Abantu Bakhononda Ngobunzima
Belangazelela inyama, abantu bakhalela iGibhithe, futhi uMose utshela uBaba wakhe ngokungagwegwesi ukuthi akanakubathwala yedwa. Uthola izimpendulo ezimbili: uMoya wabelwa amalunga angamashumi ayisikhombisa, nezigwaca ngobuningi obujezisayo — inyama iyanikwa, nesifo lapho kwangcwatshwa khona ukulangazelela.
11 1Abantu bakhononda ngobunzima babo lapho uBaba wethu ayezwa khona; wezwa, intukuthelo yakhe yavutha, umlilo kaBaba wethu wabhebhetheka phakathi kwabo, waqeda emaphethelweni ekamu. 2Abantu bakhala kuMose, uMose wathandaza kuBaba wethu, umlilo wacima. 3Ngakho leyo ndawo yaqanjwa ngokuthi iThabera, ngokuba umlilo kaBaba wethu wawubhebhethekile phakathi kwabo. a a v3 IThabera isho “ukusha” — indawo yaqanjwa ngenxa yomlilo owaqubuka khona.
4Isixuku esixubile esasiphakathi kwabo sahaha kakhulu; nabantu bakwa-Israyeli baphinda bakhala, bathi: “Sengathi besingaba nenyama yokudla! 5Sikhumbula izinhlanzi esasizidla eGibhithe mahhala, amakhukhamba, amakhabe, uliki, u-anyanisi, nogaligi. 6Kodwa manje inkanuko yethu yokudla iphelile; akukho lutho nhlobo esingalubona ngaphandle kwale mana.” 7Imana yayinjengembewu yekhoriyanderi, futhi yayibukeka njengenhlaka emhlophe. b b v7 IBhideliyamu kwakuyinhlaka noma inhlaku emhlophe enjengeparele — imana yayinokucwebezela okufanayo. 8Abantu babehamba beyibutha, bayigaye ematsheni okugaya noma bayigxobe ezitsheni zokugxoba, bayipheke ezimbizeni, bayenze amaqebelengwane. Yayinambitheka njengekhekhe elenziwe ngamafutha. 9Lapho amazolo ewela ekamu ebusuku, imana yayiwela kanye nawo.
10UMose wezwa abantu bekhala ngemindeni yabo, kwaba yilowo nalowo emnyango wetende lakhe. Intukuthelo kaBaba wethu yavutha kakhulu, nakuMose kwaba kubi. 11UMose wathi kuBaba wethu: “Kungani uyiphethe kabi inceku yakho? Kungani ngingazutholanga umusa kuwe, uze ubeke phezu kwami umthwalo wabo bonke lababantu? 12Ingabe yimi engabakhulelwa bonke labantu? Ingabe yimi engabazala, uze uthi kimi: ‘Baphathe ezingalweni zakho, njengomondli ephethe umntwana osancela,’ uze ubayise ezweni owafunga ukulinika okhokho babo? 13Ngingayithola ngaphi inyama yabo bonke labantu? Baqhubeka bekhala kimi, bethi: ‘Sinike inyama sidle!’ 14Angikwazi ukubathwala bonke labantu ngedwa; kunzima kakhulu kimi. 15Uma uzongiphatha kanjena, ngiyacela ungibulale manje—uma ngitholé umusa emehlweni akho—ungangivumeli ngibone usizi lwami.”
UBaba Wethu Wabelana NgoMoya Nabangamashumi Ayisikhombisa
16UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Ngibuthele amadoda angamashumi ayisikhombisa kubadala bakwa-Israyeli, owaziyo ukuthi bangabadala nezinduna zabantu, ubalethe etendeni lokuhlangana, beme khona kanye nawe. 17Ngizokwehla, ngikhulume nawe khona, ngithathe okunye koMoya ophezu kwakho, ngikubeke phezu kwabo. Bazowuthwala umthwalo wabantu kanye nawe, ukuze ungawuthwali wedwa.
