UHezekeli 48

48 ¹“Nanka amagama ezizwe: ngasenyakatho, eceleni komgwaqo waseHetheloni oya eLebo-hamati, kuze kufike eHasari-enani emngceleni waseDamaseku ngasenyakatho eceleni kweHamati—kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya entshonalanga—uDani: isabelo esisodwa.

²“Eceleni komngcele kaDani, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya ohlangothini lwasentshonalanga: u-Asheri, isabelo esisodwa.

³“Eduze komngcele ka-Asheri, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya entshonalanga, uNafetali: isabelo esisodwa.

⁴“Eceleni komngcele kaNafetali, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya ohlangothini lwasentshonalanga: uManase, isabelo esisodwa.

⁵“Eduze komngcele kaManase, kusukela empumalanga kuya entshonalanga, u-Efrayimi: isabelo esisodwa.

⁶“Eduze komngcele ka-Efrayimi, kusukela empumalanga kuya entshonalanga: uRubeni, isabelo esisodwa.

⁷“Eduze komngcele kaRubeni, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya ohlangothini lwasentshonalanga: uJuda, isabelo esisodwa.

⁸“Eceleni komngcele kaJuda, kusukela empumalanga kuya entshonalanga, kulapho kukhona isabelo enasahlukanisela sona—cishe ububanzi bamamayela ayisishiyagalombili, bude obulingana nesabelo sesizwe esisodwa, kusukela empumalanga kuya entshonalanga—nendawo engcwele iphakathi kwaso.

⁹“Isabelo enasahlukanisela uBaba wethu: cishe ubude bamamayela ayisishiyagalombili, ububanzi bamamayela amathathu. ¹⁰Lesi sabelo esingcwele singesabapristi: cishe amamayela ayisishiyagalombili ngasenyakatho, ububanzi bamamayela amathathu ngasentshonalanga, ububanzi bamamayela amathathu ngasempumalanga, amamayela ayisishiyagalombili ngaseningizimu; futhi indawo engcwele kaBaba wethu imi phakathi kwaso. ¹¹Singesabapristi abangcwelisiwe, amadodana kaZadoki, abagcina umsebenzi wami ongcwele abangaphambukanga lapho u-Israyeli ephambuka, njengokuphambuka kwamaLevi. ¹²Siyoba yisipho esikhethekile kubo esivela esabelweni esahlukanisiweyo sezwe, into engcwelengcwele, eceleni komngcele wamaLevi.

¹³“Eceleni komngcele wabapristi amaLevi athola ucezu olungubude obucishe bube ngamamayela ayisishiyagalombili nobubanzi obucishe bube ngamamayela amathathu; ubude balo lonke cishe amamayela ayisishiyagalombili, ububanzi balo cishe amamayela amathathu. ¹⁴Akumelwe bathengise noma bananise ngalutho lwalo, bangavumeli nokuhle kwezwe kudlulele kwabanye, ngokuba kungcwele kuBaba wethu.

¹⁵“Ucezu olusele, olunobubanzi obucishe bube yimayela nengxenye eceleni kwamamayela ayisishiyagalombili, luyindawo evamile yomuzi—oyizindlu nendawo evulekile, umuzi usenkabeni yalo. ¹⁶Izilinganiso zalo: uhlangothi lwasenyakatho cishe imayela nengxenye, uhlangothi lwaseningizimu cishe imayela nengxenye, uhlangothi lwasempumalanga cishe imayela nengxenye, uhlangothi lwasentshonalanga cishe imayela nengxenye. ¹⁷Indawo evulekile yomuzi: ngasenyakatho cishe amayadi ayikhulu namashumi amahlanu, ngaseningizimu cishe amayadi ayikhulu namashumi amahlanu, ngasempumalanga cishe amayadi ayikhulu namashumi amahlanu, nangasentshonalanga cishe amayadi ayikhulu namashumi amahlanu. ¹⁸Okunye okusele, eceleni kwesabelo esingcwele ngobude—cishe amamayela amathathu ngasempumalanga, cishe amamayela amathathu ngasentshonalanga, kulingana nesabelo esingcwele—izithelo zakho ziyondla izisebenzi zomuzi. ¹⁹Izisebenzi zomuzi, ezivela kuzo zonke izizwe zakwa-Israyeli, ziyolilima. ²⁰Sonke isabelo esahlukanisiweyo sicishe sibe ngamamayela ayisishiyagalombili kuya kwayisishiyagalombili, siyisikwele. Hlukanisani lesi sabelo esingcwele kanye nefa lomuzi.

