ULEVITIKUSI 21
Imithetho yabaphristi
1USomnini wakhuluma noMosi wathi akakhulume nabaphristi okumadodana ka-Aroni athi: “Akungabi namunye ozisilaphaza ngokuphatha isidumbu sabantu bekhabo, 2ngaphandle kwesesihlobo seengazi okutjho unina, uyise, indodana, indodakazi, umnakwabo 3namkha udadwabo osese litlawana ohlala naye ngombana angakendi. Ngaye angazisilaphaza ngokuthinta isidumbu sakhe. 4Angazisilaphazi ngabantu ahlobene nabo ngobukhazi abe ngongakahlambuluki. 5Abaphristi akukafuzi bona bazigude ibande ehloko namkha bazigege emaphethelweni weenlevu zabo nanyana bazirhaye imizimbabo ngebanga lohlongakeleko. 6Kufuze babe ngabacwengileko kuZimabo bangarhubutjhi ibizo lakaZimabo ngombana ngibo abaletha e-aldarini iminikelo ekhethekileko kuSomnini okukukudla kwakaZimabo. Nje-ke kufuze babe ngabacwengileko. 7Abaphristi bangathathi ingwadla namkha ithari begodu bangathathi ibuya ngombana abaphristi bangabakhethekileko kuZimabo. 8Hloniphani isikhundla somphristi ngombana unikela ukudla kuZimenu. Mthatheni njengocwengileko ngombana mina Somnini enginicwengisako, ngicwengile. 9Nangabe indodakazi yomphristi izirhubutjha ngobungwadla, irhubutjha uyise, yeke kufuze itjhiswe ngomlilo.
10“Umphristi ongomkhulu kubafowabo, nongowazeswa ngamafutha ehlokwakhe, wahlukaniselwa ukwembatha izambatho ezikhethekileko, akukafaneli aliselele iinhluthu zakhe zimatlharatlhara namkha atlebhule izambatho zakhe ngebanga lohlongakeleko. 11Angatjhideli esidunjini; iye, angazisilaphazi ngitjho nanyana kusidumbu sakayise namkha sakanina, 12begodu angaphumi endaweni ecwengileko kaZimakhe ngombana angayirhubutjha. Yena wahlukaniselwe uZimakhe ngokuzeswa kwakhe ngamafutha. NginguSomnini.
13“Umphristi omkhulu kufuze athathe umfazi osese litlawu. 14Angathathi umhlolokazi, ibuya, ithari namkha ingwadla. Kodwana akathathe kwaphela itlawu ebantwini bekhabo; 15nakungasinjalo uzakurhubutjha isizukulwana sakhe. Ngimi mina Somnini omenza abe ngocwengileko.”
16Godu uSomnini wathi kuMosi 17akakhulume no-Aroni athi kuye: “Akungabi noyedwa esizukulwaneni sakho onomphambo ozakuletha ukudla kwakaZimakhe e-aldarini. 18Iye, kungabi namunye onomphambo ozakutjhidela ekunikeleni: ophopheleko, ohluzako, okhubazeke ebusweni namkha emzimbeni, 19orhwahlaphele inyawo namkha isandla, 20onesifumba, osirhonodwana, onelihlo elithunyileko, obhibhidlhako namkha onesibabu nopatlazwe amahlwayi. 21Akungabi nomphristi onomphambo esizukulwaneni saka-Aroni ozakutjhidela e-aldarini alethe iminikelo ekhethekileko kuSomnini. Njengombana anomphambo nje, angatjhideli bona anikele ukudla kwakaZimakhe. 22Yena nokho angakudla ukudla kwakaZimakhe, okutjho ukudla okubuya eminikelweni ecwenge khulu nakecwengileko. 23Kodwana ngebanga lokobana anomphambo akakafaneli angene lapha kunesiyaya setjhila lokusitha umfaji wobufakazi namkha atjhidele e-aldarini ukuze angarhubutjhi indawami ecwengileko. Ngimi mina Somnini engenze izintwezo zaba ngezicwengileko.”
24Ngokunjalo uMosi watjela u-Aroni namadodanakhe kanye nama-Israyeli woke iindabezo.
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