UHlaziyo-mnqophiso 31 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

31 ¹Waza uMoses waya wawathetha la mazwi kuwo onke amaSirayeli. ²Wathi kubo: “Namhla ndineminyaka elikhulu elinamashumi mabini ndizelwe; andisenako ukuphuma nokungena, kananjalo uBawo wethu undixelele ukuba: ‘Akuyi kuyiwela le Yordan.’ ³UBawo wenu ngokwakhe uya kuwela phambi kwenu; uya kuzitshabalalisa ezi ntlanga phambi kwenu, nizigqogqe nina. UYoshuwa uya kuwela phambi kwenu, njengoko watshoyo uBawo wethu. ⁴UBawo wethu uya kwenza kuzo njengoko wenza kuSihon no-Og, ookumkani bama-Amori, nasezweni lazo, oko wazitshabalalisayo. ⁵UBawo wethu uya kuzinikela kuni, nize nenze kuzo ngako konke endaniwisela umthetho ngako. ⁶Yomelelani nikhaliphe. Musani ukoyika, ningangcangcazeli phambi kwazo, kuba uBawo wenu uhamba nani; akasayi kuze anishiye, anganilahli.”

⁷UMoses wambiza uYoshuwa, wathi kuye phambi kwawo onke amaSirayeli: “Yomelela ukhaliphe—wena uya kuhamba naba bantu uye ezweni awalifungela ooyise uBawo wethu ukuba uya kubanika lona, uze ubadlise lona ilifa. ⁸UBawo wethu ngokwakhe uhamba phambi kwakho; uya kuba nawe. Akasayi kuze akushiye, akusayi kukulahla. Musa ukoyika; ungaqhiphuki umbilini.”

Umyalelo Onikwa amaSirayeli

⁹UMoses wawubhala lo myalelo, wawunika ababingeleli, oonyana bakaLevi, ababethwala ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu, nawo onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli. ¹⁰Waza uMoses wabawisela umthetho, esithi: “Ekupheleni kweminyaka esixhenxe ngamnye, ngexesha elimisiweyo lomnyaka woyekelelo, ngexesha lomthendeleko weminquba, ^a a v10 Umthendeleko weMinquba: umbhiyozo wokuvuna wesiphelo sonyaka weveki yonke, apho iintsapho zazisakha zihlale eminqubeni yethutyana ukukhumbula uhambo lwamaSirayeli entlango. ¹¹xa onke amaSirayeli esiza phambi koBawo wenu kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula, niwulese lo myalelo ngokuvakalayo kuwo onke amaSirayeli. ¹²Libizeleni ndawonye ibandla—amadoda, nabafazi, nabantwana, nomphambukeli ohleli emizini yenu—ukuze beve, bafunde, boyike uBawo wenu, bagcine benze onke amazwi alo myalelo. ¹³Baze abantwana babo, abangawaziyo lo myalelo, bawuve bafunde ukumoyika uBawo wenu yonke imihla eniphila ngayo ezweni eniwelela kulo iYordan, nisiya kulihlutha.”

UBawo Wethu Umwisela Umthetho uYoshuwa

¹⁴UBawo wethu wathi kuMoses: “Usondele umhla wokufa kwakho. Biza uYoshuwa, nizimise ententeni yokuhlangana, ndimwisele umthetho.” Baya ke uMoses noYoshuwa, bazimisa ententeni yokuhlangana.

¹⁵Waza uBawo wethu wabonakala ententeni ngomqulu welifu, waza umqulu welifu wema emnyango wentente. ¹⁶Wathi uBawo wethu kuMoses: “Uza kulala kooyihlo. Baya kusuka ke aba bantu, bahenyuze belandela oothixo basemzini belizwe abaya kungena kulo, bandishiye, bawaphule umnqophiso endawenza nabo. ¹⁷Ngaloo mini uya kuvutha umsindo wam kubo. Ndiya kubashiya, ndibusithelise ubuso bam kubo, badliwe. Buya kubafikela ububi obuninzi neembandezelo. Ngaloo mini baya kuthi: ‘Abusifikeli na obu bubi ngenxa yokuba uThixo wethu engekho phakathi kwethu?’ ¹⁸Inene ndiya kubusithelisa ubuso bam ngaloo mini, ngenxa yobubi bonke abebenzileyo, ngokuba bebhekisa koothixo bambi.

¹⁹Ngoku zibhaleleni le ngoma, niyifundise oonyana bakaSirayeli, niyifake emilonyeni yabo, ukuze le ngoma ibe lingqina kum ngokuchasene noonyana bakaSirayeli. ²⁰Xa ndibangenisa ezweni elibaleka amasi nobusi, endalifungela ooyise, baya kudla, bahluthe batyebe, babhekise koothixo bambi babakhonze, bandidele, bawaphule umnqophiso wam. ²¹Xa buthe bubafumana ububi obuninzi neembandezelo, le ngoma iya kubangqinela njengengqina, kuba ayiyi kulityalwa emilonyeni yembewu yabo. Kuba ndiyakwazi oko bakubhungayo namhla, ndingekabangenisi ezweni endalifungela ukubanika lona.”

²²Wayibhala ke uMoses le ngoma ngaloo mini kanye, wayifundisa oonyana bakaSirayeli.

²³Waza uBawo wethu wamwisela umthetho uYoshuwa unyana kaNun, wathi: “Yomelela ukhaliphe—wena uya kubangenisa oonyana bakaSirayeli ezweni endabafungela ukubanika lona, ndize ndibe nawe mna ngokwam.”

²⁴Kwathi, akugqiba uMoses ukuwabhala amazwi alo myalelo encwadini, ethabathela ekuqaleni esa ekupheleni, ²⁵wabawisela umthetho abaLevi ababethwala ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu, wathi: ²⁶“Thabathani le ncwadi yomyalelo, niyibeke ecaleni kwetyeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wenu, ihlale khona ibe lingqina elichasene nani. ²⁷Kuba ndiyalwazi ukreqo lwenu nentamo yenu elukhuni. Nangoku, ndisaphila nje nani namhla, senikreqile kuBawo wethu—kobeka phi na emva kokufa kwam! ²⁸Hlanganiselani kum onke amadoda amakhulu ezizwe zenu, nababhali benu, ukuze ndiwathethe la mazwi ezindlebeni zabo, ndibize izulu nomhlaba ukuba kungqine ngokuchasene nabo. ²⁹Kuba ndiyazi ukuba emva kokufa kwam niya konakala kwaphela, nityeke endleleni endaniwisela umthetho ngayo. Buya kunifikela ke ububi ngemihla ezayo, ngenxa yokuba niya kwenza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu, nimqumbise ngomsebenzi wezandla zenu.”

³⁰UMoses wawathetha amazwi ale ngoma, ethabathela ekuqaleni esa ekupheleni, ezindlebeni zebandla lonke lakwaSirayeli.