UGWA­LO LWE­SI­NE LU­KA­MO­ZI­SI OLU­THI­WA

AMA­NA­NI

Uku­ba­lwa kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eSi­na­yi

1INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yia ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no, ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li emva ko­ku­phu­ma kwa­bo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, isi­thib:

2 Tha­tha­ni ina­ni lo­nke le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, le­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, wo­nke owe­si­li­sac, nga­ma­kha­nda abod.

3 Ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni koI­sra­ye­li, li­za­ba­ba­la nga­ma­bu­tho abo, we­na loA­ro­ni.

4 Ku­za­ku­ba la­ni indo­da ku­le­so la­le­so­si­zwe, ile­yo la­le­yo eyi­nhlo­ko ye­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se.

5 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da aza­ku­ma la­ni. Ko­Ru­be­ni: UE­li­zu­ri indo­da­na ka­She­de­wu­ri.

6 Ko­Si­me­yo­ni: UShe­lu­mi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­ri­sha­da­yi.

7 Ko­Ju­da: UNa­sho­ni indo­da­na kaA­mi­na­da­bae.

8 KoI­sa­ka­ri: UNe­tha­ne­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­wa­ri.

9 Ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni: UE­li­ya­bi indo­da­na ka­He­lo­ni.

10 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa, koE­fra­yi­mi: UE­li­sha­ma indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­di; ko­Ma­na­se: UGa­ma­li­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Pe­da­zu­ri.

11 Ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: UA­bi­da­ni indo­da­na ka­Gi­de­yo­ni.

12 Ko­Da­ni: UA­hi­ye­ze­ri indo­da­na kaA­mi­sha­da­yi.

13 KoA­she­ri: UPa­gi­ye­li indo­da­na kaO­ki­ra­ni.

14 Ko­Ga­di: UE­li­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­De­hu­we­li.

15 Ko­Na­fi­tha­li: UA­hi­ra indo­da­na kaE­na­ni.

16 Yi­bo aba­bi­zwa­yo be­nhla­nga­nof, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­zi­zwe za­bo­yi­se, inhlo­ko ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­koI­sra­ye­lig.

17 OMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni ba­se­be­tha­tha la­wo­ma­do­da aqa­njwe nga­ma­bi­zoh.

18 Ba­hla­nga­ni­sa inhla­nga­no yo­nke ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li; ba­ba­la nge­nhla­nga za­bo nge­nse­ndo za­bo nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, nga­ma­kha­nda abo.

19 Nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si wa­ba­ba­la ngo­ku­nja­lo enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yi.

20 Nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni, izi­bu­lo li­kaI­sra­ye­li, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, nga­ma­kha­nda abo, wo­nke owe­si­li­sa ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

21 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ru­be­ni, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

22 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, nga­ma­kha­nda abo, wo­nke owe­si­li­sa ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

23 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu.

24 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

25 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ga­di, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

26 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

27 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ju­da, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ne la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha.

28 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sa­ka­ri, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

29 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­koI­sa­ka­ri, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

30 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

31 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

32 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa, ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

33 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­koE­fra­yi­mi, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

34 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

35 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ma­na­se, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li.

36 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

37 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

38 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­ni, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

39 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Da­ni, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

40 Ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­she­ri, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

41 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­koA­she­ri, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nye la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

42 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Na­fi­tha­li, izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni;

43 la­bo aba­ba­li­we­yo ku­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

44 Yi­bo la­ba aba­ba­lwa­yo, oMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni aba­ba­ba­la­yo, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­li, ama­do­da ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, yi­le­so la­le­so si­nge­se­ndlu ya­bo­yi­sei.

45 Ba­be­nja­lo bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni koI­sra­ye­li.

46 Nga­kho bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nuj.

Ama­Le­vi aza­kho­nza etha­bha­ne­ke­le­ni

47 Ko­dwa ama­Le­vi, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ka­wa­ba­lwa­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­bok.

48 Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­khu­lu­me ku­Mo­zi­si ya­thi:

49 Ku­phe­la isi­zwe sa­ko­Le­vi unga­si­ba­li, unga­tha­thi ina­ni lo­nke la­so pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li;

50 ko­dwa we­na, mi­sa ama­Le­vi phe­zu kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le lo­bu­fa­ka­zi, la­phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­tsha za­lol, la­phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke okwa­lo. Wo­na aza­thwa­la itha­bha­ne­ke­le la­zo zo­nke izi­tsha za­lo; fu­thi wo­na aza­kho­nza ku­lo, ami­se ama­the­nte awo azi­nge­le­ze­le itha­bha­ne­ke­lem.

51 Le­ku­su­ke­ni kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le ama­Le­vi aza­li­di­li­za, le­ku­mi­swe­ni kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le ama­Le­vi aza­li­mi­san. Lo­we­mzi­ni oso­nde­la­yo uza­bu­la­wao.

52 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­mi­sa-ke ama­the­nte abo, ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo enka­mbe­ni ya­khe, la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­pha­wu lwa­khe, ngo­kwa­ma­bu­tho abop.

53 Ko­dwa ama­Le­vi aza­mi­sa ama­the­nte awo azi­nge­le­ze itha­bha­ne­ke­le lo­bu­fa­ka­ziq, uku­ze ku­nga­bi lo­la­ka phe­zu kwe­nhla­nga­no ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lir; ama­Le­vi aza­gci­na-ke umli­ndo we­tha­bha­ne­ke­le lo­bu­fa­ka­zis.

54 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­se­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si eya­yi­mla­ye kho­na uMo­zi­si, be­nza nja­lo.

Inka­mba le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­zi­zwe

2INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni isi­thi:

2 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo, ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­pha­wu lwa­khe, ngo­kwe­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so ze­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­sea; ba­za­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo bu­cwa­dla­na le­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkeb.

3 La­bo aba­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo nge­mpu­ma­la­nga la­pho oku­phu­ma kho­na ila­nga, ba­nga­bo­pha­wu lwe­nka­mba ya­ko­Ju­da ngo­kwa­ma­bu­tho abo, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da si­za­ku­ba ngu­Na­sho­ni indo­da­na kaA­mi­na­da­bac;

4 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ne la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha.

5 La­la­bo aba­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo ece­le­ni kwa­khe nga­be­si­zwe sa­koI­sa­ka­ri, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sa­ka­ri si­za­ku­ba ngu­Ne­tha­ne­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­wa­ri;

6 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­lo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

7 Isi­zwe sa­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni: Isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni si­za­ku­ba-ke nguE­li­ya­bi indo­da­na ka­He­lo­ni;

8 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­lo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

9 Bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo be­nka­mba ya­ko­Ju­da ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne, nga­ma­bu­tho abo; ba­za­su­ka ku­qa­lad.

10 Upha­wu lwe­nka­mba ya­ko­Ru­be­ni lu­za­ku­ba nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu, nga­ma­bu­tho abo, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni si­za­ku­ba nguE­li­zu­ri indo­da­na ka­She­de­wu­ri;

11 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­lo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

12 La­la­bo aba­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo ece­le­ni kwa­khe nga­be­si­zwe sa­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni si­za­ku­ba ngu­She­lu­mi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­ri­sha­da­yi;

13 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu.

14 Le­si­zwe sa­ko­Ga­di: Isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di si­za­ku­ba-ke nguE­li­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­Re­hu­we­li;

15 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

16 Bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo be­nka­mba ya­ko­Ru­be­ni ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nye la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, nga­ma­bu­tho abo. Nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba nga­be­si­bi­li eku­su­ke­nie.

17 Emva kwa­lo­khu ku­za­su­ka ithe­nte le­nhla­nga­no, le­nka­mba ya­ma­Le­vi pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mba; nje­ngo­ku­mi­sa kwa­bo inka­mba ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­za­su­kaf, ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo enda­we­ni ya­khe, ngo­kwe­mpa­wu za­bog.

18 Upha­wu lwe­nka­mba ya­koE­fra­yi­mi nga­ma­bu­tho abo lu­za­ku­ba se­ntsho­na­la­nga, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi si­za­ku­ba nguE­li­sha­ma indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­di;

19 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

20 Le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe isi­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se si­za­ku­ba ngu­Ga­ma­li­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Pe­da­zu­ri;

21 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li.

22 Le­si­zwe sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni; isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni si­za­ku­ba-ke nguA­bi­da­ni indo­da­na ka­Gi­de­yo­ni;

23 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

24 Bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo be­nka­mba ya­koE­fra­yi­mi ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­khu­lu, nga­ma­bu­tho abo. Nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba nga­be­si­tha­thu eku­su­ke­nih.

25 Upha­wu lwe­nka­mba ya­ko­Da­ni lu­za­ku­ba nge­nya­ka­tho, nga­ma­bu­tho abo, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­ni si­za­ku­ba nguA­hi­ye­ze­ri indo­da­na kaA­mi­sha­da­yi;

26 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

27 La­ba­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo ece­le­ni kwa­khe ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­zwe sa­koA­she­ri, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­she­ri si­za­ku­ba ngu­Pa­gi­ye­li indo­da­na kaO­ki­ra­ni;

28 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nye la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

29 Le­si­zwe sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li; isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Na­fi­tha­li si­za­ku­ba-ke nguA­hi­ra indo­da­na kaE­na­ni;

30 le­bu­tho la­khe la­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

31 Bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo be­nka­mba ya­ko­Da­ni ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha. Ba­za­ku­ba nga­bo­ku­ci­na eku­su­ke­ni ngo­kwe­mpa­wu za­boi.

32 Yi­bo la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se. Bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo be­zi­nka­mba ngo­kwa­ma­bu­tho abo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nuj.

33 Ko­dwa ama­Le­vi ka­wa­ba­lwa­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nje­nga­lo­kho iNko­si ya­yi­mla­yi­le uMo­zi­sik.

34 Nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­nza nje­nga­lo­kho ko­nke iNko­si eya­yi­mla­ye kho­na uMo­zi­si; ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo ngo­kwe­mpa­wu za­bo fu­thi ba­su­ka ngo­ku­nja­lo, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­se­ndo lwa­khe ngo­kwe­ndlu ka­yi­sel.

Ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni

3Le­zi-ke yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­kaA­ro­ni le­zi­ka­Mo­zi­si, ngo­su­ku iNko­si eya­khu­lu­ma nga­lo lo­Mo­zi­si enta­be­ni ye­Si­na­yi.

2 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni; izi­bu­lo uNa­da­bi, loA­bi­hu, uE­le­ya­za­re, loI­tha­ma­ria.

3 La nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni, aba­pri­sti aba­gco­tshi­we­yo, owa­be­hlu­ka­ni­se­la uku­se­be­nza nje­nga­ba­pri­stib.

4 Ko­dwa uNa­da­bi loA­bi­hu ba­fa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, la­pho be­ni­ke­la umli­lo onge­jwa­ye­le­ka­nga pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yic. Ba­be­nge­la­ba­ntwa­na. Nga­kho uE­le­ya­za­re loI­tha­ma­ri ba­se­be­nza nje­nga­ba­pri­sti pha­mbi ku­kaA­ro­ni uyi­se.

5 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

6 So­nde­za isi­zwe sa­ko­Le­vi, usi­mi­se pha­mbi ku­kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti, uku­thi ba­mse­be­nze­led.

7 Ba­za­gci­na imfa­ne­lo ya­khe le­mfa­ne­lo ye­nhla­nga­no yo­nke pha­mbi kwe­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no ukwe­nza inko­nzo ye­tha­bha­ne­ke­le.

8 Ba­za­lo­ndo­lo­za yo­nke impa­hla ye­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, le­mfa­ne­lo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­thi be­nze inko­nzo ye­tha­bha­ne­ke­lee.

9 Nja­lo uza­ni­ke­la ama­Le­vi kuA­ro­ni le­ma­do­da­ne­ni akhe; aphi­we lo­ku­phi­wa ku­ye be­phu­ma ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lif.

10 Nja­lo uA­ro­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe uza­ba­mi­sa, ba­gci­ne-ke ubu­pri­sti ba­bog. Lo­we­mzi­ni oso­nde­la­yo uza­bu­la­wah.

11 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

12 Mi­na-ke, kha­nge­la, ngi­the­the ama­Le­vi ephu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li enda­we­ni ya­lo lo­nke izi­bu­lo eli­vu­la isi­za­lo ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li. Nga­kho ama­Le­vi aza­ku­ba nga­wa­mii,

13 ngo­ba lo­nke izi­bu­lo li­nge­la­mij ngo­su­ku enga­tsha­ya nga­lo lo­nke izi­bu­lo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the. Ngi­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­le lo­nke izi­bu­lo koI­sra­ye­li, ku­su­ke­la emu­ntwi­ni ku­si­ya enya­ma­za­ne­ni; li­za­ku­ba nge­la­mik; ngi­yi­Nko­si.

14 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yi isi­thi:

15 Ba­la aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Le­vi nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se la­nge­nse­ndo za­bo; wo­nke owe­si­li­sa ku­su­ke­la ko­le­nya­nga ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, uza­ba­ba­lal.

16 Nga­kho uMo­zi­si wa­ba­ba­la ngo­ko­mlo­mo we­Nko­si nje­ngo­ku­la­ywa kwa­khe.

17 La­la aye­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Le­vi nga­ma­bi­zo awo: UGe­ri­sho­ni lo­Ko­ha­thi lo­Me­ra­rim.

18 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni nge­nse­ndo za­wo: ULi­bi­ni lo­Shi­me­yin.

19 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi nge­nse­ndo za­wo: UA­mra­mu loI­zi­ha­ri, uHe­bro­ni loU­zi­ye­lio.

20 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri nge­nse­ndo za­wo: UMa­hli lo­Mu­ship. Le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ma­Le­vi nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se.

21 Ku­Ge­ri­sho­ni kwa­ku­lo­se­ndo lwa­ma­Li­bi­ni lo­se­ndo lwa­ma­Shi­me­yi; le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ma­Ge­ri­sho­ni.

22 Aba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo, nge­na­ni la­bo bo­nke abe­si­li­sa, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­nya­nga ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, aba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

23 Inse­ndo za­ma­Ge­ri­sho­ni zi­za­mi­sa ama­the­nte azo nge­mva kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le nge­ntsho­na­la­ngaq.

24 Le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­ndlu ka­yi­se wa­ma­Ge­ri­sho­ni si­za­ku­ba nguE­li­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­La­ye­li.

25 Le­mfa­ne­lo ya­ma­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no iza­ku­bar li­tha­bha­ne­ke­les, le­the­ntet, isi­fu­le­lo sa­lou, le­si­le­nge so­mnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no,

26 la­ma­khe­the­ni egu­mav, le­si­le­nge so­mnya­ngo we­gu­ma eli­nga­se­tha­bha­ne­ke­le­ni le­li­nga­se­la­thi­ni inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkew, le­nta­mbo za­lo, ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­lo wo­nkex.

27 La­ku­Ko­ha­thi kwa­ku­lo­se­ndo lwa­maA­mra­mu, lo­se­ndo lwa­maI­zi­ha­ri, lo­se­ndo lwa­ma­He­bro­ni, lo­se­ndo lwa­maU­zi­ye­li. Le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ma­Ko­ha­thiy.

28 Ku­na­ni la­bo bo­nke abe­si­li­sa, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­nya­nga ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha, be­gci­na imfa­ne­lo ye­ndlu engcwe­le.

29 Inse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi zi­za­mi­sa ama­the­nte azo ece­le­ni kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le nge­ni­ngi­zi­muz.

30 Le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­ndlu ka­yi­se we­nse­ndo za­ma­Ko­ha­thi si­za­ku­ba nguE­li­za­fa­ni indo­da­na kaU­zi­ye­lia.

31 Le­mfa­ne­lo ya­wo iza­ku­ba ngu­mtsho­ko­tshob, le­ta­fu­lac, lo­lu­thi lwe­si­ba­ned, la­ma­la­thie, le­zi­tsha ze­ndlu engcwe­le aba­kho­nza nga­zo, le­si­le­ngef, la­yo yo­nke inko­nzo ya­lo.

32 Nja­lo umpha­thi we­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Le­vi uza­ku­ba nguE­le­ya­za­re, indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti; ubu­pha­thi ba­khe ba­bu­kwa­ba­gci­na uku­li­ndwa kwe­ndlu engcwe­le.

33 Ko­Me­ra­ri kwa­ku­lu­se­ndo lwa­ma­Ma­hli lo­se­ndo lwa­ma­Mu­shi; le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ma­Me­ra­ri.

34 La­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo, nge­na­ni la­bo bo­nke abe­si­li­sa, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­nya­nga ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li.

35 Le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­ndlu ka­yi­se we­nse­ndo za­ko­Me­ra­ri si­za­ku­ba ngu­Zu­ri­ye­li indo­da­na kaA­bi­ha­yi­li. Ba­za­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo ece­le­ni kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le nge­nya­ka­tho.

36 Lo­bu­pha­thi bo­ku­li­nda ba­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri bu­za­ku­ba nga­ma­pu­la­nka etha­bha­ne­ke­leg, le­mi­tha­ndo ya­loh, le­nsi­ka za­loi, le­zi­se­ke­lo za­loj, le­zi­tsha za­lo zo­nke, la­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi wa­lo,

37 le­nsi­ka ze­gu­ma inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, le­zi­se­ke­lo za­zok, le­zi­kho­nkwa­ne za­zol, le­nta­mbo za­zom.

38 La­la­bo aba­be­mi­se ama­the­nte abo pha­mbi kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le nge­mpu­ma­la­nga, pha­mbi kwe­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, kwa­ku­ngo­Mo­zi­si loA­ro­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe, be­lo­ndo­lo­za uku­li­ndwa kwe­ndlu engcwe­le, ku­se­nze­lwa umli­ndo wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lin. Lo­we­mzi­ni oso­nde­la­yo uza­bu­la­wao.

39 Bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo ba­ma­Le­vi, oMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni aba­ba­ba­la­yo, ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si, nge­zi­nsa­pho za­bo, bo­nke abe­si­li­sa ku­su­ke­la ko­le­nya­nga ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­lip.

Uhle­ngo lwa­ma­zi­bu­lo

40 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Ba­la wo­nke ama­zi­bu­lo esi­li­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­nya­nga ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, utha­the ina­ni la­ma­bi­zo abo.

41 Uza­ngi­tha­the­la ama­Le­vi (ngi­yi­Nko­si) enda­we­ni ya­wo wo­nke ama­zi­bu­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; le­zi­fu­yo za­ma­Le­vi enda­we­ni ya­ma­zi­bu­lo wo­nke pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­fu­yo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­liq.

42 Nga­kho uMo­zi­si wa­ba­la wo­nke ama­zi­bu­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­ye.

43 La­wo wo­nke ama­zi­bu­lo esi­li­sa, nge­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­nya­nga ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, kwa­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo, aye­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nta­thu.

44 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

45 Tha­tha ama­Le­vi enda­we­ni ya­ma­zi­bu­lo wo­nke pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, le­zi­fu­yo za­ma­Le­vi enda­we­ni ye­zi­fu­yo za­bo; la­ma­Le­vi aza­ku­ba nga­wa­mir; ngi­yi­Nko­si.

46 Ma­ye­la­na la­ba­za­hle­ngwa, aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nta­thu ba­ma­zi­bu­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lis, aba­phe­zu kwe­na­ni la­ma­Le­vit;

47 uza­tha­tha la­ma­she­ke­li* nga­nhla­nu nga­nhla­nu nge­kha­ndau, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le uza­wa­tha­thav; ishe­ke­li li­nga­ma­ge­ra* anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­liw.

48 Uni­ke kuA­ro­ni la­ku­ma­do­da­na akhe ima­li ya­ba­hle­ngi­we­yo aba­se­le pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

49 UMo­zi­si wa­se­tha­tha ima­li yo­hle­ngo ku­la­bo aba­be­se­le phe­zu kwa­ba­hle­ngwa nga­ma­Le­vi.

50 Wa­yi­tha­tha ima­li ku­ma­zi­bu­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ama­she­ke­li ayi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­nhla­nu, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­lex.

51 UMo­zi­si wa­se­ni­ka uA­ro­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe ima­li ya­ba­hle­ngi­we­yo, ngo­ko­mlo­mo we­Nko­si, nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si imla­yi­le uMo­zi­siy.

Imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­Le­vi

4INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni isi­thi:

2 Tha­tha­ni ina­ni lo­nke la­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi ave­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­na ka­Le­vi, nge­nse­ndo za­wo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se,

3 ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ku­si­ya ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, wo­nke onge­na enko­nzwe­ni ukwe­nza umse­be­nzi we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­noa.

4 Lo ngu­mse­be­nzi wa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no: Izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le­ngcwe­leb.

5 Eku­su­ke­ni-ke kwe­nka­mba uA­ro­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe ba­za­ku­za be­hli­se ive­yi­li le­se­mbe­soc, ba­si­be­ke­le umtsho­ko­tsho wo­bu­fa­ka­zi nga­lod,

6 ba­za­be­ka phe­zu kwa­wo izi­khu­mba zi­ka­ma­ntswa­nee, be­ndla­le phe­zu kwa­wo ile­mbu eli­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka lo­nke, ba­fa­ke imi­ja­bo ya­wof.

7 La­phe­zu kwe­ta­fu­la lo­ku­bu­ki­sa ba­za­kwe­ndla­la ile­mbu eli­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka, ba­be­ke phe­zu kwa­lo imi­ga­nu, le­nke­zo ze­mpe­pha, le­zi­tsha, le­nke­zo zo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo; le­si­nkwa esi­hle­zi si­kho­na si­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­log.

8 La­phe­zu kwa­le­zi­zi­nto ba­za­kwe­ndla­la ile­mbu eli­bo­mvu, ba­le­mbe­se nge­se­mbe­so se­zi­khu­mba zi­ka­ma­ntswa­ne, ba­fa­ke imi­ja­bo ya­loh.

9 Ba­za­tha­tha-ke ile­mbu eli­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka, be­mbe­se ulu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne se­si­kha­nyi­so, le­zi­ba­ne za­loi, le­ndla­wu za­lo, le­mi­ga­nu ya­lo yo­mlo­tha, le­zi­tsha zo­nke za­lo za­ma­fu­tha aba­se­be­nza nga­zo ku­lo.

10 Nja­lo ba­za­lu­fa­ka ka­nye le­zi­nto za­lo zo­nke ese­mbe­swe­ni se­zi­khu­mba zi­ka­ma­ntswa­ne, ba­ku­ga­xe ego­dwe­ni.

11 La­phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­go­li­de ba­za­kwe­ndla­la ile­mbu eli­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­kaj, ba­le­mbe­se nge­se­mbe­so se­zi­khu­mba zi­ka­ma­ntswa­ne, ba­fa­ke imi­ja­bo ya­lok.

12 Nja­lo ba­za­tha­tha yo­nke impa­hla ye­nko­nzo, aba­kho­nza nga­yo endli­ni engcwe­le, ba­yi­fa­ke ele­nji­ni eli­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka, ba­ye­mbe­se nge­se­mbe­so se­zi­khu­mba zi­ka­ma­ntswa­ne, ba­yi­ga­xe ego­dwe­ni.

13 Nja­lo ba­za­su­sa umlo­tha ela­thi­nil, be­ndla­le phe­zu kwa­lo ile­mbu eli­yi­bu­be­nde,

14 ba­be­ke phe­zu kwa­lo zo­nke izi­nto za­lo aba­kho­nza nga­zo ku­lo, izi­tsha zo­ku­thwa­la umli­lo, ama­fo­lo­gwe enya­ma, la­ma­fo­tsho­lo, le­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­za, zo­nke izi­nto ze­la­thim; be­ndla­le phe­zu kwa­lo ise­mbe­so se­zi­khu­mba zi­ka­ma­ntswa­ne, ba­fa­ke imi­ja­bo ya­lo.

15 La­pho uA­ro­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe se­be­qe­di­le ukwe­mbe­sa indlu engcwe­le le­mpa­hla zo­nke ze­ndlu engcwe­le, eku­su­swe­ni kwe­nka­mba, emva kwa­lo­kho ama­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi aza­ku­za uku­thwa­lan, ko­dwa ka­wa­yi­ku­thi­nta into engcwe­le hle­zi afeo. Le­zi­zi­nto zi­ngu­mthwa­lo wa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi, ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no.

16 Ubo­nga­me­li bu­kaE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti bu­za­ku­ba nga­ma­fu­tha esi­ba­nep, le­mpe­pha ele­phu­nga eli­mna­ndiq, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla nja­lo­nja­lor, la­ma­fu­tha oku­gco­bas; ubu­bo­ni­si nge­tha­bha­ne­ke­le lo­nke la­kho ko­nke oku­ki­lo, endli­ni engcwe­le le­zi­tshe­ni za­yo.

17 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni isi­thi:

18 Li­nga­qu­mi inse­ndo ze­si­zwe sa­ma­Ko­ha­thi zi­su­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Le­vi.

19 Ko­dwa lo­kho kwe­nze­ni ku­wo, uku­ze aphi­le anga­fi, eku­so­nde­le­ni kwa­wo ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­ngcwe­le­ngcwe­let; uA­ro­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe ba­za­nge­na, ba­wa­mi­se lo­wo la­lo­wo emse­be­nzi­ni wa­khe le­mthwa­lwe­ni wa­khe;

20 ko­dwa ka­wa­yi­ku­nge­na uku­bo­nau la­pho izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le zi­go­qe­lwa, hle­zi afev.

21 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

22 Tha­tha ina­ni lo­nke la­ma­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni la­wo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, nge­nse­ndo za­wo,

23 ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nga­phe­zu­lu ku­si­ya ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu uza­ba­ba­la; wo­nke onge­na uku­kho­nza inko­nzo, uku­thi enze umse­be­nzi ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no.

24 Lo ngu­mse­be­nzi we­nse­ndo za­ma­Ge­ri­sho­ni uku­kho­nza le­mthwa­lwe­ni;

25 ba­za­thwa­la-kew ama­khe­the­ni etha­bha­ne­ke­le, le­the­nte le­nhla­nga­nox, ise­mbe­so sa­loy, le­se­mbe­so se­zi­khu­mba zi­ka­ma­ntswa­ne ezi­phe­zu kwa­lo phe­zu­luz, le­si­le­nge so­mnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no,

26 la­ma­khe­the­ni egu­ma, le­si­le­nge so­mnya­ngo we­sa­ngo le­gu­ma eli­se­du­ze le­tha­bha­ne­ke­le nja­lo edu­ze le­la­thi inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, le­nta­mbo za­zo, le­mpa­hla yo­nke ye­nko­nzo ya­bo, la­kho ko­nke okwe­nze­lwe bo­na; ba­se­be­nze-ke.

