IDutheronomi 33

33 ¹Lesi yisibusiso uMose, umuntu kaBaba wethu, asinika ama-Israyeli ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. ²Wathi: UBaba wethu weza evela eSinayi, waphumela kithi evela eSeyiri, wakhanya evela eNtabeni iParani. Weza nezinkulungwane zabangcwele, umlilo uphazima esandleni sakhe sokunene. ³Ngempela uyazithanda izizwe; bonke abangcwele bakhe basesandleni sakho. Balandela ezinyaweni zakho, ngamunye ethola isiqondiso kuwe. ⁴UMose wasiyala ngomthetho, ifa lebandla likaJakobe. ⁵Ngakho waba yiNkosi kwaJeshuruni, lapho abaholi babantu bebuthana, izizwe zakwa-Israyeli ndawonye. ^a a v5 Lapha uBaba wethu ubusa njengeNkosi phezu kwabantu bakhe — izizwe ezibuthene zingabantwana bakhe, futhi uyiNkosi ebabusa ngothando. ⁶URubeni makaphile angafi, nabantu bakhe bangabi mbalwa.

⁷NgoJuda wathi: Zwana, Baba, izwi likaJuda; umlethe kubantu bakhe. Izandla zakhe ziyamlwela; yiba usizo lwakhe kuzitha zakhe.

⁸NgoLevi wathi: IThumimi lakho ne-Urimi kumuntu wakho othembekileyo, owamvivinya eMasa, waxabana naye ngasemanzini aseMeriba, ^b b v8 I-Urimi neThumimi kwakuyizinto ezingcwele ezazigqokwa ngumpristi omkhulu ukuze afune isiqondiso kuNkulunkulu. ⁹owathi ngoyise nonina, ‘Angibanaki’; akabazisanga abafowabo noma azi abantwana bakhe. Ngokuba balondoloza izwi lakho, balinda isivumelwano sakho. ¹⁰Bafundisa izahlulelo zakho kuJakobe nomthetho wakho ku-Israyeli; babeka impepho phambi kwakho neminikelo yokushiswa yonke e-altare lakho. ¹¹Busisa, Baba, amandla akhe, wamukele umsebenzi wezandla zakhe. Phahlaza izinkalo zalabo abamvukelayo, nezalabo abamzondayo, ukuze bangabe besavuka.

¹²NgoBhenjamini wathi: othandekayo kaBaba wethu uhlala ngokulondeka eceleni kwakhe; uBaba wethu uyamvikela uBhenjamini usuku lonke, uBhenjamini uphumula phakathi kwamahlombe akhe. ^c c v12 UBhenjamini ubizwa ngothandekayo kaBaba wethu, ovikelwe usuku lonke othwelwe eduze — isithombe somntwana obanjwe ngokulondeka enhliziyweni kaBaba.

¹³NgoJosefa wathi: UBaba wethu makabusise izwe lakhe ngezipho ezinhle zasezulwini eziphezulu, ngamazolo, nenzulu ecathamileyo ngaphansi, ¹⁴ngezithelo ezikhethekileyo ezivuthwe yilanga, nesivuno esicebileyo sezinyanga, ¹⁵ngemikhiqizo emihle yezintaba zasendulo nokuchichima kwamagquma aphakade, ¹⁶ngezipho ezinhle zomhlaba nokugcwala kwawo, nomusa walowo owayehlala esihlahleni. Lokhu makuhlale ekhanda likaJosefa, okhakhayini lwalowo owahlukaniswa kubafowabo. ¹⁷Inkunzi yakhe eyizibulo—ubukhosi bungobakhe; izimpondo zakhe ziyizimpondo zenyathi yasendle. Ngazo uhlaba izizwe, zonke, kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba. Zinjalo izigidi zakwa-Efrayimi, zinjalo nezinkulungwane zakwaManase.

¹⁸NgoZebuloni wathi: Jabula, Zebuloni, ekuphumeni kwakho, nawe Isakare, ematendeni akho. ¹⁹Babizela izizwe entabeni; lapho banikela khona imihlatshelo elungileyo, ngokuba bakha ingcebo yezilwandle namagugu afihlakeleyo esihlabathini.

²⁰NgoGadi wathi: Ubusisiwe lowo owandisa uGadi! Ucathame njengebhubesi, edabula ingalo nesikhumba sekhanda. ²¹Wazikhethela okungcono kakhulu, ngokuba lapho kwakubekelwe isabelo somholi. Weza nabaholi babantu; wenza ubulungiswa bukaBaba wethu nezahlulelo zakhe ku-Israyeli.

²²NgoDani wathi: UDani uyiwundlu lebhubesi eligxuma liphuma eBashani.

²³NgoNafetali wathi: Nafetali, osuthi umusa, ugcwele isibusiso sikaBaba wethu—dla ifa lolwandle neningizimu.

²⁴Ngo-Asheri wathi: U-Asheri makabe ngobusiswe kakhulu kumadodana—makathandeke kubafowabo, agxamuze unyawo lwakhe emafutheni. ²⁵Imigoqo yakho iyoba yinsimbi nethusi, njengezinsuku zakho, abe njalo amandla akho. ²⁶Akekho onjengoBaba wethu, Jeshuruni, ogibela emazulwini ukuze akusize, nasebukhosini bakhe phakathi kwesibhakabhaka. ²⁷UBaba waphakade uyindawo yakho yokuhlala, ngaphansi kukhona izingalo zaphakade. Waxosha isitha phambi kwakho wathi, ‘Bhubhisa!’ ^d d v27 Izingalo zaphakade ezingaphansi kwakho zingezikaBaba wethu uqobo — isiphephelo esiphakade esibamba abantwana baso singavumi ukuba bawe. ²⁸Ngakho u-Israyeli uhlala ngokulondeka; umthombo kaJakobe wahlukaniselwe ezweni lamabele newayini elisha, lapho amazulu athontisa khona amazolo. ²⁹Ubusisiwe, wena Israyeli! Ngubani onjengawe, isizwe esisindiswe uBaba wethu, isihlangu sosizo lwakho nenkemba yobukhosi bakho! Izitha zakho ziyokuza kuwe zithobekile, wena uyonyathela izindawo zazo eziphakemeyo.