INumeri 17

17 ¹UBaba wethu wasekhuluma kuMose, wathi:

²“Tshela u-Eleyazare indodana ka-Aroni umpristi ukuba athathe izitsha zempepho emalahleni avuthayo, asabalalise umlilo kude—zona zingcwele. ³Izitsha zempepho zalaba bantu abona ngenani lokuphila kwabo. Zikhandele zibe yizingcwecwe zokumboza i-altare—njengoba zethulwa phambi kwami zaba ngcwele—zibe luphawu kumadodana akwa-Israyeli.”

⁴U-Eleyazare umpristi wathatha izitsha zempepho zethusi labo abashiswa ababezinikele, wazikhanda zaba yisimbozo se-altare. ⁵Kwakuyisikhumbuzo kumadodana akwa-Israyeli ukuthi kungasondeli muntu owezizwe—ongeyena wenzalo ka-Aroni—ukuze ashise impepho phambi kukaBaba wethu, ukuze angabi njengoKora nebandla lakhe, njengoba uBaba wethu watshela u-Aroni ngoMose.

⁶Ngangomuso yonke inhlangano yamadodana akwa-Israyeli yakhonona kuMose no-Aroni, yathi: “Nibulele abantu bakaBaba wethu.” ⁷Kwathi lapho inhlangano ibuthene ukumelana noMose no-Aroni, baphendukela etendeni lokuhlangana, ifu lalisibekela itende, kwabonakala inkazimulo kaBaba wethu.

⁸UMose no-Aroni beza phambi kwetende lokuhlangana. ⁹UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

¹⁰“Sukani kule nhlangano ukuze ngibaqede ngokuphazima kweso.” Base bewa ngobuso babo phansi.

¹¹UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Thatha isitsha sempepho, ufake kuso umlilo ovela e-altare, wengeze impepho, usiphuthumise enhlanganweni ukuze ubahlawulele, ngokuba ulaka seluphumile phambi kukaBaba wethu; isifo sesiqalile.”

¹²U-Aroni wasithatha njengoba uMose eshilo, wagijima waya phakathi kwenhlangano—isifo sase siqalile phakathi kwabantu—washisa impepho, wabahlawulela abantu. ¹³Wema phakathi kwabafileyo nabaphilayo, saseuma isifo nqa. ^a a v13 U-Aroni emi phakathi kwabafileyo nabaphilayo ukuze amise isifo ufanekisela uJesu, uMlamuleli oyedwa omi phakathi kokwahlulela kukaBaba wethu nabantu bakhe, enza inhlawulo yokubuyisana ngokuphila kwakhe. ¹⁴Abafa esifweni babeyizinkulungwane eziyishumi nane namakhulu ayisikhombisa, ngaphandle kwalabo abafa ngenxa kaKora. ¹⁵U-Aroni wabuyela kuMose emnyango wetende lokuhlangana, ngokuba isifo sase sinqandiwe. ¹⁶UBaba wethu wasekhuluma kuMose, wathi:

¹⁷“Khuluma namadodana akwa-Israyeli, uthathe kuwo induku ngayinye yendlu yoyise—izinduku eziyishumi nambili kubo bonke abaholi babo ngendlu yoyise. Loba igama laleyo naleyo ndoda endukwini yayo. ¹⁸Loba igama lika-Aroni endukwini kaLevi, ngokuba kuyoba nenduku eyodwa enhlokweni yendlu nganye yoyise. ¹⁹Uzibeke etendeni lokuhlangana phambi kobufakazi, lapho engihlangana khona nawe. ^b b v19 Ubufakazi busho izibhebhe zamatshe zoMthetho ezazigcinwe ngaphakathi komphongolo ethabernakele. ²⁰Induku yendoda engiyikhethayo iyohluma, ngokunjalo ngiyothulisa phambi kwami ukukhonona kwamadodana akwa-Israyeli akhonona kini.”

²¹UMose wakhuluma namadodana akwa-Israyeli, umholi ngamunye wamnika induku—induku eyodwa ngomholi ngayinye ngendlu yoyise, izinduku eziyishumi nambili—induku ka-Aroni iphakathi kwazo. ²²UMose wazibeka izinduku phambi kukaBaba wethu etendeni lobufakazi. ²³Ngangomuso uMose wangena etendeni lobufakazi, wathola induku ka-Aroni, eyendlu kaLevi, isihlumile—yaqhakaza amahlumela, yakhahlela izimbali, yathela ama-alimondi avuthiwe. ^c c v23 KumaHeberu 9:4 kukhunjulwa induku ka-Aroni ehlumile eyayigcinwe emphongolweni. Ukuphila okuqhamuka kugodo olufile kwaqinisekisa umpristi okhethwe nguBaba wethu, kubheke phambili kuJesu, obupristi bakhe uBaba wethu abuqinisekisa ngokumvusa kwabafileyo. ²⁴UMose wazikhipha zonke izinduku phambi kukaBaba wethu waziyisa kuwo wonke amadodana akwa-Israyeli; babheka, indoda ngayinye yathatha induku yayo.

²⁵UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Buyisela induku ka-Aroni phambi kobufakazi, igcinwe ibe luphawu kwabahlubukayo, ukuze uqede ukukhonona kwabo kimi, ukuze bangafi.”

²⁶UMose wenze njalo; njengoba uBaba wethu wayemyalile, wenza kanjalo. ²⁷Amadodana akwa-Israyeli athi kuMose: “Bheka, siyafa, silahlekile, sonke silahlekile! ²⁸Wonke osondelayo, osondela ethabernakele likaBaba wethu, uyafa. Siyobhubha sonke na?”