27 Nje­ngo­ku­la­ya ku­kaA­ro­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe uza­ku­ba nja­lo umse­be­nzi wo­nke wa­ma­do­da­na ama­Ge­ri­sho­ni emthwa­lwe­ni wa­bo wo­nke le­nko­nzwe­ni ya­bo yo­nke. Uza­wa­mi­sa uku­gci­na wo­nke umthwa­lo wa­bo.

28 Lo ngu­mse­be­nzi we­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na ama­Ge­ri­sho­ni ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no; uku­gci­nwa kwa­wo ku­za­ku­ba nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­kaI­tha­ma­ri indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti.

29 Ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri uza­wa­ba­la nge­nse­ndo za­wo nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se,

30 ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nga­phe­zu­lu ku­si­ya ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu uza­ba­ba­la, wo­nke onge­na enko­nzwe­ni, uku­se­be­nza umse­be­nzi we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no.

31 La­lo­khu yi­ku­gci­nwa ko­mthwa­lo wa­bo, nje­ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­bo wo­nke ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­noa: Ama­pu­la­nka etha­bha­ne­ke­le, le­mi­tha­ndo ya­lo, le­nsi­ka za­lo, le­zi­se­ke­lo za­lo,

32 le­nsi­ka ze­gu­ma inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, le­zi­se­ke­lo za­zo, le­zi­kho­nkwa­ne za­zo, le­zi­nta­mbo za­zo, le­mpa­hla ya­zo yo­nke, lo­mse­be­nzi wa­zo wo­nke. Nja­lo li­za­zi­qa­mba nga­ma­bi­zo impa­hla aba­fa­ne­le uku­zi­thwa­lab.

33 Lo ngu­mse­be­nzi we­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri, ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wo­nke wa­wo ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no, nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­kaI­tha­ma­ri indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­stic.

34 UMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­nhla­nga­no ba­se­be­ba­la ama­do­da­na ama­Ko­ha­thi nge­nse­ndo za­wo la­nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­sed,

35 ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nga­phe­zu­lu ku­si­ya ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, wo­nke onge­na enko­nzwe­ni, emse­be­nzi­ni we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no;

36 La­la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo ku­wo nge­nse­ndo za­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

37 La­ba nga­ba­ba­lwa­yo be­nse­ndo za­ma­Ko­ha­thie, wo­nke owa­se­be­nza ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no, oMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni aba­ba­ba­la­yo, ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si.

38 La­la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo ba­ma­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni, nge­nse­ndo za­wo, la­nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se,

39 ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nga­phe­zu­lu ku­si­ya ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, wo­nke onge­na enko­nzwe­ni, emse­be­nzi­ni ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no.

40 La­la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo ku­wo nge­nse­ndo za­bo nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu.

41 La­ba nga­ba­ba­lwa­yo be­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­nif, wo­nke owa­se­be­nza ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no, oMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni aba­ba­ba­la­yo ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si.

42 La­la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo be­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri, nge­nse­ndo za­wo, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se,

43 ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nga­phe­zu­lu ku­si­ya ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, wo­nke onge­na enko­nzwe­ni, emse­be­nzi­ni we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no.

44 La­la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo ku­wo nge­nse­ndo za­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li.

45 La­ba nga­ba­ba­lwa­yo be­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­rig, oMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni aba­ba­ba­la­yo, ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si.

46 Bo­nke aba­ba­lwa­yo, oMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­li aba­ba­ba­la­yo, ba­ma­Le­vi, nge­nse­ndo za­bo la­nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se,

47 ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nga­phe­zu­lu ku­si­ya ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, wo­nke owa­nge­na uku­se­be­nza umse­be­nzi we­nko­nzo lo­mse­be­nzi wo­mthwa­lo ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no,

48 la­la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo ku­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

49 Ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ba­ba­ba­la, nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­khe la­ngo­ko­mthwa­lo wa­kheh; nga­kho ba­ba­lwa ngu­ye, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­sii.

Aba­ngco­li­le­yo ba­ya­khu­tshwa enka­mbe­ni

5INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 La­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­thi ba­khu­phe enka­mbe­ni wo­nke umle­phe­roa, la­ye wo­nke olo­ku­go­bho­zab, la­ye wo­nke ongco­li­le­yo ngo­fi­le­yoc.

3 Ku­su­ke­la ko­we­si­li­sa ku­si­ya ko­we­si­fa­za­na li­za­ba­khu­pha, ku­ze ku­be nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba li­za­ba­khu­phad, uku­ze ba­nga­ngco­li­si izi­nka­mba za­bo, engi­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­zoe.

4 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­se­nza nja­lo, ba­ba­khu­pha ba­ze ba­ba nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mbaf; nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si, be­nza nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

Umla­yo oma­ye­la­na lo­ku­hla­wu­la ko­mu­ntu ole­ca­la

5 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

6 Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi: Indo­da ku­mbe umfa­zi, uba be­se­nza lo­ba yi­si­phi iso­no so­mu­ntu, ngo­ku­pha­mbe­ka isi­pha­mbe­ko eNko­si­ni, lo­wo­mu­ntu ule­ca­lag.

7 Nja­lo ba­za­vu­ma iso­no sa­bo aba­se­nzi­le­yoh, abe­se­hla­wu­la ica­la la­khe ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo kwa­lo, enge­ze­le­le phe­zu kwa­lo ingxe­nye ye­si­hla­nu ya­lo, ani­ke lo­wo ale­ca­la ku­yei.

8 Ko­dwa uba lo­wo­mu­ntu enge­la­mhle­ngi oyi­si­hlo­bo oku­nga­hla­wu­lwa ku­so ica­la, ica­la li­za­hla­wu­lwa eNko­si­ni ku­be ngo­ko­mpri­sti, nga­pha­ndle kwe­nqa­ma ye­nhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la, aza­me­nze­la inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la nga­yoj.

9 La­wo wo­nke umni­ke­lo wa­zo zo­nke izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, aba­zi­le­tha ku­mpri­sti, uza­ku­ba ngo­wa­khek.

10 Le­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le za­wo wo­nke umu­ntu zi­za­ku­ba nge­za­khe; lo­khu lo­ba ngu­ba­ni aku­ni­ka umpri­sti ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­khel.

Umla­yo oma­ye­la­na lo­bu­khwe­le

11 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

12 Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi ku­bo: Lo­ba yi­yi­phi indo­da, uba umka­yo edu­ha, ngo­ku­nga­the­mbe­ki ku­yo enze ise­nzo so­ku­nga­the­mbe­ki,

13 le­ndo­da ila­la la­ye ngo­bu­do­da bo­ku­hla­nga­na, nja­lo ku­fi­hla­ka­le eme­hlwe­ni endo­da ya­khe, anga­bo­nwa, ye­na ungco­li­si­we, nja­lo ku­nge­la­mfa­ka­zi ome­la­na la­ye, fu­thi ye­na enga­ba­njwa­ngam,

14 lo­mo­ya wo­bu­khwe­le ufi­ke phe­zu kwa­yo, fu­thi ibe lo­bu­khwe­le ngo­mka­yo, nja­lo ye­na engco­li­si­we, lo­ba umo­ya wo­bu­khwe­le ufi­ke phe­zu kwa­yo, fu­thi ibe lo­bu­khwe­le ngo­mka­yo, la­nxa ye­na enga­ngco­la­nga,

15 indo­da iza­le­tha umka­yo ku­mpri­sti, imle­the­le umni­ke­lo wa­khe, okwe­tshu­mi kwe-e­fa* le­mpu­phu ye­bha­li*; ka­yi­yi­ku­the­la ama­fu­tha ku­yo, inga­be­ki inhla­ka phe­zu kwa­yo, ngo­ba ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla wo­bu­khwe­le, umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla we­si­khu­mbu­zon, uku­khu­mbu­za ubu­bio.

16 Umpri­sti uza­so­nde­za-ke owe­si­fa­za­na, ammi­se pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

17 Umpri­sti atha­the ama­nzi angcwe­le embi­ze­ni ye­bu­mba, lo­mpri­sti atha­the oko­thu­li olu­pha­nsi etha­bha­ne­ke­le­ni, aku­fa­ke ema­nzi­ni.

18 Umpri­sti uza­mi­sa owe­si­fa­za­na pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, embu­le ikha­nda lo­we­si­fa­za­na, abe­ke eza­ndle­ni za­khe umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla wo­ku­khu­mbu­za, ongu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla wo­bu­khwe­le. Le­sa­ndle­ni so­mpri­sti ku­za­ku­ba la­ma­nzi aba­ba­yo ale­tha isi­qa­le­ki­so.

19 Umpri­sti uza­mfu­ngi­sa-ke, athi ko­we­si­fa­za­na: Uba ku­nge­la­ndo­da ele­le la­we, nja­lo uba unga­du­he­la­nga eku­ngco­le­ni, upha­nsi kwe­ndo­da ya­kho, khu­lu­le­ka ema­nzi­ni la aba­ba­yo ale­tha isi­qa­le­ki­so.

20 Ko­dwa we­na, uba udu­hi­le, upha­nsi kwe­ndo­da ya­kho, fu­thi uba ungco­li­si­we, le­ndo­da ya­hla­nga­na la­we, nga­pha­ndle kwe­ndo­da ya­kho,

21 umpri­sti amfu­ngi­se owe­si­fa­za­na nge­si­fu­ngo se­si­qa­le­ki­sop, umpri­sti athi ku­ye: INko­si ka­yi­kwe­nze ube yi­si­qa­le­ki­so le­si­fu­ngo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­ki­ni, la­pho iNko­si ise­nza itha­nga­zi la­kho li­we, le­si­su sa­kho si­khu­khu­ma­leq.

22 La­ma­nzi la ale­tha isi­qa­le­ki­so ka­wa­nge­ne emi­bi­li­ni ya­kho, akwe­nze isi­su si­khu­khu­ma­le lo­kwe­nza itha­nga­zi li­wer. Owe­si­fa­za­na abe­se­si­thi: Ame­ni, Ame­nis.

23 Umpri­sti uza­bha­la-ke izi­qa­le­ki­so le­zi egwa­lwe­ni, aze­su­le nga­ma­nzi aba­ba­yo,

24 ana­thi­se owe­si­fa­za­na ama­nzi aba­ba­yo ale­tha isi­qa­le­ki­so, la­ma­nzi ale­tha isi­qa­le­ki­so aza­nge­na ku­ye, abe ngo­ku­ba­ba­yo.

25 Umpri­sti uza­tha­tha-ke esa­ndle­ni so­we­si­fa­za­na umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla wo­bu­khwe­le, awu­zu­ngu­ze umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, awu­so­nde­ze ela­thi­nit,

26 umpri­sti acu­phe isa­ndla esi­gcwe­le­yo so­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, si­be yi­si­khu­mbu­zo sa­wo, asi­tshi­se ela­thi­ni, le­mva kwa­lo­kho amna­thi­se owe­si­fa­za­na ama­nziu.

27 Ese­mna­thi­si­le ama­nzi, ku­za­ku­thi uba engco­li­le, enze ngo­ku­nga­the­mbe­ki ise­nzo so­ku­nga­the­mbe­ki endo­de­ni ya­khe, ama­nzi ale­tha isi­qa­le­ki­so ese­nge­ni­le ku­ye abe ngo­ku­ba­ba­yo, isi­su sa­khe si­za­khu­khu­ma­la le­tha­nga­zi la­khe li­we, lo­we­si­fa­za­na uza­ku­ba yi­si­qa­le­ki­so pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­ki­bov.

28 Ko­dwa uba owe­si­fa­za­na enga­ngco­la­nga, ko­dwa ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le, uza­khu­lu­le­ka, uza­kwe­mu­ke­la inhla­nye­lo.

29 Lo ngu­mla­yo wo­bu­khwe­le, la­pho umfa­zi edu­ha, epha­nsi kwe­ndo­da ya­khe, abe­se­ngco­li­swaw,

30 ku­mbe indo­da, uba umo­ya wo­bu­khwe­le ufi­ka phe­zu kwa­yo ibe lo­bu­khwe­le ngo­mka­yo; immi­se owe­si­fa­za­na pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, lo­mpri­sti enze ku­ye umla­yo lo wo­nke.

31 Indo­da iza­khu­lu­le­ka-ke eca­le­ni, ko­dwa lo­wo owe­si­fa­za­na uza­thwa­la ica­la la­khex.

Umla­yo oma­ye­la­na lo­mNa­zi­ri

6INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi ku­bo: Owe­si­li­sa lo­ba owe­si­fa­za­na, uba eze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la uku­the­mbi­sa isi­the­mbi­soa so­mNa­zi­rib, uku­ze aze­hlu­ka­ni­se­le iNko­si,

3 uza­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sa le­wa­yi­ni lo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla, anga­na­thi ivi­ni­ga le­wa­yi­ni, le­vi­ni­ga lo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla, anga­na­thi la­mhlu­zi we­zi­the­lo ze­vi­ni, anga­dli izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezi­ma­nzi le­zo­mi­le­yoc.

4 Zo­nke insu­ku zo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe ka­yi­ku­dla oko­lu­tho olwe­nzi­we nge­vi­ni le­wa­yi­ni, ku­su­ke­la enhla­mvi­ni ku­si­ya ema­kha­si­ni.

5 Zo­nke insu­ku ze­si­the­mbi­so so­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe impu­co ka­yi­yi­ku­dlu­la phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­khed; ku­ze ku­gcwa­li­se­ke insu­ku zo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe iNko­si uza­ku­ba ngcwe­le, aye­ke­le izi­hlu­thu ze­nwe­le ze­kha­nda la­khe zi­khu­lee.

6 Zo­nke insu­ku aze­hlu­ka­ni­se­le iNko­si nga­zo ka­yi­ku­ya esi­du­nji­nif.

7 Ka­yi­ku­zi­ngco­li­sa ngo­yi­se, la­ngo­ni­na, ngo­mfo­wa­bo, la­ngo­da­de­wa­bo, uba be­fi­le, ngo­ba ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ku­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­kheg.

8 Zo­nke insu­ku zo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe ungcwe­le eNko­si­ni.

9 Uba-ke ofa­yo eju­nywa ma­si­nya­ne yi­ku­fa pha­nsi kwa­khe, use­ngco­li­se ikha­nda lo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­kheh, uza­phu­ca ikha­nda la­khe ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwa­khe, uza­li­phu­ca ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sai.

10 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li uza­le­tha ama­ju­ba ama­bi­li lo­ba ama­phu­phu ama­bi­li enkwi­li­mba ku­mpri­sti emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­noj.

11 Lo­mpri­sti uza­ni­ke­la enye ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, le­nye ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, ame­nze­le inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la, ngo­ba wo­ni­le nge­si­du­mbu. Nja­lo uza­ngcwe­li­sa ikha­nda la­khe nga­lo­na lo­lo­su­ku,

12 aze­hlu­ka­ni­se­le iNko­si insu­ku zo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe, ale­the iwu­ndlu eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­ca­lak; ko­dwa insu­ku za­ku­qa­la zi­za­ku­wa, ngo­ba uku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe ku­ngco­li­si­we.

13 La­lo ngu­mla­yo wo­mNa­zi­ri ngo­su­ku la­pho insu­ku zo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe se­zi­gcwa­li­se­ki­le. Uza­le­tha lo­khu emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­nol,

14 ani­ke­le umni­ke­lo wa­khe eNko­si­ni, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa eli­nge­la­si­ci li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, le­wu­ndlu­ka­zi eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa eli­nge­la­si­ci li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­nom, le­nqa­ma ibe­nye enge­la­si­ci ibe yi­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­lan,

15 le­si­tsha se­zi­nkwa ezi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na empu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ehla­nga­ni­swe la­ma­fu­thao, le­zi­nkwa­na ezi­yi­zi­pa­ta­la­la ezi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo ezi­ni­ndwe nga­ma­fu­thap, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­zo wo­ku­dla le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­zo yo­ku­na­thwa­yoq.

16 Nja­lo umpri­sti uza­ku­so­nde­za pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ani­ke­le umni­ke­lo wa­khe we­so­nor lo­mni­ke­lo wa­khe wo­ku­tshi­swas.

17 Le­nqa­ma uza­yi­ni­ke­la ibe ngu­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­lat eNko­si­ni ka­nye le­si­tsha se­zi­nkwa ezi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo; lo­mpri­sti uza­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wa­khe wo­ku­dla lo­mni­ke­lo wa­khe wo­ku­na­thwa­you.

18 UmNa­zi­ri uza­phu­ca-ke ikha­nda lo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, atha­the inwe­le ze­kha­nda lo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe, azi­fa­ke emli­lwe­ni onga­pha­nsi ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­lav.

19 Lo­mpri­sti uza­tha­tha umkho­no ophe­ki­we­yo we­nqa­ma, le­qe­be­le­ngwa­na eli­lo­dwa eli­nge­la­mvu­be­lo esi­tshe­ni, le­si­nkwa­na esi­so­dwa esi­yi­si­pa­ta­la­la esi­nge­la­mvu­be­low, aku­be­ke eza­ndle­ni zo­mNa­zi­ri ese­phu­ci­le uku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khex,

20 umpri­sti aku­zu­ngu­ze-ke ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­zu­ngu­zwa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­siy; ku­ngcwe­le ku­mpri­sti, ka­nye le­si­fu­ba esi­zu­ngu­zi­we­yo ka­nye lo­mle­nze wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swaz. Emva kwa­lo­khu umNa­zi­ri use­nga­na­tha iwa­yi­ni.

21 Lo ngu­mla­yo wo­mNa­zi­ri othe­mbi­se umni­ke­lo wa­khe wo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la kwa­khe eNko­si­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­kho isa­ndla sa­khe si­nga­fi­nye­le­la ku­khoa; nje­nge­si­the­mbi­so sa­khe asi­the­mbi­si­le­yo uza­kwe­nza nja­lo, nje­ngo­mla­yo wo­bu­Na­zi­ri ba­khe.

Uku­bu­si­swa kwa­ba­ntu nga­ba­pri­sti

22 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

23 Tsho­no kuA­ro­ni la­ku­ma­do­da­na akhe uthi: Li­za­bu­si­sa ka­nje aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, li­si­thi ku­bob:

24 INko­si ka­yi­ku­bu­si­se, iku­lo­ndo­lo­zec.

25 INko­si ka­yi­kha­nyi­se ubu­so ba­yo ku­wed, ibe lo­mu­sa ku­wee.

26 INko­si ka­yi­pha­ka­mi­se ubu­so ba­yo ku­we, iku­ni­ke uku­thu­la.

27 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­za­be­ka ibi­zo la­mi phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, mi­na-ke ngi­za­ba­bu­si­saf.

Imi­ni­ke­lo eni­ke­le­lwa ila­thi

7Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku uMo­zi­si aqe­da nga­lo uku­mi­sa itha­bha­ne­ke­lea, wa­li­gco­bab, wa­li­ngcwe­li­sa, le­mpa­hla za­lo zo­nke, le­la­thi le­mpa­hla za­lo zo­nke, wa­ku­gco­ba, wa­ku­ngcwe­li­sa;

2 izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­li, izi­nhlo­ko ze­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, eza­zi­yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­zi­zwe, eza­zi­so­nga­me­la la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yoc, za­ni­ke­la,

3 za­le­tha umni­ke­lo wa­zo pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, inqo­la ezi­yi­si­thu­pha eze­mbe­si­we­yod le­nka­bi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; inqo­la eyo­dwa nge­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ezi­mbi­li, le­nka­bi nge­si­so­dwa; za­zi­so­nde­za pha­mbi kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le.

4 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

5 Ye­mu­ke­la ku­zo, uku­ze zi­be nge­zo­ku­se­be­nza inko­nzo ye­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, uzi­ni­ke ama­Le­vi, ku­lo­wo la­lo­wo nje­ngo­mse­be­nzi wa­khe.

6 Nga­kho uMo­zi­si wa­tha­tha izi­nqo­la le­zi­nka­bi, wa­zi­ni­ka ama­Le­vi.

7 Inqo­la ezi­mbi­li le­nka­bi ezi­ne wa­zi­ni­ka ama­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni, nje­ngo­mse­be­nzi wa­woe;

8 le­nqo­la ezi­ne le­nka­bi ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li wa­zi­ni­ka ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri, nje­ngo­mse­be­nzi wa­wof, nge­sa­ndla si­kaI­tha­ma­ri indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti.

9 Ko­dwa ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Ko­ha­thi ka­ni­ka­nga lu­tho, ngo­ba umse­be­nzi we­nda­wo engcwe­le wa­wu­phe­zu kwa­wog, awu­thwa­la ema­hlo­mbeh.

10 Le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ni­ke­le­la ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa kwe­la­thi ngo­su­ku ela­gco­tshwa nga­loi; izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­so­nde­za umni­ke­lo wa­zo pha­mbi kwe­la­thi.

11 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla nga­si­nye nga­si­nye ngo­su­ku lwa­so, zi­za­ni­ke­le­la umni­ke­lo wa­zo wo­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa kwe­la­thij.

12 Owa­ni­ke­la-ke umni­ke­lo wa­khe ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la wa­ye­ngu­Na­sho­ni indo­da­na kaA­mi­na­da­ba, owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ju­dak.

13 Lo­mni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li* ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thul, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­lem; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dlan;

14 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­phao;

15 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swap;

16 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­noq;

17 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwar. Lo­khu kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo ka­Na­sho­ni indo­da­na kaA­mi­na­da­ba.

18 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­bi­li uNe­tha­ne­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­wa­ri, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­koI­sa­ka­ri, wa­ni­ke­las.

19 Wa­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wa­khe: Umga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

20 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

21 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

22 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

23 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­khu kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo ka­Ne­tha­ne­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­wa­ri.

24 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu uE­li­ya­bi indo­da­na ka­He­lo­ni, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ze­bu­lu­nit:

25 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

26 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

27 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

28 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

29 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo kaE­li­ya­bi indo­da­na ka­He­lo­ni.

30 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­ne uE­li­zu­ri indo­da­na ka­She­de­wu­ri, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­niu:

31 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

32 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

33 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

34 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

35 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo kaE­li­zu­ri indo­da­na ka­She­de­wu­ri.

36 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­hla­nu uShe­lu­mi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­ri­sha­da­yi, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­niv:

37 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

38 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

39 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

40 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

41 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo ka­She­lu­mi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­ri­sha­da­yi.

42 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­thu­pha uE­li­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­De­hu­we­li, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­diw:

43 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

44 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

45 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

46 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

47 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo kaE­li­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­De­hu­we­li.

48 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa uE­li­sha­ma indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­di, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mix:

49 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

50 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

51 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

52 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

53 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo kaE­li­sha­ma indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­di.

54 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li uGa­ma­li­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Pe­da­zu­ri, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­sey:

55 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

56 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

57 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

58 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

59 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo ka­Ga­ma­li­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Pe­da­zu­ri.

60 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye uA­bi­da­ni indo­da­na ka­Gi­de­yo­ni, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­niz:

61 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

62 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

63 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

64 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

65 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo kaA­bi­da­ni indo­da­na ka­Gi­de­yo­ni.

66 Ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi uA­hi­ye­ze­ri indo­da­na kaA­mi­sha­da­yi, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­nia:

67 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

68 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

69 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

70 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

71 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo kaA­hi­ye­ze­ri indo­da­na kaA­mi­sha­da­yi.

72 Ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­nye uPa­gi­ye­li indo­da­na kaO­ki­ra­ni, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­she­rib:

73 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

74 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

75 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

76 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

77 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo ka­Pa­gi­ye­li indo­da­na kaO­ki­ra­ni.

78 Ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­mbi­li uA­hi­ra indo­da­na kaE­na­ni, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Na­fi­tha­lic:

79 Umni­ke­lo wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mga­nu owo­dwa we­si­li­va, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za owo­dwa we­si­li­va wa­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; yo­mi­bi­li ya­yi­gcwe­le impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla;

80 ukhe­zo olu­lo­dwa olu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de, lu­gcwe­le impe­pha;

81 ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa eli­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa;

82 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no;

83 lo­ko­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, izi­nka­bi ezi­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­nhla­nu, impo­ngo ezi­nhla­nu, ama­wu­ndlu ama­hla­nu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­kho kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo kaA­hi­ra indo­da­na kaE­na­ni.

84 Lo­khu kwa­ku­yi­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa kwe­la­thid ngo­su­ku lo­ku­gco­tshwa kwa­lo nge­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­li. Imi­ga­nu ye­si­li­va eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, imi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­za ye­si­li­va eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, inke­zo ze­go­li­de ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

85 Lo­wo la­lo­wo umga­nu we­si­li­va wa­wu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umga­nu wo­ku­fa­fa­za wa­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa; so­nke isi­li­va se­mi­ga­nu sa­si­nga­mashe­ke­li azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le.

86 Inke­zo ze­go­li­de ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, zi­gcwe­le impe­pha; yi­lo­lo la­lo­lo­khe­zo lwa­lu­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­le; igo­li­de lo­nke le­nke­zo la­li­nga­mashe­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

87 Zo­nke izi­fu­yo zo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa za­zi­nga­ma­jo­ngo­si ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ama­wu­ndlu alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­zo wo­ku­dla; la­ma­zi­nya­ne embu­zi ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li omni­ke­lo we­so­no.

88 La­zo zo­nke izi­fu­yo zo­mhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la za­zi­nga­ma­jo­ngo­si anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne, inqa­ma ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, impo­ngo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, ama­wu­ndlu anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa. Lo­khu kwa­ku­yi­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa kwe­la­thie, emva ko­ku­gco­tshwa kwa­lof.

89 La­pho uMo­zi­si ese­nge­na ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no uku­khu­lu­ma la­ye, we­zwa ili­zwi li­khu­lu­ma ku­yeg, li­ve­la nga­phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo so­mu­sa esi­phe­zu ko­mtsho­ko­tsho wo­bu­fa­ka­zi, li­ve­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi* ama­bi­li; wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­yeh.

UA­ro­ni umi­sa izi­ba­ne

8INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 Tsho­no kuA­ro­ni uthi ku­ye: Nxa ulu­ma­thi­sa izi­ba­nea, izi­ba­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zi­za­kha­nyi­sa nga­pha­mbi­li pha­mbi ko­lu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne.

3 UA­ro­ni wa­se­se­nza nja­lo; nga­pha­mbi­li pha­mbi ko­lu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne wa­lu­ma­thi­sa izi­ba­neb za­lo, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si.

4 La­lo umse­be­nzi wo­lu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne wa­wu­ngo­we­go­li­de eli­kha­ndi­we­yoc, ku­ze ku­be se­si­di­ndi­ni sa­lo ku­ze ku­ye ema­lu­be­ni alo lwa­lu­kha­ndi­wed; nje­nge­si­fa­ne­ki­so iNko­si eya­mtshe­ngi­sa so­na uMo­zi­si, wa­lwe­nza nja­lo ulu­thi lwe­si­ba­nee.

Ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa kwa­ma­Le­vi

5 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

6 Khu­pha ama­Le­vi pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uwa­hla­mbu­lu­le;

7 we­nze ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­wo uku­wa­hla­mbu­lu­la; ufa­fa­ze phe­zu kwa­wo ama­nzi oku­hla­mbu­lu­laf, nja­lo adlu­li­se impu­co emzi­mbe­ni wa­wo wo­nke, awa­tshe izi­gqo­ko za­wo, azi­hla­mbu­lu­leg.

8 Atha­the ijo­ngo­si itho­le le­nko­mo, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­lo wo­ku­dla, impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, utha­the le­li­nye ijo­ngo­si itho­le le­nko­mo, li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­noh.

9 Nja­lo uza­so­nde­za ama­Le­vi pha­mbi kwe­the­nte le­nhla­nga­noi, ubu­tha­ni­se inhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lij.

10 Uso­nde­ze ama­Le­vi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­be­ka iza­ndla za­bo phe­zu kwa­ma­Le­vik,

11 loA­ro­ni azu­ngu­ze ama­Le­vi, abe ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­zu­ngu­zwa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, eve­la eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze abe nga­se­be­nza umse­be­nzi we­Nko­si.

12 Ama­Le­vi aza­be­ka-ke iza­ndla za­wo enhlo­kwe­ni ya­ma­jo­ngo­sil; uni­ke­le eli­nye li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, le­li­nye li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni, uku­we­nze­la ama­Le­vi inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lam.

13 Nja­lo uza­wa­mi­sa ama­Le­vi pha­mbi ku­kaA­ro­ni la­pha­mbi kwa­ma­do­da­na akhe, uwa­zu­ngu­ze abe ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­zu­ngu­zwa eNko­si­ni.

14 Nga­kho uza­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa ama­Le­vi uwa­khu­phe pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­thi ama­Le­vi abe nga­wa­min.

15 Le­mva kwa­lo­kho ama­Le­vi aza­nge­na uku­kho­nza ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no. Nja­lo uza­wa­hla­mbu­lu­la, uwa­zu­ngu­ze abe ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­zu­ngu­zwa.

16 Ngo­ba wo­na aphi­we lo­ku­phi­wa mi­na ephu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li. Esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­lo­kho oku­vu­la so­nke isi­za­lo, izi­bu­lo la­ye wo­nke wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ngi­zi­tha­the­le wo­nao.

17 Ngo­ba lo­nke izi­bu­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nge­la­mi, pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu la­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­fu­yop. Ngo­su­ku enga­tsha­ya nga­lo lo­nke izi­bu­lo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the nga­zi­ngcwe­li­se­la wo­na;

18 se­ngi­the­the ama­Le­vi esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­wo wo­nke ama­zi­bu­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

19 Ngi­wa­ni­ki­le ama­Le­vi nje­nga­ba­phi­we­yo kuA­ro­ni la­ku­ma­do­da­na akhe, ephu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­liq, uku­kho­nza inko­nzo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no, lo­kwe­nze­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la, uku­ze ku­nga­bi le­nhlu­phe­ko pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nxa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­so­nde­la endli­ni engcwe­ler.

20 UMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­se­nza ku­ma­Le­vi nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si eya­ku­la­ya uMo­zi­si ma­ye­la­na la­ma­Le­vi; be­nza nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ku­wo.

21 La­ma­Le­vi azi­hla­mbu­lu­la, awa­tsha ize­mba­tho za­wo; uA­ro­ni wa­se­wa­zu­ngu­za aba ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­zu­ngu­zwa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si; loA­ro­ni wa­we­nze­la inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la uku­wa­hla­mbu­lu­las.

22 Le­mva kwa­lo­kho ama­Le­vi ange­na ukwe­nza inko­nzo ya­wo ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no pha­mbi ku­kaA­ro­ni la­pha­mbi kwa­ma­do­da­na akhe. Nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si ya­mla­ya uMo­zi­si nga­ma­Le­vi, be­nza nja­lo ku­wo.

Imi­nya­ka yo­ku­se­be­nza kwa­ma­Le­vi

23 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

24 Yi­lo­khu oku­qo­nde­ne la­ma­Le­vi: Ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu la­nga­phe­zu­lu aza­nge­na uku­kho­nza inko­nzo, enko­nzwe­ni ye­the­nte le­nhla­nga­not.

25 Nja­lo ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu aza­phu­ma enko­nzwe­ni ye­nko­nzo, anga­be esa­se­be­nza;

26 ko­dwa aza­si­za aba­za­lwa­ne ba­wo ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no uku­gci­na umli­ndo, ko­dwa anga­se­be­nzi umse­be­nzi. Uza­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­ma­Le­vi ku­mfa­ne­lo za­wou.

Uku­gci­na ipha­si­ka

9INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yi, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li emva ko­ku­phu­ma kwa­bo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­laa, isi­thi:

2 Fu­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­ba­gci­ne ipha­si­ka nge­si­kha­thi sa­lo esi­mi­si­we­yob.

3 Ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­ne lwe­nya­nga le, ku­si­hlwa, li­za­li­gci­na nge­si­kha­thi sa­lo esi­mi­si­we­yo; ngo­kwe­zi­mi­so za­lo zo­nke la­ngo­kwe­mi­the­tho ya­lo yo­nke li­li­gci­ne.

4 Nga­kho uMo­zi­si wa­khu­lu­ma ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­thi ba­gci­ne ipha­si­ka.

5 Ba­se­be­gci­na ipha­si­ka ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­ne lwe­nya­nga ya­ku­qa­la, ku­si­hlwa, enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yi; nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si eya­mla­ya nga­kho uMo­zi­si, be­nza nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

6 Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke ama­do­da aye­ngco­li­le nge­nxa ye­si­du­mbu, uku­thi aye­nge­la­ku­gci­na ipha­si­ka nga­lo­lo­su­kuc. Aso­nde­la pha­mbi ku­ka­Mo­zi­si la­pha­mbi ku­kaA­ro­ni nga­lo­lo­su­kud.

7 La­la­wo­ma­do­da ase­si­thi ku­bo: Thi­na si­ngco­li­le nge­nxa ye­si­du­mbu; si­vi­nje­le­lwa­ni uku­ze si­nga­ni­ke­li umni­ke­lo we­Nko­si nge­si­kha­thi sa­wo esi­mi­si­we­yo, pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li?

8 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Ma­ni­ni, uku­ze ngi­zwe uku­thi iNko­si iza­li­la­ya­nie.

9 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

10 Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi: Uba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu lo­ba owe­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na ze­nu eza­ngco­la nge­nxa ye­si­du­mbu, lo­ba ese­ku­ha­mbe­ni kha­tsha­na, uza­gci­na ipha­si­ka eNko­si­ni.

11 Nge­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li, ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­ne, ku­si­hlwa, ba­za­li­gci­naf; ba­za­li­dla le­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo le­mi­bhi­da eba­ba­yog.

12 Ka­ba­yi­ku­tshi­ya lu­tho lwa­lo ku­ze ku­be se­ku­se­nih, ba­nge­phu­li tha­mbo la­loi; ba­za­li­gci­naj ngo­kwe­zi­mi­so zo­nke ze­pha­si­kak.

13 Ko­dwa umu­ntu ohla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo, onge­kho eku­ha­mbe­ni, oye­ke­la uku­gci­na ipha­si­ka, lo­wo­mphe­fu­mu­lo uza­qu­nywa usu­ke eba­ntwi­ni ba­wo, ngo­ba ka­ni­ke­la­nga umni­ke­lo we­Nko­si nge­si­kha­thi sa­wo esi­mi­si­we­yol; lo­wo­mu­ntu uza­thwa­la iso­no sa­khem.

14 Uba-ke owe­mzi­ni ehla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe ki­ni agci­ne ipha­si­ka eNko­si­ni, ngo­kwe­si­mi­so se­pha­si­ka la­ngo­ko­mthe­tho wa­lo, uza­kwe­nza nja­lo. Ku­za­ku­ba le­si­mi­so esi­so­dwa ki­ni la­ko­we­mzi­ni la­ko­wo­ku­za­lwa eli­zwe­nin.

Iye­zi ela­li­phe­zu kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le

15 La­ngo­su­ku itha­bha­ne­ke­le ela­mi­swa nga­lo, iye­zi la­si­be­ke­la itha­bha­ne­ke­le, ithe­nte lo­bu­fa­ka­zio; la­ku­si­hlwa kwa­ku­kho­na phe­zu kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­mli­lo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­se­nip.

16 Kwa­ku­nja­lo isi­kha­thi so­nke: Iye­zi la­li­si­be­ke­la, nja­lo kwa­ba lo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­mli­lo ebu­su­ku.

17 Kwa­ku­si­thi la­pho iye­zi li­pha­ka­nyi­swa li­su­ka phe­zu kwe­the­nte, la­nge­mva kwa­lo­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­su­ke; le­nda­we­ni la­pho iye­zi eli­ma kho­na, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­mi­sa kho­na ama­the­nte aboq.

18 Ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­su­ka, la­ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ba­mi­sa ama­the­nte abo: Ba­hla­la enka­mbe­ni insu­ku zo­nke iye­zi ela­li­hla­la nga­zo phe­zu kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­ler.

19 La­la­pho iye­zi li­hla­la isi­kha­thi esi­de phe­zu kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­gci­na imfa­ne­lo ye­Nko­si, ka­ba­su­ka­ngas.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho iye­zi li­phe­zu kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le insu­ku ezi­nlu­tshwa­na; ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ba­hla­la enka­mbe­ni, fu­thi ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ba­su­kat.

21 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho iye­zi li­kho­na ku­su­ke­la ku­si­hlwa ku­ze ku­be se­ku­se­ni, la­pho iye­zi li­pha­ka­nyi­swa eku­se­ni, ba­su­ka. Lo­ba ku­se­mi­ni ku­mbe ebu­su­ku, la­pho iye­zi li­pha­ka­nyi­swa ba­su­ka.

22 Ku­mbe uba iye­zi la­li­hla­la isi­kha­thi esi­de phe­zu kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le okwe­nsu­ku ezi­mbi­li, lo­ba inya­nga, lo­ba umnya­ka, li­hle­zi phe­zu kwa­lou, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­hla­la enka­mbe­ni, ka­ba­su­ka­nga. Ko­dwa la­pho li­pha­ka­nyi­swa, ba­su­kav.

23 Ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ba­mi­sa inka­mba, la­ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ba­su­ka. Ba­gci­na imfa­ne­lo ye­Nko­si ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­siw.

Impo­ndo ze­si­li­va

10INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 Ze­nze­le impo­ndo ezi­mbi­li ze­si­li­va, uze­nze zi­be ngu­mse­be­nzi okha­ndi­we­yoa; nja­lo zi­za­ku­ba nge­za­kho eku­bi­ze­ni inhla­nga­no le­ku­su­ke­ni kwe­zi­nka­mbab.

3 Uba be­zi­vu­the­la inhla­nga­no yo­nke iza­bu­tha­na ku­we emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­noc.

4 Ko­dwa uba be­vu­the­la olu­lo­dwa, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, inhlo­ko ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­koI­sra­ye­li zi­za­bu­tha­na ku­wed.

5 La­pho li­hla­ba umkho­sie, izi­nka­mba ezi­mi­se nge­mpu­ma­la­nga zi­za­su­kaf.

6 La­la­pho li­hla­ba umkho­si ngo­kwe­si­bi­li, izi­nka­mba ezi­mi­se nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu zi­za­su­kag. Ba­za­hla­ba umkho­sih uku­ze zi­su­ke.

7 Ko­dwa eku­bu­tha­ni­se­ni iba­ndla li­za­vu­the­la impo­ndo, ko­dwa li­nga­hla­bi umkho­sii.

8 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni, aba­pri­sti, aza­vu­the­la izi­mpo­ndoj. Zi­za­ku­ba ki­ni yi­si­mi­so esi­la­pha­ka­de ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­nu.

9 Nja­lo la­pho li­phu­ma impi eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni uku­ya­ku­lwa le­si­thak esi­li­ci­nde­ze­la­yol, li­hla­be umkho­si nge­zi­mpo­ndo, nja­lo li­khu­nju­lwe pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, li­si­ndi­swe ezi­the­ni ze­num.

10 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­nto­ko­zo ye­nu, le­mi­kho­si­ni ye­nu emi­si­we­yon, le­ku­thwa­se­ni kwe­nya­nga ze­nu, li­za­vu­the­la izi­mpo­ndo phe­zu kwe­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­tshi­swa la­phe­zu kwe­mi­hla­tshe­lo ye­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­thu­lao, uku­ze ibe ki­ni yi­si­khu­mbu­zo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu. Ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.

Uku­su­ka kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eSi­na­yi

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li, nge­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li, ngo­lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li lwe­nya­nga, iye­zi la­pha­ka­nyi­swa li­su­ka phe­zu kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le lo­bu­fa­ka­zip.

12 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­su­ka enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yiq ngo­kwe­nha­mbo za­bor; le­ye­zi le­ma enka­nga­la ye­Pa­ra­nis.

13 Ba­se­be­su­ka oko­ku­qa­la ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­sit.

14 Kwa­se­ku­su­ka upha­wu lwe­nka­mba ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ku­qa­la nga­ma­bu­tho abou; la­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho la­khe kwa­ku­ngu­Na­sho­ni indo­da­na kaA­mi­na­da­bav.

15 La­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sa­ka­ri kwa­ku­ngu­Ne­tha­ne­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­wa­ri.

16 La­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni kwa­ku­nguE­li­ya­bi indo­da­na ka­He­lo­ni.

17 Itha­bha­ne­ke­le la­se­li­di­li­zwa; ama­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni la­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri ase­su­kaw, ethwe­le itha­bha­ne­ke­lex.

18 Kwa­se­ku­su­ka upha­wu lwe­nka­mba ya­ko­Ru­be­ni nga­ma­bu­tho aboy; la­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho la­khe kwa­ku­nguE­li­zu­ri indo­da­na ka­She­de­wu­riz.

19 La­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni kwa­ku­ngu­She­lu­mi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Zu­ri­sha­da­yi.

20 La­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di kwa­ku­nguE­li­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­De­hu­we­li.

21 Kwa­se­ku­su­ka ama­Ko­ha­thi ethwe­le indlu engcwe­le, laba­nye ba­mi­sa itha­bha­ne­ke­le, enga­ka­fi­kia.

22 Kwa­se­ku­su­ka upha­wu lwe­nka­mba ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi nga­ma­bu­tho abob; la­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho la­khe kwa­ku­nguE­li­sha­ma indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­dic.

23 La­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se kwa­ku­ngu­Ga­ma­li­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Pe­da­zu­ri.

24 La­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni kwa­ku­nguA­bi­da­ni indo­da­na ka­Gi­de­yo­ni.

25 Kwa­se­ku­su­ka upha­wu lwe­nka­mba ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­ni; ba­be­nga­bo­ku­ci­na ezi­nka­mbe­ni zo­nked nga­ma­bu­tho aboe; la­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho la­khe kwa­ku­nguA­hi­ye­ze­ri indo­da­na kaA­mi­sha­da­yif.

26 La­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­she­ri kwa­ku­ngu­Pa­gi­ye­li indo­da­na kaO­ki­ra­ni.

27 La­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Na­fi­tha­li kwa­ku­nguA­hi­ra indo­da­na kaE­na­ni.

28 Lo­khu yi­ku­su­ka kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nga­ma­bu­tho abo, eku­su­ke­ni kwa­bo.

29 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi ku­Ho­ba­bi indo­da­na ka­Re­hu­we­li umMi­di­ya­ni, uyi­se­za­la ka­Mo­zi­sig: Thi­na si­ya­su­ka si­ya enda­we­ni iNko­si eya­thi nga­yo: Ngi­za­li­pha yo­na. Ha­mba la­thi; si­za­kwe­nze­la oku­hleh, ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­me oku­hle ngoI­sra­ye­lii.

30 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ha­mba, ko­dwa-ke ngi­za­ku­ya eli­zwe­ni la­ki­thi le­zi­hlo­tshe­ni za­mi.

31 Wa­se­si­thi: Ake unga­si­tshi­yi, ngo­ba uya­zi la­pho esi­nga­mi­sa kho­na inka­mba enka­nga­la, uza­ku­ba nga­me­hlo ethuj.

32 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, uba uha­mba la­thi, ye­bo, ku­za­kwe­nze­ka lo­kho oku­hle oku­nga­kho iNko­si eza­se­nze­la oku­hle, si­za­kwe­nze­la oku­hlek.

33 Ba­su­ka-ke enta­be­ni ye­Nko­si, uha­mbo lwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thul; lo­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si wa­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­bo uha­mbo lwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thum, uku­ze uba­di­nge­le inda­wo yo­ku­phu­mu­lan.

34 Le­ye­zi le­Nko­si la­li­phe­zu kwa­bo emi­ni, eku­su­ke­ni kwa­bo enka­mbe­nio.

35 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­su­ke­ni ko­mtsho­ko­tsho, uMo­zi­si wa­thi: Vu­ka, Nko­si, ka­zi­chi­the­ke-ke izi­tha za­kho, la­la­bo aba­ku­zo­nda­yo ka­ba­ba­le­ke pha­mbi kwa­khop.

36 Eku­mi­swe­ni kwa­wo wa­thi: Bu­ye­la, Nko­si, ku­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­koI­sra­ye­li.

INko­si ithe­mbi­sa uku­ba­pha inya­ma

11Kwa­se­ku­si­thi aba­ntu be­so­la kwa­ku­ku­bi endle­be­ni ze­Nko­sia. Kwa­thi iNko­si isi­ku­zwi­le, ula­ka lwa­yo lwa­vu­thab, lo­mli­lo we­Nko­si wa­vu­tha pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, wa­qo­thu­la emngce­le­ni we­nka­mbac.

2 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­kha­la ku­Mo­zi­si; uMo­zi­si wa­se­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni, lo­mli­lo wa­de­dad.

3 Nga­kho wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo iTa­be­ra, ngo­ba umli­lo we­Nko­si wa­vu­tha pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

4 Udu­du lwa­ba­ntu olwa­lu­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo lwa­lo­yi­sa isi­lo­yi­soe; nga­kho la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­phi­nde ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi, ba­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­si­pha inya­ma uku­thi si­dlef?

5 Si­ya­zi­khu­mbu­la inhla­nzi esa­si­zi­dla nge­si­hle eGi­bhi­the, ama­kho­ma­ne, la­ma­kha­be, la­ma­li­ki, le­sa­ndi­ndi­ma, le­ga­li­khig.

6 Ko­dwa kha­the­si umphe­fu­mu­lo we­thu wo­mi­le, ka­ku­la­lu­tho ngi­tsho, nga­pha­ndle kwa­le ima­na pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ethu.

7 Nja­lo ima­na ya­yi­nje­nge­nhla­nye­lo ye­kho­ri­ya­nde­ri*h, lo­ku­kha­nge­le­ka kwa­yo kwa­ku­nje­ngo­ku­kha­nge­le­ka kwe­be­do­la*i.

8 Aba­ntu ba­ha­mba­ha­mba ba­yi­bu­thaj ba­yi­cho­la ema­tshe­ni oku­cho­la, lo­ba ba­yi­gi­ga engi­ge­ni, ba­yi­phe­ka ezi­mbi­ze­ni, be­nza ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na nga­yo; lo­ku­na­mbi­the­ka kwa­yo kwa­ku­nje­ngo­ku­na­mbi­the­ka ko­mhlu­zi wa­ma­fu­thak.

9 La­pho ama­zo­lo ese­hle­la phe­zu kwe­nka­mba ebu­su­ku, ima­na ye­hla phe­zu kwa­wol.

10 Nja­lo uMo­zi­si we­zwa aba­ntu be­kha­la inye­mbe­zi ngo­kwe­nsa­pho za­bo, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emnya­ngo we­the­nte la­khe. Lo­la­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­vu­tha ka­khu­lu; fu­thi kwa­ba ku­bi eme­hlwe­ni ka­Mo­zi­sim.

11 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi eNko­si­ni: We­nze­le­ni oku­bi ence­kwi­ni ya­kho? Nja­lo ku­nga­ni ngi­nga­tho­la­nga umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho uku­thi ube­ke umthwa­lo wa­la­ba­ba­ntu bo­nke phe­zu kwa­mi?n

12 Mi­na nga­khu­le­lwa yi­bo bo­nke la­ba­ba­ntu yi­ni? Ku­mbe mi­na nga­ba­za­la yi­ni, uku­ze uthi ki­mi: Ba­si­nga­the esi­fu­be­ni sa­khoo, nje­ngo­mli­za­ne owe­si­li­sa esi­nga­tha umntwa­na omu­nya­yop, ku­ze ku­be se­li­zwe­ni owa­li­fu­nge­la oyi­se?q

13 Ngi­nga­yi­tha­tha nga­phi inya­ma uku­thi ngi­ba­phe bo­nke la­ba­ba­ntu? Ngo­ba ba­ya­kha­la inye­mbe­zi ki­mi be­si­thi: Si­phe inya­ma uku­ze si­dler.

14 Mi­na ka­ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­thwa­la bo­nke la­ba­ba­ntu nge­dwa, ngo­ba ku­nzi­ma ka­khu­lu ki­mis.

15 Uba-ke use­nza nja­lo ki­mi, ake ungi­bu­la­le lo­ku­ngi­bu­la­la, uba ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhot, nja­lo ka­ngi­nga­bo­ni usi­zi lwa­miu.

16 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Bu­the­la ki­mi ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li, owa­zi­yo nga­wo uku­thi anga­ba­da­la ba­ba­ntuv le­ndu­na za­bow, uwa­le­the ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no uku­ze eme kho­na la­we.

17 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­hla, ngi­khu­lu­me la­we kho­nax; ngi­za­go­dla oko­mo­ya ophe­zu kwa­kho ngi­ku­fa­ke phe­zu kwa­boy; nja­lo ba­za­thwa­la ka­nye la­we umthwa­lo wa­ba­ntu, uku­ze unga­wu­thwa­li we­dwaz.

18 Tsho­no-ke eba­ntwi­ni uthi: Zi­ngcwe­li­se­le­le­ni iku­sa­saa, li­za­ku­dla inya­ma; ngo­ba li­kha­li­le inye­mbe­zi endle­be­ni ze­Nko­si li­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­si­pha inya­ma uku­ze si­dle? Ngo­ba kwa­ku­ku­hle ki­thi eGi­bhi­theb. Nga­kho iNko­si iza­li­pha inya­ma nja­lo li­dle.

19 Ka­li­yi­ku­dla usu­ku olu­lo­dwa, lo­ba insu­ku ezi­mbi­li, lo­ba insu­ku ezi­nhla­nu, lo­ba insu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi, ku­mbe insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li,

20 ku­ze ku­be yi­nya­nga yo­nke, ize iphu­me ema­kha­le­ni enu, ili­tshi­phe­le, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi li­ya­li­le iNko­si epha­ka­thi kwe­nuc, la­kha­la inye­mbe­zi pha­mbi kwa­yo li­si­thi: Ka­nti sa­phu­me­la­ni eGi­bhi­the?d

21 Ko­dwa uMo­zi­si wa­thi: Aba­ntu aba­ha­mba nge­nya­wo engi­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha; we­na-ke uthe: Ngi­za­ba­ni­ka inya­ma uku­ze ba­dle inya­nga yo­nkee.

22 Ba­za­hla­tshe­lwa izi­mvu le­zi­nko­mo yi­ni uku­ze zi­ba­ne­le?f Lo­ba ba­za­bu­the­lwa yi­ni inhla­nzi zo­nke zo­lwa­ndle uku­ze zi­ba­ne­le?g

23 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Isa­ndla se­Nko­si si­fi­nye­zi­we yi­ni?h Kha­the­si uza­bo­na uku­thi ili­zwi la­mi li­za­kwe­nze­ka ku­we ku­mbe ha­tshii.

24 UMo­zi­si wa­se­phu­ma, wa­ba­tshe­la aba­ntu ama­zwi eNko­si; wa­bu­tha ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa eba­da­le­ni ba­ba­ntu, wa­wa­mi­sa eha­nqe ithe­ntej.

25 INko­si ya­si­se­hla nge­ye­zik, ya­khu­lu­ma ku­ye, ya­go­dla oko­mo­ya ophe­zu kwa­khe, ya­ku­be­ka phe­zu kwa­ma­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, aba­da­la. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uMo­ya ehla­la phe­zu kwa­bol, ba­pro­fe­tha, ko­dwa ka­ba­ku­phi­nda­nga.

26 Nja­lo kwa­ku­se­le ama­do­da ama­bi­li enka­mbe­ni, ibi­zo le­nye la­li­nguE­li­da­di le­bi­zo le­nye li­ngu­Me­da­di; lo­Mo­ya wa­hla­la phe­zu kwa­wo. Nja­lo aye­pha­ka­thi kwa­la­bo aba­bha­li­we­yo, ko­dwa ka­wa­phu­ma­nga uku­ya ethe­nte­ni, nja­lo apro­fe­tha enka­mbe­nim.

27 Kwa­gi­ji­ma ija­ha la­bi­ka ku­Mo­zi­si la­thi: UE­li­da­di lo­Me­da­di ba­ya­pro­fe­tha enka­mbe­ni.

28 UJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­nin, ince­ku ka­Mo­zi­si, omu­nye wa­ba­tsha ba­kheo, wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Nko­si ya­mi, Mo­zi­si, be­nqa­be­lep.

29 Ko­dwa uMo­zi­si wa­thi ku­ye: Ulo­bu­khwe­le nge­nxa ya­mi yi­ni? Ku­nga­thi bo­nke aba­ntu be­Nko­si ba­nga­ba nga­ba­pro­fe­thi, uku­ze iNko­si ifa­ke uMo­ya wa­yo phe­zu kwa­boq!

30 UMo­zi­si wa­se­zi­bu­the­la enka­mbe­ni, ye­na la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

INko­si iba­pha iza­gwa­ca

31 Kwa­se­ku­su­ka umo­ya ove­la eNko­si­ni, wa­le­tha iza­gwa­ca zi­ve­la elwa­ndle, wa­ze­hli­se­la phe­zu kwe­nka­mba, pho­se uha­mbo lo­su­ku nga­pha, nja­lo pho­se uha­mbo lo­su­ku nga­pha, zi­zi­nge­le­ze­le inka­mba, nja­lo oku­nga­ba zi­nga­lo ezi­mbi­li phe­zu ko­mhla­ba­thir.

32 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­su­ku­ma lo­lo­su­ku lo­nke, lo­bu­su­ku bo­nke, lo­su­ku lo­nke olu­la­nde­la­yo, be­bu­tha iza­gwa­ca. Lo­wo owa­ye­le­zi­nlu­tshwa­na wa­ye­bu­the ama­ho­me­ri* ali­tshu­mis; ba­zi­cha­ye­la zo­na inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke ze­nka­mba.

