Isabelo sababingeleli
1“Indlu kaLevi yona ngababingeleli; ayiyi kuzuza sabelo nalifa njengamanye amaSirayeli, ndaweni yaloo nto ilifa layo ngamadini atshiswayo anikelwa *kuNdikhoyo. 2AbaLevi abazukunikwa sabelo njengezinye izindlu; kaloku esabo isabelo nelifa bubudlelwane noNdikhoyo ngokwesithembiso sakhe.
3“Nanini na kusenziwa idini ngenkomo noba yigusha, ababingeleli inxaxheba yabo ngumkhono, intloko, nolusu. 4Ulibo lwengqolowa, nolwewayini, nolwamafutha omnquma, noloboya, yoba yinxaxheba yabo. 5KumaSirayeli ephela uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho wanyula uLevi nendlu yakhe ukuba abuse kwezobubingeleli nanini nanini.
6“Nawuphi na umLevi, noba uhlala phi na apho kwaSirayeli, ukuba uyafuna, angaya kulaa ndawo yalathwe nguNdikhoyo, 7abuse uNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe njengabo bonke abaLevi abasebenza khona. 8Naye ke makafumane inxaxheba ekwangangaleyo izuzwa ngabanye ababingeleli, nangona anenzuzo ayifumene ngokuthengiswa kwempahla yakowabo.”
Isilumkiso ngeentlondi
9“Wakufika ke kwelo lizwe uliphiwa *nguNdikhoyo uThixo wakho, uze ungawalinganisi amasiko amanyumnyezi alandelwa zizizwe zakhona. 10Ungaze uthathe unyana wakho okanye intombi yakho wenze ngaye idini elitshiswayo; abantu bakuni mabangaze bavumise, okanye bambulule, mhlawumbi bachile, 11okanye bakhafule, bangayisebenzisi nemilingo, okanye baqhakamshelane nabangasekhoyo. 12Kaloku abantu abenza iintlondi ezinje banezothe kuNdikhoyo uThixo wakho. Ziintlondi ezilolu hlobo ezabangela ukuba azigxothe iintlanga zelaa lizwe ekungeneni kwenu. 13Hlala umsulwa phambi koNdikhoyo uThixo wakho.”
Umshumayeli ofana noMosis
14“Kwelo lizwe uya kulo abantu obagxotha khona bayavumisa bambulule, kodwa ke wena *uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho akafuni uyenze loo nto. 15Ndaweni yaloo nto uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho uya kuvelisa *umshumayeli ofana nam lo, ophuma kwakumawenu. Uzuncede ke umthobele.
16“Kaloku mhla nanihlangene kwintaba iHorebhe nandibongoza nisithi: ‘Asisakulangazeleli ukuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu athethe nathi yena siqu, asisathandi ukubona umlilo odiza ubukho bakhe, kuba soyika ukuthi mhlawumbi sife.’ 17Waza wathi kum uNdikhoyo: ‘Sihle isicelo sabo. 18Ndiya kubanika umshumayeli ophuma kwakubo, afane nawe lo. Ke yena amazwi am aya kuphuma ngomlomo wakhe, aze abaxelele yonke imimiselo yam. 19Uya kuthetha egameni lam; ke mna ndiya kumohlwaya nabani na ongawathobeliyo amazwi am. 20Ke yena umshumayeli ongomnye, ozigwagwisa ngokuthi uthetha egameni lam ndingamthumanga, wobulawa. Koba kwangokunjalo nakoshumayela egameni *loothixo abangabambi.’
21“Mhlawumbi ningaxakwa, nithi: ‘Soluqonda njani na udaba ukuba alululo olukaNdikhoyo?’ 22Ukuba umshumayeli uthetha egameni likaNdikhoyo ize ingenzeki loo nto ayithethileyo, nomqonda ukuba udaba lwakhe aluphumi kuNdikhoyo, koko uyazithethela nje; ngoko ke sanukuziduba ngaye.”
