IDutheronomi 32

32 ¹Lalelani, mazulu, ngikhulume; umhlaba mawuzwe amazwi omlomo wami. ²Imfundiso yami mayine njengemvula, inkulumo yami mayithontse njengamazolo, njengemikhemezelo etshanini obusha, nanjengemvula ezitshalweni ezikhulayo. ³Ngokuba ngiyakumemezela igama likaBaba wethu; nikani uBaba wethu ubukhulu! ⁴IDwala—uBaba wethu—umsebenzi wakhe uphelele, ngokuba zonke izindlela zakhe ziwubulungisa. UBaba wethu uthembekile, akenzi okubi; ulungile futhi uqotho nguye. ⁵Benze ngenkohlakalo kuye; kabaseyona abantwana bakhe, kodwa bayisici—isizukulwane esigwegwile nesisontekile. ⁶Niphindisela kanjena kuBaba wethu, nina bantu abayiziwula nabangenangqondo? Akayena yini uBaba wenu, owanidalayo, owanenza wanimisa? ^a a v6 Lapha iNgoma ikusho ngokucacile: uBaba wethu nguye owadala u-Israyeli, wabenza, wabamisa — yikho impela abelokhu eyikho kubantwana bakhe. ⁷Khumbula izinsuku zakudala; cabanga ngeminyaka yezizukulwane ngezizukulwane. Buza uyihlo, uyakukutshela, nabadala bakho, bayakuchaza. ⁸Lapho oPhezukonke, uBaba wethu, enika izizwe ifa lazo, lapho ehlukanisa abantu, wamisa imikhawulo yezizwe ngokwenani lamadodana ka-Israyeli. ⁹Ngokuba isabelo sikaBaba wethu singabantu bakhe, uJakobe uyifa lakhe elabelwe. ¹⁰Wamfumana ezweni eliyihlane, ogwadule olubhodlayo lwehlane; wamhaqa, wamnakekela, wamlonda njengenhlamvu yeso lakhe. ¹¹Njengokhozi oluvusa isidleke salo, oluzulazula phezu kwamaphuphu alo, weneka amaphiko akhe wawabamba, ewathwele emaphikweni akhe. ¹²UBaba wethu yedwa wamhola, kwakungekho nkulunkulu wezizwe naye. ¹³Wamkhweza ezindaweni eziphakeme zezwe, wadla izithelo zensimu; wamondla ngezinyosi ezivela edwaleni, namafutha avela eweni elilukhuni. ¹⁴Amasi avela emhlambini nobisi lwezimvu, namanoni amawundlu, izinqama zaseBhashani nezimbuzi, nokolweni omuhle kunakho konke— waphuza iwayini eligwabuzayo legazi lamagilebhisi. ¹⁵Kodwa uJeshuruni wakhuluphala wakhahlela—wena wakhuluphala, wavuvukala, wacwebezela—wayesemshiya uBaba wethu owamenzayo wadelela iDwala lensindiso yakhe. ^b b v15 UJeshuruni yigama lezinkondlo lika-Israyeli, elisho ukuthi “oqotho.” ¹⁶Bamvusela umhawu ngonkulunkulu bezizwe; bamcunula ngezinengiso. ¹⁷Benzela amademoni imihlatshelo, angesiwo uNkulunkulu, onkulunkulu ababengabazi, onkulunkulu abasha abavele muva nje, oyihlo ababengakaze babesabe. ¹⁸Walidela iDwala elakuzalayo, wamkhohlwa uBaba wethu owakubelethayo. ¹⁹UBaba wethu wakubona, wabenyanya, ngenxa yokumcunula kwamadodana akhe namadodakazi akhe.

²⁰Wathi: “Ngiyakubufihla ubuso bami kubo; ngiyakubona ukuthi kubo kuyophetha ngani, ngokuba bayisizukulwane esiphambukile, abantwana okungekho kubo ukwethembeka.