²¹“Okusele emaceleni womabili esabelo esingcwele nefa lomuzi kungokwenkosana. Eceleni kwamamayela ayisishiyagalombili esabelo esingcwele kuze kufike emngceleni wasempumalanga, nangasentshonalanga eceleni kwamamayela ayisishiyagalombili kuze kufike emngceleni wasentshonalanga, eceleni kwezabelo zezizwe—kungokwenkosana; futhi isabelo esingcwele kanye nendawo engcwele yendlu kuphakathi kwaso. ²²Ngakho ifa lamaLevi nefa lomuzi kuyoba ngaphakathi kwalokho okungokwenkosana; phakathi komngcele kaJuda nomngcele kaBhenjamini kuyoba ngokwenkosana.

²³“Ezinye izizwe ezisele: kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya ohlangothini lwasentshonalanga, uBhenjamini, isabelo esisodwa.

²⁴“Eceleni komngcele kaBhenjamini, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya ohlangothini lwasentshonalanga: uSimeyoni, isabelo esisodwa.

²⁵“Eduze komngcele kaSimeyoni, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya ohlangothini lwasentshonalanga: u-Isakare, isabelo esisodwa.

²⁶“Eduze komngcele ka-Isakare, kusukela empumalanga kuya entshonalanga: uZebuloni, isabelo esisodwa.

²⁷“Eduze komngcele kaZebuloni, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuya ohlangothini lwasentshonalanga, uGadi unesabelo esisodwa.

²⁸“Eceleni komngcele kaGadi, ohlangothini lwaseningizimu, umngcele usuka eThamari uye emanzini aseMeribati-kadeshi, bese ulandela uMfudlana kuze kufike oLwandle Olukhulu.’ ²⁹Yileli izwe okumele nilabe njengefa ezizweni zakwa-Israyeli, futhi lezi yizabelo zazo, kusho iNkosi uBaba.

Amasango Omuzi oNgcwele

³⁰“Nanka amasango okuphuma emzini: ohlangothini lwasenyakatho, oluyilinganiso elicishe libe yimayela nengxenye, ³¹amasango omuzi aqanjwe ngamagama ezizwe zakwa-Israyeli—amathathu ngasenyakatho: isango likaRubeni, isango likaJuda, isango likaLevi.

³²“Ohlangothini lwasempumalanga, cishe imayela nengxenye, amasango amathathu: elikaJosefa, elikaBhenjamini, elikaDani.

³³“Ohlangothini lwaseningizimu, cishe imayela nengxenye, amasango amathathu: isango likaSimeyoni, isango lika-Isakare, isango likaZebuloni.

³⁴“Ohlangothini lwasentshonalanga, imayela nengxenye, amasango amathathu: elikaGadi, elika-Asheri, nelikaNafetali.”

³⁵Umjikelezo wawo ucishe ube ngamamayela ayisithupha nxazonke. Kusukela ngalolo suku igama lomuzi liyoba: UBaba Wethu Ukhona Lapho. ^a a v35 Yonke incwadi ka-Ezekiyeli iphetha ngaleli gama. Ngemva kwakho konke ukudingiswa nokulahlekelwa, igama elisha lomuzi lisho into eyodwa ebalulekile: uBaba wethu ukhona lapho, ehlala nabantu bakhe kuze kube phakade.