uBawo wethu Unisa Isonka Esivela Ezulwini
Belambile entlango, amaSirayeli anqwenela ngewafela eYiputa ngasezimbizeni zenyama. UBawo wethu unisa isonka esivela ezulwini, luze ukubutha ngokwalo lube luvavanyo: okwanele usuku, kungagcinwa nto kude kuse, kube kabini phambi kwesabatha. Abanye bayagcina noko, kuze kube neempethu.
16 1Lonke ibandla loonyana bakwaSirayeli landuluka e-Elim, lafika entlango yaseSin, ephakathi kwe-Elim neSinayi, ngomhla weshumi elinesihlanu wenyanga yesibini emva kokuphuma kwabo ezweni laseYiputa. 2Lamkrokrela ke lonke ibandla loonyana bakwaSirayeli uMoses noAron entlango. 3Bathi kubo oonyana bakwaSirayeli: “Akwaba besifele ngesandla sikaBawo wethu eYiputa, sihleli ngasezimbizeni zenyama, sisidla isonka sihluthi! Kuba nina nisizise kule ntlango ukuze nibulale lonke eli bandla ngendlala.”
4Wathi ke uBawo wethu kuMoses: “Yabona, ndoninisela isonka esivela ezulwini. Abantu baya kuphuma imihla ngemihla babuthe isabelo semini leyo, ukuze ndibalinge—baya kuwuthobela na umyalelo wam, kusini na? a a v4 UYesu wabhekisa kwesi sonka sivela ezulwini xa wazibiza ngokuba usisonka sokwenene asinika uBawo wethu — isonka sobomi esehla sivela ezulwini ukuze sinike ihlabathi ubomi. 5Kothi ngomhla wesithandathu balungise oko bakungenisayo—kube kabini koko bakubutha imihla ngemihla.”
6UMoses noAron bathi kubo bonke oonyana bakwaSirayeli: “Ngokuhlwa niya kwazi ukuba nguBawo wethu onikhuphileyo ezweni laseYiputa, 7kusasa niya kububona ubuqaqawuli bukaBawo wethu—kuba evile izikrokro zenu enimkrokrela ngazo. Ke thina siyintoni na, ukuba nisikrokrele?” 8Wathi uMoses: “Xa uBawo wethu eninika inyama yokudla ngokuhlwa, nesonka ngokwaneleyo kusasa, ekubeni evile izikrokro zenu enimkrokrela ngazo—ke thina siyintoni na? Izikrokro zenu aziyiyo kuthi, zezikuBawo wethu.” 9UMoses wathi kuAron: “Yithi kulo lonke ibandla loonyana bakwaSirayeli: ‘Sondelani phambi koBawo wethu—kuba evile izikrokro zenu.’” 10Kwathi, akuba uAron ethethile kulo lonke ibandla loonyana bakwaSirayeli, babheka ngasentlango, nanko ubuqaqawuli bukaBawo wethu bubonakala efini. 11Wathi uBawo wethu kuMoses:
12“Ndizivile izikrokro zoonyana bakwaSirayeli. Thetha kubo, uthi: Lakutshona ilanga niya kudla inyama; kusasa niya kuhlutha sisonka. Niya kwandula ke ukwazi ukuba ndinguBawo wenu.”
13Kwathi ngokuhlwa kweza izagwityi, zazigubungela iminquba; kusasa wabakho umbethe ngeenxa zonke kweminquba. 14Uthe wakunyuka umbethe lowo, nanko kukho into encinane erhwexayo phezu kobuso bentlango, incinci njengeqabaka emhlabeni. 15Bakuyibona oonyana bakwaSirayeli, babuzana bodwa besithi: “Yintoni na le nto?”—kuba bengazi ukuba yintoni na. Wathi uMoses kubo: “Sisonka eso aninike sona uBawo wethu ukuba nidle.”
