UEKSODUSI 16

₁Basuka e-Elimi; ibandla lonke labantwana bakwaIsrayeli lafika ehlane laseSini eliphakathi kwe-Elimi neSinayi ngosuku lweshumi nanhlanu lwenyanga yesibili emva kokuphuma ezweni laseGibithe.

₂Lonke ibandla labantwana bakwaIsrayeli lakhonona ngoMose nangoAroni ehlane.

₃Abantwana bakwaIsrayeli bathi kubo: Sengathi nga safa ngesandla sikaJehova ezweni laseGibithe, lapho sasihlezi ngasemakhanzini enyama, sidla isinkwa sisutha, ngokuba nisiphumisele kulelihlane ukuyobulala lonke lelibandla ngendlala.

₄UJehova wayesethi kuMose: Bheka, ngizakuninisela isinkwa sivela ezulwini; abantu bayakuphuma, babuthe isabelo sosuku imihla ngemihla, ukuze ngibavivinye ukuthi bazakuhamba yini emthethweni wami noma qha.

₅Kuzakuthi ngosuku lwesithupha bakulungise abakungenisileyo; kuzakubangokuphindwé kabili kwalokhu abakubutha imihla ngemihla.

₆OMose noAroni bathi kubo bonke abantwana bakwaIsrayeli: Ngakusihlwa niyakwazi ukuthi uJehova unikhiphile ezweni laseGibithe.

₇Kusasa niyakubona inkazimulo kaJehova, lokhu ezwile izinkonono zenu ngoJehova; thina siyini ukuba nikhonone ngathi na?

₈UMose wathi: Lokhu kuzakwenzeka, lapho uJehova eyakuninika inyama kusihlwa ukuba nidle, nasekuseni isinkwa ukuze nisuthe; ngokuba uJehova uyezwa izinkonono zenu enikhonona ngaye ngazo; thina siyini? Izinkonono zenu azingathi, zingoJehova.

₉UMose wathi kuAroni: Yisho kuyo yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwaIsrayeli ukuthi: Sondelani phambi kukaJehova, ngokuba uzwile izinkonono zenu.

₁₀Kwathi uAroni esakhuluma kuyo yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwaIsrayeli, babheka ngasehlane; bheka, inkazimulo kaJehova yabonakala efwini.

₁₁UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

₁₂Ngizwile izinkonono zabantwana bakwaIsrayeli; khuluma kubo, uthi: Ngakusihlwa niyakudla inyama, kusasa nisuthe isinkwa, nize nazi ukuthi nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wenu.

₁₃Kwathi kusihlwa kwenyuka izigwaca, zasibekela ikamu*; ngakusasa kwakulele amazolo ekamu nxazonke.

₁₄Esenyukile amazolo akade elele khona, bheka, nakho okuthile okuncane okunjengenkwethu, kuncane njengongqoqwane emhlabathini.

₁₅Bakubona abantwana bakwaIsrayeli, bathi omunye komunye: Yini le? ngokuba babengazi ukuthi kuyini. UMose wathi kubo: Kuyisinkwa uJehova aniniké sona ukuba nisidle.

₁₆Lokhu kuyikho uJehova ayalile ngakho ukuthi: Kubutheni, kube-yilowo nalowo njengokudla kwakhe; anothatha iyomere* ngomuntu ngokwenani labantu benu, yilowo nalowo abathathele abasetendeni lakhe.

₁₇Abantwana bakwaIsrayeli benze njalo: abanye babutha okuningi abanye okuyingcosana.

₁₈Lapho sebelinganisa ngeyomere*, yena owayebuthé okuningi akabanganokuseleyo, nowayebuthé okuyingcosana akaswelanga. Yilowo nalowo wabutha njengokudla kwakhe.

₁₉UMose wayesethi kubo: Makungashiywa-lutho kukho ngumuntu kuze kuse.

₂₀Kodwa abamlalelanga uMose; abanye kubo bashiya okunye kwaze kwasa, kwazala izimpethu, kwanuka, uMose waze wabathukuthelela.

₂₁Bakubutha ekuseni njalo imihla ngemihla, kwaba-yilowo nalowomuntu njengokudla kwakhe; kepha nxa ilanga selibalele, kwancibilika.

₂₂Kwathi ngosuku lwesithupha babutha isinkwa esiphindwé kabili, amayomere* amabili kumuntu munye; zonke izinduna zomhlangano zafika, zamtshela uMose.

₂₃Wathi kuzo: Lokhu kuyikho uJehova akukhulumileyo: kusasa kulusuku lokuphumula, isabatha elingcwele likaJehova; yosani lokho eniyakukosa, nipheke lokho eniyakukupheka, nizibekele konke okuseleyo, kulondolozwe kuze kuse.

₂₄Bakubeka kwaze kwasa, njengalokho eyalile uMose; akunukanga, akwabanampethu.

₂₅Wayesethi uMose: Yidlani lokhu namuhla, ngokuba namuhla kuyisabatha likaJehova; namuhla aniyikukuthola endle.

₂₆Anokubutha izinsuku eziyisithupha, kepha ngosuku lwesikhombisa kuyisabatha; akuyikubakho ngalo.

₂₇Kwathi ngosuku lwesikhombisa kwaphuma abanye abantu ukuba bakubuthe, kepha kabakutholanga.

₂₈UJehova wathi kuMose: Niyakwala kuze kube-nini ukugcina imiyalo yami nemithetho yami na?

₂₉Bhekani, njengalokho uJehova eniphile isabatha, ngalokho uyaninika ngosuku lwesithupha isinkwa sezinsuku ezimbili; hlalani, kube-yilowo nalowo endaweni yakhe, kungaphumi-muntu endaweni yakhe ngosuku lwesikhombisa.

₃₀Base bephumula-ke abantu ngosuku lwesikhombisa.

₃₁Indlu yakwaIsrayeli yaqamba igama lakho ngokuthi imana*; kwakunjengembewu yekoriyanderi*, kumhlophe; kwezwakala emlonyeni kungathi ngamaqebelengwane anezinyosi.

₃₂UMose wathi: Lokhu kuyikho uJehova ayalile ngakho ukuthi: Makulondolozwe ezizukulwaneni iyomere* eligcweleyo lalokhu ukuba babone isinkwa enganipha sona ehlane ngisanikhipha ezweni laseGibithe.

₃₃UMose wathi kuAroni: Thatha isitsha, ufake iyomere* eligcweleyo lemana, ukubeke phambi kukaJehova, kulondolozelwe izizukulwane zenu.

₃₄Njengalokho uJehova emyala uMose, kanjalo uAroni wakubeka phambi kobuFakazi, kulondolozwe.

₃₅Abantwana bakwaIsrayeli badla imana iminyaka engamashumi amane, baze bafika ezweni elakhiweyo; badla imana, baze bafika emikhawulweni yezwe laseKhanani.

₃₆Iyomere* lingokweshumi kwe-efa*.