UBawo wethu Ulungiselela Ababingeleli bakhe
Ababingeleli baphila ngeminikelo, bengenalifa. Ukuvumisa, ukukhafula, nokubuza kwabafileyo kwezo ntlanga kwaliwe kuphele. Endaweni yoko, uBawo wethu uya kuphakamisa umprofeti onjengoMoses phakathi kwabazalwana babo, kuthi ukuzaliseka kwamazwi omprofeti kube luvavanyo lokuba uthunyiwe na.
18 1Ababingeleli abangabaLevi—isizwe sonke sakwaLevi—abanasabelo nalifa ndawonye namaSirayeli; badla ukudla kwasemlilweni kuBawo wethu—lilifa lakhe elo. 2Mabangabi nalifa phakathi kwabazalwana babo; uBawo wethu ulilifa labo, njengoko wathembisayo kubo. 3Lilo eli ke ilungelo lababingeleli elivela ebantwini: abo babingelela inkomo nokuba yigusha mabanike umbingeleli igxalaba, nezidlele zombini, nesisu. 4Womnika amazibulo engqolowa yakho, newayini yakho entsha, neoli yakho, noboya bokuqala beegusha zakho. 5Kuba uBawo wakho wamnyula phakathi kwezizwe zakho zonke ukuba eme akhonze egameni likaBawo wethu, yena noonyana bakhe, ngamaxesha onke.
6Ukuba umLevi uthe wemka kuwuphi na umzi wakho wakwaSirayeli ahleli kuwo, weza ngokunqwena konke komphefumlo wakhe kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula uBawo wethu, 7wothi ke akhonze egameni likaBawo wethu, njengabo bonke abazalwana bakhe abangabaLevi abemi khona phambi koBawo wethu. 8Wodla izabelo ezilinganayo, ngaphandle koko akuzuzayo ekuthengiseni kwempahla yosapho lwakhe.
UBawo Uyazalela Imikhuba Yemilingo
9Xa uthe wangena ezweni akunikayo uBawo wakho, uze ungafundi ukwenza amasikizi ezo ntlanga. 10Maze kungabikho namnye kuni obingelela unyana wakhe nokuba yintombi yakhe emlilweni, ohlaba izihlabo, otolayo, obona imiqondiso, oloyayo, 11noyila imilingo, oneshologu, osisiyazi, nobuza kwabafileyo. 12Kuba lowo wenza ezi zinto ulisikizi kuBawo wethu; ngenxa yala masikizi, uBawo wakho uyazigxotha phambi kwakho. 13Uze ube ngogqibeleleyo phambi koBawo wakho. 14Ke zona ezi ntlanga uya kuzigqogqa—ziphulaphula abahlabi bezihlabo nabavumisi. Ke wena uBawo wakho akakuvumelanga oko.
UBawo Uya Kuthumela Umprofeti
15UBawo wakho wovusa kuwe umprofeti onjengam, ophuma phakathi kwakho, ebazalwaneni bakho—mphulaphuleni. a a v15 UPetros noStefano bambiza uYesu ngokuba nguMprofeti awathembisa ukumvusa uBawo wethu—lowo wayemele ukuphulaphulwa nguwonke umSirayeli (IZenzo 3:22-23; IZenzo 7:37). 16Yiyo le into owayicela kuBawo wakho eHorebhe ngemini yentlanganiso, usithi: “Mandingaphindi ndilive izwi likaBawo wethu, ndingabuyi ndiwubone nalo mlilo mkhulu, hleze ndife.”
17Waza uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Balungisile kule nto bayithethileyo. 18Ndiya kubavusela umprofeti onjengawe, ophuma phakathi kwabazalwana babo. Ndowabeka amazwi am emlonyeni wakhe; wobaxelela konke endimwisela umthetho ngako. 19Osukuba ke engaliphulaphuli ilizwi lam awalithethayo egameni lam—mna ngokwam ndiya kubuza oko kuye. 20Kodwa umprofeti olingela ukuthetha egameni lam ilizwi endingamwiselanga mthetho ngalo, nokuba uthetha egameni loothixo bambi—loo mprofeti makafe.”
21Ukuba uthe entliziyweni yakho: “Singalazi njani na ilizwi angalithethanga uBawo wethu?” 22Xa umprofeti athetha egameni likaBawo wethu, laza ilizwi elo alenzeki okanye alifiki, akalithethanga uBawo wethu—loo mprofeti ulithethe ngokhukhumalo. Uze ungamoyiki.
