ILevithikhusi 9

9 ¹Ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili uMose wabiza u-Aroni namadodana akhe namadoda amadala akwa-Israyeli. ²Wathi ku-Aroni: “Zithathele ithole lenkunzi libe umnikelo wesono, nenqama ibe umnikelo wokushiswa, kokubili kungenasici, ukunikele phambi kukaBaba wethu. ³Tshela abakwa-Israyeli uthi: Thathani impongo ibe umnikelo wesono, nethole newundlu elinonyaka owodwa, okungenasici, kube umnikelo wokushiswa. ⁴nenkabi nenqama kube umnikelo wokuthula, ukuze kuhlatshwe phambi kukaBaba wethu, kanye nomnikelo wokudla oxutshwe namafutha—ngokuba namuhla uBaba wethu uzakubonakala kini.”

⁵Bakuletha lokho uMose akuyalayo emnyango wetende lokuhlangana; lonke ibandla lasondela lema phambi kukaBaba wethu. ⁶UMose wathi: “Yenzani lokho uBaba wethu akuyalayo, ukuze inkazimulo kaBaba wethu ibonakale kini.” ⁷UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Sondela e-altare. Nikela umnikelo wakho wesono nomnikelo wokushiswa, uzihlawulele wena nabantu. Nikela umnikelo wabantu ubahlawulele, njengokuba uBaba wethu eyalile.”

⁸Ngakho u-Aroni wasondela e-altare wahlaba ithole lomnikelo wesono, elalingelakhe. ⁹Amadodana ka-Aroni amletha igazi; wacwilisa umunwe wakhe kulo, waliloba ezimpondweni ze-altare, wathululela okuseleyo phansi esisekelweni salo. ¹⁰Kodwa amanoni omnikelo wesono, nezinso, nolengiso lwesibindi, wakushisa e-altare, njengokuba uBaba wethu amyala uMose. ¹¹Inyama nesikhumba wakushisa ngomlilo ngaphandle kwekamu. ¹²Wabulala umnikelo wokushiswa. Amadodana ka-Aroni amnika igazi, walifafaza emaceleni e-altare. ¹³Amnika umnikelo wokushiswa ngezingcezu zawo, kanye nekhanda, wakushisa e-altare. ¹⁴Wageza izibilini nemilenze, wakushisa e-altare kanye nomnikelo wokushiswa. ¹⁵Wabe eseletha umnikelo wabantu: wathatha impongo yomnikelo wabo wesono, wayihlaba, wayinikela ngenxa yesono, njengokuqala. ¹⁶Waletha umnikelo wokushiswa, wawunikela njengokwemiyalo. ¹⁷Waletha umnikelo wokudla, wacupha ngesandla, wawushisa e-altare, ngaphandle komnikelo wokushiswa wasekuseni. ¹⁸Wahlaba inkabi nenqama, umhlatshelo womnikelo wokuthula wabantu, amadodana ka-Aroni amletha igazi, walifafaza emaceleni e-altare. ¹⁹Kodwa amanoni enkabi nenqama: umsila onamafutha, namanoni asibekela, nezinso, nolengiso olude lwesibindi, ²⁰babeka amanoni phezu kwezifuba, wawashisa amanoni e-altare. ²¹Kodwa u-Aroni wazunguza izifuba nethanga lesokunene kube umnikelo wokuzunguzwa phambi kukaBaba wethu, njengokuba uMose ayalile. ²²U-Aroni waphakamisela izandla zakhe ebantwini wababusisa, wabe esehla ekunikeleni umnikelo wesono, nowokushiswa, nowokuthula.

²³UMose no-Aroni bangena etendeni lokuhlangana, baphuma, babusisa abantu; inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yabonakala kubo bonke abantu. ²⁴Umlilo waphuma phambi kukaBaba wethu waqeda umnikelo wokushiswa namanoni e-altare. Bonke abantu bakubona, bamemeza ngenjabulo, bawa ngobuso phansi. ^a a v24 Umlilo owawa waqeda umnikelo kwakuyimpendulo kaBaba wethu uqobo — ukwamukela kwakhe okubonakalayo kwenhlawulo eyenziwa ngenxa yabantu, ebasondeza kuye.