ILevithikhusi 10

10 ¹UNadabi no-Abihu, amadodana ka-Aroni, ngamunye wathatha udengezi lwakhe lwempepho, wafaka umlilo kulo, wengeza impepho, wanikela umlilo ongavunyelwe phambi kukaBaba wethu, ayengabayalanga ngawo. ²Kwaphuma umlilo ebukhoneni bukaBaba wethu, wabashwabadela, bafa phambi kukaBaba wethu. ^a a v2 Umlilo wona lowo owehla uvela kuBaba wethu ukuze wamukele ukukhonza kwabantu manje wehla ukuze uqede labo abasondela kuye ngokunganaki — ukusondela kwakhe kuyisipho futhi kuwumlilo ongcwele.

³UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Yilokhu uBaba wethu akukhulumile: ‘Phakathi kwalabo abasondele kimi ngizobonakalisa ubungcwele bami, naphambi kwabantu bonke ngizodunyiswa.’” U-Aroni wathula.

⁴UMose wabiza uMishayeli no-Elizafani, amadodana ka-Uziyeli, umalume ka-Aroni, wathi kubo: “Sondelani, nithwale abafowenu nibasuse phambi kwendlu engcwele, nibayise ngaphandle kwekamu.” ⁵Basondela, babathwala besagqoke izingubo zabo, babakhiphela ngaphandle kwekamu, njengoba uMose eshilo.

⁶UMose wathi ku-Aroni nakumadodana akhe u-Eleyazare no-Ithamari: “Ningavumeli izinwele zenu ukuba zithukulukele phansi, ningaklebhuli izingubo zenu, funa nife futhi intukuthelo yehlele phezu kwenhlangano yonke. Kodwa izihlobo zenu, yonke indlu ka-Israyeli, zingakhalela lokho kusha uBaba wethu akuphembile. ⁷Ningaphumi emnyango wetende lokuhlangana, funa nife — ngokuba amafutha okugcoba kaBaba wethu aphezu kwenu.” Benza njengokusho kukaMose.

⁸UBaba wethu wakhuluma ku-Aroni, wathi:

⁹“Wena namadodana akho ningaphuzi iwayini noma okudakayo lapho ningena etendeni lokuhlangana, funa nife. Lokhu kungumthetho ophakade ezizukulwaneni zenu, ¹⁰ukuze nehlukanise okungcwele kokuvamile, nokungcolile kokuhlanzekile, ¹¹futhi ukuze nifundise abantwana bakwa-Israyeli yonke imithetho engabatshela yona ngoMose.”

¹²UMose wathi ku-Aroni nakumadodana akhe asele, u-Eleyazare no-Ithamari: “Thathani umnikelo wempuphu osele eminikelweni yomlilo kaBaba wethu, niwudle ungenamvubelo eceleni kwe-altare — ngokuba ungcwele kakhulu. ¹³Niwudle endaweni engcwele — ngokuba uyisabelo sakho nesabelo samadodana akho eminikelweni yomlilo kaBaba wethu, ngokuba yilokhu engakuyalwa. ¹⁴Kodwa wena, namadodana akho, namadodakazi akho ningadla isifuba esizuliswayo nomlenze ophakanyisiwe endaweni ehlanzekile; kuphiwe njengesabelo sakho nesabelo samadodana akho eminikelweni yokuthula yakwa-Israyeli. ^b b v14 Umnikelo ozuliswayo wawuyisenzo somkhosi lapho umpristi ahambisa khona isabelo aqonde e-altare abuye asibuyise, ngokomfanekiso enikela sona kuNkulunkulu futhi esamukela sibe yisabelo sobupristi. ¹⁵Bayakuletha umlenze ophakanyisiwe nesifuba esizuliswayo, kanye neminikelo yamanoni eshiswa ngomlilo, bakuzulise kube umnikelo ozuliswayo phambi kukaBaba wethu; kungokwakho nokwamadodana akho kube yisabelo esiphakade, njengokuyala kukaBaba wethu.”

¹⁶UMose wabuzisisa ngembuzi yomnikelo wesono, wayifica isishiwe. Wathukuthelela u-Eleyazare no-Ithamari, amadodana ka-Aroni asele, wathi: ¹⁷“Kungani ningawudlanga umnikelo wesono endaweni engcwele? Njengoba ungcwele kakhulu, uBaba wethu uwuniké ukuze nisuse icala lenhlangano, nibenzele inhlawulo yokubuyisana phambi kukaBaba wethu. ¹⁸Njengoba igazi lawo lingalethwanga endlini engcwele, benifanele niwudle endaweni engcwele, njengoba ngayala.”

¹⁹U-Aroni wathi kuMose: “Bheka, namuhla amadodana ami anikele umnikelo wawo wesono nomnikelo wawo wokushiswa phambi kukaBaba wethu, kepha konke lokhu kungehlele. Ukuba bengiwudlile umnikelo wesono namuhla, bekungamthokozisa uBaba wethu na?”

²⁰Kwathi uMose ekuzwa lokho, waneliseka.