I-Eksodusi 16

16 ¹Lonke ibandla lama-Israyeli lasuka e-Elimi lafika ehlane laseSini, phakathi kwe-Elimi neSinayi, ngosuku lweshumi nanhlanu lwenyanga yesibili emva kokuphuma ezweni laseGibhithe. ²Lonke ibandla labantu bakwa-Israyeli lakhononda ngoMose no-Aroni ehlane. ³Ama-Israyeli athi kubo: “Sengathi ngabe safa ngesandla sikaBaba wethu eGibhithe, sihlezi eduze kwamabhodwe enyama, sidla isinkwa saneliseka! Ngokuba nisilethe kuleli hlane ukuze nibulale lonke leli bandla ngendlala.”

⁴UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Bheka, ngizakuninisela isinkwa esivela ezulwini. Usuku ngalunye abantu kumele baphume bayokha isabelo saleso suku, ukuze ngibavivinye—bazawulandela yini umyalo wami noma cha? ^a a v4 UJesu wabhekisa kulesi sinkwa esivela ezulwini lapho ezibiza ngesinkwa seqiniso uBaba wethu asinikayo—isinkwa sokuphila esehla sivela ezulwini ukuze sinike izwe ukuphila. ⁵Ngosuku lwesithupha bazakulungisa lokho abakungenisayo—kuphindwe kabili kunalokho abakukha nsuku zonke.”

⁶UMose no-Aroni bathi kubo bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli: “Kusihlwa nizakwazi ukuthi nguBaba wethu onikhiphe ezweni laseGibhithe, ⁷ekuseni nizakubona inkazimulo kaBaba wethu—ukuzwile ukukhonona kwenu ngaye. Thina siyini, ukuba nikhonone ngathi?” ⁸UMose wathi: “Lapho uBaba wethu enipha inyama ukuba niyidle kusihlwa nesinkwa esanele enisifunayo ekuseni, njengoba ekuzwile ukukhonona kwenu ngaye—thina siyini? Ukukhonona kwenu akumelene nathi, kodwa kumelene noBaba wethu.” ⁹UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Tshela lonke ibandla lakwa-Israyeli uthi: ‘Sondelani phambi kukaBaba wethu—ukuzwile ukukhonona kwenu.’” ¹⁰U-Aroni wakhuluma kubo bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli; baphendukela ngasehlane, inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yabonakala efwini. ¹¹UBaba wethu wathi kuMose:

¹²“Ngikuzwile ukukhonona kwama-Israyeli. Batshele uthi: Kusihlwa nizakudla inyama; ekuseni nizakusutha isinkwa. Khona-ke nizakwazi ukuthi nginguBaba wenu.”

¹³Kwathi ngalokho kusihlwa kwafika izigwaca zasibekela ikamu; ekuseni kwaba khona uqweqwe lwamazolo nxazonke zalo. ¹⁴Kwathi lapho uqweqwe lwamazolo seluphakamile, kwabonakala izinhlayiya ezincane, ezincane njengongqoqwane, phezu kobuso behlane. ¹⁵Kwathi ama-Israyeli ekubona, abuzana athi: “Kuyini lokhu?”—ngokuba ayengakwazi ukuthi kuyini. UMose wathi: “Yilesi isinkwa uBaba wethu anipha sona ukuba nisidle.”

¹⁶Nalokhu uBaba wethu akuyalile: “Khani lokho umuntu ngamunye angakudla, cishe amalitha amabili ngekhanda ngalinye, ngabo bonke abasethendeni lenu.”

¹⁷Abantu bakwa-Israyeli benza njalo. Bakha, abanye okuningi, abanye okuncane. ¹⁸Kodwa lapho bekulinganisa ngesilinganiso samalitha amabili, lowo owayekhe okuningi wayengenakho okweqile, nalowo owayekhe okuncane wayengasweli—kwaba ngulowo nalowo wakha ngokulingene nalokho ayengakudla. ¹⁹UMose wathi kubo: “Makungabikho muntu oshiya okunye kwako kuze kuse.” ²⁰Kodwa abamlalelanga uMose—abanye bashiya okunye kwako kwaze kwasa; kwavunda izimpethu kwanuka. UMose wabathukuthelela. ²¹Bakha kona njalo ekuseni, kwaba ngulowo nalowo ngokudla kwakhe; kwathi lapho ilanga selishisa, kwancibilika.

²²Kwathi ngosuku lwesithupha bakha isinkwa esiphindwe kabili, cishe amalitha amane kumuntu ngamunye, zonke izikhulu zebandla zafika zatshela uMose.

²³Wathi kubo: “Nalokhu uBaba wethu akushilo: Kusasa kuyikuphumula okungcwele, iSabatha elingcwele kuBaba wenu. Bhakani lokho enizakukubhaka, nipheke lokho enizakukupheka, konke okusalayo nikubekele kuze kuse.”

²⁴Ngakho bakubekela kuze kwasa, njengoba uMose eyalile, akuzange kunuke noma kuvunde izimpethu. ²⁵UMose wathi: “Kudleni namuhla; ngokuba namuhla yiSabatha kuBaba wethu; namuhla ngeke nikuthole endle. ²⁶Izinsuku eziyisithupha nizakukha, kodwa ngosuku lwesikhombisa, iSabatha, ngeke kube khona.” ²⁷Kwathi ngosuku lwesikhombisa abanye babantu baphuma ukuyokha, kodwa abatholanga lutho.

²⁸UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Koze kube nini nala ukugcina imiyalo yami nemithetho yami? ²⁹Bhekani, nginiphile iSabatha; ngakho ngosuku lwesithupha nginipha isinkwa sezinsuku ezimbili. Ngamunye wenu, hlalani endaweni yenu; makungabikho muntu ophuma endaweni yakhe ngosuku lwesikhombisa.”

³⁰Ngakho abantu baphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa.

³¹Indlu ka-Israyeli yakuqamba igama yathi “imana”; kwakunjengembewu yekhoriyanderi, kumhlophe, kunambitheka njengamaqebelengwana oju. ^b b v31 Igama elithi imana livumelana nombuzo wokuqala wabantu othi: “Kuyini lokhu?”—baqamba isinkwa ngokumangala kwabo ngaso.

³²UMose wathi: “Nalokhu uBaba wethu akuyalile: ‘Bekelani cishe amalitha amabili ako ezizukulwaneni zenu, ukuze zibone isinkwa enganidlisa ngaso ehlane lapho nginikhipha ezweni laseGibhithe.’”

³³UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Thatha imbiza, uyigcwalise ngemana ecishe ibe amalitha amabili, uyibeke phambi kukaBaba wethu, ukuba igcinwe ezizukulwaneni zenu.” ³⁴Njengoba uBaba wethu amyala uMose, u-Aroni wayibeka phambi kobufakazi ukuba igcinwe. ^c c v34 Ubufakazi: izibhebhe zamatshe zesivumelwano, ezagcinwa kamuva ngaphakathi emphongolweni wesivumelwano. ³⁵Ama-Israyeli adla imana iminyaka engamashumi amane, aze afika ezweni elihlalwayo. Adla imana aze afika emngceleni wezwe laseKhanani. ³⁶(I-omeri liqukethe cishe amalitha amabili—okungokweshumi kwe-efa.)