33 Inya­ma ise­se­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zi­nyo abo inga­ka­hla­fu­nwa, intu­ku­the­lo ye­Nko­si ya­ba­vu­the­la aba­ntu, nja­lo iNko­si ya­ba­tsha­ya aba­ntu nge­nhlu­phe­ko enku­lu ka­khu­lut.

34 Nga­kho ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo la­thi­wa yi­Ki­bi­ro­thi-Ha­tha­va, ngo­ba la­pho ba­ngcwa­ba aba­ntu aba­kha­nu­ka­yo.

35 Aba­ntu ba­su­ka eKi­bi­ro­thi-Ha­tha­va ba­ya eHa­ze­ro­thi; ba­hla­la eHa­ze­ro­thiu.

UMi­ri­ya­mu loA­ro­ni ba­phi­ki­sa­na lo­Mo­zi­si

12UMi­ri­ya­mu loA­ro­ni ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma be­me­le­ne lo­Mo­zi­si nge­nxa yo­we­si­fa­za­na umE­thi­yo­phi­ya­ka­zi owa­ye­mthe­the, ngo­ba wa­ye­the­the umfa­zi umE­thi­yo­phi­ya­ka­zia.

2 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ka­mbe, iNko­si ikhu­lu­me ngo­Mo­zi­si ku­phe­la? Ka­yi­khu­lu­ma­nga la­nga­thi?b Le­Nko­si ya­ku­zwac.

3 Nja­lo indo­da uMo­zi­si ya­yi­mne­ne ka­khu­lu ku­la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­phe­zu ko­bu­so bo­mhla­bad.

4 Kho­na iNko­si ya­hle ya­thi ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni la­ku­Mi­ri­ya­mu: Phu­ma­ni lo­ba­tha­thu li­ze ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no. Ba­phu­ma-ke bo­na bo­ba­tha­thue.

5 INko­si ya­si­se­hla ise­nsi­ke­ni ye­ye­zi, ye­ma emnya­ngo we­the­nte, ya­bi­za uA­ro­ni lo­Mi­ri­ya­mu; ba­se­be­phu­ma bo­ba­bi­lif.

6 Ya­si­si­thi: Zwa­ni­ni-ke ama­zwi ami; uba ku­kho­na umpro­fe­thi pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, mi­na iNko­si ngi­za­zi­ve­za ku­ye ngo­mbo­nog, ngi­khu­lu­me la­ye nge­phu­phoh.

7 Ko­dwa ince­ku ya­mi uMo­zi­si ka­nja­loi, uthe­mbe­ki­lej endli­ni ya­mi yo­nkek.

8 Ngi­khu­lu­ma la­ye umlo­mo ngo­mlo­mol, la­ngo­ku­bo­na, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­mi­ze­ke­li­som; fu­thi ukha­nge­la isi­mo se­Nko­sin. Nga­kho ku­nga­ni be­li­nge­sa­bi uku­khu­lu­ma li­me­le­ne le­nce­ku ya­mi uMo­zi­si?o

9 Nja­lo ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­ba­vu­the­la; ya­si­ha­mba.

10 Kwa­thi la­pho iye­zi li­su­ka phe­zu kwe­the­nte, kha­nge­la, uMi­ri­ya­mup wa­ye­lo­bu­le­phe­roq, emhlo­phe nje­nge­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo. UA­ro­ni wa­se­mkha­nge­la uMi­ri­ya­mu, kha­nge­la-ke, ulo­bu­le­phe­ro.

11 UA­ro­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Ha­wu nko­si ya­mi, aku­nga­be­ki iso­no phe­zu kwe­thu, oku­nga­so se­nze ngo­bu­thu­tha, lo­ku­nga­so so­ni­ler.

12 Ake anga­bi nje­ngo­fi­le­yo, othi nxa ephu­ma esi­swi­ni si­ka­ni­na ingxe­nye ye­nya­ma ya­khe idli­we.

13 UMo­zi­si wa­se­kha­la eNko­si­ni esi­thi: Nku­lu­nku­lu, ake ume­la­phe, ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga.

14 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Uba uyi­se ube­mkha­fu­le­le lo­ku­mkha­fu­le­la nga­ma­the ebu­swe­ni ba­khes, ube­nga­yi­ku­ya­nge­ka insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa yi­ni? Ka­va­le­lwe nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sat; le­mva kwa­lo­kho emu­ke­lwe.

15 UMi­ri­ya­mu wa­se­va­le­lwa nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; la­ba­ntu ka­ba­su­ka­nga, wa­ze we­mu­ke­lwa uMi­ri­ya­muu.

16 Le­mva kwa­lo­kho aba­ntu ba­su­ka eHa­ze­ro­thiv, ba­mi­sa inka­mba enka­nga­la ye­Pa­ra­niw.

Izi­nhlo­li ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li zi­thu­nywa eKha­na­ni

13INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 Zi­thu­me­le ama­do­da uku­thi ahlo­le ili­zwe le­Kha­na­ni engi­ba­pha lo­na aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lia; uthu­me indo­da eyo­dwa ya­le­so la­le­so­si­zwe sa­bo­yi­se, yo­nke eyi­ndu­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

3 UMo­zi­si wa­wa­thu­ma-ke esu­ka enka­nga­la ye­Pa­ra­nib, ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si; wo­nke la­wo­ma­do­da aye­zi­nhlo­ko za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

4 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo awo; owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ru­be­ni, uSha­mu­wa indo­da­na ka­Za­ku­ri.

5 Owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, uSha­fa­ti indo­da­na ka­Ho­ri.

6 Owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ju­dac, uKa­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ned.

7 Owe­si­zwe sa­koI­sa­ka­ri, uI­ga­li indo­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa.

8 Owe­si­zwe sa­koE­fra­yi­mi, uHo­se­ya indo­da­na ka­Nu­nie.

9 Owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, uPa­li­ti indo­da­na ka­Ra­fu.

10 Owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni, uGa­di­ye­li indo­da­na ka­So­di.

11 Owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Jo­se­fa, owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, uGa­di indo­da­na ka­Su­si.

12 Owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Da­ni, uA­mi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ge­ma­li.

13 Owe­si­zwe sa­koA­she­ri, uSe­thu­ri indo­da­na ka­Mi­ka­ye­li.

14 Owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li, uNa­bi indo­da­na ka­Vo­fi­si.

15 Owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ga­di, uGe­wu­we­li indo­da­na ka­Ma­ki.

16 La nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da uMo­zi­si awa­thu­ma­yo uku­hlo­la ili­zwe. UMo­zi­si wa­se­mbi­za uHo­se­ya indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni ngo­ku­thi ngu­Jo­shu­waf.

17 UMo­zi­si wa­se­wa­thu­ma uku­hlo­la ili­zwe le­Kha­na­ni, wa­thi ku­wo: Ye­nyu­ka­ni la­pha li­ye eni­ngi­zi­mug, le­nyu­ke­le enta­be­nih,

18 li­bo­ne ili­zwe uku­thi li­nja­ni, la­ba­ntu aba­khi­le­yo ku­lo uku­thi ba­la­ma­ndla ku­mbe ba­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, ba­lu­tshwa­na ku­mbe ba­ne­ngi yi­ni,

19 lo­ku­thi li­nja­ni ili­zwe aba­hla­la ku­lo, lo­ba li­hle lo­ba li­bi, lo­ku­thi inja­ni imi­zi aba­hla­la ki­yo, lo­ba izi­nka­mba lo­ba izi­nqa­ba,

20 lo­ku­thi ili­zwe li­nja­ni, lo­ba li­vu­ndi­le lo­ba li­lu­gwa­du­le, lo­ku­thi li­le­zi­hla­hla lo­ba ha­yii. Ma­ni­ni isi­bi­ndi, li­tha­the okwe­si­the­lo se­li­zwej. La­le­si­si­kha­thi kwa­ku­yi­si­kha­thi se­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la ze­vi­ni.

21 Ba­se­be­se­nyu­ka, ba­li­hlo­la ili­zwe ku­su­ke­la enka­nga­la ye­Zi­nik ku­ze ku­be se­Re­ho­bil, eku­nge­ne­ni eHa­ma­thim.

22 Be­nyu­ka-ke nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu ba­fi­ka eHe­bro­ni, la­pho kwa­ku­la­boA­hi­ma­ni, uShe­sha­yi, lo­Ta­li­ma­yi, aba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­na­kin. IHe­bro­nio la­khi­wa-ke imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ku­nga­ka­bi le­Zo­wa­ni eGi­bhi­thep.

23 Ba­se­be­fi­ka esi­ho­tshe­ni seE­shi­ko­liq; ba­qu­ma kho­na uga­tsha olu­le­hlu­ku­zo eli­lo­dwa le­zi­the­lo ze­vi­ni, ba­lu­thwa­li­sa­na nge­si­go­do nga­ba­bi­lir, lo­kwa­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti* lo­kwe­mi­khi­wa.

24 Le­yo­nda­wo kwa­thi­wa yi­si­ho­tsha seE­shi­ko­li, nge­nxa ye­hlu­ku­zo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­li­qu­ma­yo la­pho.

25 Ba­se­be­bu­ya be­ve­la eku­hlo­le­ni ili­zwe eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

26 Ba­se­be­ha­mba ba­fi­ka ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni la­ku­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li enka­nga­la ye­Pa­ra­ni, eKa­de­shis; ba­se­be­bu­yi­se­la umbi­ko ku­bo la­ku­nhla­nga­no yo­nke, ba­se­be­ba­tshe­ngi­sa isi­the­lo se­li­zwe.

27 Ba­se­be­mbi­ke­la ba­thi: Sa­fi­ka eli­zwe­ni owa­si­thu­ma ku­lo; nja­lo nge­qi­ni­so, li­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­jut; la­le­si yi­si­the­lo sa­lou.

28 Ko­dwa-ke aba­ntu aba­hla­la eli­zwe­ni ba­la­ma­ndlav, le­mi­zi ibi­ye­lwe nge­mi­tha­nga­law, mi­khu­lu ka­khu­lu; nja­lo-ke si­bo­ne kho­na inza­lo kaA­na­ki.

29 AmaA­ma­le­ki akhi­le eli­zwe­ni le­ni­ngi­zi­mux; la­ma­He­thi la­ma­Je­bu­si la­maA­mo­ri akhi­le enta­be­ni; la­ma­Kha­na­ni akhi­le elwa­ndle le­ce­le­ni kwe­Jo­da­niy.

30 UKa­le­bi wa­se­thu­li­sa aba­ntu pha­mbi ku­ka­Mo­zi­siz, wa­thi: Ase­nyu­ke­ni lo­kwe­nyu­ka, si­dle ili­fa la­lo, ngo­ba si­la­ma­ndla oku­li­nqo­ba.

31 Ko­dwa ama­do­da aye­nyu­ke la­ye athi: Ka­si­la­ma­ndla okwe­nyu­ke­la ku­la­bo­ba­ntu, ngo­ba ba­la­ma­ndla ku­la­thia.

32 Ba­se­be­ve­za umbi­ko omu­bi nge­li­zwe aba­be­li­hlo­li­leb eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­si­thi: Ili­zwe esi­da­bu­le ku­lo uku­li­hlo­la yi­li­zwe eli­dla aba­ntu aba­hla­la ku­lo; la­ba­ntu bo­nke esa­ba­bo­na pha­ka­thi kwa­lo ba­nga­ma­do­da ama­de ka­khu­luc.

33 La­la­pho si­bo­ne izi­qhwa­ga, ama­do­da­na kaA­na­ki, ave­la ezi­qhwa­ge­nid. Le­me­hlwe­ni ethu sa­si­nje­nge­nte­thee, sa­si­nja­lo le­me­hlwe­ni azo.

Aba­ntu ba­vu­ke­la iNko­si

14Le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­si­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa, ya­zwa­ka­li­sa ili­zwi la­yoa; aba­ntu ba­se­be­kha­la inye­mbe­zi nga­lo­bo­bu­su­kub.

2 Bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­ngu­ngu­na be­me­le­ne lo­Mo­zi­si loA­ro­nic; le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­thi ku­bo: Ku­nga­thi nga­be sa­fe­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ku­mbe ku­nga­thi nga­be sa­fe­la ku­le inka­nga­lad!

3 Nja­lo ku­nga­ni iNko­si isi­le­the ku­le­li­li­zwe uku­thi si­we nge­nke­mba? Omke­thu la­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­thu ba­za­ku­ba yi­mpa­ngo. Be­ku­nge­be ngco­no ki­thi uku­bu­ye­la eGi­bhi­the yi­ni?

4 Ba­se­be­si­thi omu­nye ko­mu­nye: Asi­mi­se­ni inhlo­koe, si­bu­ye­le eGi­bhi­thef.

5 UMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni ba­se­be­si­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­bo pha­mbi kwe­ba­ndla lo­nke le­nhla­nga­no ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lig.

6 UJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni lo­Ka­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne aba­be­nga­ba­la­bo aba­hlo­la ili­zwe, ba­se­be­da­bu­la ize­mba­tho za­bo,

7 ba­khu­lu­ma ku­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­si­thi: Ili­zwe esa­da­bu­la ku­lo uku­ze si­li­hlo­le yi­li­zwe eli­hle ka­khu­lu­ka­zih.

8 Uba iNko­si itho­ko­za nga­thi, iza­si­nge­ni­sa ku­le­li­li­zwei, isi­ni­ke lo­na, ili­zwe eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­juj.

9 Ku­phe­la li­nga­yi­vu­ke­li iNko­sik; fu­thi li­na li­nge­sa­bi aba­ntu be­li­zwel, ngo­ba ba­yi­ku­dla kwe­thum. Umthu­nzi wa­bo usu­ki­le ku­bo; le­Nko­si ila­thi; li­nga­be­sa­bin.

10 Ko­dwa inhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­thi ka­ba­kha­ndwe nga­ma­tsheo. Inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lip.

11 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ba­ba­ntu be­ngi­de­le­laq? Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni be­nga­ngi­kho­lwa, nga­zo zo­nke izi­bo­na­ka­li­so engi­ze­nze pha­ka­thi kwa­bo?r

12 Ngi­za­ba­tsha­ya ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, ngi­ba­tha­the­le ili­fas, ngi­kwe­nze ube yi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu le­si­la­ma­ndla ku­la­bot.

13 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi eNko­si­ni: Kho­na ama­Gi­bhi­the aza­ku­zwa; ngo­ba we­nyu­se la­ba­ba­ntu pha­ka­thi kwa­wo nga­ma­ndla akhou.

14 Nja­lo aza­tshe­la aba­hla­li ba­le­li­li­zwe. Ba­zwi­le uku­thi we­na Nko­si upha­ka­thi kwa­la­ba­ba­ntu, uku­thi we­na Nko­si ubo­nwa ubu­so ngo­bu­sov, lo­ku­thi iye­zi la­kho li­ma phe­zu kwa­bo, uha­mba pha­mbi kwa­bo use­nsi­ke­ni ye­ye­zi emi­ni le­nsi­ke­ni yo­mli­lo ebu­su­kuw.

15 Uba ubu­la­la la­ba­ba­ntu nje­ngo­mu­ntu oye­dwa, izi­zwe ezi­zwe nge­ndu­me­la ya­kho zi­za­khu­lu­ma zi­si­thi:

16 Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­nge­la­kho uku­nge­ni­sa la­ba­ba­ntu eli­zwe­ni eya­ba­fu­nge­la lo­na, nga­kho iba­bu­le­le enka­nga­lax.

17 Kha­the­si-ke, ngi­ya­nce­nga, ka­wa­be ma­khu­lu ama­ndla eNko­si ya­mi, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­kho usi­thi:

18 INko­si iya­phu­za uku­thu­ku­the­la, nja­lo inku­lu emu­se­ni, ithe­the­le­la ubu­bi le­zi­pha­mbe­ko, ko­dwa enga­yi­ku­mye­ke­la lo­ku­mye­ke­la ole­ca­lay, iphi­ndi­se­la ubu­bi ba­bo­yi­se phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na kwe­se­si­tha­thu le­se­si­ne isi­zu­ku­lwa­naz.

19 The­the­le­la, ngi­ya­nce­nga, ubu­bi ba­la­ba­ba­ntua nje­ngo­bu­khu­lu bo­mu­sa wa­khob, la­nje­nga­lo­kho uba­the­the­le­le la­ba­ba­ntu ku­su­ke­la eGi­bhi­the ku­ze ku­be kha­the­sic.

UNku­lu­nku­lu uthi uza­tsha­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li

20 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Se­ngi­ba­the­the­le­le nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi la­khod.

21 Ko­dwa isi­bi­li, nje­nga­lo­khu ngi­phi­la, umhla­ba wo­nke uza­gcwa­la nge­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­sie.

22 ngo­ba wo­nke ama­do­da abo­ne inka­zi­mu­lo ya­mi le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so za­mi enga­ze­nza eGi­bhi­the le­nka­nga­la, la­ngi­li­ngi­le­yof le­zi­zi­kha­thi ezi­li­tshu­mi, ka­we­zwa­nga ili­zwi la­mig,

23 isi­bi­li ka­ba­yi­ku­bo­na ili­zwe enga­li­fu­nge­la oyi­se; fu­thi ka­kho owa­la­bo aba­ngi­de­le­le­yo oza­li­bo­nah.

24 Ko­dwa ince­ku ya­mi uKa­le­bii, ngo­ba omu­nye umo­ya ubu­la­ye, wa­ngi­la­nde­la ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo; nga­kho ngi­za­mnge­ni­sa eli­zwe­ni aye­nge­ne ki­lo; le­nza­lo ya­khe iza­ku­dla ili­fa la­loj.

25 (A­maA­ma­le­kik la­ma­Kha­na­nil ahla­la-ke esi­go­di­ni.) Ku­sa­sa phe­ndu­ka­ni, li­su­ke li­zi­ye­le enka­nga­la nge­ndle­la yo­Lwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvum.

26 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni isi­thi:

27 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ngi­la­li­nhla­nga­no embi, engi­ngu­ngu­ne­la­yo? Ngi­zwi­le uku­ngu­ngu­na kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­ngu­ngu­na nga­kho be­me­le­ne la­min.

28 Tsho­no ki­bo uthi: Si­bi­li nje­ngo­ba ngi­phi­lao, ku­tsho iNko­si, nje­nga­lo­khu li­khu­lu­me endle­be­ni za­mi, ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­lo ki­nip.

29 Izi­du­mbu ze­nu zi­za­we­la enka­nga­la le, la­bo bo­nke aba­ba­li­we­yo be­nu, nje­ngo­kwe­na­ni lo­nke le­nu, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, li­na aba­ngi­ngu­ngu­ne­le­yoq;

30 si­bi­li li­na ka­li­yi­ku­nge­na eli­zwe­ni engi­li­pha­ka­mi­se­le isa­ndla sa­mi uku­li­hla­li­sa ku­lo, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Ka­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne lo­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­nir.

31 Ko­dwa aba­ntwa­nya­na be­nu ela­thi nga­bo ba­za­ku­ba yi­mpa­ngo, ngi­za­ba­nge­ni­sas, ba­za­la­zi ili­zwe ela­li­la­hla­yot.

32 Li­na-ke, izi­du­mbu ze­nu zi­za­we­la ku­li­nka­nga­lau.

33 La­ba­ntwa­na be­nu ba­za­ku­ba nga­be­lu­si enka­nga­lav imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­new, ba­thwa­le uku­phi­nga kwe­nu, izi­du­mbu ze­nu zi­ze zi­phe­le enka­nga­lax.

34 Nje­ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­nsu­ku ela­hlo­la nga­zo ili­zwey, insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, usu­ku ngo­mnya­kaz, usu­ku ngo­mnya­ka, li­za­thwa­la ubu­bi be­nu, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­nea, la­zi uku­fu­la­the­la kwa­mi.

35 Mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­le. Isi­bi­li ngi­za­kwe­nza lo­khub ku­li­nhla­nga­no yo­nke embi ebu­the­ne ime­le­ne la­mi; ku­li­nka­nga­la ba­za­phe­la, ba­fe­le kho­nac.

36 Nja­lo ama­do­da uMo­zi­si awa­thu­ma­yo uku­hlo­la ili­zwe, ese­phe­ndu­ka, enza inhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­mngu­ngu­ne­la ngo­ku­le­tha umbi­ko omu­bi ma­ye­la­na le­li­zwed,

37 la­ma­do­da ale­tha umbi­ko omu­bi nge­li­zwe afa nge­nhlu­phe­ko pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sie.

38 Ko­dwa uJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni lo­Ka­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne, ku­la­wo­ma­do­da aye­ye­hlo­la ili­zwe, asa­la ephi­laf.

39 Nja­lo uMo­zi­si wa­khu­lu­ma la ama­zwi ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; aba­ntu ba­se­be­li­la ka­khu­lug.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­nqo­tshwa eHo­rma

40 Ba­se­be­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, be­nyu­ke­la engqo­nge­ni ye­nta­ba, be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni si­la­pha, si­za­kwe­nyu­ke­la enda­we­ni iNko­si eyi­the­mbi­si­le­yo; ngo­ba so­ni­leh.

41 Ko­dwa uMo­zi­si wa­thi: Ku­nga­ni-ke li­se­qa umla­yo we­Nko­si? Ngo­ba ka­ku­yi­ku­phu­me­le­lai.

42 Li­nge­nyu­ki, ngo­ba iNko­si ka­yi­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, uku­ze li­nga­tsha­ywa pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha ze­nuj.

43 Ngo­ba amaA­ma­le­ki la­ma­Kha­na­ni ala­pho pha­mbi kwe­nu; nja­lo li­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mba, ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba li­phe­ndu­ki­le eku­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si, iNko­si ka­yi­yi­ku­ba la­nik.

44 Ko­dwa ngo­ku­zi­qhe­nya be­nyu­ke­la engqo­nge­ni ye­nta­bal, ko­dwa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si lo­Mo­zi­si ka­wu­phu­ma­nga pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mbam.

45 AmaA­ma­le­ki ase­se­hla, la­ma­Kha­na­ni ahla­la ku­le­zo­zi­nta­ba, aba­tsha­yan, aba­hla­ka­za kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ho­rmao.

Imi­la­yo ma­ye­la­na le­mi­ni­ke­lo

15INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi ku­boa: La­pho li­fi­ka eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­hla­la kwe­nu, engi­li­ni­ka lo­na,

3 li­se­nza umni­ke­lo owe­nze­lwe iNko­si ngo­mli­lo, umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa ku­mbe umhla­tshe­lob, owo­ku­gcwa­li­sa isi­the­mbi­so, lo­ba emni­ke­lwe­ni we­si­hlec, lo­ba emi­kho­si­ni ye­nu emi­si­we­yod, ukwe­nza uqha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni, oku­ve­la enko­me­ni ku­mbe ezi­mvi­nie,

4 lo­wo-ke oni­ke­la­yo umni­ke­lo wa­khe eNko­si­nif uza­so­nde­za umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, ube ngo­kwe­tshu­mi le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yog ixu­be­ne le­ngxe­nye ye­si­ne ye­hi­ni* ya­ma­fu­thah;

5 le­wa­yi­ni li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo, ingxe­nye ye­si­ne ye­hi­ni*, uza­ku­lu­ngi­sa lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­ba umhla­tshe­lo, owe­wu­ndlu eli­lo­dwai.

6 Ku­mbe owe­nqa­ma li­za­lu­ngi­sa umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, ube zi­ngxe­nye ezi­mbi­li etshu­mi­ni ze­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­hi­ni*j;

7 le­wa­yi­ni li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo, ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­hi­ni*, uza­li­ni­ke­la li­be li­phu­nga eli­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni.

8 Nja­lo nxa li­lu­ngi­sa itho­le eli­du­na le­nko­mo li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa ku­mbe umhla­tshe­lo, owo­ku­gcwa­li­sa isi­the­mbi­so, ku­mbe imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la eNko­si­nik,

9 uza­ni­ke­le­la-ke itho­le le­nko­mo umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, ube zi­ngxe­nye ezi­nta­thu etshu­mi­ni le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, ingxe­nye ye­hi­ni*l.

10 Li­ni­ke­le iwa­yi­ni li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo, ingxe­nye ye­hi­ni, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo ole­phu­nga eli­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni.

11 Ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa nja­lo nga­le­yo­nku­nzi, lo­ba nga­le­yo­nqa­ma, lo­ba nge­wu­ndlu, ku­mbe nge­zi­nya­nem.

12 Nje­nge­na­ni eli­za­li­lu­ngi­sa, li­za­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­le­yo la­le­yo, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­zo.

13 Wo­nke owo­ku­za­lwa eli­zwe­ni uza­ze­nza nja­lo le­zi­zi­nto, eku­ni­ke­le­ni umni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo wo­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni.

14 Uba-ke owe­mzi­ni ohla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe la­ni, ku­mbe lo­ba ngu­ba­ni opha­ka­thi kwe­nu ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­nu, nja­lo eni­ke­la umni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo wo­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni, nje­ngo­ba li­se­nza uza­kwe­nza nja­lo.

15 Ku­za­ku­ba le­si­mi­so si­nye ki­ni abe­ba­ndla la­ko­we­mzi­ni ohla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwen, isi­mi­so esi­la­pha­ka­de ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­nu; nje­nga­ni uza­ku­ba nja­lo owe­mzi­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sio.

16 Ku­za­ku­ba lo­mthe­tho mu­nye le­si­mi­so si­nye ki­ni la­ko­we­mzi­ni ohla­la la­ni nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe.

17 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

18 Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi ku­bo: Eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­nu eli­zwe­ni engi­li­sa ku­lop,

19 ku­za­ku­thi nxa li­si­dla oko­ku­dla kwe­li­zwe, li­ni­ke­le umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa eNko­si­niq.

20 Ngo­ko­ku­qa­la kwe­nhla­ma ye­nur li­za­ni­ke­la iqe­be­le­ngwa­nas, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swat; nje­ngo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­ba­la lo­ku­bhu­le­la, ngo­ku­nja­lo li­za­wu­pha­ka­mi­sa.

21 Ngo­ko­ku­qa­la kwe­nhla­ma ye­nuu li­za­ni­ka eNko­si­ni umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­nu.

22 Uba-ke li­du­ha, li­nge­nza­nga yo­nke imi­la­yo le iNko­si eyi­khu­lu­me ku­Mo­zi­siv,

23 ko­nke iNko­si eli­la­ye kho­na nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si ku­su­ke­la ngo­su­ku iNko­si eya­la­ya nga­lo ku­si­ya pha­mbi­li ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­nu,

24 ku­za­ku­thi-ke uba kwe­nzi­we ngo­ku­nga­zi, ku­nge­kho eme­hlwe­ni enhla­nga­no, inhla­nga­no yo­nke iza­ni­ke­la ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, ku­be lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­lo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo nje­ngo­mthe­thow, le­zi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa, li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­nox.