²¹“Bangivusela umhawu ngokungesona unkulunkulu; bangicunula ngezithombe zabo eziyize. Ngakho ngiyakubavusela umhawu ngabangesona isizwe; ngiyakubacunula ngesizwe esiyisiwula. ²²Ngokuba intukuthelo yami ivuthise umlilo oshisa kuze kufike ekujuleni kwendawo yabafileyo; uqeda umhlaba nezithelo zawo ulumathise izisekelo zezintaba. ²³Ngiyakubunqwabela ububi phezu kwabo; ngiyakuqeda imicibisholo yami kubo. ²⁴Beqedwa yindlala, bedliwa yisifo esishisayo nembubhiso ebabayo; ngiyakuthumela amazinyo ezilwane kubo, nobuhlungu bezilwane ezinwabuzela othulini. ²⁵Ngaphandle inkemba iyakubulala, ngaphakathi kube novalo—kubo bobabili insizwa nentombi, nosana olumunyayo kanye nomdala onezinwele ezimpunga. ²⁶Ngabe ngathi: ‘Ngiyakubahlahlela izingcezu; ngiyakusula ukukhunjulwa kwabo phakathi kwabantu,’ ²⁷ukube ngangingesabi ukubhinqa kwesitha, ngesaba ukuthi izimbangi zabo zingaqonda kabi zithi: ‘Isandla sethu sinqobile; akusiye uNkulunkulu owenze konke lokhu.’ ²⁸Ngokuba bayisizwe esingenakuhlakanipha, akukho kubo ukuqonda. ²⁹Ukube nje bebehlakaniphile, bebeyakukuqonda lokhu; bebeyakubona isiphetho sabo. ³⁰Oyedwa angaxosha kanjani abayinkulungwane, ababili babalekise abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi, ngaphandle kokuba iDwala labo libe lithengisile ngabo, uBaba wethu ebanikele? ³¹Ngokuba idwala labo alifani neDwala lethu; ngisho nezitha zethu ziyakuvuma. ³²Ngokuba umvini wabo uvela emvinini waseSodoma nasemasimini aseGomora; amagilebhisi abo angamagilebhisi obuthi, amaxha abo ababayo. ³³Iwayini labo lingubuhlungu bezinyoka, ubuthi obunonya bemifezi.

³⁴“Lokhu akubekelelwe yini kimi, kubekwe uphawu ezinqolobaneni zami? ³⁵Ukwahlulela nempindiselo kungokwami, ngesikhathi lapho unyawo lwabo luyakushelela; ngokuba usuku lwenhlekelele yabo seluseduze, nokubhujiswa kwabo kusheshisa kuza phezu kwabo. ³⁶Ngokuba uBaba wethu uyakubalungisela abantu bakhe, abahawukele izinceku zakhe, lapho ebona ukuthi amandla abo asephelile nokuthi akusekho oseleyo, isigqila noma okhululekileyo. ³⁷Khona uyakuthi: ‘Baphi onkulunkulu babo, idwala ababephephela kulo, ³⁸ababedla amanoni emihlatshelo yabo bephuza iwayini lomnikelo wabo wokuphuzwa? Mabavuke banisize nina; mababe yisiphephelo senu!’ ³⁹Bhekani—mina ngokwami nginguye, akukho nkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami. Ngiyabulala futhi ngiyaphilisa; ngiyalimaza futhi ngiyelapha, akekho noyedwa ongophula esandleni sami. ⁴⁰Ngokuba ngiphakamisela isandla sami ezulwini ngithi: Ngiyaphila kuze kube phakade, ngempela, ⁴¹lapho ngilola inkemba yami ebenyezelayo isandla sami sibambe ukwahlulela, ngiyakwehlisela ukwahlulela phezu kwezimbangi zami ngiphindisele kwabangizondayo. ⁴²Ngiyakudakisa imicibisholo yami ngegazi, inkemba yami iyakudla inyama—ngegazi lababuleweyo nabathunjiweyo, kusukela emakhanda anezinwele ezinde ezitha.”

⁴³Jabulani, zizwe, kanye nabantu bakhe, ngokuba uyakuphindisela igazi labantwana bakhe ehlisele ukwahlulela phezu kwezimbangi zakhe; uyakwenzela izwe lakhe inhlawulo yokubuyisana nabantu bakhe.

⁴⁴UMose weza wakhuluma wonke amazwi ale ngoma kubantu, yena noJoshuwa indodana kaNuni. ⁴⁵Kwathi lapho uMose eseqedile ukukhuluma onke lawa mazwi kuye wonke u-Israyeli,

⁴⁶wathi kubo: “Bekani izinhliziyo zenu kuwo onke lawa mazwi enginifakazela wona namuhla, ukuze niyale abantwana benu ukuba bawagcine benze onke amazwi alo mthetho. ⁴⁷Leli akulona izwi elingenalutho kini—liwukuphila kwenu. Ngaleli zwi niyakuhlala isikhathi eside ezweni eniwelela kulo iJordani ukuba nilidle ifa.”

UBaba wethu ubizela uMose ekhaya

⁴⁸Ngalolo suku kanye uBaba wethu wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

⁴⁹“Khuphukela kule ntaba yase-Abharimi, iNtaba iNebo, kwelaseMowabi malungana neJeriko, ubheke iKhanani, engiyinika abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ibe yifa labo. ⁵⁰Ufele kuleyo ntaba oyikhuphukelayo, ubuthelwe kubantu bakini, njengokuba u-Aroni umfowenu afela eNtabeni iHori wabuthelwa kubantu bakibo, ⁵¹ngokuba wena wangikhohlisa phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli emanzini aseMeribha-kadeshi ehlane laseZini, ngokuba awungiphathanga njengongcwele phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli. ⁵²Ngokuba uyakulibona izwe likude, kodwa ungangeni kulo—izwe engilinika abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.”