Bible Reading Plan – Day 25

₁₇UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: ₁₈“Uyakwenza umcengezi wethusi, nesinqe sawo sethusi, ukuba kugezelwe kuwo, uwubeke phakathi kwetende lokuhlangana ne-altare, uthele amanzi kuwo. ₁₉U-Aroni namadodana akhe bayakuhlamba kuwo izandla zabo nezinyawo zabo. ₂₀Nxa bengena etendeni lokuhlangana, bayakugeza ngamanzi ukuba bangafi, noma besondela e-altare ukuyokhonza, bawushise umnikelo womlilo kuJehova; ₂₁mabahlambe izandla zabo nezinyawo zabo ukuba bangafi, kube yisimiso esiphakade kubo, kuyena nakuyo inzalo yakhe ezizukulwaneni zabo.”

₂₂UJehova wakhuluma futhi kuMose, wathi: ₂₃“Zithabathele amakha amahle, imure* eliphumayo lamashekeli* angamakhulu ayisihlanu, nokinamona* othaphukayo wenxenye yalokho, okungukuthi amakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu, nekalamu* elithaphukayo lamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu, ₂₄nekasiya* lamakhulu ayisihlanu ngokweshekeli* lendlu engcwele, nehini* lamafutha eminqumo. ₂₅Uwenze amafutha angcwele okugcoba amakha athakiweyo njengokwenza komthaki, abe ngamafutha angcwele okugcoba. ₂₆Wogcoba itende lokuhlangana nomphongolo wobufakazi, ₂₇netafula nezitsha zalo zonke, nothi lwezibani nezitsha zalo, ne-altare lempepho, ₂₈ne-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa nezitsha zalo zonke, nomcengezi nesinqe sawo. ₂₉Wokungcwelisa ukuze kube ngcwele kakhulu; bonke abakuthintayo bayakuba ngcwele.

₃₀“Wobagcoba u-Aroni namadodana akhe, ubangcwelise ukuba bangikhonze esikhundleni sobupristi. ₃₁Ukhulume kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Lokhu kuyakuba kimi amafutha angcwele okugcoba ezizukulwaneni zenu. ₃₂Mawangathelwa emzimbeni womuntu, ningawenzi afana nawo njengokuthakwa kwawo; angcwele, mawabe ngcwele kini. ₃₃Yilowo nalowo owathaka anjengawo nalowo owathela kumfokazi uyakunqunywa kubantu bakubo.’ ”

₃₄UJehova wathi kuMose: “Zithabathele amakha athaphukayo, inathafi* neshehelethe* nehelibena,* amakha kanye nenhlaka ecwengekileyo, kulingane konke, ₃₅wenze ngakho impepho, amakha njengokwenza komthaki, ethelwe ngosawoti, enhle, engcwele; ₃₆ucolisise enye, uyibeke phambi kobufakazi etendeni lokuhlangana, lapho ngiyakuhlangana khona nawe, ibe ngcwelengcwele kini. ₃₇Impepho oyakuyenza ningazenzeli yona njengokuthakwa kwayo; yoba ngcwele kuwe, yenzelwe uJehova. ₃₈Yilowo nalowo oyakuyenza enjengayo ukuba ihogelwe uyakunqunywa kubantu bakubo.”

₁UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: ₂“Bheka, ngibize ngegama uBesaleli indodana ka-Uri kaHuri, owesizwe sakwaJuda. ₃Ngimgcwalisile ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu, ngokuhlakanipha nangokuqonda nangokwazi nangamandla emisebenzini yonke, ₄ukuba aqambe imisebenzi yobungcweti, asebenze ngegolide, nangesiliva, nangethusi, ₅nangokuqopha amatshe okufakwa, nangokuqopha imithi, yebo, ukuba asebenze imisebenzi yonke. ₆Bheka, mina ngimisile kanye naye u-Oholiyabe indodana ka-Ahisamaki, owesizwe sakwaDani; ezinhliziyweni zazo zonke eziyizingcweti ngenhliziyo ngifake ukuhlakanipha ukuba zikwenze konke engikuyale ngakho: ₇itende lokuhlangana, nomphongolo wobufakazi, nesihlalo somusa esiphezu kwawo, nezimpahla zonke zetende, ₈netafula nezitsha zalo, nothi oluhle lwezibani nezitsha zonke zalo, ne-altare lempepho, ₉ne-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa nezitsha zonke zalo, nomcengezi nesinqe sawo, ₁₀nezingubo ezifekethisiweyo, nezambatho ezingcwele zika-Aroni umpristi nezambatho zamadodana akhe zokuba bakhonze esikhundleni sobupristi, ₁₁namafutha okugcoba, nempepho yamakha athaphukayo yendawo engcwele, yebo, zenze njengakho konke engikuyale ngakho.”