25 Umpri­sti uza­kwe­nze­la-ke inhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la, ba­ku­the­the­le­lwe, ngo­ba ku­yi­ku­nga­zi, fu­thi bo­na ba­za­le­tha umni­ke­lo wa­bo, umni­ke­lo owe­nze­lwe iNko­si ngo­mli­lo, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­bo we­so­no pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­ko so­ku­nga­zi kwa­boy.

26 Le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li iza­ku­the­the­le­lwa, lo­we­mzi­ni ohla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, ngo­ba ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu kwa­ku­se­ku­nga­zi­ni.

27 Uba-ke umu­ntu oye­dwa eso­na ngo­ku­nga­zi, uza­so­nde­za isi­bhu­zi­ka­zi esi­lo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, si­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­noz.

28 Lo­mpri­sti uza­we­nze­la lo­wo­mphe­fu­mu­lo owo­ne ngo­ku­nga­zi inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la, la­pho one ngo­ku­nga­zi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, uku­me­nze­la inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la; uza­ku­the­the­le­lwa-kea.

29 Li­za­ku­ba lo­mla­yo mu­nye kwa­lo­wo owo­na ngo­ku­nga­zi, owo­ku­za­lwa eli­zwe­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, lo­we­mzi­ni ohla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe pha­ka­thi kwa­bob.

30 Ko­dwa umu­ntu okwe­nza nga­bo­mo, engo­wo­ku­za­lwa eli­zwe­ni lo­ba engo­we­mzi­nic, ethu­ka iNko­sid; nja­lo lo­wo­mu­ntu uza­qu­nywa asu­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­ki­boe.

31 Ngo­ba ede­le­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si, we­phu­la umla­yo wa­yo, lo­wo­mu­ntu uza­qu­nywa lo­ku­qu­nywa; ubu­bi ba­khe bu­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­khef.

Uku­bu­la­wa ko­mu­ntu othi­le owa­the­za inku­ni nge­sa­ba­tha

32 Kwa­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­se­nka­nga­la, ba­fi­ca umu­ntu ethe­za inku­ni ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­thag.

33 La­bo aba­mfi­ca­yo ethe­za inku­ni ba­mle­tha ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni la­ku­nhla­nga­no yo­nke.

34 Ba­mfa­ka esi­to­ki­si­ni, ngo­ba kwa­ku­ngaka­tshi­wo uku­thi ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa­ni ku­yeh.

35 iI­Nko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Lo­wo­mu­ntu ka­bu­la­we lo­ku­bu­la­wa; inhla­nga­no yo­nke iza­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mbaj.

36 Le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­mkhu­phe­la nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba, ya­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe wa­ze wa­fa, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si.

Ma­ye­la­na le­ntsha­ka ze­ze­mba­tho za­ba­ntu

37 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

38 Khu­lu­ma eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uba­tshe­le uku­thi ba­ze­nze­le izi­ntsha­ka ema­gu­mbi­ni eze­mba­tho za­bo, ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni za­bo, lo­ku­thi ba­fa­ke entsha­ke­ni yo­mphe­tho inta­mbo elu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­kak.

39 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba ki­ni yi­ntsha­ka uku­ze li­ku­kha­nge­le, li­khu­mbu­le yo­nke imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si, li­ye­nze, li­nga­di­ngi li­la­nde­le inhli­zi­yo ye­nu li­la­nde­le ame­hlo enul, eli­phi­nga ngo­ku­ku­la­nde­lam.

40 Uku­ze li­khu­mbu­le le­nze yo­nke imi­la­yo ya­mi, li­be ngcwe­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nun.

41 Ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eya­li­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the uku­ba ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu; ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuo.

Umvu­ke­la ka­Ko­ra lo­Da­tha­ni loA­bi­ra­mu

16UKo­ra indo­da­na kaI­zi­ha­ri indo­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi indo­da­na ka­Le­via, lo­Da­tha­ni loA­bi­ra­mu ama­do­da­na kaE­li­ya­bi, loO­ni indo­da­na ka­Pe­le­thi, ama­do­da­na ka­Ru­be­ni, ba­se­be­tha­tha ama­do­dab.

2 Ba­se­be­su­ku­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­Mo­zi­si, la­ma­do­da aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, aba­nga­ba­kho­khe­li be­nhla­nga­no, aba­khe­thi­we­yo bo­mhla­nga­no, ama­do­da ale­bi­zoc.

3 Ba­hla­nga­na ba­me­la­na lo­Mo­zi­si ba­me­la­na loA­ro­nid, ba­thi ku­bo: Se­le­dlu­li­se ama­la­wu­lo! Ngo­ba inhla­nga­no yo­nke, bo­nke ba­ngcwe­lee, le­Nko­si ipha­ka­thi kwa­bo. Pho, li­zi­pha­ka­mi­se­la­ni phe­zu kwe­ba­ndla le­Nko­si?f

4 Kwa­thi uMo­zi­si ese­ku­zwi­le, wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­khe pha­nsig.

5 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­Ko­ra la­ku­qe­mbu la­khe lo­nke esi­thi: Ku­si­sa, kho­na iNko­si iza­tshe­ngi­sa uku­thi ngu­ba­ni ongo­wa­yo lo­ku­thi ngu­ba­ni ongcwe­le, iza­mso­nde­za ku­yoh, la­lo­wo emkhe­thi­le­yoi iza­mso­nde­za ku­yoj.

6 Ye­nza­ni lo­khu: zi­tha­the­le­ni imi­ga­nu yo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha, uKo­ra, le­qe­mbu la­khe lo­nkek,

7 li­fa­ke ki­yo umli­lo, li­be­ke ki­yo impe­pha pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ku­sa­sa. Ku­za­ku­thi indo­da iNko­si eyi­khe­tha­yo, yi­yo engcwe­le. Se­le­dlu­li­se ama­la­wu­lo, ma­do­da­na ka­Le­vi!

8 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi ku­Ko­ra: Ake li­zwe, ma­do­da­na ka­Le­vi;

9 ku­yi­nto enci­nya­ne ki­ni yi­nil uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ule­hlu­ka­ni­si­le le­nhla­nga­no ya­koI­sra­ye­li uku­ze ali­so­nde­ze ku­ye uku­thi le­nze inko­nzo ye­tha­bha­ne­ke­le le­Nko­si, lo­ku­thi li­me pha­mbi kwe­nhla­nga­no uku­ba­kho­nza?m

10 Uku­so­nde­zi­le, la­ba­fo­we­nu bo­nke, ama­do­da­na ka­Le­vi, ka­nye la­we; se­li­fu­na lo­bu­pri­sti yi­ni?

11 Nga­lo­kho we­na le­qe­mbu la­kho lo­nke se­li­hla­nge­ne uku­me­la­na le­Nko­si. Ngo­ba uA­ro­ni uyi­ni uku­thi li­mngu­ngu­ne­le?n

12 UMo­zi­si wa­se­thu­ma uku­bi­za uDa­tha­ni loA­bi­ra­mu, ama­do­da­na kaE­li­ya­bi. Ko­dwa ba­thi: Ka­si­yi­kwe­nyu­ka;

13 ku­yi­nto enci­nya­ne yi­ni uku­thi wa­se­nyu­sao si­ve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­ju uku­si­bu­la­la enka­nga­lap, ka­nti la­we usu­ze­nza umbu­si phe­zu kwe­thu?q

14 Fu­thi ka­wu­si­nge­ni­sa­nga eli­zwe­ni eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­jur, lo­ba uku­si­ni­ka ili­fa la­ma­si­mu le­zi­vi­ni. Ame­hlo ala ama­do­da unga­wa­ko­po­la yi­ni? Asi­yi­kwe­nyu­ka.

15 UMo­zi­si wa­se­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lu, wa­thi eNko­si­ni: Unga­na­ki umni­ke­lo wa­bos. Ka­ngi­tha­tha­nga uba­bhe­mi oye­dwa wa­bo, fu­thi ka­nge­nza­nga oku­bi ko­mu­nye wa­bot.

16 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi ku­Ko­ra: We­na le­qe­mbu la­kho lo­nke ba­ni­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, we­na, la­bo, loA­ro­ni, ku­sa­sau;

17 Tha­tha­ni, omu­nye lo­mu­nye umga­nu wa­khe wo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha, li­fa­ke ku­yo impe­pha, li­yi­so­nde­ze pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umga­nu wa­khe wo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha, imi­ga­nu yo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha enga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu; la­we loA­ro­ni, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umga­nu wa­khe wo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­phav.

18 Ba­se­be­tha­tha, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umga­nu wa­khe wo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha, ba­fa­ka umli­lo ku­yo, ba­be­ka impe­pha ku­yo, be­ma emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, lo­Mo­zi­si loA­ro­ni.

19 UKo­ra wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa inhla­nga­no yo­nke uku­me­la­na la­bo emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no. Inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la eba­ndle­ni lo­nkew.

20 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni isi­thi:

21 Ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­ni li­phu­me pha­ka­thi kwa­li­nhla­nga­nox uku­ze ngi­ba­qe­de ngo­ku­cwa­yi­za kwe­li­hloy.

22 Ba­se­be­si­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­bo pha­nsi ba­thiz: Nku­lu­nku­lu, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­mi­mo­ya ya­yo yo­nke inya­ma, ko­na umu­ntu oye­dwa, ubu­su­thu­ku­the­le­la inhla­nga­no yo­nke yi­ni?a

23 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

24 Tsho­no enhla­nga­nwe­ni uthi: Ye­nyu­ka­ni li­su­ke ku­nhla­ngo­thi zo­nke zo­mu­zi ka­Ko­ra, uDa­tha­ni, loA­bi­ra­mu.

25 UMo­zi­si wa­se­su­ku­ma, wa­ya ku­Da­tha­ni loA­bi­ra­mu, la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­mla­nde­la.

26 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma enhla­nga­nwe­ni esi­thi: Ake li­su­ke ema­the­nte­ni ala­ma­do­da ama­bi, li­nga­thi­nti lu­tho olu­ngo­lwa­bob, hle­zi li­phe­tshu­lwe ezo­nwe­ni za­bo zo­nkec.

27 Ba­se­be­se­nyu­ka be­su­ka emzi­ni ya­bo­Ko­ra, uDa­tha­ni loA­bi­ra­mu enhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­nke; oDa­tha­ni loA­bi­ra­mu ba­se­be­phu­ma, be­ma emnya­ngo wa­ma­the­nte abo la­bo­mka­bo la­ma­do­da­na abo la­ba­ntwa­nya­na ba­bod.

28 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi: Nga­lo­khu li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ingi­thu­mi­le ukwe­nza yo­nke li­mi­se­be­nzie, lo­ku­thi ka­ku­si­kho okwe­ngqo­ndo ya­mif.

29 Uba la­ba be­si­fa nje­ngo­ku­fa kwa­ba­ntu bo­nke, ku­mbe be­hle­lwe nje­ngo­kwe­hle­lwa kwa­ba­ntu bo­nke, iNko­si ka­yi­ngi­thu­ma­ngag.

30 Ko­dwa uba iNko­si ida­la into entsha, uku­thi umhla­ba uvu­le umlo­mo wa­wo, uba­gi­nye la­kho ko­nke okwa­boh, be­hle­le emgo­di­ni be­phi­lai, li­za­qe­di­si­sa uku­thi la­ma­do­da ayi­de­le­le iNko­sij.

31 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma wo­nke la ama­zwi, umhla­ba owa­wu­nga­pha­nsi kwa­bo wa­qhe­ke­ze­kak,

32 lo­mhla­ba wa­vu­la umlo­mo wa­wo, wa­ba­gi­nya le­zi­ndlu za­bo, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­nga­ba­ka­Ko­ra, le­mpa­hla ya­bo yo­nkel.

33 Ba­se­be­tsho­na emgo­di­ni be­phi­la bo­na la­kho ko­nke okwa­bo; umhla­ba wa­ba­gqi­be­la, ba­bhu­bha be­su­ka pha­ka­thi kwe­ba­ndla.

34 UI­sra­ye­li wo­nke owa­ye­ba­zi­nge­le­ze­le wa­se­ba­le­ka eku­kha­le­ni kwa­bo, ngo­ba ba­thi: Hle­zi umhla­ba usi­gi­nye.

35 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma umli­lo eNko­si­ni, wa­qo­thu­la ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu aye­ni­ke­le impe­pham.

36 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

37 Tsho­no kuE­le­ya­za­re, indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti, uku­thi atha­the imi­ga­nu yo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha pha­ka­thi ko­ku­tsha; uwu­chi­tha­chi­the­le umli­lo la­pha­ya­na, ngo­ba ingcwe­len.

38 Imi­ga­nu yo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha ya­le­zi­zo­ni ime­le­ne le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­zoo, ka­ba­ye­nze ibe yi­zi­ce­ce­du ezi­ba­nzi zi­be yi­si­si­be­ke­lo se­la­thip; ngo­ba ba­yi­ni­ke­le pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, nga­kho ingcwe­le; nja­lo iza­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­liq.

39 UE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti wa­se­tha­tha imi­ga­nu ye­thu­si yo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha aba­be­ni­ke­le nga­yo aba­tshi­si­we­yo, ba­se­be­yi­kha­nda ya­ba yi­zi­ce­ce­du zo­ku­si­be­ke­la ila­thir,

40 ku­be yi­si­khu­mbu­zo eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­ze ku­nga­bi lo­we­mzi­ni, onge­su­ye owe­nza­lo kaA­ro­ni, oso­nde­la uku­tshi­sa impe­pha pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sis, uku­ze anga­bi nje­ngo­Ko­ra la­nje­nge­xu­ku la­khe, nje­ngo­ba iNko­si ya­khu­lu­ma ku­ye nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si.

41 Ko­dwa ku­si­sa inhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ya­ba­so­la oMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni, isi­thi: Li­na li­ba­bu­le­le aba­ntu be­Nko­si.

42 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inhla­nga­no isi­hla­nge­ne ime­le­ne lo­Mo­zi­si nja­lo ime­le­ne loA­ro­ni, ba­phe­ndu­ke­la ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no, kha­nge­la-ke iye­zi la­li­li­si­be­ke­let le­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­bo­na­ka­lau.

43 UMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni ba­se­be­si­za nga­pha­mbi kwe­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no.

44 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

45 Ye­nyu­ka­ni li­su­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­li­nhla­nga­nov, uku­ze ngi­ba­qe­dew nje­ngo­ku­cwa­yi­za kwe­li­hlox. Ba­se­be­si­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­bo pha­nsi.

46 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi kuA­ro­ni: Tha­tha umga­nu wo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­pha, ufa­ke ku­wo umli­lo ove­la ela­thi­ni, ube­ke ku­wo impe­pha, uye ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa enhla­nga­nwe­ni, ube­nze­le inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la; ngo­ba ula­ka se­lu­phu­mi­le lu­su­ka pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, inhlu­phe­ko isi­qa­li­si­ley.

47 UA­ro­ni wa­se­ku­tha­tha nje­ngo­ku­tsho ku­ka­Mo­zi­si, wa­gi­ji­me­la pha­ka­thi kwe­ba­ndla, kha­nge­la-ke, inhlu­phe­ko ya­yi­si­qa­li­si­le pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu. Wa­fa­ka impe­pha, wa­be­nze­la aba­ntu inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la.

48 Wa­se­si­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fi­le­yo la­ba­phi­la­yo. Inhlu­phe­ko ya­si­mi­swaz.

49 La­ba­fa­yo enhlu­phe­kwe­ni ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­ne la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, nga­pha­ndle kwa­la­bo aba­fa nge­nda­ba ka­Ko­raa.

50 UA­ro­ni wa­se­bu­ye­la ku­Mo­zi­si emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no; le­nhlu­phe­ko ya­yi­si­mi­si­we.

Indu­ku kaA­ro­ni

17INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 Tsho­no ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nja­lo utha­the indu­ku ku­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­bo, ngo­kwe­ndlu ka­yi­se, ku­zo zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bo, ngo­kwe­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, indu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li. Bha­la ibi­zo la­le­yo la­le­yo­ndo­da endu­kwi­ni ya­yo,

3 ubha­le ibi­zo li­kaA­ro­ni endu­kwi­ni ka­Le­vi. Ngo­ba indu­ku eyo­dwa iza­ku­ba nge­ye­nhlo­ko ye­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se.

4 Nja­lo uza­zi­be­ka ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no pha­mbi ko­bu­fa­ka­zi, la­pho engi­za­hla­nga­na la­we kho­naa.

5 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke indu­ku ye­ndo­da engi­za­yi­khe­tha iza­hlu­mab; nja­lo ngi­za­thu­li­sa ku­su­ke ki­mi uku­so­la kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, aba­li­so­la nga­khoc.

6 UMo­zi­si wa­se­khu­lu­ma eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li; zo­nke-ke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bo za­mni­ka izi­ndu­ku, ya­ba­nye ku­le­so la­le­so­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla, nje­nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, indu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; le­ndu­ku kaA­ro­ni ya­yi­pha­ka­thi kwe­ndu­ku za­zo.

7 UMo­zi­si wa­se­zi­be­ka indu­ku pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ethe­nte­ni lo­bu­fa­ka­zid.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­sa uMo­zi­si wa­nge­na ethe­nte­ni lo­bu­fa­ka­zi, kha­nge­la-ke, indu­ku kaA­ro­ni eye­ndlu ka­Le­vi ya­yi­hlu­mi­le, ya­khu­pha ama­hlu­me­la, ya­kha­hle­la impo­ko, ya­the­la ama-a­li­mo­ndi*.

9 UMo­zi­si wa­se­zi­khu­phe­la pha­ndle zo­nke indu­ku zi­ve­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; ba­se­be­kha­nge­la, ba­tha­tha ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo indu­ku ya­khe.

10 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Bu­yi­se­la indu­ku kaA­ro­ni pha­mbi ko­bu­fa­ka­zie, igci­nwef, ibe yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so kwa­ba­hla­mu­ka­yog, uku­ze usu­se uku­so­la kwa­bo ki­mi, uku­ze ba­nga­fih.

11 UMo­zi­si wa­se­se­nza; nje­nga­lo­kho iNko­si ya­mla­ya, we­nza nja­lo.

12 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, si­ya­fa, si­ya­bhu­bha, so­nke si­ya­bhu­bha!

13 Wo­nke oso­nde­la lo­ku­so­nde­la etha­bha­ne­ke­le­ni le­Nko­si uza­ku­fa. Si­za­phe­la ngo­ku­fa yi­ni?i

Lo­kho oku­ni­kwa aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi

18INko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­ro­ni: We­na la­ma­do­da­na akho le­ndlu ka­yi­hlo ka­nye la­wea li­za­thwa­la ubu­bi be­ndlu engcwe­le; fu­thi we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho ka­nye la­we li­za­thwa­la ubu­bi bo­bu­pri­sti be­nub.

2 La­ba­fo­we­nu, isi­zwe sa­ko­Le­vi, isi­zwe si­ka­yi­hlo, ba­so­nde­ze-ke la­we uku­ze ba­hla­nga­ni­swe la­wec, ba­ku­si­zed. Ko­dwa we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho ka­nye la­we li­za­ku­ba pha­mbi kwe­the­nte lo­bu­fa­ka­zie.

3 Ba­za­gci­na umla­yo wa­kho, le­mfa­ne­lo ze­the­nte lo­nkef; ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­so­nde­la ezi­tshe­ni ze­ndlu engcwe­le le­la­thi­nig, uku­ze ba­nga­fi, la­bo la­nih.

4 Ba­za­hla­nga­ni­swa la­we, ba­gci­ne imfa­ne­lo ze­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no ku­yo yo­nke inko­nzo ye­the­nte; ko­dwa owe­mzi­ni ka­yi­ku­so­nde­la ki­nii.

5 Nja­lo li­za­gci­na imfa­ne­lo ze­ndlu engcwe­le le­mfa­ne­lo ze­la­thij, uku­ze ku­nga­bi ku­sa­ba kho­na ula­ka phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lik.

6 Mi­na-ke, kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­the­the aba­fo­we­nu ama­Le­vi be­ve­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lil. Ba­yi­si­pho ki­ni, ba­phi­we iNko­si ukwe­nza inko­nzo ye­the­nte le­nhla­nga­nom.

7 Nga­kho we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho ka­nye la­we li­za­gci­na ubu­pri­sti be­nu ku­zo zo­nke izi­nto ze­la­thin la­pha­ka­thi kwe­ve­yi­li, li­kho­nzeo. Ngi­ni­ke ubu­pri­sti be­nu bu­be ngu­mse­be­nzi we­si­pho; ko­dwa owe­mzi­ni oso­nde­la­yo uza­bu­la­wa.

8 INko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­ro­ni: Mi­na-ke, kha­nge­la, ngi­ku­ni­ke uku­pha­thwa kwe­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­mi yo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa ya­zo zo­nke izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lip; ngi­zi­phe we­na, nge­nxa yo­ku­gco­tshwa, la­ma­do­da­na akhoq, nge­si­mi­so esi­la­pha­ka­der.

9 Lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­kho oku­ve­la ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­ngcwe­le­ngcwe­le, zi­ve­la emli­lwe­nis; yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo, yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo yo­ku­dlat, la­yo yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo ye­so­nou, la­yo yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo ye­ca­la, aba­za­yi­bu­yi­se­la ki­miv; iza­ku­ba nge­ngcwe­le­ngcwe­le ibe nge­ya­kho le­ya­ma­do­da­na akhow.

10 Li­za­ku­dle­la engcwe­le­ni ye­zi­ngcwe­le; wo­nke owe­si­li­sa uza­ku­dla; ku­za­ku­ba ngcwe­le ku­wex.

11 La­lo­khu ngo­kwa­kho: Umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­si­pho sa­bo, la­yo yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­zu­ngu­zwa ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­liy; ngi­ku­phe we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho, nge­si­mi­so esi­la­pha­ka­dez. Wo­nke ohla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo endli­ni ya­kho uza­ku­dlaa.

12 Ikhe­the­lo lo­nke la­ma­fu­tha, le­khe­the­lo lo­nke le­wa­yi­ni eli­tsha, le­la­ma­be­leb, le­ngqa­bu­tho ya­le­zo aba­za­zi­ni­ke­la eNko­si­ni, ngi­zi­phe we­nac.

13 Izi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la za­kho ko­nke oku­se­li­zwe­ni la­bo aba­za­ku­le­tha eNko­si­ni ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­khod. Wo­nke ohla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo endli­ni ya­kho uza­ku­dlae.

14 Ko­nke okwe­hlu­ka­ni­si­we­yo koI­sra­ye­li ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­khof.

15 Ko­nke oku­vu­la isi­za­lo, kwa­yo yo­nke inya­ma aba­ku­le­tha eNko­si­ni, pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu la­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­fu­yo, ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­khog; ko­dwa izi­bu­lo lo­mu­ntu uza­li­hle­nga lo­ku­li­hle­nga, le­zi­bu­lo le­nya­ma­za­na engco­li­le­yo uza­li­hle­ngah.

16 La­le­zo ezi­za­hle­ngwa uza­zi­hle­nga ku­su­ke­la se­zi­le­nya­nga, nje­nge­si­li­nga­ni­so sa­khoi, nge­ma­li ya­ma­she­ke­li* ama­hla­nu, ngo­kwe­she­ke­li le­ndlu engcwe­lej, eli­nga­ma­ge­ra* anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lik.

17 Ko­dwa izi­bu­lo le­nko­mo, ku­mbe izi­bu­lo le­mvu, ku­mbe izi­bu­lo le­mbu­zi, awu­yi­ku­wa­hle­nga, angcwe­lel. Uza­fa­fa­za iga­zi la­wo phe­zu kwe­la­thi, utshi­se ama­hwa­hwa awo, abe ngu­mni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo, ku­be lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­nim.

18 Le­nya­ma ya­wo iza­ku­ba nge­ya­kho, nje­nge­si­fu­ba esi­zu­ngu­zi­we­yo la­nje­ngo­mle­nze wo­ku­ne­ne, ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­khon.

19 Yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa ye­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­yi­ni­ke­la eNko­si­ni ngi­yi­ni­ke we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho ka­nye la­we, nge­si­mi­so esi­la­pha­ka­deo. Ku­yi­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­tshwa­yi esi­la­pha­ka­de pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ku­we la­ku­nza­lo ya­kho ka­nye la­wep.

20 INko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­ro­ni: Ka­wu­yi­ku­dla ili­fa eli­zwe­ni la­bo, ka­wu­yi­ku­ba le­sa­be­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­bo; ngi­yi­sa­be­lo sa­kho le­li­fa la­kho pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­liq.

21 Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­ni­ke aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Le­vi ko­nke okwe­tshu­mi koI­sra­ye­li ku­be yi­li­fa, ngo­mse­be­nzi wa­bo aba­we­nza­yor, inko­nzo ye­the­nte le­nhla­nga­nos.

22 Nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­nga­be be­sa­so­nde­la ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­not hle­zi ba­thwa­le iso­no ba­feu.

23 Ko­dwa ama­Le­vi aza­kwe­nza inko­nzo ye­the­nte le­nhla­nga­nov, wo­na athwa­le ubu­bi ba­wo. Ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­mi­so esi­la­pha­ka­de ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­nu; la­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­wa­yi­ku­zu­za ili­faw.

24 Ngo­ba okwe­tshu­mi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­ku­ni­ke­la eNko­si­ni ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa, ngi­ku­ni­ke ama­Le­vi ku­be yi­li­fax. Nga­kho ngi­tshi­lo ki­wo uku­thi pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­wa­yi­ku­zu­za ili­fay.

25 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

26 Fu­thi uza­khu­lu­ma ku­ma­Le­vi uthi ku­wo: Nxa li­tha­tha eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li okwe­tshu­mi engi­li­ni­ke kho­na, ku­ve­la ku­bo ku­be yi­li­fa le­nu, li­za­ni­ke­la ko­kwa­kho umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­Nko­si, ku­be ngo­kwe­tshu­mi kwa­lo­kho okwe­tshu­miz.

27 Lo­mni­ke­lo we­nu wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa uza­ba­le­lwa li­na, nje­nga­ma­be­le eba­la lo­ku­bhu­le­la la­nje­ngo­ku­gcwa­la kwe­si­kha­me­lo se­wa­yi­nia.

28 Nga­lo­khu la­ni li­za­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­Nko­si ku­kho ko­nke okwe­tshu­mi kwe­nu eli­kwe­mu­ke­la­yo eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li; li­za­ni­ka ko­kwa­yo umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­Nko­si, kuA­ro­ni umpri­sti.

