Eyasentlango 20 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

20 ¹Ngenyanga yokuqala lonke ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli langena entlango yeTsin; abantu bahlala eKadeshe. Wafa khona uMiriyam, wangcwatyelwa khona. ²Ke kaloku bekungekho manzi ebandleni; bazihlanganisela ooMoses noAron. ³Abantu babambana noMoses, bathi: “Akwaba besifele mhla bafa abanakwethu phambi koBawo wethu! ⁴Yini na ukuba nizise ibandla likaBawo wethu kule ntlango, ukuze sifele apha thina neenkomo zethu? ⁵Yini na ukuba nasinyusa eYiputa, nasizisa kule ndawo imbi? Akukho ngqolowa, namakhiwane, needewini, neerharnate; akukho namanzi okuba sisele.”

⁶Bemka ooMoses noAron ebusweni bebandla, baya emnyango wentente yokuhlangana, bawa ngobuso; lwabonakala kubo uzuko lukaBawo wethu. ⁷Wathi uBawo wethu kuMoses:

⁸“Yithabathe intonga, ulihlanganise ibandla, wena noAron umnakwenu, nithethe eweni emehlweni abo; lowanika amanzi alo. Ubakhuphele amanzi eweni, ulincede libe nokusela ibandla neenkomo zalo.”

⁹Wayithabatha ke uMoses intonga phambi koBawo wethu, njengoko wayemwisele umthetho. ¹⁰Bahlanganisa ooMoses noAron ibandla phambi kweliwa. Wathi: “Khaniphulaphule, nina baphikisi, singanikhuphela amanzi na kweli liwa?” ¹¹UMoses waphakamisa isandla sakhe, waliqhayisa iliwa ngentonga yakhe kabini; aphuma amanzi kakhulu, lasela ibandla neenkomo zalo. ^a a v11 UPawulos usixelela ukuba eli liwa yayinguKrestu (1 Korinte 10:4). Iliwa laliqhayiswe kube kanye ngaphambili (Eksodus 17); ngeli xesha uBawo wethu wayithi lalithethe kuphela. UKrestu waqhayiswa kube kanye ngonaphakade—ngoku kufuneka simbize kuphela.

¹²Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi kuMoses noAron: “Ngenxa yokuba ningakholwanga kum ngokwaneleyo ukuze nindingcwalise phambi koonyana bakaSirayeli, aniyi kungenisa eli bandla kwilizwe endibanike lona.”

¹³Lawo ngamanzi aseMeribha, apho oonyana bakaSirayeli babambana khona noBawo wethu, waza wazibonakalisa engcwele phakathi kwabo.

UEdom Uyala Ukubadlulisa Ngoxolo

¹⁴UMoses wathuma abathunywa, bevela eKadeshe, baya kukumkani wakwaEdom: “Utsho umnakwenu uSirayeli ukuthi: Wena uyayazi yonke inkxamleko esifumeneyo. ¹⁵Oobawo bethu behla baya eYiputa; sahlala eYiputa iminyaka emininzi, amaYiputa asiphatha kakubi thina noobawo bethu. ¹⁶Sakhala ke kuBawo wethu; weva izwi lethu, wasithumela isithunywa, waza wasikhupha eYiputa. Ngoku siseKadeshe, umzi osemdeni wakho ngasekupheleni. ¹⁷Khawusivumele sicande ezweni lakho. Asiyi kungena emasimini nasezidiliyeni, asiyi kusela manzi asemaqula. Siya kuhamba ngendlela enkulu yokumkani, singajiki siye ngasekunene nasekhohlo, side siwugqithe umda wakho.” ¹⁸Wathi uEdom kuye: “Akuyi kucanda kum, hleze ndiphume ndize kuwe ngekrele.” ¹⁹Oonyana bakaSirayeli bathi kuye: “Siya kunyuka ngomendo. Ukuba sithe thina neenkomo zethu sasela amanzi akho, sowarhola. Masicande ngeenyawo kuphela, akukho nto yimbi.” ²⁰Kodwa yena wathi: “Akuyi kucanda.” Waphuma uEdom weza kuye enenkitha enkulu nangesandla esinamandla. ²¹Ngoko ke uEdom akavuma ukuba uSirayeli adlule emhlabeni wakhe; waza uSirayeli wamfulathela wemka.

UAron Uhlanganiselwa Ebantwini Bakowabo

²²Lonke ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli landuluka eKadeshe, lafika entabeni yeHore. ²³Entabeni yeHore, emdeni wakwaEdom, uBawo wethu wathi kuMoses noAron:

²⁴“UAron uya kuhlanganiselwa ebantwini bakowabo; akayi kungena kwilizwe endalinika oonyana bakaSirayeli, ngenxa yokuba nawuphikisa umlomo wam emanzini aseMeribha. ^b b v24 “Ukuhlanganiselwa ebantwini bakowabo” sisiqhelo esithambileyo esithetha ukuba uAron wayeya kufa, ahlangane noobawo bakhe; sibuye sisetyenziswe kwindinyana 26. ²⁵Mthabathe uAron noElazare unyana wakhe, uze ubanyuse entabeni yeHore. ²⁶Susa izambatho zika-Aron, uzinxibe uElazare unyana wakhe; uAron uya kuhlanganiselwa ebantwini bakowabo, afele khona.”

²⁷Wenza ke uMoses njengoko uBawo wethu amwisele umthetho, banyuka baya entabeni yeHore liqwalasele lonke ibandla. ²⁸UMoses wazisusa izambatho zika-Aron, wamambathisa ngazo unyana wakhe uElazare. Wafa apho uAron phezu kwentaba; baza behla ooMoses noElazare. ²⁹Labona lonke ibandla ukuba uAron ufile, yamenzela isijwili iminyaka engamashumi mathathu yonke indlu kaSirayeli.