₁₂UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: ₁₃“Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Anogcina amasabatha, ngokuba aluphawu phakathi kwami nani ezizukulwaneni zenu ukuba nazi ukuthi nginguJehova oningcwelisayo.

₁₄“ ‘Gcinani isabatha, ngokuba lingcwele kini; yilowo nalowo olonayo uyakubulawa nokubulawa, ngokuba osebenza umsebenzi ngalo uyakunqunywa kubantu bakubo. ₁₅Izinsuku eziyisithupha kosetshenzwa, kepha ngosuku lwesikhombisa kuyisabatha lokuphumula, lingcwele kuJehova: bonke abasebenza umsebenzi ngosuku lwesabatha bayakubulawa nokubulawa. ₁₆Ngalokho abakwa-Israyeli bayakuligcina isabatha, balilonde ezizukulwaneni zabo libe yisivumelwano esiphakade. ₁₇Liluphawu phakathi kwami nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli kuze kube phakade, ngokuba ngezinsuku eziyisithupha uJehova walenza izulu nomhlaba, kepha ngosuku lwesikhombisa waphumula, waqabuleka.’ ”

₁₈Eseqedile ukukhuluma noMose entabeni yaseSinayi wamnika izibhebhe zombili zobufakazi, izibhebhe zamatshe, zilotshiwe ngomunwe kaNkulunkulu.

₁Abantu sebebone ukuthi uMose ulibele ukwehla entabeni, abantu babuthana ku-Aroni, bathi kuye: “Vuka usenzele onkulunkulu abazakuhamba phambi kwethu, ngokuba uMose lowo, umuntu owasikhuphula ezweni laseGibithe, asazi ukuthi wehlelwe yini.”

₂U-Aroni wayesethi kubo: “Khumulani amacici egolide asezindlebeni zawomkenu, nakwezamadodana enu, nakwezamadodakazi enu, niwalethe kimi.” ₃Bonke abantu bakhumula-ke amacici egolide asezindlebeni zabo, bawayisa ku-Aroni. ₄Wawamukela ezandleni zabo, wawabumba ngengwedo, wawenza aba yithole elibunjiweyo, bathi: “Nampa onkulunkulu bakho, Israyeli, abakukhuphula ezweni laseGibithe.”

₅U-Aroni wakubona, wakha i-altare phambi kwalo; u-Aroni wamemezela wathi: “Kusasa kuzakuba khona umkhosi kaJehova.” ₆Bavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, banikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa, baletha iminikelo yokuthula; abantu bahlala phansi ukuba badle, baphuze; bavuka ukuyodlala.

₇UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Hamba wehle, ngokuba abantu bakho owabakhuphula ezweni laseGibithe benzile isono; ₈baphambukile masinyane endleleni engabayala ngayo. Bazenzele ithole elibunjiweyo, balikhonza, balihlabela, bathi: ‘Nampa onkulunkulu bakho, Israyeli, abakukhuphula ezweni laseGibithe.’ ”

₉UJehova wathi kuMose: “Ngibabonile laba bantu; bheka, bangabantu abantamo ilukhuni. ₁₀Ngalokho ngiyeke ukuba ulaka lwami lubavuthele, ngibaqede, ngikwenze ube yisizwe esikhulu.”

₁₁UMose wamshweleza uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe, wathi: “Jehova, ulaka lwakho lubavuthelelani abantu bakho owabakhuphula ezweni laseGibithe ngamandla amakhulu nangesandla esiqinileyo na? ₁₂AbaseGibithe bayakusholoni ukuthi: ‘Wabakhiphela okubi ukuba ababulale ezintabeni, abaqothule ebusweni bomhlaba.’ Phenduka olakeni lwakho oluvuthayo, uguquke kulobu bubi ngakubantu bakho. ₁₃Khumbula o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, no-Israyeli, izinceku zakho, owazifungela kubo, wathi kubo: ‘Ngiyakwandisa inzalo yenu ibe ngangezinkanyezi zezulu, nginike inzalo yenu lonke leli zwe engikhulumile ngalo, idle ifa lalo kuze kube phakade.’ ” ₁₄UJehova wayesephenduka ebubini abethi uzakubenza kubantu bakhe.

