Inkosana eSangweni laseMpumalanga
Isango lasempumalanga livulwa kuphela ngeesabatha nasekuthwaseni kweenyanga, isikhulu sime ngasemgubasini ngexa iminikelo yaso kuBawo wethu isenziwa, yaye abanquli bamele baphume ngesango elikhangelene nelo bangene ngalo. Isikhulu asinakuwuthimba umhlaba wosapho. UHezekile uboniswa amagumbi okuphekela.
46 1Itsho iNkosi uBawo osongameleyo ukuthi: Isango lentendelezo engaphakathi elingasempumalanga lihlala livaliwe iintsuku ezintandathu zokusebenza, kodwa livulwa ngomhla wesabatha, livulwa nasekuthwaseni kwenyanga. 2“Isikhulu singena ngevaranda yesango, sisuka ngaphandle, sime ngasemgubasini, ngexa ababingeleli besondeza idini laso elinyukayo neminikelo yaso yoxolo. Siqubuda embundwini womnyango wesango, size siphume; kodwa isango lihlala livuliwe kude kuhlwe. 3Abantu belizwe boqubuda ekungeneni kweso sango phambi koBawo wethu ngeesabatha nasekuthwaseni kweenyanga. 4Idini elinyukayo lenkosana kuBawo wethu ngomhla wesabatha: iimvana ezintandathu ezigqibeleleyo nenkunzi yemvu egqibeleleyo. 5Umnikelo wokudla: i-efa lomgubo kunye nenkunzi yemvu; kunye neemvana, into enokuyinika; nehin yeoli nge-efa. 6Ngomhla wokuthwasa kwenyanga: inkunzi entsha yenkomo, iimvana ezintandathu, nenkunzi yemvu, zonke zigqibelele. 7Njengomnikelo wokudla wolungisa i-efa kunye nenkunzi yenkomo, i-efa kunye nenkunzi yemvu, kunye neemvana into esinokuyifumana isandla sakhe, nehin yeoli nge-efa. 8Xa singena isikhulu, singena ngevaranda yesango, siphume ngayo kwaloo ndlela.
9Xa abantu belizwe beza phambi koBawo wethu ngamaxesha amisiweyo, lowo ungena ngesango lasentla ukuba aqubude uphuma ngasezantsi, nalowo ungena ngasezantsi uphuma ngelasentla. Akukho namnye obuyela ngesango awangena ngalo; elowo uthi gca aphume. 10Isikhulu soba phakathi kwabo—singene xa bengena, siphume xa bephuma. 11Ngamaxesha emithendeleko nangamaxesha amisiweyo umnikelo wokudla uba yi-efa lomgubo kunye nenkunzi yenkomo, i-efa kunye nenkunzi yemvu, kunye neemvana into enokuyinika, nehin yeoli nge-efa. 12Xa isikhulu sinika uBawo wethu umnikelo wokuqhutywa yintliziyo—idini elinyukayo nokuba yiminikelo yoxolo—isango elibheke empumalanga liyasivulelwa. Sisondeza idini laso elinyukayo neminikelo yaso yoxolo njengasesabathani, size siphume, lize isango livaliwe emva kokuphuma kwaso.
13Wolungisa imvana eminyaka mnye egqibeleleyo ibe lidini elinyukayo lemihla yonke kuBawo wethu, woyilungisa kusasa ngemihla ngemihla. 14Kusasa ngemihla ngemihla wolungisa umnikelo wokudla kunye nalo: isahlulo sesithandathu se-efa somgubo ocoliweyo nesahlulo sesithathu sehin yeoli ukuwunyakamisa, umnikelo wokudla kuBawo wethu—ngummiselo ongunaphakade, kude kube ngunaphakade. 15Boyilungisa imvana, nomnikelo wokudla, neoli kusasa ngemihla ngemihla, ibe lidini elinyukayo elingapheliyo.”
16Itsho iNkosi uBawo osongameleyo ukuthi: “Ukuba isikhulu sinika umnye koonyana baso isipho, siba lilifa laloo nyana, libe leloonyana bakhe njengelifa labo. 17Kodwa ukuba sinika inxenye yelifa laso omnye wabakhonzi baso, siba sesomkhonzi kude kube ngumnyaka woyekelelo, size sibuyele esikhulwini. Ilifa laso leloonyana baso kuphela—lelabo. 18Isikhulu masingabuthabathi ubulifa babantu, sibagxothe elifeni labo. Sonika oonyana baso ilifa elivela kokwaso, ukuze kungabikho namnye kubantu bam ogxothwa elifeni lakhe.”
Amakhitshi aNgcwele eTempile
19Wandula wandisa ngendlela esecaleni lesango, ukungena emagumbini angcwele ababingeleli abheka ngasentla; nantso, ekupheleni ngasentshonalanga, yayikhona indawo.
20Wathi kum: “Yindawo apha apho ababingeleli bapheka khona idini letyala nedini lesono, baze bose umnikelo wokudla, ukuze bangawasi entendelezweni engaphandle, badlulisele ubungcwele ebantwini.” a a v20 Kunqulo lwamaSirayeli, izinto ezingcwele zazithathwa njengezinamandla angokomoya; ukuzichukumisa kwakunokubeka ubungozi kubantu abaqhelekileyo abangalungiselelwanga ngokwesithethe, ngoko ukupheka kwakuhlala ngaphakathi kommandla ongcwele.
21Wandikhuphela entendelezweni engaphandle, wandidlulisa kwiimbombo zayo zone; kwimbombo nganye kwakukho intendelezo. 22Iimbombo zone zentendelezo zazineentendelezo ezivaliweyo, ziziikubhite ezimashumi mane ubude neziikubhite ezimashumi mathathu ububanzi; zozine zilingana. 23Kwakukho ukrozo lwamatye olujikeleza ngaphakathi kuzo zone, kwakukho neendawo zokupheka ezakhiweyo phantsi kwemikrozo ngeenxa zonke.
24Wandula wathi kum: “Ngamakhitshi la apho abakhonzi betempile bapheka khona imibingelelo yabantu.”