IDutheronomi 1

1 ¹UMose wawakhuluma la mazwi kuwo wonke u-Israyeli ngaphesheya kweJordani, ehlane, e-Arabha maqondana neSufi, phakathi kwePharani neThofeli, iLabani, iHaseroti, neDizahabi. ²Kuwuhambo lwezinsuku eziyishumi nanye ukusuka eHorebe ngendlela yeNtaba yaseSeyiri ukuya eKadeshi-barineya. ³Ngonyaka wamashumi amane, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yeshumi nanye, uMose watshela u-Israyeli konke uBaba wethu amyala ngakho ngenxa yabo, ⁴emva kokuba enqobe uSihoni inkosi yama-Amori, owayehlala eHeshboni, no-Ogi inkosi yaseBashani, owayehlala e-Ashtaroti nase-Edreyi. ⁵Ngaphesheya kweJordani, ezweni lakwaMowabi, uMose waqala ukuchaza lesi siyalo, ethi:

⁶UBaba wethu wakhuluma kithi eHorebe, wathi: “Senihlale isikhathi eside ngokwanele kule ntaba.

⁷Phendukani nihambe niye ezintabeni zama-Amori nakubo bonke abakhelene nawo—e-Arabha, ezintabeni, esihlanjeni, eNegebi, ogwini lolwandle—ezweni lamaKhanani, eLebanoni, kuze kufike emfuleni omkhulu i-Ewufrathe. ⁸Bhekani, ngilibekile izwe phambi kwenu. Hambani nidle ifa lezwe engafunga ukulinika oyihlo—u-Abrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe—nenzalo yabo emva kwabo.”

Amahlombe Ahlanganyelwe

⁹Ngaleso sikhathi ngathi kini: “Angikwazi ukunithwala ngedwa. ¹⁰UYihlo unandisile, futhi namuhla senibaningi njengezinkanyezi zezulu. ¹¹Sengathi uBaba wethu anganandisa izikhathi eziyinkulungwane kunalokhu futhi anibusise, njengoba anithembisa. ¹²Ngingabuthwala kanjani ngedwa ubunzima nomthwalo wenu nokuxabana kwenu? ¹³Zikhetheleni izizwe zenu amadoda ahlakaniphile, aqondayo, nanolwazi, bese ngibabeka babe yizinhloko zenu.”

¹⁴Naningiphendula nathi: “Into oyikhulumile inhle ukuba siyenze.” ¹⁵Ngase ngithatha izinhloko zezizwe zenu—amadoda ahlakaniphile anolwazi—ngazenza abaholi phezu kwenu: izinduna zezinkulungwane, zamakhulu, zamashumi amahlanu, nezamashumi, nezikhulu zezizwe zenu. ¹⁶Ngaleso sikhathi ngayala abahluleli benu ngathi: “Lalelani izindaba phakathi kwabafowenu, nahlulele ngokulunga phakathi komuntu, nomfowabo, noma owezizwe okanye naye. ¹⁷Ningabandlululi ekwahluleleni; lalelani omncane nomkhulu ngokufanayo. Ningesabi muntu, ngokuba ukwahlulela kungokukaBaba wethu. Lethani kimi noma iyiphi indaba enzima kakhulu kini; ngizoyilalela.” ¹⁸Nganiyala ngaleso sikhathi ngazo zonke izinto okufanele nizenze.

Amadoda Ayishumi Nambili Aya Ezweni

¹⁹Sasuka eHorebe sadabula lonke lelo hlane elikhulu nelesabekayo enalibona, siya ezweni lezintaba lama-Amori, njengoba uBaba wethu asiyala, safika eKadeshi-barineya. ²⁰Ngathi kini: Senifikile ezweni lezintaba lama-Amori, uBaba wethu asinika lona. ²¹Bhekani, uYihlo ulibekile izwe phambi kwenu. Khuphukani, nilithathe, njengoba uBaba wethu athembisa. Ningesabi ningadangali.

²²Nonke neza kimi nathi: “Masithume amadoda aqale phambili ukuba asihlolele izwe, abuye nezwi ngendlela esizoyihamba nangemizi esizoyifinyelela.”