₁₅UMose waphenduka, wehla entabeni enezibhebhe zombili zobufakazi esandleni sakhe, izibhebhe ezazilotshwe nxazombili, zalotshwa ngalapha nangalapha. ₁₆Izibhebhe zazingumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, nokuloba kwakungukuloba kukaNkulunkulu, kuqoshiwe ezibhebheni.

₁₇UJoshuwa wezwa umsindo wabantu bekhamuluka, wathi kuMose: “Kukhona umsindo wempi ekamu.”*

₁₈Wathi: “Akusilo izwi labahalalisa ngokunqoba, akusilo izwi lokukhala ngokunqotshwa, kepha ngizwa umsindo wabahlabelelayo.”

₁₉Kwathi esasondela ekamu,* wabona ithole nokusina; ulaka lukaMose lwase luvutha, wazilahla izibhebhe ezandleni zakhe, wazaphula phansi kwentaba. ₂₀Wayeselithatha ithole ababelenzile, walishisa ngomlilo, walicolisisa laze laba luthuli, walivumvuzela emanzini, wabaphuzisa wona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

₂₁UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Benzeni kuwe laba bantu ukuba ubehlisele isono esingaka na?”

₂₂Wathi u-Aroni: “Ulaka lwenkosi yami malungavuthi; uyabazi abantu ukuthi bathanda ububi. ₂₃Ngokuba bathi kimi: ‘Senzele onkulunkulu abazakuhamba phambi kwethu, ngokuba uMose lowo, umuntu owasikhuphula ezweni laseGibithe, asazi ukuthi wehlelwe yini.’ ₂₄Ngase ngithi kubo: ‘Onalo igolide makalikhumule;’ base benginika lona, ngaliphonsa emlilweni, kwaphuma leli thole.”

₂₅UMose wababona abantu ukuthi babedlubulundile; ngokuba u-Aroni wayebakhululile baze bahlekwa yizitha zabo; ₂₆uMose wayesema esangweni lekamu,* wathi: “AbakaJehova mabeze kimi.” Onke amadodana kaLevi ayesebuthana kuye.

₂₇Wayesethi kuwo: “Usho njalo uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Akube yilowo nalowo kini abhince inkemba yakhe ethangeni lakhe, adabule ekamu,* aye emuva, aye phambili, kusukela kwelinye isango kuze kube kwelinye isango lekamu, yilowo nalowo abulale umfowabo, nalowo umngane wakhe, nalowo umakhelwane wakhe.’ ” ₂₈Amadodana kaLevi enza njengezwi likaMose, kwawa ngalolo suku abantu kungathi abayizinkulungwane ezintathu. ₂₉Wayesethi uMose: “Njengalokhu yilowo nalowo emelene nendodana yakhe nanomfowabo, manizahlukanisele namuhla kuJehova ukuba aninike isibusiso namuhla.”

₃₀Kwathi ngangomuso uMose wathi kubantu: “Nenzile isono esikhulu; sengiyakukhuphukela kuJehova, uma mhlawumbe ngingenza ukubuyisana ngesono senu.”

₃₁UMose wabuyela kuJehova, wathi: “Hawu, laba bantu benzile isono esikhulu, bazenzele onkulunkulu ngegolide. ₃₂Nokho uma ubathethelela isono sabo; kepha uma ungabathetheleli, ake ungesule encwadini yakho oyilobileyo.”

₃₃UJehova wayesethi kuMose: “Owonile kimi ngiyakumesula encwadini yami. ₃₄Kalokhu hamba-ke, uhole abantu, uye kuleyo ndawo engakhuluma ngayo kuwe; bheka, ingelosi yami iyakuhamba phambi kwakho; kepha mhla ngibahambela ngiyakuhambela isono sabo kubo.”

₃₅UJehova wayesebashaya-ke abantu, ngokuba benza ithole lelo alenzayo u-Aroni.