29 Ku­zo zo­nke izi­pho ze­nu li­za­ni­ke­la wo­nke umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­Nko­si; ekhe­the­lwe­ni lo­nke la­zo, ingxe­nye ya­yo engcwe­li­si­we­yo eve­la ku­yo.

30 Fu­thi uza­ku­thi ku­wo: La­pho li­ni­ke­la ikhe­the­lo la­zo eli­ve­la ku­zo, ku­za­ba­le­lwa ama­Le­vi nje­nge­si­vu­no se­ba­la lo­ku­bhu­le­la la­nje­nge­si­vu­no se­si­kha­me­lo se­wa­yi­nib.

31 Li­za­ku­dla lo­kho enda­we­ni zo­nke, li­na le­ndlu ye­nu, ngo­ba ku­ngu­mvu­zo we­nu ngo­mse­be­nzi we­nu ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­noc.

32 Nja­lo ka­li­yi­ku­thwa­la iso­no nge­nxa ya­kho, la­pho se­li­pha­ka­mi­si­le ikhe­the­lo la­kho ku­khod; ka­li­yi­ku­ngco­li­sa izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze li­nga­fie.

Uku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwa­la­bo aba­nga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga

19INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni isi­thi:

2 Le­si yi­si­mi­so so­mla­yo iNko­si esi­mi­si­le­yo isi­thi: Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­thi ba­le­the ki­ni itho­ka­zi eli­bo­mvu eli­phe­le­le­yo oku­nge­la­si­ci ku­lo, oku­nga­za­nge ku­fa­kwe ijo­gwe ku­loa;

3 nja­lo li­li­ni­ke uE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti, ali­khu­phe­le-ke nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba, li­be se­li­hla­tshwa pha­mbi kwa­kheb.

4 Nja­lo uE­le­ya­za­re uza­tha­tha okwe­ga­zi la­lo ngo­mu­nwe wa­khe, afa­fa­ze ka­si­kho­mbi­sa okwe­ga­zi la­lo ma­qo­nda­na la­pha­mbi kwe­the­nte le­nhla­nga­noc.

5 Le­tho­ka­zi li­tshi­swe pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akhe; ku­tshi­swe isi­khu­mba sa­lo le­nya­ma ya­lo le­ga­zi la­lo ka­nye lo­mswa­ne wa­lod.

6 Umpri­sti uza­tha­tha-ke isi­go­do so­mse­da­ri, le­hi­so­pe*, lo­ku­bo­mvu, aku­pho­se pha­ka­thi ko­ku­tsha kwe­tho­ka­zie.

7 Umpri­sti use­za­wa­tsha ize­mba­tho za­khe, age­ze umzi­mba wa­khe ema­nzi­ni, emva kwa­lo­kho ange­ne enka­mbe­ni, nja­lo umpri­sti abe ngo­ngco­li­le­yo ku­ze ku­hlwef.

8 Lo­li­tshi­si­le­yo uza­wa­tsha ize­mba­tho za­khe ema­nzi­ni, age­ze umzi­mba wa­khe ema­nzi­ni, abe ngo­ngco­li­le­yo ku­ze ku­hlweg.

9 Le­ndo­da ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo iza­bu­tha umlo­tha we­tho­ka­zi, iwu­be­ke nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mbah enda­we­ni ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yoi, uku­ze ugci­ne­lwe inhla­nga­no ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ku­be nga­ma­nzi okwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa; ku­yi­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwe­so­noj.

10 Lo­bu­tha umlo­tha we­tho­ka­zi uza­wa­tsha ize­mba­tho za­khe, abe ngo­ngco­li­le­yo ku­ze ku­hlwe; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­mi­so esi­la­pha­ka­de eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li lo­we­mzi­ni ohla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

11 Othi­nta isi­du­mbu sa­lo­ba ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu uza­ku­ba ngo­ngco­li­le­yo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sak.

12 Uza­zi­hla­mbu­lu­la nga­wo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu la­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa uza­hla­mbu­lu­ka; ko­dwa uba enga­zi­hla­mbu­lu­li ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu, kho­na ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­yi­ku­hla­mbu­lu­kal.

13 Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni othi­nta ofi­le­yo, isi­du­mbu so­mu­ntu ose­fi­le, anga­zi­hla­mbu­lu­li, ungco­li­sa itha­bha­ne­ke­le le­Nko­sim; lo­wo­mphe­fu­mu­lo uza­qu­nywa usu­ke koI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba ama­nzi okwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa enga­fa­fa­zwa­nga phe­zu kwa­khe; uza­ku­ba ngo­ngco­li­le­yon, lo­ku­ngco­la kwa­khe ku­se­ku­yeo.

14 Lo ngu­mla­yo wo­mu­ntu nxa efe­la ethe­nte­ni. Ko­nke oku­nge­na ethe­nte­ni la­kho ko­nke oku­se­the­nte­ni ku­za­ku­ba ngo­ku­ngco­li­le­yo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

15 Nja­lo yo­nke imbi­za evu­le­ki­le­yo enge­la­si­si­be­ke­lo esi­bo­tshe­lwe phe­zu­lu kwa­yo ingco­li­lep.

16 La­ye wo­nke othi­nta umu­ntu obu­le­we­yo nge­nke­mba, endle, lo­ba ofi­le­yo, lo­ba itha­mbo lo­mu­ntu, lo­ba ingcwa­ba, uza­ku­ba ngo­ngco­li­le­yo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saq.

17 Ngo­ngco­li­le­yo ba­za­tha­tha oko­mlo­tha wa­lo­kho okwa­tshi­swa­yo ko­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwe­so­no, nja­lo ku­za­fa­kwa phe­zu kwa­kho ama­nzi aphi­la­yo esi­tshe­nir.

18 Le­ndo­da ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo iza­tha­tha ihi­so­pe*, iyi­gxa­mu­ze ema­nzi­ni, ifa­fa­ze phe­zu kwe­the­nte, la­phe­zu kwe­mpa­hla yo­nke, la­phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu aba­be­la­pho, la­phe­zu ko­wa­thi­nta itha­mbo, lo­ba obu­le­we­yo, lo­ba ofi­le­yo, lo­ba ingcwa­bas.

19 Lo­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo uza­fa­fa­za ongco­li­le­yo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu la­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sat, nja­lo uza­mhla­mbu­lu­la ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sau; awa­tshe ize­mba­tho za­khe, age­ze ema­nzi­ni, ahla­mbu­lu­ke ku­si­hlwav.

20 Ko­dwa indo­da engco­li­le­yo, inga­zi­hla­mbu­lu­li, lo­wo­mu­ntu uza­qu­nywa asu­ke pha­ka­thi kwe­ba­ndla, ngo­ba engco­li­se indlu engcwe­le ye­Nko­si; ama­nzi okwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa ka­wa­fa­fa­zwa­nga phe­zu kwa­khe, ungco­li­lew.

21 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­mi­so esi­la­pha­ka­de ku­bo, uku­thi lo­wo ofa­fa­za ama­nzi okwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa uza­wa­tsha ize­mba­tho za­khe; la­lo­wo othi­nta ama­nzi okwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa uza­ku­ba ngo­ngco­li­le­yo ku­ze ku­hlwe.

22 Nja­lo ko­nke aku­thi­nta­yo ongco­li­le­yo ku­za­ku­ba ngo­ku­ngco­li­le­yo; lo­mu­ntu oku­thi­nta­yo uza­ku­ba ngo­ngco­li­le­yo ku­ze ku­hlwex.

Ama­nzi akhu­tshwa edwa­le­ni

20Kho­na aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, inhla­nga­no yo­nke, ba­fi­ka enka­nga­la ye­Zi­ni nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la; la­ba­ntu ba­hla­la eKa­de­shia. UMi­ri­ya­mu wa­se­fe­la la­pho, wa­ngcwa­tshwa kho­nab.

2 Nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­ma­nzi enhla­nga­noc; nga­kho ba­hla­nga­na ba­me­la­na lo­Mo­zi­si ba­me­la­na loA­ro­nid.

3 Aba­ntu ba­phi­ki­sa­na lo­Mo­zi­si ba­khu­lu­ma be­si­thi: Ku­nga­thi nga­be sa­fae eku­fe­ni kwa­ba­fo­we­thu pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sif!

4 Li­le­the­le­ni iba­ndla le­Nko­si enka­nga­la le uku­ze si­fe­le la­pha, thi­na le­zi­fu­yo ze­thu?g

5 La­se­nyu­se­la­ni si­su­ka eGi­bhi­the uku­si­le­tha ku­li­nda­wo embi? Ka­ku­si­yo inda­wo ye­nhla­nye­lo le­mi­khi­wa la­ma­vi­ni la­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti*, fu­thi ka­ku­la­ma­nzi oku­na­tha.

6 UMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni ba­se­be­su­ka pha­mbi kwe­ba­ndla, ba­ya emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, ba­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­bo pha­nsih. Inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la ku­boi.

7 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

8 Tha­tha into­nga, ubu­tha­ni­se inhla­nga­no, we­na loA­ro­ni umne­we­nu, li­khu­lu­me ku­lo idwa­la pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo, nja­lo li­za­ni­ka ama­nzi aloj; nga­lo­khu uza­ba­khu­phe­la ama­nzi edwa­le­ni, uku­ze uli­na­thi­se iba­ndla le­zi­fu­yo za­bok.

9 UMo­zi­si wa­se­tha­tha into­nga esu­ka pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si nje­ngo­ku­mla­ya kwa­yol.

10 UMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni ba­se­be­bu­tha­ni­sa iba­ndla pha­mbi kwe­dwa­la; wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Zwa­ni­ni-ke, li­na ba­hla­mu­ki; si­za­li­khu­phe­la yi­ni ama­nzi edwa­le­ni le­li?m

11 UMo­zi­si wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­khe, wa­tsha­ya idwa­la ka­bi­li nge­nto­nga ya­khe; kwa­se­ku­mpo­mpo­za ama­nzi ama­ne­ngi, inhla­nga­no ya­si­na­tha, le­zi­fu­yo za­yon.

12 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni: Ngo­ba li­nga­ngi­kho­lwa­ngao, uku­ngi­ngcwe­li­sa eme­hlwe­ni aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nga­kho ka­li­yi­ku­nge­ni­sa iba­ndla le­li eli­zwe­ni engi­ba­ni­ke lo­nap.

13 La nga­ma­nzi eMe­ri­ba, la­pho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­phi­ki­sa­na kho­na le­Nko­si, ya­si­ngcwe­li­swa ku­boq.

Inko­si yeE­do­ma iva­le­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li indle­la

14 UMo­zi­si wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa enko­si­ni yeE­do­mar zi­su­ka eKa­de­shi wa­this: Utsho nja­lo umfo­we­nu uI­sra­ye­li: We­na uya­za­zi zo­nke inka­tha­zo ezi­se­hle­le­yot,

15 lo­ku­thi oba­ba be­hle­la eGi­bhi­theu, sa­se­si­hla­la eGi­bhi­the insu­ku ezi­ne­ngiv; la­ma­Gi­bhi­the asi­pha­tha ku­bi la­bo­ba­baw.

16 Sa­se­si­kha­la eNko­si­ni, ya­si­si­zwa ili­zwi le­thux, ya­thu­ma ingi­lo­si, ya­si­khu­pha eGi­bhi­the; kha­nge­la-ke si­se­Ka­de­shi, umu­zi ose­ku­ci­ne­ni ko­mngce­le wa­khoy.

17 Ake usi­ye­ke­le si­da­bu­le eli­zwe­ni la­kho. Ka­si­yi­ku­da­bu­la ensi­mi­ni lo­ba esi­vi­ni­ni, fu­thi ka­si­yi­ku­na­tha ama­nzi omtho­mbo. Si­za­ha­mba ngo­mgwa­qo we­nko­si, ka­si­yi­ku­pha­mbu­ke­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo, si­ze se­dlu­le umngce­le wa­khoz.

18 Ko­dwa uE­do­ma wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­wu­yi­ku­da­bu­la ki­mi, hle­zi ngi­phu­me nge­nke­mba ngi­me­la­ne la­we.

19 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Si­za­ha­mba ngo­mgwa­qo omkhu­lu. Uba-ke mi­na le­zi­fu­yo za­mi si­na­tha okwa­ma­nzi akhoa, si­za­wa­bha­da­le­lab; ku­phe­la ngi­za­da­bu­la nge­nya­wo za­mi nje.

20 Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­da­bu­la. UE­do­ma wa­se­phu­ma wa­me­la­na la­ye ela­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi, la­nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndla.

21 Nga­lo­khu uE­do­ma wa­la uku­vu­me­la uI­sra­ye­li uku­da­bu­la emngce­le­ni wa­khec. Nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li wa­pha­mbu­ka wa­su­ka ku­yed.

Uku­fa ku­kaA­ro­ni enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ri

22 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, inhla­nga­no yo­nke, ba­se­be­su­ka eKa­de­shie, ba­fi­ka enta­be­ni ye­Ho­rif.

23 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuA­ro­ni enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ri, emngce­le­ni we­li­zwe leE­do­ma, isi­thi:

24 UA­ro­ni uza­bu­the­lwa eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­bo, ngo­ba ka­yi­ku­nge­na eli­zwe­ni engi­li­ni­ke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lig, ngo­ba la­hla­mu­ke­la ili­zwi la­mi ema­nzi­ni eMe­ri­bah.

25 Tha­tha uA­ro­ni loE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na ya­khe, ube­nyu­se­le enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ri,

26 umhlu­bu­le uA­ro­ni ize­mba­tho za­khe, uzi­fa­ke kuE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na ya­khe; ngo­ba uA­ro­ni uza­bu­the­lwa kwa­ba­ki­bo, afe­le la­phoi.

27 UMo­zi­si we­nza nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si. Ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­la enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ri pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enhla­nga­no yo­nke.

28 UMo­zi­si wa­se­mhlu­bu­la uA­ro­ni ize­mba­tho za­khe, wa­zi­fa­ka kuE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na ya­khej. UA­ro­ni wa­se­fe­la la­pho engqo­nge­ni ye­nta­ba. UMo­zi­si loE­le­ya­za­re ba­se­be­se­hla enta­be­nik.

29 La­pho inhla­nga­no yo­nke ibo­na uku­thi uA­ro­ni use­phe­li­le, ba­li­le­la uA­ro­ni insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, indlu yo­nke kaI­sra­ye­lil.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­hla­se­lwa nga­ma­Kha­na­ni

21Kwa­thi inko­si yeA­ra­di, umKha­na­ni, eya­yi­hla­la eni­ngi­zi­mua, isi­zwa uku­thi uI­sra­ye­li uye­za nge­ndle­la ya­ba­hlo­li, ya­lwa ime­le­ne loI­sra­ye­li ya­thu­mba aba­nye ku­bob.

2 UI­sra­ye­li wa­the­mbi­sa isi­the­mbi­so eNko­si­ni wa­thic: Uba uni­ke­la lo­ku­ni­ke­la la­ba­ba­ntu esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, ngi­za­tsha­ba­la­li­sa imi­zi ya­bod.

3 INko­si ya­si­si­zwa ili­zwi li­kaI­sra­ye­li, ya­ni­ke­la ama­Kha­na­ni, wa­wa­tsha­ba­la­li­sa le­mi­zi ya­wo; nga­kho wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo ngo­ku­thi yi­Ho­rma.

Inyo­ka ezi­lo­ku­tshi­sa

4 Ba­se­be­su­ka enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ri, nge­ndle­la yo­Lwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvue uku­ze ba­ce­ze ili­zwe leE­do­ma; lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­ba­ntu wa­di­nwa endle­le­nif.

5 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma be­me­le­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu nja­lo be­me­le­ne lo­Mo­zi­sig ba­thi: La­se­nyu­se­la­ni li­si­khu­pha eGi­bhi­the uku­ze si­fe­le enka­nga­la? Ngo­ba ka­ku­la­si­nkwa nja­lo ka­ku­la­ma­nzih, fu­thi umphe­fu­mu­lo we­thu une­ngwa yi­le­si­si­nkwa esi­lu­lai.

6 INko­si ya­si­thu­ma inyo­ka ezi­lo­ku­tshi­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntuj, za­se­zi­ba­lu­ma aba­ntu, nja­lo kwa­fa aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi koI­sra­ye­lik.

7 Nga­kho aba­ntu be­za ku­Mo­zi­si ba­thil: So­ni­le, ngo­ba si­khu­lu­me si­me­le­ne le­Nko­si nja­lo si­me­le­ne la­wem; khu­le­ka eNko­si­nin uku­ze isu­se izi­nyo­ka ki­thi. UMo­zi­si wa­se­ba­khu­le­ke­la aba­ntuo.

8 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Ze­nze­le inyo­ka elo­mli­lo, uyi­be­ke esi­go­dwe­ni; nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi wo­nke olu­nyi­we­yo, nxa eyi­kha­nge­la, uza­phi­la.

9 UMo­zi­si wa­se­se­nza inyo­ka ye­thu­si, wa­yi­be­ka esi­go­dwe­ni; kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho inyo­ka ilu­me lo­ba ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu, uba ekha­nge­le inyo­ka ye­thu­si, wa­phi­lap.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­bho­da ili­zwe la­ko­Mo­wa­bi

10 Nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­su­ka ba­mi­sa inka­mba eO­bo­thiq.

11 Ba­su­ka eO­bo­thi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eI­ye-A­ba­ri­mi enka­nga­la ema­qo­nda­na la­ko­Mo­wa­bi la­pho oku­phu­ma kho­na ila­ngar.

12 Ba­su­ka la­pho, ba­mi­sa inka­mba esi­go­di­ni se­Ze­re­dis.

13 Ba­su­ka la­pho, ba­mi­sa inka­mba nga­le kweA­ri­no­ni ese­nka­nga­la ephu­ma emi­ngce­le­ni ya­maA­mo­ri; ngo­ba iA­ri­no­ni li­ngu­mngce­le wa­ko­Mo­wa­bi, pha­ka­thi kwe­Mo­wa­bi la­maA­mo­rit.

14 Nga­kho ku­thi­wa egwa­lwe­ni lwe­zi­mpi ze­Nko­si: IWa­he­bi ese­Su­fa, le­zi­fu­la zeA­ri­no­ni,

15 le­li­wa le­zi­fu­la ele­hle­la enda­we­ni yeA­ri, li­se­ke­le umngce­le wa­ko­Mo­wa­biu.

16 Ba­se­be­su­ka la­pho ba­ya eBe­ri; lo ngu­mtho­mbo iNko­si eya­khu­lu­ma nga­wo ku­Mo­zi­si ya­thi: Bu­tha­ni­sa aba­ntu, ngi­za­ba­ni­ka-ke ama­nziv.

17 Kho­na uI­sra­ye­li wa­hla­be­la li­ngo­ma ethi:

Mpo­mpo­za, mtho­mbo! Hla­be­le­la­ni ku­wow,

18 umtho­mbo eza­wu­ge­bha­yo izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, eza­wu­ge­bha­yo izi­khu­lu za­ba­ntu, ngo­mni­ku­mthe­tho, nge­ndo­ndo­lo za­zox.

Ba­se­be­su­ka enka­nga­la ba­ya eMa­tha­na.

19 Be­su­ka eMa­tha­na ba­ya eNa­ha­li­ye­li; be­su­ka eNa­ha­li­ye­li ba­ya eBa­mo­thi;

20 be­su­ka eBa­mo­thi esi­go­di­ni esi­se­mhla­be­ni wa­ko­Mo­wa­bi, engqo­nge­ni ye­Pi­si­ga ekha­nge­le inka­nga­lay.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­nqo­ba uSi­ho­ni loO­gi

21 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri, esi­thiz:

22 Ake ngi­da­bu­le eli­zwe­ni la­kho; ka­si­yi­ku­pha­mbu­ke­la ema­si­mi­ni lo­ba ezi­vi­ni­ni; ka­si­yi­ku­na­tha ama­nzi omtho­mbo; si­za­ha­mba ngo­mgwa­qo we­nko­si, si­ze se­dlu­le imi­ngce­le ya­khoa.

23 Ko­dwa uSi­ho­ni ka­mvu­me­la­nga uI­sra­ye­li uku­da­bu­la umngce­le wa­khe, ko­dwa uSi­ho­ni wa­bu­tha­ni­sa bo­nke aba­ntu ba­khe, wa­phu­ma uku­me­la­na loI­sra­ye­li enka­nga­lab, wa­fi­ka eJa­ha­zi, wa­lwa eme­le­ne loI­sra­ye­lic.

24 UI­sra­ye­li wa­mtsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, wa­ba ngu­mni­ka­zi we­li­zwe la­khe ku­su­ke­la eA­ri­no­ni ku­ze ku­be se­Ja­bo­ki, ku­ze ku­be se­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koA­mo­nid, ngo­ba umngce­le wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni wa­wu­qi­ni­lee.

25 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­tha­tha yo­nke le imi­zi; uI­sra­ye­li wa­se­hla­la emi­zi­ni yo­nke ya­maA­mo­ri, eHe­shi­bo­ni la­yo yo­nke imi­za­na ya­lo.

26 Ngo­ba iHe­shi­bo­ni ya­yi­ngu­mu­zi ka­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri, owa­ye­lwe eme­le­ne le­nko­si ya­ma­ndu­lo ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi, wa­ye­the­the ili­zwe lo­nke la­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­yo, kwa­ze kwa­fi­ka eA­ri­no­ni.

27 Nga­kho aba­se­be­nzi­sa iza­ga ba­thi:

Wo­za­ni eHe­shi­bo­ni! Umu­zi ka­Si­ho­ni ka­wa­khi­we, umi­swef.

28 Ngo­ba umli­lo wa­phu­ma eHe­shi­bo­ni, ila­nga­bi emzi­ni ka­Si­ho­ni, la­qo­thu­la iA­ri lo­Mo­wa­bi, ama­kho­si enda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zeA­ri­no­nig.

29 Ma­ye ku­we, Mo­wa­bih! Se­li­bhu­ji­si­we, ba­ntu ba­ka­Ke­mo­shii! Uni­ke­le ama­do­da­na akhe aba nga­ba­ba­le­ki, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe eku­thu­njwe­ni ku­Si­ho­ni, inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri.

30 Se­si­ba­tsho­ki­le; iHe­shi­bo­ni ibhu­bhi­le ku­ze ku­be se­Di­bo­nij; se­si­ba­chi­thi­le ku­ze ku­be se­No­fa, efi­ka eMe­de­bak.

31 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­hla­la eli­zwe­ni la­maA­mo­ri.

32 UMo­zi­si wa­thu­ma uku­ya­hlo­la iJa­ze­ril; ba­se­be­thu­mba imi­za­na ya­lo, ba­xo­tsha amaA­mo­ri aye­hla­la kho­nam.

33 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­ka, be­nyu­ka nge­ndle­la ye­Ba­sha­ni. UO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni wa­se­phu­ma uku­me­la­na la­bo, ye­na la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nke, empi­ni eE­dre­yin.

34 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Unga­me­sa­bi; ngo­ba ngi­mni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nke, le­li­zwe la­kheo; nja­lo uza­kwe­nza ku­ye nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­kho ku­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri owa­ye­hla­la eHe­shi­bo­nip.

35 Ba­se­be­mtsha­ya, la­ma­do­da­na akhe, la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nke, akwa­ze kwa­sa­la ophi­la­yo ku­ye. Ba­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe la­kheq.

UBa­la­ki lo­Ba­la­mi

22Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­su­kaa, ba­mi­sa inka­mba ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi, nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni, eJe­ri­kob.

2 UBa­la­ki indo­da­na ka­Zi­po­ri wa­se­bo­na ko­nke uI­sra­ye­li aye­kwe­nze ku­maA­mo­ri.

3 UMo­wa­bi wa­se­se­sa­ba ka­khu­lu ubu­so ba­ba­ntu, ngo­ba ba­be­ba­ne­ngic. UMo­wa­bi wa­se­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo nge­nxa ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lid.

4 UMo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi eba­da­le­ni be­Mi­di­ya­nie: Kha­the­si le­li­ba­ndla li­za­kho­tha ko­nke oku­si­ha­nqi­le­yo, nje­nge­nka­bi ikho­tha utsha­ni be­dle­lo. Nja­lo uBa­la­ki indo­da­na ka­Zi­po­ri wa­ye­yi­nko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi nga­le­so­si­kha­thi.

5 Wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Ba­la­mi indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­rif ePe­tho­rig eli­se­du­ze lo­mfu­la we­li­zwe la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu ba­khe, uku­mbi­za, esi­thi: Kha­nge­la, aba­ntu ba­phu­mi­le eGi­bhi­the. Kha­nge­la, ba­si­be­ke­le ubu­so bo­mhla­ba, fu­thi se­be­hla­la ma­qo­nda­na la­mi.

6 Kha­the­si-ke, ake uze, ngi­qa­le­ki­se­la la­ba­ba­ntuh, ngo­ba ba­la­ma­ndla ku­la­mi; mhla­wu­mbe ngi­nga­ba la­ma­ndla oku­thi si­ba­tsha­ye, lo­ku­thi ngi­ba­xo­tshe eli­zwe­ni, ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­thi lo­wo ombu­si­sa­yo ubu­si­si­we, la­lo­wo omqa­le­ki­sa­yo uqa­le­ki­si­we.

7 Aba­da­la be­Mo­wa­bi la­ba­da­la be­Mi­di­ya­ni ba­se­be­ha­mba be­le­mba­da­lo yo­ku­vu­mi­sa esa­ndle­ni sa­bo; ba­fi­ka ku­Ba­la­mi, ba­khu­lu­ma ku­ye ama­zwi ka­Ba­la­kii.

8 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: La­la­ni la­pha lo­bu­bu­su­ku, nja­lo ngi­za­li­le­the­la ili­zwi, nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si eza­ku­tsho ki­mij. Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Mo­wa­bi za­se­zi­hla­la lo­Ba­la­mi.

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­fi­ka ku­Ba­la­mi, wa­thi: Ngo­ba­ni la­ma­do­da ala­we?k

10 UBa­la­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: UBa­la­ki, indo­da­na ka­Zi­po­ri, inko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi, ungi­thu­me­le esi­thi:

11 Kha­nge­la, aba­ntu ba­phu­mi­le eGi­bhi­the ba­si­be­ke­le ubu­so bo­mhla­ba; wo­za kha­the­si, ungi­qa­le­ki­se­le bo­na; mhla­wu­mbe ngi­nga­ba la­ma­ndla oku­lwa la­bo, ngi­ba­xo­tshe.

12 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: Unga­ha­mbi la­bo; unga­ba­qa­le­ki­si la­bo­ba­ntu, ngo­ba ba­bu­si­si­wel.