18Yisho kubantu: Zingcweliseni kusasa—nizodla inyama. Nakhala uBaba wethu ezwa, nithi: ‘Sengathi besingaba nenyama yokudla! Sasingcono eGibhithe.’ Ngakho uBaba wethu uzoninika inyama, nidle. 19Ngeke niyidle usuku olulodwa, noma izinsuku ezimbili, noma ezinhlanu, noma eziyishumi, noma ezingamashumi amabili, 20kodwa inyanga yonke, ize iphume emakhaleni enu nize niyenyanye—ngokuba nimlahlile uBaba wethu ophakathi kwenu, nikhala phambi kwakhe, nithi: ‘Kungani sasuka nhlobo eGibhithe?’”
21UMose wathi: “Abantu enginabo babalelwa ezinkulungwaneni ezingamakhulu ayisithupha abahamba ngezinyawo, kodwa wena uthi: ‘Ngizobanika inyama badle inyanga yonke’?” 22Ingabe imihlambi yezimvu neyezinkomo ingahlatshwa ukuze baneliseke? Ingabe zonke izinhlanzi zolwandle zingabuthwa ukuze baneliseke?
23UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Ingabe isandla sami sifushane kakhulu? Manje uzobona ukuthi izwi lami liyagcwaliseka kuwe noma cha.”
24UMose waphuma watshela abantu amazwi kaBaba wethu. Waqoqa amadoda angamashumi ayisikhombisa kubadala babantu, wawamisa nxazonke zetende. 25UBaba wethu wehla ngefu, wakhuluma naye, wathatha okunye koMoya ophezu kwakhe, wakubeka phezu kwabadala abangamashumi ayisikhombisa. Lapho uMoya uhlala phezu kwabo, baphrofetha—kodwa abaphindanga. 26Amadoda amabili ayesele ekamu, enye kwakungu-Eldadi, enye kwakunguMedadi, uMoya wahlala phezu kwawo—ayengabalabo ababhaliswe kodwa engaphumelanga etendeni—kodwa aphrofetha ekamu. 27Insizwa yagijima yabika kuMose, yathi: “U-Eldadi noMedadi bayaphrofetha ekamu.”
28UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, umsizi kaMose kusukela ebusheni bakhe, wathi: “Nkosi yami, Mose, bavimbe!”
29Kodwa uMose waphendula wathi: “Ingabe unomhawu ngenxa yami? Sengathi bonke abantu bakaBaba wethu bangaba ngabaphrofethi, uBaba wethu abeke uMoya wakhe phezu kwabo!”
30UMose wabuyela ekamu, yena nabadala bakwa-Israyeli.
Izigwaca Ezivela KuBaba Wethu, Isifo Ngenxa Yokuhaha
31Kwavela umoya ovela kuBaba wethu, waqhuba izigwaca zivela olwandle, waziwisa nxazonke zekamu—cishe uhambo losuku kulolu nalolo hlangothi, cishe izinyawo ezintathu ukujula phezu komhlaba. 32Abantu basukuma lonke lolo suku, nobusuku bonke, nalo lonke usuku olulandelayo, beqoqa izigwaca—owaqoqa okuncane kunabo bonke waba namabhusheli angamashumi ayisithupha—base beyeneka yonke nxazonke zekamu. c c v32 Ihoma kwakuyisilinganiso esikhulu sezinto ezomile — cishe umthwalo imbongolo engawuthwala, cishe amalitha angamakhulu amabili namashumi amabili; amahoma ayishumi kwakuyinqwaba enkulu kakhulu. 33Kusenjalo inyama isaphakathi kwamazinyo abo, ingakahlafunwa, intukuthelo kaBaba wethu yabavuthela abantu, uBaba wethu wabashaya ngesifo esibi kakhulu. 34Leyo ndawo yaqanjwa ngokuthi iKibhoroti-Hathavha, ngokuba bagqiba khona abantu ababehaha. d d v34 IKibhoroti-Hathavha isho “amathuna okuhaha” — yaqanjwa ngenxa yalabo ababegqitshwe khona emva kokuhahela inyama kwabantu.
35Besuka eKibhoroti-Hathavha abantu baqonda eHaseroti, bahlala eHaseroti.
