UMiriyamu Ufela eKadeshi
UMiriyamu uyafa, amanzi ayaphela, futhi uMose ushaya idwala uBaba wethu ayemtshele ukuba akhulume nalo — amanzi ayaphuma noma kunjalo, kodwa yena no-Aroni balahlekelwa yizwe. U-Edomi uyala ukubavumela ukudlula, futhi u-Aroni ufela entabeni iHori izingubo zakhe sezigqokiswe u-Eleyazare.
20 1Ngenyanga yokuqala yonke inhlangano yakwa-Israyeli yangena ehlane laseZini; abantu bahlala eKadeshi. UMiriyamu wafela khona, wangcwatshwa khona. 2Kwakungekho manzi enhlanganweni, ngakho babuthana bamelana noMose no-Aroni. 3Abantu baphikisana noMose bathi: “Sengathi ngabe safa nathi mhla abafowethu befela phambi kukaBaba wethu! 4Kungani nilethe ibandla likaBaba wethu kuleli hlane ukuba lifele lapha, thina nezinkomo zethu? 5Kungani nasikhuphula eGibhithe nasiletha kule ndawo embi? Akukho mabele, amakhiwane, imivini, noma amahalananda—akukho manzi okuphuza.”
6UMose no-Aroni basuka phambi kwebandla baya emnyango wetende lokuhlangana, bawa ngobuso phansi, inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yabonakala kubo. 7UBaba wethu wathi kuMose:
8“Thatha udondolo, ubuthe inhlangano—wena no-Aroni umfowenu—ukhulume edwaleni phambi kwamehlo abo; lizakhipha amanzi alo. Bakhiphele amanzi edwaleni, uphuzise inhlangano nezinkomo zabo.”
9Ngakho uMose waluthatha udondolo phambi kukaBaba wethu, njengokumyala kwakhe. 10UMose no-Aroni babutha ibandla phambi kwedwala. Wathi: “Lalelani, nina bahlubuki—kumelwe sinikhiphele amanzi kuleli dwala na?” 11UMose waphakamisa isandla sakhe, walishaya idwala kabili ngodondolo lwakhe; amanzi aphuma ngokuchichima, inhlangano nezinkomo zabo zaphuza. a a v11 UPawulu usitshela ukuthi leli dwala kwakunguKhristu (1 KwabaseKorinte 10:4). Idwala laselishayiwe kanye ngaphambili (Eksodusi 17); kulokhu uBaba wethu wathi makhulunywe kulo kuphela. UKhristu washaywa kanye kwaphela—manje kudingeka nje simbize kuphela.
12Kodwa uBaba wethu wathi kuMose no-Aroni: “Ngenxa yokuthi aningithembanga ngokwanele ukuba ningihloniphe njengoNgcwele phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngeke nililethe leli bandla ezweni engibanike lona.”
13Yilawa amanzi aseMeriba, lapho abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baxabana khona noBaba wethu, wazibonakalisa engcwele phakathi kwabo.
U-Edomi Wenqaba Ukuvumela Ukudlula
14UMose wathuma izithunywa zivela eKadeshi ziya enkosini yase-Edomi: “Umfowenu u-Israyeli uthi: Uyazi konke ukuhlupheka okusehlele. 15Okhokho bethu behlela eGibhithe; sahlala eGibhithe iminyaka eminingi, abaseGibhithe basiphatha kabi thina nokhokho bethu. 16Ngakho sakhala kuBaba wethu; walizwa izwi lethu, wathuma isithunywa, wasikhipha eGibhithe. Manje sikhona eKadeshi, umuzi osonqenqemeni lomngcele wakho. 17Siyacela usivumele sidabule izwe lakho. Ngeke sidabule insimu noma isivini, noma siphuze amanzi omthombo. Sizohamba ngoMgwaqo Omkhulu weNkosi, singaphambukeli ngakwesokudla noma ngakwesokhohlo, size sidlule emngceleni wakho.” 18U-Edomi wathi kuye: “Ngeke udabule kimi, funa ngiphume ngimelane nawe ngenkemba.” 19Abantu bakwa-Israyeli bathi kuye: “Sizohamba ngomgwaqo omkhulu. Uma thina noma imihlambi yethu siphuza amanzi akho, sizowakhokhela. Vumela nje sidlule ngezinyawo, akukho okunye.” 20Kodwa wathi: “Ngeke udlule.” U-Edomi weza emelana naye nabantu abaningi nesandla esinamandla. 21Ngakho u-Edomi wenqaba ukuvumela u-Israyeli ukuba adlule emngceleni wakhe, u-Israyeli waphambuka kuye.
U-Aroni Ubuthelwa Kubantu Bakibo
22Yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli yasuka eKadeshi yafika eNtabeni iHori. 23ENtabeni iHori, emngceleni wase-Edomi, uBaba wethu wathi kuMose no-Aroni:
24“U-Aroni uzobuthelwa kubantu bakibo; ngeke angene ezweni engalinika abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba nobabili nahlubuka emyalweni wami emanzini aseMeriba. b b v24 “Ukubuthelwa kubantu bakibo” kuyinkulumo ethambile esho ukuthi u-Aroni wayezakufa ahlangane nokhokho bakhe; kusetshenziswe futhi evesini 26. 25Thatha u-Aroni no-Eleyazare indodana yakhe, ubakhuphulele eNtabeni iHori. 26Khumula u-Aroni izingubo zakhe, ugqokise u-Eleyazare indodana yakhe zona; u-Aroni uzobuthelwa kubantu bakibo afele khona.”
27UMose wenza njengokuyala kukaBaba wethu, bakhuphukela eNtabeni iHori yonke inhlangano ibukele. 28UMose wamkhumula u-Aroni izingubo zakhe, wagqokisa indodana yakhe u-Eleyazare zona. U-Aroni wafela khona esiqongweni sentaba; uMose no-Eleyazare behla. 29Yonke inhlangano yabona ukuthi u-Aroni usefile, yonke indlu yakwa-Israyeli yamlilela izinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu.
