Amadodakazi kaZelofehadi
Odadewabo abahlanu babuza ukuthi kungani igama likayise wabo kufanele linyamalale ngenxa yokuntula indodana, futhi uBaba wethu uthi baqinisile, eguqula umthetho wefa. UMose, etshelwa ukuthi uyofela ngaphandle kwezwe, ucela umalusi wabantu; uJoshuwa ubekwa esikhundleni phambi kwabo bonke.
27 1Amadodakazi kaZelofehadi indodana kaHeferi, indodana kaGileyadi, indodana kaMakiri, indodana kaManase, emizini yakwaManase indodana kaJosefa, asondela phambili. Amagama amadodakazi akhe: uMahla, uNowa, uHogela, uMilka, noThiriza. 2Ema phambi kukaMose, naphambi kuka-Eleyazare umpristi, naphambi kwabaholi nebandla lonke, emnyango wetende lokuhlangana, athi: 3“Ubaba wethu wafela ehlane. Wayengekho phakathi kwalabo ababevukela uBaba wethu neqembu likaKhora; wafa ngesono sakhe, futhi wayengenawo amadodana. 4Kungani igama likababa wethu kufanele linyamalale emzini wakhe ngoba wayengenandodana? Siphe isabelo phakathi kwabafowabo bakababa wethu.”
5UMose waletha udaba lwawo phambi kukaBaba wethu. 6UBaba wethu wathi kuMose:
7“Amadodakazi kaZelofehadi akhuluma okulungile. Awaphe isabelo sefa phakathi kwabafowabo bakayise, uwadlulisele ifa likayise kuwo. 8Yisho kwabakwa-Israyeli uthi: Uma indoda ifa ingenandodana, dlulisela ifa layo endodakazini yayo. 9Uma ingenandodakazi, uzakunika ifa layo kubafowabo. 10Uma ingenabo abafowabo, uzakunika ifa layo kubafowabo bakayise. 11Uma uyise engenabo abafowabo, niphe ifa layo kwisihlobo sayo esiseduze emzini wayo, ukuze sibe ngesaso. Lokhu kuyisimiso somthetho kwabakwa-Israyeli, njengokuba uBaba wethu wayala uMose.”
UMose ubona izwe
12UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Khuphukela entabeni i-Abharimi, ubone izwe engilinike abakwa-Israyeli. 13Lapho usulibonile, nawe uzakubuthelwa kubantu bakini, njengokuba u-Aroni umfowenu wabuthelwa, 14ngokuba nahlubuka emyalweni wami ehlane laseZini, ngesikhathi sokuxabana kwebandla, ukuba ningingcwelise emanzini phambi kwamehlo awo—amanzi aseMeriba eKadeshi, ehlane laseZini.”
15UMose wakhuluma kuBaba wethu, wathi: 16“UBaba wemimoya yayo yonke inyama makabeke umuntu ozakuba phezu kwebandla, 17ozakuphuma phambi kwabo angene phambi kwabo, ozakubakhipha abangenise, ukuze ibandla likaBaba wethu lingabi njengezimvu ezingenamalusi.”
18UBaba wethu wathi kuMose: “Thatha uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, indoda enoMoya kaBaba wethu kuyo, ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwayo. 19Uyimise phambi kuka-Eleyazare umpristi nebandla lonke, uyimisele umsebenzi phambi kwamehlo abo. 20Uyiphe okunye kwegunya lakho, ukuze lonke ibandla labakwa-Israyeli liyilalele. 21Uzakuma phambi kuka-Eleyazare umpristi, ozakubuza isinqumo se-Urimi ngenxa yakhe phambi kukaBaba wethu. Ngezwi lika-Eleyazare bazakuphuma, ngezwi lakhe bangene—yena, nabo bonke abakwa-Israyeli kanye naye, ibandla lonke.”
22UMose wenza njengokuyala kukaBaba wethu: wathatha uJoshuwa wammisa phambi kuka-Eleyazare umpristi nebandla lonke. 23Wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwakhe wamnika umsebenzi, njengokuba uBaba wethu wayekhulumile ngoMose.
