa-Israyeli, baqala ngerhalawumbeni, babona iphazimulo kaSomnini ivela elifini.
11USomnini wathi kuMosi: 12“Ngikuzwile ukunghonghoyila kwama-Israyeli. Nje-ke yithi kiwo, ‘Ngamarhwaqela nizagoma inyama bese ekuseni nisuthiswa ngesikwa. Ngalokho nizakwazi bonyana mina Somnini nginguZimenu.’ ”
13Kwathi nakuthambamako kwehla iinkwali zembatha ikampa, ekuseni kwaba nombethe magegana nayo. 14Kuthe bona umbethe uthintitheke, kwasala into esamakariya, yayisileke inga sithwathwa phasi. 15Lokha ama-Israyeli nabona lokho athi omunye komunye: “Madekhethu, yintobani-ke le?”
Gade angazi bonyana kuyini. UMosi wathi kiwo: “Sisikwa uSomnini anipha sona kobana nigome. 16Ngikhokhu uSomnini akutjhwileko nasithi, ‘Omunye nomunye wenu akazibuthele okumanelisako, kube lithungana umuntu ngamunye. Nibuthelele ukuya ngesibalo sabantu omunye nomunye wenu anabo ngetendeni lakhe.’ ”
17Yeke ama-Israyeli enza njalo, amanye abuthelela khulu amanye kancani. 18Kwathi lokha nasele kulinganiswa ngesilinganiso sethungana, kwafunyanwa bona obuthelele khulu azange abe namasalela nobuthelele kancani azange atlhayelelwe. Enye nenye ihloko yomndeni beyibuthe okwanela umndenayo.
19UMosi wathi kibo: “Kungabi nomuntu otjhiyela kwakusasa.”
20Kodwana abanye azange balalele uMosi, batjhiya ingcenye yokudlokho bekwaba sekuseni. Kwaba neempethu kwanuka. Nje-ke uMosi wabathukuthelela. 21Njalo ekuseni bebabutha kube ngiloyo naloyo ngendlela anganeliseka ngakho. Kodwana bekuthi ilanga nalithoma ukutjhisa bese kuyancibilika.
22Elangeni lesithandathu babuthelela ukudlokho ngokubuyelelwe kabili kwaba mathungana amabili umuntu ngamunye. Boke abarholi bomkhambathi beza kuMosi bambikela. 23Yena wathi kibo: “Nakhu uSomnini akutjhwileko, ‘Kusasa lilanga elikhethekileko lokuphumula, liSabatha elicwengileko lakaSomnini. Bhagani enifuna ukukubhaga, nipheke enifuna ukukupheka, kuthi koke okuseleko nikubeke bekube kusasa ekuseni.’ ”
24Yeke bakubeka bekwaba sekuseni njengombana uMosi abayalile. Azange kunitjhe bekuphethuke iimbungu. 25UMosi wathi: “Kugomeni namhlanjesi lokho ngombana kuliSabatha phambi kwakaSomnini. Angeze nakufunyana namhlanjesi emmangweni. 26Kubutheleleni amalanga asithandathu ngombana elangeni lekhomba okuliSabatha angeze kwaba khona emmangweni.”
27Kwathi elangeni lekhomba abanye baphuma bona bayokubutha kodwana bafumana kunganalitho. 28USomnini wathi kuMosi: “Kuzabe kube nini nilokhu ningafuni ukugcina imiyalo nemithethwami? 29Qalani, mina Somnini nginiphe iSabatha, nje-ke elangeni lesithandathu nginipha ukudla kwamalanga amabili. Omunye nomunye wenu kumele abe ngakwakhe, kungabikho ophumako elangeni lekhomba.”
30Yeke abantu baphumula ngelanga lekhomba.
31Isizwe sakwa-Israyeli sathiya isikweso bona yimana. Sasinjengembewu yekhoriyanda, simhlophe begodu sinandipha njengamabhagwana enziwe ngeliju. 32UMosi wathi: “Nakhu uSomnini akutjhwileko, ‘Akubulungelwe iinzukulwana zenu ithungana elizeleko lokudlokhu ukuze zibone ukudla enganondla ngakho erhalawumbeni lokha nanginikhupha enarheni yeGibhide.’ ”
33UMosi wathi ku-Aroni: “Thatha umjeka uthele ithungana elizeleko lemana ngaphakathi bese uwubeka endaweni yokulotjhela uSomnini bona ulondele iinzukulwana zenu.”
34U-Aroni wenza njengombana uMosi bekayalwe nguSomnini. Emva kwesikhathi wawubeka ngaphambi kwemiqebethu yobufakazi bonyana ulondeke. 35Ama-Israyeli agoma imana iminyaka ematjhumi amane abe afika enarheni ehlalekako. Agoma imana leyo abe afika emkhawulweni wenarha yeKanana.
36Ithungana lilingana nengcenye yinye yokwetjhumi kapumpana.
