INumeri 6

6 ¹UBaba wethu wasekhuluma noMose, wathi:

²“Khuluma kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi kubo: Lapho indoda noma owesifazane enza isithembiso esikhethekile, isithembiso sobuNaziri, sokuzehlukanisela uBaba, ³akumele baphuze iwayini noma uphuzo olunamandla, noma uviniga oluvela kukona kokubili, noma ujusi wamagilebhisi, noma badle amagilebhisi amasha noma awomisiwe. ⁴Phakathi nesikhathi sokuzahlukanisa kwabo akumele badle lutho oluvela emvinini wamagilebhisi, kusukela ezinhlamvini kuze kube semakhasini.

⁵“Phakathi nesithembiso sabo sokuzahlukanisa, akukho nsingo eyothinta ikhanda labo. Kuze kugcwaliseke isikhathi, bahlala bengcwele kuBaba; kumele bavumele izinwele zabo zikhule.

⁶“Kuso sonke isikhathi sokuzahlukanisela kwabo uBaba akumele basondele esidunjini. ⁷Akumele bazingcolise ngisho nangoyise, unina, umfowabo, noma udadewabo lapho befa, ngokuba umqhele wokuzinikela kwabo kuBaba wethu usekhanda labo. ⁸Kuso sonke isikhathi sokuzahlukanisa kwabo bangcwele kuBaba.

⁹“Uma othile efa ngokuzumayo kakhulu eceleni kwabo, enze ikhanda labo elizinikelweyo lingcole, kumele baphuce ikhanda labo ngosuku lokuhlanjululwa kwabo—baliphuce ngosuku lwesikhombisa. ¹⁰Ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili kumele balethe amahobhe amabili noma amaphuphu amabili amajuba kumpristi emnyango wetende lokuhlangana. ¹¹Umpristi kumele anikele ngelinye libe umnikelo wesono, elinye libe umnikelo wokushiswa, abenzele inhlawulo yokubuyisana, ngokuba bonile ngokuba seduze nesidumbu. Ngalolo suku lona kumele baphinde bazinikele ikhanda labo. ¹²Kumele baphinde banikele kuBaba izinsuku zabo zokuzahlukanisa, balethe iwundlu eliduna elinonyaka owodwa libe umnikelo wecala; izinsuku zakuqala azibalwa—ukuzahlukanisa kwabo kwenziwa kwangcola.

¹³“Lona umthetho womNaziri: lapho izinsuku zabo zokuzahlukanisa ziphela, kumele beze emnyango wetende lokuhlangana. ¹⁴Kumele balethe kuBaba umnikelo wabo: iwundlu eliduna elinonyaka owodwa elingenasici libe umnikelo wokushiswa, iwundlu lensikazi elinonyaka owodwa elingenasici libe umnikelo wesono, nenqama eyodwa engenasici ibe umnikelo wokuthula, ¹⁵kanye nobhasikidi wesinkwa esingenamvubelo—izinkwa zempuphu ecolekileyo ezixutshwe namafutha, namaqebelengwana angenamvubelo agcotshwe ngamafutha—kanye nomnikelo wabo wokudla neminikelo yokuphuzwa. ¹⁶Umpristi kumele akuletha phambi kukaBaba, anikele ngomnikelo wesono nomnikelo wokushiswa. ¹⁷Kumele anikele ngenqama ibe umnikelo wokuthula kuBaba kanye nobhasikidi wesinkwa esingenamvubelo, anikele nangomnikelo wayo wokudla neminikelo yokuphuzwa. ¹⁸Emnyango wetende lokuhlangana, umNaziri kumele aphuce ikhanda lakhe elizinikelweyo, athathe izinwele zokuzinikela, azibeke emlilweni ongaphansi komnikelo wokuthula. ¹⁹Umpristi athathe ihlombe lenqama elibilisiwe, nesinkwa esisodwa esingenamvubelo neqebelengwana elilodwa ebhasikidini, akubeke ezandleni zomNaziri emva kokuba izinwele zokuzinikela ziphuciwe. ²⁰Umpristi akuzamazise kube umnikelo wokuzuliswa phambi kukaBaba wethu—isabelo esingcwele sompristi, kanye nesifuba esizanyaziswayo nomlenze onikelwayo. Emva kwalokho umNaziri angaphuza iwayini.

²¹“Lona umthetho womNaziri othembisa umnikelo kuBaba wethu ngokuzahlukanisa kwakhe, ngaphandle kwanoma yini enye angayikwazi. Kumele enze ngokwesithembiso sakhe, ngokomthetho wokuzahlukanisa kwakhe.”

UBaba Wethu Uphinde Akhulume

²²UBaba wethu wasekhuluma noMose, wathi:

²³“Tshela u-Aroni namadodana akhe, uthi: Nizobabusisa kanje abantwana bakwa-Israyeli. Nithi kubo: ²⁴‘UBaba wakho makakubusise akulondoloze; ^a a v24 Umpristi ubeka igama likaBaba wethu phezu kwabantu bakhe. Isibusiso sabaphostoli esikathathu sizwakalisa leli phethini—umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, nothando lukaNkulunkulu, nobudlelwano boMoya oNgcwele (2 KwabaseKhorinte 13:14). ²⁵uBaba wakho makenze ubuso bakhe bukhanye phezu kwakho, abe nomusa kuwe; ²⁶uBaba wakho makakubheke ngomusa, akuphe ukuthula.’

²⁷“Ngakho bayakubeka igama lami phezu kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, mina ngiyakubabusisa.”