Iingcibi Ezibizwe Ngamagama Azo
UBhetsaleli ubizwa ngegama, azaliswe ngoMoya — ubulumko, nengqondo, nobungcibi — enoAholiyabhi ecaleni kwakhe, nobuchule bubekwe entliziyweni yazo zonke izingcibi ezikhuthazekayo. Yaza isabatha inikwa njengomqondiso walo mnqophiso. UBawo wethu unika uMoses amacwecwe abhalwe ngumnwe wakhe.
31 1Wathetha uBawo wethu kuMoses, wathi:
2“Khangela, uBhetsaleli unyana kaUri, kaHuri, osesizweni sakwaYuda, ndimbizile ngegama, 3ndaza ndamzalisa ngoMoya wam, ngobulumko, nangengqondo, nangokwazi, nangobungcibi bonke, 4ukuba athelekelele, ayile, asebenze ngegolide, nangesilivere, nangobhedu; 5ekukroleni amatye okuba afakwe, nasekukroleni imithi, enze yonke imisebenzi ngentelekelelo. 6Mna ngokwam ndimmisile uAholiyabhi unyana ka-Ahisamaki, wesizwe sakwaDan, ukuba asebenze naye. Ndibeke ubulumko entliziyweni yazo zonke izingcibi ezinobuchule, ukuze zenze konke endikuwisele umthetho ngako. 7Intente yokuhlangana, netyeya yesingqino, nesihlalo sokucamagusha esingaphezu kwayo, nazo zonke iimpahla zentente, 8netafile neempahla zayo, nesiphatho sezibane esicocekileyo neempahla zaso zonke, nesibingelelo sesiqhumiso; 9nesibingelelo sedini elinyukayo neempahla zaso zonke, nohehema lwesitya sokuhlambela noseko lwalo; 10nezambatho zokubusa, nezambatho ezingcwele zika-Aron umbingeleli, nezambatho zoonyana bakhe zokwenzelelela, 11neoli yokuthambisa, nesiqhumiso esimnandi sendawo engcwele; bazenze kanye njengoko ndikuwisele umthetho ngako.”
ISabatha Inikwe Njengomqondiso
12Waza uBawo wethu wathi kuMoses:
13“Wena ngokwakho thetha koonyana bakaSirayeli, uthi: Ngaphezu kwako konke, zigcineni iisabatha zam—ngumqondiso phakathi kwam nani, kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, ukuze nazi ukuba mna, uBawo wenu, ndiyaningcwalisa. a a v13 UBawo wethu unika isabatha njengomqondiso wokuba nguye, kungekhona umgudu wabo, obahlulela bucala abantu bakhe babe ngcwele. 14Yigcineni isabatha—iyingcwele kuni. Lowo uyihlambelayo wobulawa afe; lowo wenza umsebenzi ngayo wonqanyulwa, angabikho phakathi kwabantu bakowabo. 15Wosetyenzwa imihla emithandathu, kodwa umhla wesixhenxe uyisabatha kasabatha, yingcwele kum. Bonke abenza umsebenzi ngomhla wesabatha bobulawa bafe. 16Oonyana bakaSirayeli boyigcina isabatha, benza isabatha kwizizukulwana zonke, ibe ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade. 17Ngumqondiso phakathi kwam noonyana bakaSirayeli ngonaphakade: kuba ngemihla emithandathu ndenza izulu nomhlaba; ngomhla wesixhenxe ndaphumla, ndaza ndaphefumla.”
18Akuba egqibile ukuthetha noMoses entabeni yeSinayi, wamnika amacwecwe omabini esingqino, engamatye, awabhalwe ngomnwe kaBawo wethu.