ILevithikhusi 4

4 ¹UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

²“Tshela abantwana bakwa-Israyeli: Uma umuntu ona ngokungenhloso kunoma yimuphi wemiyalo kaBaba wethu, enza okungamelwe kwenziwe, ephula owodwa kuyo, ³uma umpristi ogcotshiwe ona, aletha icala phezu kwabantu, kumelwe alethe kuBaba wethu ithole lenkunzi elingenasici libe umnikelo wesono ngesono asenzile. ^a a v3 Umnikelo wesono wawuthwala icala lalowo owayonile, ubulawe esikhundleni sakhe. Wawukhomba phambili kuJesu, owathatha icala lethu phezu kwakhe kanye kuphela. ⁴Uyakuletha inkunzi emnyango wetende lokuhlangana phambi kukaBaba wethu, abeke isandla sakhe ekhanda layo, ayihlabe phambi kukaBaba wethu. ⁵Umpristi ogcotshiwe uyakuthatha okunye kwegazi lenkunzi, akungenise etendeni lokuhlangana. ⁶Uyakucwilisa umunwe wakhe egazini, afafaze kasikhombisa phambi kukaBaba wethu ngaphambi kwesihenqo sendlu engcwele. ⁷Umpristi uyakubeka okunye kwegazi ezimpondweni ze-altare lempepho enuka kamnandi phambi kukaBaba wethu, elisetendeni lokuhlangana, athululele lonke igazi elisele lenkunzi esisekelweni se-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa esemnyango wetende lokuhlangana. ⁸Uyakususa wonke amanoni enkunzi yomnikelo wesono: amanoni asibekele izibilini, nawo wonke amanoni asezibilini. ⁹Izinso zombili, namanoni akuzo eduze nezinkalo, nelebe yesibindi—akususa kanye nezinso, ¹⁰njengoba kususwa enkabini yomnikelo wokuthula; umpristi uyakukushisa e-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa. ¹¹Kodwa isikhumba senkunzi, nayo yonke inyama yayo, nekhanda, nemilenze, nezibilini, nobulongwe. ¹²Kumelwe akhiphe konke okunye kwenkunzi ngaphandle kwekamu aye endaweni ehlanzekile lapho kuchithwa khona umlotha, akushise emlilweni wezinkuni; kumelwe kushiswe lapho kuchithwa khona umlotha.

¹³“Uma lonke ibandla lakwa-Israyeli lona ngokungenhloso, udaba lufihlakele emehlweni ebandla, benza okukodwa kwezinto uBaba wethu ayala ukuba kungenziwa, babe necala. ¹⁴Lapho isono abasenzile saziwa, ibandla kumelwe linikele ithole lenkunzi libe umnikelo wesono, baliyise phambi kwetende lokuhlangana. ¹⁵Abadala bomphakathi bayakubeka izandla ekhanda lenkunzi phambi kukaBaba wethu; bese iyahlatshwa phambi kukaBaba wethu. ¹⁶Umpristi ogcotshiwe uyakungenisa okunye kwegazi lenkunzi etendeni lokuhlangana. ¹⁷Uyakucwilisa umunwe wakhe egazini, afafaze kasikhombisa phambi kukaBaba wethu, ngaphambi kwesihenqo. ¹⁸Uyakubeka okunye kwegazi ezimpondweni ze-altare phambi kukaBaba wethu etendeni lokuhlangana, bese ethululela lonke elisele esisekelweni se-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa, emnyango wetende lokuhlangana. ¹⁹Uyakususa wonke amanoni ayo, awashise e-altare. ²⁰Uyakwenza kule nkunzi njengoba enzile enkunzini yomnikelo wesono. Kanjalo umpristi uyakubenzela inhlawulo yokubuyisana, bathethelelwe. ²¹Uyakuyikhiphela inkunzi ngaphandle kwekamu, ayishise njengoba eshise inkunzi yokuqala; ingumnikelo wesono webandla.

²²“Lapho umholi ona, enza ngokungenhloso noma yini uBaba wethu ayala ukuba kungenziwa, abe necala, ²³uma esekwazi isono asenzile, kumelwe alethe umnikelo wakhe impongo yembuzi engenasici. ²⁴Uyakubeka isandla sakhe ekhanda lembuzi, ayihlabe lapho kuhlatshwa khona umnikelo wokushiswa phambi kukaBaba wethu—kungumnikelo wesono. ²⁵Umpristi uyakuthatha okunye kwegazi lomnikelo wesono ngomunwe wakhe, akubeke ezimpondweni ze-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa, bese ethululela elisele esisekelweni salo. ²⁶Uyakushisa wonke amanoni ayo e-altare, njengamanoni omnikelo wokuthula. Umpristi uyakumenzela inhlawulo yokubuyisana ngesono sakhe, uyakuthethelelwa.

²⁷“Uma omunye wabantu abavamile ona ngokungenhloso, enza okukodwa kwezinto uBaba wethu ayala ukuba kungenziwa, abe necala, ²⁸lapho esebona isono sakhe, kumelwe alethe imbuzi yensikazi engenasici ibe umnikelo wakhe ngesono asenzile. ²⁹Uyakubeka isandla sakhe ekhanda lomnikelo wesono, awuhlabe endaweni yomnikelo wokushiswa. ³⁰Umpristi uyakubeka ngomunwe wakhe okunye kwegazi layo ezimpondweni ze-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa, bese ethululela lonke elisele esisekelweni salo. ³¹Uyakususa wonke amanoni ayo, njengoba amanoni ususwa emnikelweni wokuthula; umpristi uyakuwashisa e-altare—kube iphunga elimnandi kuBaba wethu—amenzele inhlawulo yokubuyisana, uyakuthethelelwa.

³²“Uma eletha iwundlu libe umnikelo wakhe wesono, uyakuletha insikazi engenasici. ³³Uyakubeka isandla sakhe ekhanda lomnikelo wesono, awuhlabe ube umnikelo wesono lapho kuhlatshwa khona umnikelo wokushiswa. ³⁴Umpristi uyakuthatha ngomunwe wakhe okunye kwegazi lomnikelo wesono, akufake ezimpondweni ze-altare lapho kwenziwa khona iminikelo yokushiswa, bese ethululela lonke igazi elisele esisekelweni se-altare. ³⁵Kumelwe asuse wonke amanoni ayo, njengoba amanoni ewundlu ususwa emnikelweni wokuthula; umpristi uyakuwashisa e-altare phezu kweminikelo yomlilo kaBaba wethu. Kanjalo umpristi uyakumenzela inhlawulo yokubuyisana ngesono asenzile, uyakuthethelelwa.”