ILevithikhusi 22

22 ¹UBaba wethu wathi kuMose:

²“Tshela u-Aroni namadodana akhe ukuba baqaphele iminikelo engcwele abantu bakwa-Israyeli abangcwelisela yona mina, ukuze bangangcolisi igama lami elingcwele. NginguBaba wenu.

³“Tshela bona uthi: Ezizukulwaneni zonke, noma yimuphi owozalo lwakho ongcolileyo osondela eminikelweni engcwele abantu bakwa-Israyeli abangcwelisela yona mina uyakunqunywa asuswe phambi kwami. NginguBaba wenu.

⁴“Akukho owozalo luka-Aroni onesifo sesikhumba noma okuphuma kuye ongadla iminikelo engcwele aze ahlambuluke. Lowo othinta into engcolileyo evela esidunjini, noma indoda ekuphuma kuyo imbewu yobudoda, ⁵noma othinta noma yisiphi isilwanyana esinwabuzelayo esimngcolisayo, noma umuntu omngcolisayo, kungakhathaleki ukungcola kwakhe. ⁶Lowo okuthintayo ungcolile kuze kube kusihlwa, akumele adle iminikelo engcwele ngaphandle kokuba egeze umzimba wakhe ngamanzi. ⁷Lapho lishona ilanga uhlambulukile; khona-ke angadla iminikelo engcwele, ngokuba kungukudla kwakhe. ⁸Akumele adle lutho olufileyo noma oludwengulwe yizilwane zasendle, ngokuba lokho kuyamngcolisa. NginguBaba wenu. ⁹Abapristi kumele bagcine iziyalezo zami, funa bathwale icala bafe ngenxa yokuziphatha ngokweyisa. NginguBaba wenu, obangcwelisayo.

¹⁰“Akukho owangaphandle ongadla umnikelo ongcwele; akukho sivakashi noma isisebenzi esiqashiweyo sompristi esingawudla. ¹¹Kodwa uma umpristi ethenga isigqila ngemali yakhe, leso sigqila singawudla; labo abazalelwe endlini yompristi bangadla ukudla kwakhe. ¹²Uma indodakazi yompristi igana indoda engesiye umpristi, ayikwazi ukudla iminikelo engcwele. ¹³Kodwa uma indodakazi yompristi ingumfelokazi noma yahlukaniswa, ingenamntwana, ibuyele endlini kayise njengasebusheni bayo, ingadla ukudla kukayise. Akukho owangaphandle ongakudla.

¹⁴“Noma ubani odla umnikelo ongcwele ngephutha kumele enezele okwesihlanu kwenani lawo awunike umpristi. ¹⁵Abapristi akumele bangcolise iminikelo engcwele abantu bakwa-Israyeli abayethulayo kimi, ¹⁶babathwalise icala elidinga inhlawulo ngokuthi badle iminikelo yabo engcwele. Ngokuba nginguBaba wenu, obangcwelisayo.”

Iminikelo Efanele uBaba

¹⁷UBaba wethu wathi kuMose:

¹⁸“Tshela u-Aroni, namadodana akhe, nabo bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli uthi: Lapho noma ngubani kini—ozalelwe ezweni noma owezizwe ohlala kwa-Israyeli—eletha umnikelo wokushiswa kimi, ukuze agcwalise isithembiso noma njengesipho sokuzithandela. ¹⁹Yethula eduna engenasici evela ezinkomeni, ezimvini, noma ezimbuzini, ukuze yamukeleke kini. ²⁰Ningayethuli into enesici, ngokuba ngeke yamukeleke egameni lenu. ²¹Lapho noma ngubani eletha umnikelo wokuthula kimi evela emhlanjini wezinkomo noma wezimvu ukuze agcwalise isithembiso esikhethekileyo noma njengomnikelo wokuzithandela, kumele ube ngophelele ukuze wamukeleke—ungabi nasici. ²²Ningangiletheli lutho oluyimpumputhe, olwaphukileyo, olulimeleyo, olunamasumpa, olunezilonda, noma olubhibhayo. Ningabeki lutho kulokhu e-altare njengomnikelo wokudla kimi. ²³Ningayethula inkabi noma imvu elimeleyo noma engakhulanga ngokugcwele njengomnikelo wokuzithandela, kodwa ngeke yamukeleke esithembisweni. ²⁴Ningangiletheli isilwane esinamasende alimeleyo, achotshoziweyo, adwengulweyo, noma anqunyiweyo. Ningakwenzi lokhu ezweni lenu. ²⁵Akumele namukele izilwane ezinjalo kowezizwe ukuze nizinikele njengokudla kukaBaba wenu, ngokuba zilimele zinesici—ngeke zamukeleke kini.” ^a a v25 Iminikelo ibizwa ngokuthi “ukudla” kukaNkulunkulu njengesifenqo senkulumo — uBaba wethu akadingi lutho, kodwa wamukela ukukhonza okuvezwa yisipho.

²⁶UBaba wethu wathi kuMose:

²⁷“Lapho ithole, iwundlu, noma izinyane lembuzi lizelwe, lihlala nonina izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; kusukela osukwini lwesishiyagalombili kuqhubeke, liyamukeleka njengomnikelo wokudla kimi. ²⁸Ningahlabi inkomo noma imvu kanye nenzalo yayo ngosuku olulodwa.

²⁹“Lapho nihlaba umnikelo wokubonga kimi, wuhlabeni ngendlela yokuba namukeleke. ³⁰Kumele udliwe ngalo lolo suku; ningashiyi lutho lwawo kuze kube sekuseni. NginguBaba wenu.

³¹“Gcinani imiyalo yami niyilandele. NginguBaba wenu. ³²Ningangcolisi igama lami elingcwele; kumele ngihlonishwe njengongcwele phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli. NginguBaba wenu, oningcwelisayo, ³³owanikhipha eGibhithe ukuze ngibe nguBaba wenu. NginguBaba wenu.”