13 UBa­la­mi wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni, wa­thi ku­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ka­Ba­la­ki: Ya­ni­ni eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni, ngo­ba iNko­si iya­la uku­ngi­vu­me­la uku­ha­mba la­ni.

14 Nga­kho izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Mo­wa­bi za­su­ku­ma, za­ya ku­Ba­la­ki, za­thi: UBa­la­mi uya­la uku­ha­mba la­thi.

15 UBa­la­ki wa­se­bu­ya wa­thu­ma nja­lo izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, ezi­ne­ngi ezi­du­mi­le­yo ku­la­le­zo.

16 Za­se­zi­fi­ka ku­Ba­la­mi za­thi ku­ye: Utsho nja­lo uBa­la­ki indo­da­na ka­Zi­po­ri uthi: Ake unga­vi­njwa yi­lu­tho uku­za ki­mi.

17 Ngo­ba ngi­za­ku­hlo­ni­pha lo­ku­ku­hlo­ni­pha ka­khu­lu, la­kho ko­nke ongi­tshe­la kho­na ngi­za­kwe­nza. Nga­kho ake uze, ngi­qa­le­ki­se­la la­ba­ba­ntum.

18 Ko­dwa uBa­la­mi wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ence­kwi­ni zi­ka­Ba­la­ki: Uba uBa­la­ki ebe­za­ngi­pha indlu ya­khe igcwe­le isi­li­va le­go­li­den, be­ngi­nga­yi­kwe­qa umla­yo we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi ukwe­nza oku­khu­lu ku­mbe oku­nci­nya­neo.

19 Kha­the­si-ke, ake li­hla­le la­pha la­ni lo­bu­bu­su­ku, uku­ze nga­zi uku­thi iNko­si iza­ku­thi­ni ki­mi fu­thip.

20 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­za ku­Ba­la­mi ebu­su­ku wa­thi ku­ye: Uba ama­do­da efi­ka uku­ku­bi­za, su­ku­ma uha­mbe la­woq; ko­dwa ku­phe­la le­lo­li­zwi engi­za­li­khu­lu­ma ku­we, lo­na uza­le­nzar.

21 UBa­la­mi wa­se­su­ku­ma eku­se­ni, wa­bo­phe­la isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi wa­khes, wa­ha­mba le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Mo­wa­bi.

22 Ula­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lwa­vu­tha ngo­ba wa­ha­mba; ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­ya­ku­ma endle­le­ni uku­ba yi­si­tha esi­me­la­ne la­yet. Nja­lo wa­ye­ga­de uba­bhe­mi­ka­zi wa­khe, le­nce­ku za­khe ezi­mbi­li zi­la­ye.

23 Uba­bhe­mi wa­se­yi­bo­na ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si imi endle­le­ni, le­nke­mba ehwa­tshi­we­yo ise­sa­ndle­ni sa­yo; lo­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi wa­pha­mbu­ka endle­le­ni, wa­nge­na ensi­mi­ni. UBa­la­mi wa­se­mtsha­ya uba­bhe­mi uku­mphe­ndu­le­la endle­le­ni.

24 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­si­ma endle­le­ni emi­nye­ne­yo ye­zi­vi­ni, umdu­li nga­pha lo­mdu­li nga­pha.

25 La­pho uba­bhe­mi­ka­zi ebo­na ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si wa­zi­ba­nde­ze­la emdu­li­ni, wa­ba­nde­ze­la unya­wo lu­ka­Ba­la­mi emdu­li­ni; wa­se­mtsha­ya fu­thi.

26 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­qhu­be­ka, ye­ma enda­we­ni emi­nye­ne­yo, la­pho okwa­ku­nge­la­ndle­la yo­ku­phe­ndu­ke­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne ku­mbe nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo.

27 La­pho uba­bhe­mi­ka­zi ebo­na ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si, wa­la­la nga­pha­nsi ku­ka­Ba­la­mi. Ula­ka lu­ka­Ba­la­mi lwa­se­lu­vu­tha, wa­se­mtsha­ya uba­bhe­mi nge­ndu­ku.

28 INko­si ya­si­vu­la umlo­mo ka­ba­bhe­mi­ka­ziu, wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: Nge­nze­ni ku­we uku­thi ungi­tsha­ye okwa­le­zi­zi­kha­thi ezi­nta­thu?v

29 UBa­la­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi: Ngo­ba unge­nze inhle­ki­sa. Ku­nga­thi nga­be ku­le­nke­mba esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, ngo­ba be­ngi­za­ku­bu­la­la kha­the­si.

30 Uba­bhe­mi­ka­zi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: Angi­su­ye yi­ni uba­bhe­mi wa­kho omga­de ku­su­ke­la ngi­se­ngo­wa­kho ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla? Nga­ke nge­jwa­ye­la ukwe­nza ka­nje ku­we yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ha­tshi.

31 INko­si ya­si­vu­la ame­hlo ka­Ba­la­miw, wa­se­bo­na ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si imi endle­le­ni, le­nke­mba ya­yo ihwa­tshi­we ise­sa­ndle­ni sa­yo; wa­kho­tha­ma wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­khe pha­nsix.

32 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Umtsha­ye­le­ni uba­bhe­mi­ka­zi wa­kho okwa­le­zi­zi­kha­thi ezi­nta­thu?y Kha­nge­la, mi­na ngi­phu­mi­le uku­me­la­na la­we, ngo­ba indle­la ya­kho ipha­mbu­ki­le ki­miz;

33 nja­lo uba­bhe­mi­ka­zi wa­ngi­bo­na, wa­pha­mbu­ka pha­mbi kwa­mi le­zi­zi­kha­thi ezi­nta­thua. Nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi epha­mbu­ki­le pha­mbi kwa­mi, nge­qi­ni­so kha­the­si nga­be ngi­ku­bu­le­le la­we, nga­mgci­na ye­na ephi­la.

34 UBa­la­mi wa­se­si­thi engi­lo­si­ni ye­Nko­si: Ngo­ni­leb, ngo­ba be­ngi­nga­zi uku­thi umi endle­le­ni uku­me­la­na la­mi. Nga­kho-ke uba ku­ku­bi eme­hlwe­ni akho, ngi­za­bu­ye­la fu­thi.

35 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: Ha­mba la­la­wo­ma­do­da; ko­dwa ku­phe­la ili­zwi engi­za­li­khu­lu­ma ku­we, yi­lo oza­li­khu­lu­mac. UBa­la­mi wa­se­ha­mba le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ka­Ba­la­ki.

36 UBa­la­ki ese­zwi­le uku­thi uBa­la­mi uye­za, wa­phu­ma uku­ya­mhla­nga­be­za emzi­ni wa­ko­Mo­wa­bi, ose­mngce­le­ni weA­ri­no­nid, ose­ku­ci­ne­ni ko­mngce­le.

37 UBa­la­ki wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: Ka­ngi­thu­ma­nga yi­ni lo­ku­thu­ma ku­we uku­ku­bi­za? Ku­nga­ni unga­fi­ka­nga ki­mi? Isi­bi­li ka­ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­ku­ni­ka udu­mo yi­ni?e

38 UBa­la­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­ki: Kha­nge­la, ngi­fi­ki­le ku­we. Kha­the­si ngi­la­ma­ndla isi­bi­li oku­khu­lu­ma lo­ba yi­ni na? Ili­zwi uNku­lu­nku­lu ali­fa­ka emlo­nye­ni wa­mi, yi­lo engi­za­li­khu­lu­maf.

39 UBa­la­mi wa­se­ha­mba lo­Ba­la­ki, ba­se­be­fi­ka eKi­ri­ya­thi-Hu­zo­thi.

40 UBa­la­ki wa­se­hla­ba izi­nka­bi le­zi­mvu, wa­thu­me­la ku­Ba­la­mi la­ku­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla eza­zi­la­ye.

41 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­se­ni uBa­la­ki wa­mtha­tha uBa­la­mi, wa­me­nyu­se­la enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zi­ka­Bha­lig, uku­thi abo­ne ela­pho uku­ci­na kwa­ba­ntu.

23UBa­la­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­ki: Nga­khe­la la­pha ama­la­thi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ungi­lu­ngi­se­le la­pha ama­jo­ngo­si ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saa.

2 UBa­la­ki we­nza nje­ngo­ku­tsho ku­ka­Ba­la­mi; uBa­la­ki lo­Ba­la­mi ba­se­be­ni­ke­la kule­lo la­le­lo ila­thi ijo­ngo­si le­nqa­mab.

3 UBa­la­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­ki: Ma­na emni­ke­lwe­ni wa­kho wo­ku­tshi­swac, ngi­za­ha­mba mi­na; mhla­wu­mbe iNko­si iza­fi­ka uku­ngi­hla­nga­be­za; le­nto eza­ngi­tshe­ngi­sa yo­na ngi­za­ku­tshe­lad. Wa­se­si­ya enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo.

4 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­hla­nga­na lo­Ba­la­mie; wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Se­ngi­lu­ngi­se ama­la­thi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, nga­ni­ke­la kule­lo la­le­lo ila­thi ijo­ngo­si le­nqa­ma.

5 INko­si ya­si­fa­ka ili­zwi emlo­nye­ni ka­Ba­la­mi, ya­thi: Bu­ye­la ku­Ba­la­ki, ukhu­lu­me ka­njef.

6 Wa­se­bu­ye­la ku­ye, kha­nge­la-ke, wa­ye­mi emni­ke­lwe­ni wa­khe wo­ku­tshi­swa, ye­na la­zo zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Mo­wa­bi.

7 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa umze­ke­li­so wa­khe, wa­thi:

UBa­la­ki, inko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi, ungi­la­ndi­le eSi­ri­ya1, ezi­nta­be­ni ze­mpu­ma­la­nga wa­thig: Wo­za, ungi­qa­le­ki­se­le uJa­ko­beh, wo­za, umthu­ke uI­sra­ye­lii.

8 Ngi­nga­mqa­le­ki­sa nja­nij uNku­lu­nku­lu angamqa­le­ki­si­yo?k Ku­mbe ngi­nga­mthu­ka nja­ni iNko­si engamthu­ka­nga?

9 Ngo­ba ngi­se­ngqo­nge­ni ya­ma­dwa­la ngi­ya­mbo­na, ngi­se­ma­qa­qe­ni ngi­ya­mkha­nge­la. Kha­nge­la, aba­ntu ba­za­hla­la bo­dwal, ka­ba­yi­ku­ba­le­lwa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwem.

10 Ngu­ba­ni onga­ba­la uthu­li lu­ka­Ja­ko­ben, le­na­ni le­ngxe­nye ye­si­ne kaI­sra­ye­li? Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ka­wu­fe uku­fa kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yoo, lo­ku­phe­la kwa­mi ku­be nje­ngo­kwa­khe!

11 UBa­la­ki wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: We­nze­ni ki­mi? Ngi­ku­the­the uku­ze uqa­le­ki­se izi­tha za­mi, ko­dwa kha­nge­la, uzi­bu­si­si­le lo­kuzi­bu­si­sap.

12 Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Lo­kho iNko­si eku­fa­ka emlo­nye­ni wa­mi, ka­ku­me­la­nga ngi­qa­phe­le yi­ni uku­ku­khu­lu­ma?q

13 UBa­la­ki wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ake uze la­mi si­ye kwe­nye inda­wo la­pho oza­ba­bo­na kho­na; uza­bo­na uku­ci­na kwa­bo ku­phe­la, unga­bo­ni bo­nke; nja­lo ungi­qa­le­ki­se­le bo­na ula­pho.

14 Nja­lo wa­mtha­tha wa­mu­sa ensi­mi­ni ye­Zo­fi­mu, engqo­nge­ni ye­Pi­si­ga; wa­kha ama­la­thi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, wa­ni­ke­la ijo­ngo­si le­nqa­ma phe­zu kwale­lo la­le­lo ila­thir.

15 Wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­ki: Ma­na la­pha emni­ke­lwe­ni wa­kho wo­ku­tshi­swa, nja­lo mi­na ngi­za­hla­nga­na la­yo la­pha­ya­nas.

16 INko­si ya­si­hla­nga­na lo­Ba­la­mi, ya­fa­ka ili­zwi emlo­nye­ni wa­khet, ya­thi: Bu­ye­la ku­Ba­la­ki, ukhu­lu­me ka­nje.

17 Ese­fi­ki­le ku­ye, kha­nge­la-ke we­ma emni­ke­lwe­ni wa­khe wo­ku­tshi­swa le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Mo­wa­bi zi­la­ye. UBa­la­ki wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: INko­si ithe­ni?

18 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa umfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe wa­thi:

Su­ku­ma, Ba­la­ki, uzwe, ube­ke indle­be, ndo­da­na ka­Zi­po­ri.

19 UNku­lu­nku­lu ka­su­mu­ntu uku­thi aqa­mbe ama­ngau, lo­ba indo­da­na yo­mu­ntu uku­thi azi­so­le. Utshi­lo, ka­nti ka­yi­ku­kwe­nza? Ku­mbe ukhu­lu­mi­le, ka­nti ka­yi­ku­ku­qi­ni­sa?

20 Kha­nge­la, nge­mu­ke­le uku­thi ngi­bu­si­se; ye­bo, ubu­si­si­le, nja­lo ngi­nge­ke ngi­ku­gu­qu­lev.

21 Ka­kha­nge­la­nga ubu­bi ku­Ja­ko­be, ka­bo­na­nga isi­pha­mbe­ko kuI­sra­ye­liw. INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ila­ye, le­si­me­me­ze­lo se­nko­si si­pha­ka­thi kwa­khex.

22 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­khu­pha eGi­bhi­they, ulo­ku­nje­nga­ma­ndlaz enya­thia.

23 Isi­bi­li ka­ku­la­mli­ngo onga­me­la­na lo­Ja­ko­be, lo­ba uku­vu­mi­sa oku­nga­me­la­na loI­sra­ye­lib. Nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ku­za­tshi­wo ngo­Ja­ko­be la­ngoI­sra­ye­li uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu akwe­nzi­le­yoc!

24 Kha­nge­la, aba­ntu ba­za­su­ku­ma nje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­si­ka­zid, ba­zi­su­ku­mi­se nje­nge­si­lwa­nee; ka­ba­la­li ba­ze ba­dle impa­ngo, nja­lo ba­na­the iga­zi la­ba­bu­le­we­yof.

25 UBa­la­ki wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: Fu­thi unga­ba­qa­le­ki­si lo­ku­ba­qa­le­ki­sa, nja­lo unga­ba­bu­si­si lo­ku­ba­bu­si­sa.

26 Ko­dwa uBa­la­mi wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­Ba­la­ki: Ka­ngi­ku­tshe­la­nga yi­ni ngi­si­thi: Ko­nke iNko­si eku­tsho­yo, lo­kho ngi­za­kwe­nza?g

27 UBa­la­ki wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: Ake uze, ngi­za­ku­sa kwe­nye inda­woh; mhla­wu­mbe ku­nga­qo­nda eme­hlwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi ungi­qa­le­ki­se­le bo­na ula­pho.

28 UBa­la­ki wa­mtha­tha wa­mu­sa uBa­la­mi engqo­nge­ni ye­Pe­yo­rii ekha­nge­le nga­se­nka­nga­laj.

29 UBa­la­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­ki: Nga­khe­la la­pha ama­la­thi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ungi­lu­ngi­se­le la­pha ama­jo­ngo­si ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sak.

30 UBa­la­ki wa­se­se­nza nje­ngo­ku­tsho ku­ka­Ba­la­mi, wa­ni­ke­la ijo­ngo­si le­nqa­ma kule­lo la­le­lo ila­thil.

24UBa­la­mi ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uku­bu­si­sa uI­sra­ye­li, ka­ha­mba­nga nje­nge­zi­nye izi­kha­thi uku­ya­di­nga imi­li­ngoa; ko­dwa wa­kha­nge­li­sa ubu­so ba­khe enka­nga­la.

2 Kwa­thi uBa­la­mi epha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe, wa­bo­na uI­sra­ye­li ehle­zi ngo­kwe­zi­zwe za­kheb, lo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba phe­zu kwa­khec.

3 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa umfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe wa­thi: UBa­la­mi indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­rid uthi, le­ndo­da oli­hlo la­yo li­vu­le­ki­le ithi,

4 uthi ozwa­yo ama­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, obo­na­yo umbo­no ka­So­ma­ndla, esi­wa, nja­lo kwe­mbu­lwe ame­hloe.

5 Ma­hle ka­nga­ka­na­ni ama­the­nte akho, Ja­ko­be, ama­kha­ya akho, Isra­ye­li!

6 Nje­nge­zi­go­di zi­sa­ba­le­le, nje­nge­zi­va­nde nga­se­mfu­le­ni, nje­nge­zi­nhla­baf iNko­si ezi­hla­nye­le­yo, nje­nge­zi­hla­hla ze­mi­se­da­ri nga­se­ma­nzi­nig!

7 Ama­nzi aza­ge­le­za eve­la embi­ze­ni za­khe, le­nhla­nye­lo ya­khe iza­ku­ba se­ma­nzi­ni ama­ne­ngih, le­nko­si ya­khe iza­ku­ba nku­lu ku­loA­ga­gii, lo­mbu­so wa­khe uza­pha­ka­maj.

8 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mkhu­pha eGi­bhi­the, ulo­ku­nje­nga­ma­ndla enya­thik, uza­ku­dla izi­zwe, izi­tha za­khel, nja­lo uza­kwe­phu­la ama­tha­mbo azom, nja­lo azi­tsho­ke nge­mi­tsho­ko ya­khen.

9 Wa­qu­tha, wa­la­la pha­nsi nje­nge­si­lwa­ne, la­nje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­si­ka­zi; ngu­ba­ni oza­mvu­sa?o Oku­bu­si­sa­yo abu­si­swe, lo­ku­qa­le­ki­sa­yo aqa­le­ki­swe!p

10 Nja­lo ula­ka lu­ka­Ba­la­ki lwa­vu­the­la uBa­la­mi, wa­tsha­ya iza­ndla za­kheq, uBa­la­ki wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­mi: Ngi­ku­bi­ze uku­ze uqa­le­ki­se izi­tha za­mi, ko­dwa kha­nge­la, uzi­bu­si­si­le lo­ku­zi­bu­si­sar okwa­le­zi­zi­kha­thi ezi­nta­thu.

11 Kha­the­si-ke zi­ba­le­ke­le uye enda­we­ni ya­kho. Be­ngi­the ngi­za­ku­hlo­ni­pha ngo­du­mo, ko­dwa kha­nge­la, iNko­si iku­vi­mbi­le ku­du­mos.

12 UBa­la­mi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­la­ki: Ka­ngi­khu­lu­ma­nga yi­ni la­ku­zi­thu­nywa obu­zi­thu­me ki­mi ngi­si­thi:

13 Uba uBa­la­ki ebe­za­ngi­pha indlu ya­khe igcwe­le isi­li­va le­go­li­de, be­ngi­nga­yi­kwe­qa umla­yo we­Nko­sit, ukwe­nza oku­hle ku­mbe oku­bi okwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi; lo­kho iNko­si eku­tsho­yo yi­lo­kho engi­za­ku­khu­lu­ma?u

14 Kha­the­si-ke, kha­nge­la, ngi­ya eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­thi; wo­za ngi­ku­ce­bi­se uku­thi la­ba­ba­ntu ba­za­kwe­nza­ni eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­niv ensu­kwi­ni zo­ku­ci­naw.

15 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa umfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe wa­thix:

UBa­la­mi indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­riy uthi, le­ndo­da ela­me­hlo avu­le­ki­le­yo ithi,

16 uthi ozwa­yo ama­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz, lo­wa­zi ulwa­zi lo­Phe­zu­ko­nke, obo­na­yo umbo­no ka­So­ma­ndla, esi­wa, nja­lo ku­vu­le­ke ame­hlo.

17 Ngi­za­mbo­na, ko­dwa ha­tshi kha­the­sia, ngi­za­mkha­nge­la, ko­dwa ku­nge­se­du­zeb; ku­za­ve­lac inka­nye­zi ku­Ja­ko­bed, le­nto­nga yo­bu­kho­si iza­vu­ka koI­sra­ye­lie, itsha­ye ama­gu­mbi ako­Mo­wa­bi, nja­lo ichi­the bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­She­thi.

18 Nja­lo uE­do­ma uza­ku­ba yi­mfu­yof, lo­Se­yi­ri abe yi­mfu­yo ye­zi­tha za­kheg, ko­dwa uI­sra­ye­li uza­kwe­nza ngo­bu­qha­weh,

19 ku­za­ve­la-ke ko­Ja­ko­be umbu­si, nja­lo uza­bhu­bhi­sa ose­le­yo emzi­ni.

20 Ese­bo­ne uA­ma­le­ki, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa umfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe wa­thi:

UA­ma­le­ki wa­ye­ngo­wo­ku­qa­la we­zi­zwe, ko­dwa uku­ci­na kwa­khe ku­yi­ku­bhu­bha oku­phe­le­le­yo.

21 Ese­bo­ne ama­Ke­ni, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa umfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe wa­thi:

Iqi­ni­le indlu ya­kho, isi­dle­ke sa­kho usi­mi­se edwa­le­ni.

22 Ka­nti-ke uKha­yi­ni uza­chi­thwa, aze aku­thu­mbe uA­shu­ri.

23 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa umfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe wa­thi: Ma­ye, ngu­ba­ni oza­phi­la nxa uNku­lu­nku­lu ese­nza lo­khu?

24 Imi­khu­mbi iza­ve­la ekhu­nji­ni lwe­Ki­ti­mii, ihlu­phe uA­shu­ri, ihlu­phe uE­be­rij; nja­lo la­ye uza­bhu­bha okwe­si­kha­thi so­nkek.

25 UBa­la­mi wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba wa­bu­ye­la enda­we­ni ya­khe; lo­Ba­la­ki la­ye wa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ya­khel.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­du­mi­sa uBha­li-Pe­yo­ri

25UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­hla­la eShi­thi­mia. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­qa­la uku­phi­nga la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ako­Mo­wa­bib.

2 Ase­ba­bi­ze­lac aba­ntu emi­hla­tshe­lwe­ni ya­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­wod, la­ba­ntu ba­dla, ba­kho­tha­me­la onku­lu­nku­lu ba­wo.

3 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­zi­hla­nga­ni­sae lo­Bha­li-Pe­yo­rif; lo­la­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­mvu­the­la uI­sra­ye­li.

4 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Tha­tha zo­nke inhlo­ko za­ba­ntug, uzi­pha­nye­ke pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ma­qo­nda­na le­la­nga, uku­ze ula­ka lwe­Nko­si olu­vu­tha­yo lu­bu­ye lu­su­ke koI­sra­ye­lih.

5 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­hlu­le­li ba­koI­sra­ye­lii: Bu­la­la­ni, ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ama­do­da akhej aba­be­zi­hla­nga­ni­se lo­Bha­li-Pe­yo­rik.

6 Kha­nge­la-ke, umu­ntu wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li we­za wa­le­tha ku­ba­fo­wa­bo umMi­di­ya­ni­ka­zi pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ka­Mo­zi­si la­pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, be­sa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­nol.

7 Kwa­thi uPhi­ne­ha­sim, indo­da­na kaE­le­ya­za­ren, indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti, eku­bo­na, wa­su­ku­ma ephu­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­nhla­nga­no, wa­tha­tha umkho­nto esa­ndle­ni sa­khe,

8 wa­se­yi­la­nde­la indo­da ya­koI­sra­ye­li ethe­nte­ni, wa­ba­gwa­za bo­ba­bi­li, indo­da ya­koI­sra­ye­li lo­we­si­fa­za­na esi­swi­ni sa­khe. Ya­si­mi­swa inhlu­phe­ko ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lio.

9 La­la­bo aba­fa­yo nge­nhlu­phe­ko ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nep.

10 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

11 UPhi­ne­ha­si, indo­da­na kaE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti, uphe­ndu­le ula­ka lwa­mi lu­su­ka eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­liq, ngo­ba wa­ye­lo­bu­khwe­le ngo­bu­khwe­le ba­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­bo; nga­kho ka­ngi­ba­qo­thu­la­nga aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ngo­bu­khwe­le ba­mir.

12 Nga­kho utsho: Kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­mni­ka isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi so­ku­thu­las.

13 Nja­lo uza­ku­ba la­so, le­nza­lo ya­khe emva kwa­khet, isi­vu­me­lwa­no so­bu­pri­sti obu­la­pha­ka­deu, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi elo­bu­khwe­le ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, wa­be­nze­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la.

14 Le­bi­zo le­ndo­da ya­koI­sra­ye­li eya­tsha­ywa­yo, eya­tsha­ywa ka­nye lo­mMi­di­ya­ni­ka­zi, la­li­ngu­Zi­mri indo­da­na ka­Sa­lu, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­ndlu ka­yi­se pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni.

15 Ibi­zo lo­we­si­fa­za­na owa­tsha­ywa­yo, umMi­di­ya­ni­ka­zi, la­li­ngu­Ko­zi­bi indo­da­ka­zi ka­Zu­riv, owa­ye­yi­nhlo­ko ye­si­zwe se­ndlu ka­yi­se eMi­di­ya­ni.

16 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

17 Hlu­pha­ni ama­Mi­di­ya­ni, li­wa­tsha­yew;

18 ngo­ba ali­phe­the nje­nge­zi­tha ngo­bu­qi­li ba­wox, ali­kho­hli­sa ngo­da­ba lu­ka­Pe­yo­riy la­ngo­da­ba lu­ka­Ko­zi­bi, indo­da­ka­zi ye­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­Mi­di­ya­ni, uda­de­wa­bo, owa­tsha­ywa ngo­su­ku lwe­nhlu­phe­ko nge­nxa yo­da­ba lu­ka­Pe­yo­riz.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ba­lwa eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi

26Kwa­thi emva kwe­nhlu­phe­ko iNko­si ya­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti, isi­thi:

2 Tha­tha­ni ina­ni lo­nke le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lia, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lu, nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, bo­nke abanga­phu­ma uku­ya empi­ni koI­sra­ye­lib.

3 UMo­zi­si loE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma la­bo ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bic, eJo­da­ni eJe­ri­ko, be­si­thi:

4 Ba­ba­le ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­lud, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lie aba­phu­ma eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the.

5 URu­be­ni, izi­bu­lo li­kaI­sra­ye­li. Ama­do­da­na ka­Ru­be­ni: UHa­no­ki, okwa­ve­la ku­ye use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ha­no­ki; ko­Pa­lu, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Pa­lu;

6 ko­He­zi­ro­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­He­zi­ro­ni; ko­Ka­ri­mi, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ka­ri­mif.

7 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni; la­la­bo aba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thug.

8 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Pa­lu; uE­li­ya­bi.