²³Lelo cebo labonakala lilihle kimi, ngase ngithatha amadoda ayishumi nambili kini, eyodwa esizweni ngasinye. ²⁴Baphenduka bakhuphukela ezweni lezintaba, bafika eSigodini sase-Eshkoli, basihlola. ²⁵Bathatha okunye kwezithelo zezwe ngezandla zabo, bakwehlisela kithi, babika bathi: “Izwe uBaba wethu asinika lona lihle.”

Ukwenqaba Kuka-Israyeli

²⁶Kodwa anivumanga ukukhuphuka, nahlubuka emyalweni kaYihlo. ²⁷Nakhonona emathendeni enu nathi: “Ngenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu uyasizonda, usikhiphile ezweni laseGibhithe ukuze asifake ezandleni zama-Amori, asibhubhise. ^a a v27 Lapha abantu basola uBaba wethu ngokuphambene ncamashi nenhliziyo yakhe—amanga amadala okuthi uBaba akabathandi abantwana bakhe, kanti eqinisweni wayebathwele indlela yonke. ²⁸Sikhuphukelaphi? Abafowethu bazincibilikisile izinhliziyo zethu, bethi: ‘Abantu abakhulu nabade kunathi; imizi emikhulu enezindonga ezifinyelela ezulwini; futhi sabona khona namadodana ama-Anaki.’” ^b b v28 Ama-Anaki ayewuhlanga lwamaqhawe amade adabukisa ngobude obesabekayo, ayesatshwa kulo lonke iKhanani.

²⁹Ngase ngithi kini: “Ningethuki ningabesabi. ³⁰UYihlo, ohamba phambi kwenu, uyonilwela yena uqobo, njengoba anenzela eGibhithe, phambi kwamehlo enu, ³¹nasehlane, lapho nabona khona uYihlo enithwala, njengoba ubaba ethwala indodana yakhe, yonke indlela enayihamba nize nifike kule ndawo.”

³²Kodwa naphezu kwaleli zwi anikholwanga nguYihlo, ³³owayehamba phambi kwenu endleleni ukuze anihlolele indawo yokukanisa—umlilo ebusuku, ifu emini—enikhombisa indlela enizoyihamba.

³⁴UBaba wethu wezwa lokho enakusho, wathukuthela, wafunga,

³⁵“Akekho noyedwa kula madoda, lesi sizukulwane esibi, oyokubona izwe elihle engafunga ukulinika oyihlo, ³⁶ngaphandle kukaKalebi indodana kaJefune. Yena uyolibona, ngimnike izwe anyathela kulo, nabantwana bakhe, ngokuba walandela uBaba wethu ngokugcwele.’

³⁷“UBaba wethu wangithukuthelela nami ngenxa yenu, wathi: ‘Nawe ngeke ungene lapho.’ ³⁸UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, omi phambi kwakho, uyongena lapho. Mqinise; uyonika u-Israyeli ifa lakhe. ³⁹Abancane benu, enathi bayakuba yimpango, nabantwana benu, abangakwazi namuhla ukwahlukanisa okuhle nokubi—bona bayolingena. Ngiyobanika lona; bayolidla ifa. ⁴⁰Kodwa nina—phendukani niqale uhambo niye ehlane ngendlela eya oLwandle Olubomvu.”

⁴¹Nase ningiphendula nathi: “Sonile kuBaba wethu. Sizokhuphuka silwe, njengoba uBaba wethu asiyalile.” Ngamunye wenu wabhinca izikhali zakhe, ecabanga ukuthi kulula ukukhuphukela ezweni lezintaba.

⁴²UBaba wethu wathi kimi: “Batshele uthi: ‘Ningakhuphuki ningalwi, ngokuba angikho phakathi kwenu, funa nishaywe phambi kwezitha zenu.’”

⁴³Ngakhuluma kini, kodwa anilalelanga. Nahlubuka emyalweni kaBaba wethu, nenza ngokuzidla, nakhuphukela ezweni lezintaba. ⁴⁴Ama-Amori ayehlala kulelo zwe lezintaba aphuma amelana nani, anixosha njengezinyosi, anichoboza eSeyiri kuze kufike eHorma. ⁴⁵Nabuya nakhala phambi kukaBaba wethu, kodwa uBaba wethu akawuzwanga umsindo wenu futhi akanilalelanga. ⁴⁶Ngakho nahlala eKadeshi izinsuku eziningi, lezo zinsuku eziningi enahlala kuzo lapho.