Isibingelelo sikaBawo wethu Siyaphinda Siphakame

Phambi kokuba kumiswe naluphi na itempile, abantu ababuyileyo bakha kwakhona isibingelelo sikaBawo wethu phezu kweziseko zaso zakudala—besoyika izizwe ezibangqongileyo—baza baqala kwakhona amadini emihla ngemihla. Xa kubekwa isiseko, amadoda amadala akhumbula indlu yokuqala alila kakhulu njengokuba abanye bedanduluka.

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Ngenyanga yesixhenxe, amaSirayeli esehleli emizini yawo, bahlanganisana ndawonye abantu eJerusalem. Waza uYoshuwa unyana kaYotsadaki nababingeleli abangabazalwana bakhe, noZerubhabheli unyana kaSalatiyeli namadoda abenaye, baphakama benza isibingelelo sikaBawo wethu, ukuze banyuse kuso amadini anyukayo, njengoko kubhaliweyo emthethweni kaMoses umntu kaBawo wethu. Bamisa isibingelelo phezu kweziseko zaso, besoyika izizwe ezibangqongileyo, banyusa phezu kwaso amadini anyukayo kuBawo wethu kusasa nangokuhlwa. Benza umthendeleko weminquba njengoko kubhaliweyo, benyusa amadini anyukayo emihla ngemihla ngokwenani lemihla ngemihla ngangokulungeleyo. Emva koko banyusa amadini anyukayo amaxesha onke, nawokuthwasa kwenyanga, nawemithendeleko yonke engcwele kaBawo wethu, nezipho zabo bonke abanika umnikelo wokuqhutywa yintliziyo kuBawo wethu. Bathabathela ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesixhenxe, baqala ukunyusa amadini anyukayo kuBawo wethu, nangona iziseko zetempile kaBawo wethu zazingekasekwa. Bahlawula iingcibi zamatye neengcibi zemithi, banika amaTsidon namaTire ukudla, neziselo, neoli, ukuba bazise imisedare evela eLebhanon ngaselwandle iye eYafo, njengoko uKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi wayebavumele.

Indlu kaBawo wethu Iyaqala Ukuphakama

Ngenyanga yesibini yomnyaka wesibini emva kokuba befikile endlwini kaBawo wethu eJerusalem, uZerubhabheli unyana kaSalatiyeli noYoshuwa unyana kaYotsadaki baqala umsebenzi, benabaseleyo babantu bakowabo—ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabo bonke ababebuyile eJerusalem bephuma ekuthinjweni. Bamisa abaLevi abaminyaka imashumi mabini kunyuse ukuba balawule umsebenzi wendlu kaBawo wethu. Waza uYoshuwa, noonyana bakhe nabazalwana bakhe, noKademiyeli noonyana bakhe, oonyana bakaYuda, bahlangana ndawonye ukuba balawule abo basebenza endlwini kaBawo wethu—kunye noonyana bakaHenadadi, noonyana babo nabazalwana babo, abaLevi.

Bathi abakhi bakuseka iziseko zetempile kaBawo wethu, ababingeleli bema bevethe iingubo zabo benamaxilongo, nabaLevi oonyana bakaAsafi benamacangci, ukuze badumise uBawo wethu njengoko wayeyalele uDavide ukumkani wakwaSirayeli. Bavuma bephendulana, bemdumisa bembulela uBawo wethu: “Ulungile; inceba yakhe kuSirayeli ihlala ingunaphakade.” Bonke abantu badanduluka ngesithonga esikhulu sokudumisa, ngokuba iziseko zendlu kaBawo wethu zisekiwe.

Baninzi ababingeleli abadala, nabaLevi, neentloko zemizalwane ababeyibonile indlu yokuqala, balila ngezwi elikhulu xa iziseko zale ndlu zisekwa emehlweni abo, logama abanye abaninzi babedanduluka ngemihlali. Akubangakho namnye owayenokulahlula isithonga semihlali kwesokulila, ngokuba abantu babedanduluka kakhulu, lada laviwa isandi mgama.