16Nantsi into ayiwiseleyo umthetho uBawo wethu: “Buthani, elowo ngangoko anokukudla, malunga neekwati ezimbini ngentloko, ngokwenani labantu abasententeni yakhe.”
17Benjenjalo ke oonyana bakwaSirayeli. Babutha, abanye kakhulu, abanye kancinane. 18Kodwa bakukulinganisa ngesilinganiso seekwati ezimbini, lowo ubuthe kakhulu akabanga nabo obugqithiseleyo, nalowo ubuthe kancinane akasilelwanga—elowo wabutha kanye ngangoko anokukudla. 19Wathi uMoses kubo: “Makungabikho namnye osaliseleyo kuko kude kuse.” 20Abamphulaphulanga uMoses—abanye basalisela kuko kwada kwasa; kwazala iimpethu, kwanuka. Waqumba ke uMoses kubo. 21Babekubutha kusasa ngakusasa, elowo ngangoko akudlayo; kwakuba lishushu ilanga, kunyibilike.
22Kwathi ngomhla wesithandathu babutha isonka esiphindwe kabini, malunga neekwati ezine elowo, zeza ke zonke iinkulu zebandla zaxelela uMoses.
23Wathi kubo: “Nantsi into ayithethileyo uBawo wethu: Ngomso luphumlo olungcwele, yisabatha engcwele kuBawo wenu. Osani enokwosa, nipheke enokupheka, nithi konke okuseleyo nibeke kude kuse.”
24Bayibeka ke kude kwasa, njengoko wawisayo umthetho uMoses, akwanuka, akuzalanga mpethu. 25Wathi uMoses: “Kudleni namhla; kuba namhla yisabatha kuBawo wethu; namhla aniyi kukufumana endle. 26Imihla emithandathu niya kukubutha, kodwa ngomhla wesixhenxe, iSabatha, akuyi kubakho nto.” 27Kwathi ngomhla wesixhenxe, kwaphuma abanye ebantwini baya kubutha, kodwa abafumananga nto.
28Wathi uBawo wethu kuMoses: “Kuya kuda kube nini na ningafuni ukuyigcina imithetho yam nemiyalelo yam? 29Yabonani, ndininike iSabatha; ngako oko ngomhla wesithandathu ndininika isonka seentsuku ezimbini. Hlalani, elowo endaweni yakhe; makungabikho namnye ophuma endaweni yakhe ngomhla wesixhenxe.”
30Baphumla ke abantu ngomhla wesixhenxe.
31Yathi indlu yakwaSirayeli igama layo yimana; yayinjengenkozo yekoriyandire, imhlophe, isongo sayo sinjengezonkana zobusi. b b v31 Igama elithi mana livakalisa umbuzo wokuqala wabantu othi, “Yintoni na?” — basithiya isonka ngokumangaliswa kwabo siso.
32Wathi uMoses: “Nantsi into ayiwiseleyo umthetho uBawo wethu: ‘Gcinani malunga neekwati ezimbini kuko kwizizukulwana zenu, ukuze zisibone isonka endanidlisa sona entlango, oko ndandinikhupha ezweni laseYiputa.’”
33UMoses wathi kuAron: “Thabatha isitya, usizalise malunga neekwati ezimbini zemana, usibeke phambi koBawo wethu, sigcinwe kwizizukulwana zenu.” 34Njengoko uBawo wethu wamwiselayo umthetho uMoses, wasibeka ke uAron phambi kwesingqino, ukuze sigcinwe. c c v34 Isingqino: amacwecwe amatye omnqophiso, awathi kamva agcinwa ngaphakathi kweTyeya. 35Oonyana bakwaSirayeli bayidla imana iminyaka emashumi mane, bade bafika kwelizwe elimiweyo. Bayidla yona imana le bade bafika emdeni welizwe lakwaKanan. 36(I-omere iqulatha malunga neekwati ezimbini—sisahlulo seshumi se-efa.).