₁UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Hamba wenyuke lapha, wena nabantu obakhuphulile ezweni laseGibithe, uye ezweni engalifungela ku-Abrahama, naku-Isaka, nakuJakobe, ngathi: ‘Ngiyakulinika inzalo yakho.’ ₂Ngiyakuthuma ingelosi phambi kwakho, ngiwaxoshe amaKhanani, nama-Amori, namaHeti, namaPherizi, namaHivi, namaJebusi, ₃uye ezweni elichichima ubisi nezinyosi. Angiyikukhuphuka ngiphakathi kwenu, lokhu ningabantu abantamo ilukhuni, funa nginiqede endleleni.”

₄Abantu beyizwa le ndaba embi badabuka, akwabakho muntu owafaka izivunulo zakhe. ₅UJehova wayesethi kuMose: “Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Ningabantu abantamo ilukhuni; uma ngikhuphuka ngiphakathi kwenu nangokuphazima kweso nje, ngizakuniqeda. Ngalokho khumulani manje izivunulo zenu, ukuze ngazi ukuthi ngiyakwenzani kini.’ ” ₆Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bazihlubula izivunulo zabo, kusukela entabeni yaseHorebe.

₇UMose wayevama ukulithatha itende, walimisa ngaphandle kwekamu,* libe kude nekamu, walibiza ngokuthi itende lokuhlangana. Kwathi bonke abamfunayo uJehova baphuma, baya etendeni lokuhlangana elalingaphandle kwekamu. ₈Kwathi uMose ephuma eya etendeni, bonke abantu basukuma bema, kwaba yilowo nalowo ngasemnyango wetende lakhe, bambuka uMose waze wangena etendeni. ₉Kwathi uMose engena etendeni, insika yefu yehla, yema ngasemnyango wetende; uJehova wakhuluma noMose. ₁₀Bonke abantu bayibona insika yefu imi ngasemnyango wetende; bonke abantu basukuma, bakhuleka, kwaba yilowo nalowo ngasemnyango wetende lakhe. ₁₁UJehova wakhuluma kuMose ubuso nobuso, njengalokhu umuntu ekhuluma nomhlobo wakhe. Wabuyela ekamu,* kepha inceku yakhe uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, insizwa, ayiphumanga etendeni.

₁₂UMose wathi kuJehova: “Bheka, uthi kimi: ‘Khuphula laba bantu,’ kepha awungazisanga yena oyakumthuma nami. Nokho ushilo ukuthi: ‘Ngiyakwazi ngegama, ufumene umusa emehlweni ami.’ ₁₃Ngalokho uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, ake ungibonise izindlela zakho ukuba ngikwazi, ukuze ngifumane umusa emehlweni akho, ubhekisise ukuthi lesi sizwe singabantu bakho.”

₁₄Wayesethi: “Ngiyakuhamba mina uqobo, ngikuphumuze, na?”

₁₅Wathi kuye: “Uma ungahambi wena uqobo, ungasikhuphuli lapha. ₁₆Ngokuba kuyakwaziwa ngani ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mina nabantu bakho, na? Akungalokhu yini ukuthi uhamba nathi, ukuze sahlukaniswe, mina nabantu bakho, nabanye abantu abasebusweni bomhlaba na?”

₁₇UJehova wathi kuMose: “Ngiyakwenza nalokho okushiloyo, ngokuba ufumene umusa emehlweni ami; ngiyakwazi ngegama.”

₁₈Wayesethi: “Ake ngibone inkazimulo yakho.”

₁₉Wathi: “Ngiyakudlulisa phambi kwakho ubuhle bami, ngilimemezele igama likaJehova phambi kwakho, ngibe nomusa kuyena engithanda ukuba nomusa kuye, ngibe nesihe kuyena engithanda ukuba nesihe kuye.” ₂₀Wathi: “Awunakubona ubuso bami, ngokuba akukho muntu ongangibona, aphile.”

₂₁UJehova wathi: “Bheka, nansi indawo kimi; uyakuma edwaleni. ₂₂Kuyakuthi isadlula inkazimulo yami, ngiyakukufaka ofantwini lwedwala, ngikumboze ngesandla sami, ngize ngidlule. ₂₃Besengisusa isandla sami, ubone umhlane wami, kepha ubuso bami abuyikubonwa.”