9 La­ma­do­da­na kaE­li­ya­bi; oNe­mu­we­li lo­Da­tha­ni loA­bi­ra­mu. Yi­bo oDa­tha­ni loA­bi­ra­mu, aba­bi­zwa yi­nhla­nga­noh, aba­phi­ki­sa­na lo­Mo­zi­si loA­ro­nii, eqe­nji­ni li­ka­Ko­ra, la­pho be­phi­ki­sa­na le­Nko­sij.

10 Lo­mhla­ba wa­vu­la umlo­mo wa­wo, wa­ba­gi­nya lo­Ko­ra eku­fe­ni kwa­le­lo­qe­mbuk, la­pho umli­lo wa­qo­thu­la ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu; ase­si­ba yi­si­bo­ne­lol.

11 Ko­dwa aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Ko­ra ka­ba­fa­ngam.

12 Ama­do­da­na ka­Si­me­yo­ni nge­nse­ndo za­won: Ko­Ne­mu­we­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ne­mu­we­li; ko­Ja­mi­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ja­mi­ni; ko­Ja­ki­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ja­ki­ni;

13 ko­Ze­ra, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ze­ra; ko­Sha­wu­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Sha­wu­li.

14 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni; izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­lio.

15 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ga­di nge­nse­ndo za­wop: Ko­Ze­fo­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ze­fo­ni; ko­Ha­gi, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ha­gi; ko­Shu­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Shu­ni;

16 koO­zi­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­koO­zi­ni; koE­ri, use­ndo lwa­ba­koE­ri;

17 koA­ro­di, use­ndo lwa­ba­koA­ro­di; koA­re­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­koA­re­li.

18 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na ka­Ga­di, nje­nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nuq.

19 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ju­dar aye­ngoE­ri loO­na­ni; oE­ri loO­na­ni ba­se­be­fe­la eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

20 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ju­da nge­nse­ndo za­wo yi­la: Ko­She­la, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­She­la; ko­Pe­re­zi, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Pe­re­zi; ko­Ze­ra, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ze­ra.

21 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Pe­re­zi yi­la: Ko­He­zi­ro­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­He­zi­ro­ni; ko­Ha­mu­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ha­mu­li.

22 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo zi­ka­Ju­da, nje­nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nus.

23 Ama­do­da­na kaI­sa­ka­ri nge­nse­ndo za­wot: Ko­Tho­la, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Tho­la; ko­Phu­wa, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Phu­wa;

24 ko­Ja­shu­bi, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ja­shu­bi; ko­Shi­mro­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Shi­mro­ni.

25 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo zi­kaI­sa­ka­ri, nje­nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thuu.

26 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ze­bu­lu­ni nge­nse­ndo za­wov: Ko­Se­re­di, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Se­re­di; koE­lo­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­koE­lo­ni; ko­Ja­le­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ja­le­li.

27 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ba­ko­Ze­bu­lo­ni, nje­nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nuw.

28 Ama­do­da­na ka­Jo­se­fax nge­nse­ndo za­wo aye­ngo­Ma­na­se loE­fra­yi­mi.

29 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ma­na­se: Ko­Ma­ki­ri, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ma­ki­riy; uMa­ki­ri wa­se­za­la uGi­le­ya­di; ko­Gi­le­ya­di, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Gi­le­ya­di.

30 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Gi­le­ya­di: KoI­ye­ze­ri, use­ndo lwa­ba­koI­ye­ze­ri; ko­He­le­ki, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­He­le­ki;

31 lakoA­si­ri­ye­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­koA­si­ri­ye­li; lako­She­ke­ma, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­She­ke­ma;

32 lako­She­mi­da, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­She­mi­da; lako­He­fe­ri, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­He­fe­ri.

33 Nja­lo uZe­lo­fe­ha­di indo­da­na ka­He­fe­riz wa­ye­nge­la­ma­do­da­na, ko­dwa ama­do­da­ka­zi. La­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­lo­fe­ha­di aye­ngo­Ma­hla, lo­No­wa, uHo­gi­la, uMi­lka, lo­Ti­ri­za.

34 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo zi­ka­Ma­na­se, la­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­saa.

35 La nga­ma­do­da­na kaE­fra­yi­mi nge­nse­ndo za­wo: Ko­Shu­the­la, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Shu­the­la; ko­Be­ke­ri, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Be­ke­ri; ko­Ta­ha­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ta­ha­ni.

36 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Shu­the­la: KoE­ra­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­koE­ra­ni.

37 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na kaE­fra­yi­mi, nje­nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nub. La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa nge­nse­ndo za­wo.

38 Ama­do­da­na ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni nge­nse­ndo za­woc: Ko­Bhe­la, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Bhe­la; koA­shi­be­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­koA­shi­be­li; koA­hi­ra­mu, use­ndo lwa­ba­koA­hi­ra­mu;

39 ko­She­fu­fa­mu, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­She­fu­fa­mu; ko­Hu­fa­mu, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Hu­fa­mu.

40 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Bhe­la aye­nguA­ri­di lo­Na­ma­ni: KoA­ri­di, use­ndo lwa­ba­koA­ri­di; ko­Na­ma­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Na­ma­ni.

41 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni nge­nse­ndo za­wo; la­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­phad.

42 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­ni nge­nse­ndo za­woe: Ko­Shu­ha­mu, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Shu­ha­mu. Le­zi zi­nse­ndo zi­ka­Da­ni nge­nse­ndo za­zo.

43 Zo­nke inse­ndo za­ba­ko­Shu­ha­mu, nje­nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne.

44 Ama­do­da­na kaA­she­ri nge­nse­ndo za­wof: Ko­Ji­mna, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ji­mna; koI­shi­vi, use­ndo lwa­ba­koI­shi­vi; ko­Be­ri­ya, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Be­ri­ya.

45 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Be­ri­ya: Ko­He­be­ri, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­He­be­ri; ko­Ma­li­ki­ye­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ma­li­ki­ye­li.

46 Le­bi­zo le­ndo­da­ka­zi kaA­she­ri la­li­ngu­Se­ra.

47 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na kaA­she­ri, nje­nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo; inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­neg.

48 Ama­do­da­na ka­Na­fi­tha­li nge­nse­ndo za­woh: Ko­Ja­ze­li, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ja­ze­li; ko­Gu­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Gu­ni;

49 ko­Je­ze­ri, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Je­ze­ri; ko­Shi­le­ma, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Shi­le­ma.

50 Le­zi zi­nse­ndo zi­ka­Na­fi­tha­li nge­nse­ndo za­zo; la­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu la­ma­khu­lu ama­nei.

51 La­ba nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­nye la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thuj.

Ili­zwe le­hlu­ka­ni­swa nge­nka­tho

52 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

53 Ku­la­ba ili­zwe li­za­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa li­be yi­li­fa nje­nge­na­ni la­ma­bi­zok.

54 Kwa­ba­ne­ngi uza­kwe­nge­za ili­fa la­bo, la­kwa­ba­lu­tshwa­na uza­nci­phi­sa ili­fa la­bo; ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uza­ni­kwa ili­fa la­khe nje­nga­ba­ba­li­we­yo ba­khe.

55 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ili­zwe li­za­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa nge­nka­tho; ngo­kwa­ma­bi­zo ezi­zwe za­bo­yi­se ba­za­li­dla ili­fal.

56 Ngo­kwe­nka­tho ili­fa la­lo li­za­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ne­ngi la­ba­lu­tshwa­na.

Isi­zwe sa­ko­Le­vi

57 La­la­ba nga­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­ma­Le­vi nge­nse­ndo za­wom; ko­Ge­ri­sho­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ge­ri­sho­ni; ko­Ko­ha­thi, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ko­ha­thi; ko­Me­ra­ri, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Me­ra­ri.

58 La­ba zi­nse­ndo za­ba­ko­Le­vi; use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Li­bi­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­He­bro­ni, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ma­hli, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Mu­shi, use­ndo lwa­ba­ko­Ko­ra. UKo­ha­thi wa­se­za­la uA­mra­mu.

59 Le­bi­zo lo­mkaA­mra­mu la­li­ngu­Jo­ke­be­di, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Le­vin, uni­na owa­mza­le­la uLe­vi eGi­bhi­the; nja­lo wa­mza­le­la uA­mra­mu oA­ro­ni lo­Mo­zi­si lo­Mi­ri­ya­mu uda­de­wa­bo.

60 UA­ro­ni wa­za­le­lwa uNa­da­bi loA­bi­hu, uE­le­ya­za­re loI­tha­ma­rio.

61 Ko­dwa uNa­da­bi loA­bi­hu ba­fa la­pho ba­ni­ke­la umli­lo onge­jwa­ye­le­ka­nga pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sip.

62 La­ba­ba­lwa­yo ba­bo ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu, bo­nke abe­si­li­sa ku­su­ke­la ko­le­nya­nga ku­si­ya phe­zu­luq; ngo­ba ba­be­nga­ba­le­lwa­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lir, ngo­ba ba­be­nga­ni­kwa­nga ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lis.

63 La­ba nga­ba­ba­lwa ngu­Mo­zi­si loE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti, aba­ba­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi eJo­da­ni eJe­ri­kot.

64 Ko­dwa pha­ka­thi kwa­la­bo kwa­ku­nge­kho mu­ntu wa­ba­ba­lwa­yo ngu­Mo­zi­si loA­ro­ni umpri­sti, la­pho be­ba­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yiu;

65 ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­the nga­bo: Ba­za­ku­fa lo­ku­fa enka­nga­lav. Nja­lo ka­ku­sa­la­nga mu­ntu ku­bo nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Ka­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne, lo­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­niw.

Isi­ce­lo sa­ma­do­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­lo­fe­ha­di

27Kwa­se­ku­so­nde­la ama­do­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­lo­fe­ha­dia indo­da­na ka­He­fe­ri indo­da­na ka­Gi­le­ya­di indo­da­na ka­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­se owe­nse­ndo zi­ka­Ma­na­se indo­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa; nja­lo la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­ka­zi akhe: UMa­hla, uNo­wa, lo­Ho­gi­la, lo­Mi­lka, lo­Ti­ri­za.

2 Ase­si­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­Mo­zi­si, la­pha­mbi ku­kaE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti, la­pha­mbi kwe­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke, emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, esi­thi:

3 Uba­ba wa­fe­la enka­nga­lab; ko­dwa ye­na wa­ye­nge­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­qe­mbu la­la­bo aba­bu­tha­na uku­me­la­na le­Nko­si, eqe­nji­ni li­ka­Ko­ra, ko­dwa wa­fa eso­nwe­ni sa­khec, wa­ye­nge­la­ma­do­da­na.

4 Ku­nga­ni ibi­zo li­ka­ba­ba li­khu­tshwe pha­ka­thi ko­se­ndo lwa­khe ngo­ba enge­la­ndo­da­na? Si­phe ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­ba­bad.

5 UMo­zi­si wa­se­lu­le­tha uda­ba lwa­wo pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sie.

6 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

7 Ama­do­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­lo­fe­ha­di akhu­lu­me iqi­ni­so; uza­wa­ni­ka lo­ku­wa­ni­ka isa­be­lo se­li­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­yi­sef; uza­dlu­li­se­la ku­wo ili­fa li­ka­yi­se.

8 Nja­lo uza­khu­lu­ma eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li usi­thi: Uba indo­da isi­fa, inge­la­ndo­da­na, li­za­dlu­li­se­la ili­fa la­yo ku­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­yo.

9 Nja­lo uba inge­la­ndo­da­ka­zi, li­za­ni­ka aba­fo­wa­bo ili­fa la­yo.

10 Uba-ke inge­la­ba­fo­wa­bo, li­za­ni­ka ili­fa la­yo ku­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­yi­se.

11 Nja­lo uba uyi­se enge­la­ba­fo­wa­bo, li­za­ni­ka ili­fa la­yo esi­hlo­tshe­ni sa­yo esi­se­du­ze la­yo so­se­ndo lwa­yog, si­li­dle. Nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­mi­so se­sa­hlu­le­lo eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­sih.

UMo­zi­si ukhe­tha uJo­shu­wa uku­ba ngu­mkho­khe­li

12 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Ye­nyu­ke­la ku­le inta­ba yeA­ba­ri­mii, ubo­ne ili­zwe engi­li­ni­ke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

13 La­pho usu­li­bo­ni­le, la­we uza­bu­the­lwa eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­nij, nje­ngoA­ro­ni umne­we­nu wa­bu­thwa;

14 nje­ngo­ku­ba la­vu­ke­la umla­yo wa­mi enka­nga­la ye­Zi­ni, eku­phi­ki­sa­ne­ni kwe­nhla­nga­nok, uku­ngi­ngcwe­li­sa pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo. La nga­ma­nzi eMe­ri­bal eKa­de­shi enka­nga­la ye­Zi­ni.

15 UMo­zi­si wa­se­khu­lu­ma eNko­si­ni esi­thi:

16 INko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­mi­mo­ya ye­nya­ma yo­nke, ka­yi­mi­se indo­da enhla­nga­nwe­nim,

17 enga­phu­ma pha­mbi kwa­bo, le­nga­nge­na pha­mbi kwa­bo, le­nga­ba­kho­khe­la ba­phu­me, le­nga­ba­nge­ni­san, uku­ze inhla­nga­no ye­Nko­si inga­bi nje­nge­zi­mvu ezi­nge­la­me­lu­sio.

18 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Zi­tha­the­le uJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni, indo­da oku­ku­yo umo­yap, ube­ke isa­ndla sa­kho phe­zu kwa­yoq,

19 uyi­mi­se pha­mbi ku­kaE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti la­pha­mbi kwe­nhla­nga­no yo­nke, uyi­la­ye pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abor,

20 ubu­su­be­ka oko­du­mo lwa­kho phe­zu kwa­yo, uku­ze inhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ila­le­les.

21 Nja­lo iza­ku­ma pha­mbi ku­kaE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti oza­yi­bu­ze­lat nje­ngo­kwe­sa­hlu­le­lo si­kaU­ri­mi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si; ngo­mlo­mo wa­yo ba­za­phu­ma, la­ngo­mlo­mo wa­yo ba­za­nge­na, yo­na la­ba­ntwa­na bo­nke ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­nye la­yo, ngi­tsho inhla­nga­no yo­nke.

22 UMo­zi­si wa­se­se­nza nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­ye. Wa­tha­tha uJo­shu­wa, wa­mmi­sa pha­mbi ku­kaE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti la­pha­mbi kwe­nhla­nga­no yo­nke,

23 wa­be­ka iza­ndla za­khe phe­zu kwa­khe, wa­mla­ya, nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwe­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si.

Imi­ni­ke­lo eni­ke­lwa insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, le­ni­ke­lwa izi­nya­nga nge­zi­nya­nga, le­ni­ke­lwa emi­kho­si­ni

28INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 La­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi ku­bo: Umni­ke­lo wa­mi, isi­nkwa sa­mi se­mi­ni­ke­lo eye­nzi­we ngo­mli­loa, uqha­tshi lwa­mi olu­mna­ndi, li­za­ku­qa­phe­la uku­ku­ni­ke­la ki­mi nge­si­kha­thi sa­kho esi­mi­si­we­yo.

3 Uza­ku­thi ki­bo: Lo ngu­mni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo eli­za­wu­ni­ke­la eNko­si­nib; ama­wu­ndlu ama­bi­li alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci, insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa nja­lo­nja­lo.

4 Eli­nye iwu­ndlu uza­li­lu­ngi­sa eku­se­ni, le­li­nye iwu­ndlu uli­ni­ke­le ku­si­hlwa,

5 lo­kwe­tshu­mi kwe-e­fa* le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yoc ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dlad, ku­xu­be­ne le­ngxe­nye ye­si­ne ye­hi­ni* ya­ma­fu­tha agi­gi­we­yoe.

6 Ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nkef owa­mi­swa enta­be­ni ye­Si­na­yi, ube lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi, umni­ke­lo owe­nze­lwe iNko­si ngo­mli­lo.

7 Lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo uza­ku­ba yi­ngxe­nye ye­si­ne ye­hi­ni nge­wu­ndlu li­nye; uza­thu­lu­le­la eNko­si­ni umni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo ongo­wo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla enda­we­ni engcwe­leg.

8 Le­li­nye iwu­ndlu uza­li­lu­ngi­sa ku­si­hlwa; nje­ngo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla we­ku­se­ni, la­nje­ngo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo uza­li­ni­ke­la, umni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo, olo­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni.

9 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha ama­wu­ndlu ama­bi­li, alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci, le­ngxe­nye ezi­mbi­li ze­tshu­mi le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo, ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo;

10 ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa wa­ma­sa­ba­tha wo­nkeh, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

11 Eku­qa­le­ni kwe­nya­nga ze­nu li­za­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­nii, ama­jo­ngo­si ama­bi­li ama­tho­le enko­mo, le­nqa­ma eyo­dwa, la­ma­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci,

12 le­ngxe­nye ezi­nta­thu ze­tshu­mi le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, nge­jo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwaj; lo­ku­bi­li kwe­tshu­mi kwe­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, nge­nqa­ma eyo­dwa,

13 nja­lo yi­lo­kho la­lo­kho okwe­tshu­mi kwe­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ku­xu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla nge­wu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa; ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa olo­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi, umni­ke­lo owe­nze­lwe iNko­si ngo­mli­lo.

14 Le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­yo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo iza­ku­ba yi­ngxe­nye ye­hi­ni le­wa­yi­ni nge­jo­ngo­si, le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­hi­ni nge­nqa­ma, le­ngxe­nye ye­si­ne ye­hi­ni nge­wu­ndlu. Lo­khu ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­nya­nga zo­nke nge­zi­nya­nga zo­mnya­ka.

15 Fu­thi ku­za­lu­ngi­swa izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no eNko­si­nik, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa nge­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

16 Fu­thi nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­ne lwe­nya­nga ku­li­pha­si­ka le­Nko­sil.

17 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu lwe­nya­nga le ku­za­ku­ba kho­na umkho­sim; ku­za­dli­wa isi­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

18 Ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la ku­za­ku­ba kho­na inhla­nga­no ebi­zi­we­yo engcwe­len; li­nge­nzi la­mse­be­nzi we­zi­se­be­nzi,

19 ko­dwa li­za­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo, umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni, ama­jo­ngo­si ama­bi­li ama­tho­le enko­mo, le­nqa­ma eyo­dwa, la­ma­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa; ku­za­ku­ba ngo­ku­nge­la­si­ci ki­nio.

20 Lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla ku­za­ku­ba yi­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha; oku­tha­thu kwe­tshu­mi li­za­ku­lu­ngi­sa nge­jo­ngo­si, lo­ku­bi­li kwe­tshu­mi nge­nqa­ma,

21 yi­lo­kho la­lo­kho okwe­tshu­mi uza­ku­lu­ngi­se­le­la iwu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa, ku­ma­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa;

22 le­mpo­ngo eyo­dwa ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, uku­le­nze­la inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lap.

23 Li­za­lu­ngi­sa lo­kho nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­ku­se­ni, ongo­wo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke.

24 Nga­li­ndle­la li­za­lu­ngi­sa insu­ku zo­nke, okwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saq, uku­dla ko­mni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo, uqha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni; ku­za­ni­ke­lwa nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

25 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa li­za­ku­ba le­nhla­nga­no ebi­zi­we­yo engcwe­ler; li­nge­nzi la­mse­be­nzi we­zi­se­be­nzi.

26 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­las, la­pho li­le­tha umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla omu­tsha eNko­si­ni, ema­vi­ki­ni enu, li­za­ku­ba le­nhla­nga­no ebi­zi­we­yo engcwe­le; li­nge­nzi la­mse­be­nzi we­zi­se­be­nzi.

27 Ko­dwa li­za­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, ku­be lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni; ama­jo­ngo­si ama­bi­li ama­tho­le enko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, ama­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa alo­mnya­ka owo­dwat.

28 Lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla we­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, oku­tha­thu kwe­tshu­mi nge­jo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa, lo­ku­bi­li kwe­tshu­mi nge­nqa­ma eyo­dwa,

29 yi­lo­kho la­lo­kho okwe­tshu­mi nge­wu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa, ku­ma­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa;

30 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa, uku­le­nze­la inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lau.

31 Li­za­lu­ngi­sa lo­kho nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa nge­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla (ku­be ngo­ku­nge­la­si­ci ki­ni) le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yov.

29Nge­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngosu­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga, li­za­ku­ba-ke le­nhla­nga­no ebi­zi­we­yo engcwe­le; li­nge­nzi la­mse­be­nzi we­zi­se­be­nzi. Ku­za­ku­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­tsha­ywa kwe­mpo­ndo ki­nia.

2 Nja­lo li­za­lu­ngi­sa umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, ku­be lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni, ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, ama­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci.

3 Lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla we­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, oku­tha­thu kwe­tshu­mi nge­jo­ngo­si, oku­bi­li kwe­tshu­mi nge­nqa­ma,

4 lo­kwe­tshu­mi oku­ko­dwa ku­ma­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa;

5 le­zi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, uku­le­nze­la inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la;

6 nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­nya­ngab, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nkec, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­yo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo, ngo­kwe­si­mi­so sa­yo, ku­be lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi, umni­ke­lo owe­nze­lwe iNko­si ngo­mli­lo.

7 dNgosu­ku lwe­tshu­mi lwa­le inya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa li­za­ku­ba le­nhla­nga­no ebi­zi­we­yo engcwe­le, nja­lo li­za­tho­bi­sa imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nu; li­nge­nzi la­mse­be­nzie,

8 ko­dwa li­ni­ke­le umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni, ku­be lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi, ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa itho­le le­nko­mo, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, ama­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa; aza­ku­ba nga­nge­la­si­ci ki­nif.

9 Lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla we­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, oku­tha­thu kwe­tshu­mi nge­jo­ngo­si, oku­bi­li kwe­tshu­mi nge­nqa­ma eyo­dwa,

10 yi­lo­kho la­lo­kho okwe­tshu­mi nge­wu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa, ku­ma­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa;

11 izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­nog, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo we­so­no we­nhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­yo yo­ku­na­thwa­yoh.

12 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu lwe­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa li­za­ku­ba le­nhla­nga­no ebi­zi­we­yo engcwe­lei; li­nge­nzi la­mse­be­nzi we­zi­se­be­nzi, li­yi­gci­ne­le iNko­si umkho­si insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa,

13 li­ni­ke­le umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, umni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo, ube lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­nij, ama­jo­ngo­si ali­tshu­mi la­nta­thu ama­tho­le enko­mo, inqa­ma ezi­mbi­li, ama­wu­ndlu ali­tshu­mi la­ne alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, aza­ku­ba nga­nge­la­si­ci.

14 Lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla we­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo ixu­be­ne la­ma­fu­tha, oku­tha­thu kwe­tshu­mi nge­jo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa, ku­ma­jo­ngo­si ali­tshu­mi la­nta­thu, oku­bi­li kwe­tshu­mi nge­nqa­ma eyo­dwa, ku­nqa­ma ezi­mbi­li,

15 nja­lo yi­lo­kho la­lo­kho okwe­tshu­mi nge­wu­ndlu eli­lo­dwa, ku­ma­wu­ndlu ali­tshu­mi la­ne;

16 le­zi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, umni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

17 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­bi­li: Ama­jo­ngo­si ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ama­tho­le enko­mo, inqa­ma ezi­mbi­li, ama­wu­ndlu ali­tshu­mi la­ne alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci,

18 lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yo nga­ma­jo­ngo­si, nge­zi­nqa­ma, la­nga­ma­wu­ndlu, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­kho, ngo­kwe­si­mi­sok,

19 le­zi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­yo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

20 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu: Ama­jo­ngo­si ali­tshu­mi la­nye, inqa­ma ezi­mbi­li, ama­wu­ndlu ali­tshu­mi la­ne alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci,

21 lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yo nga­ma­jo­ngo­si, nge­zi­nqa­ma, la­nga­ma­wu­ndlu, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­kho, ngo­kwe­si­mi­sol,

22 le­mpo­ngo eyo­dwa ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

23 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­ne: Ama­jo­ngo­si ali­tshu­mi, inqa­ma ezi­mbi­li, ama­wu­ndlu ali­tshu­mi la­ne alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci,

24 umni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yo nga­ma­jo­ngo­si, nge­zi­nqa­ma, la­nga­ma­wu­ndlu, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­kho, ngo­kwe­si­mi­so,

25 le­zi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa li­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, umni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

26 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­hla­nu: Ama­jo­ngo­si ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye, inqa­ma ezi­mbi­li, ama­wu­ndlu ali­tshu­mi la­ne alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci,

27 lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yo nga­ma­jo­ngo­si, nge­zi­nqa­ma, la­nga­ma­wu­ndlu, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­kho, ngo­kwe­si­mi­so,

28 le­mpo­ngo eyo­dwa ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

29 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­thu­pha: Ama­jo­ngo­si ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, inqa­ma ezi­mbi­li, ama­wu­ndlu ali­tshu­mi la­ne alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci,

30 lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yo, nga­ma­jo­ngo­si, nge­zi­nqa­ma, la­nga­ma­wu­ndlu, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­kho, ngo­kwe­si­mi­so,

31 le­mpo­ngo eyo­dwa ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, umni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

32 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa: Ama­jo­ngo­si ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, inqa­ma ezi­mbi­li, ama­wu­ndlu ali­tshu­mi la­ne alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci,

33 lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yo, nga­ma­jo­ngo­si, nge­zi­nqa­ma, la­nga­ma­wu­ndlu, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­kho, ngo­kwe­si­mi­so,

34 le­mpo­ngo eyo­dwa ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, umni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

35 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li li­za­ku­ba lo­mhla­nga­no omkhu­lu; li­nge­nzi la­mse­be­nzi we­zi­se­be­nzim,

36 ko­dwa li­ni­ke­le umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, umni­ke­lo owe­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo, uqha­tshi olu­mna­ndi eNko­si­ni: Ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa, inqa­ma eyo­dwa, ama­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa, ange­la­si­ci,

37 umni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­dla, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yo, nge­jo­ngo­si, nge­nqa­ma, la­nga­ma­wu­ndlu, ngo­kwe­na­ni la­kho, ngo­kwe­si­mi­so,

38 le­mpo­ngo eyo­dwa ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no, nga­pha­ndle ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­zi­kha­thi zo­nke, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­wo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo.

39 Le­zi­zi­nto li­za­ze­nze­la iNko­si emi­kho­si­ni ye­nu emi­si­we­yon, nga­pha­ndle kwe­zi­the­mbi­so ze­nu, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu ye­si­hle, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­tshi­swa, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­dla, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­na­thwa­yo, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­thu­lao.

40 UMo­zi­si wa­se­khu­lu­ma eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si emla­ye nga­kho uMo­zi­si.

Umla­yo ma­ye­la­na le­zi­fu­ngo za­be­si­fa­za­na

30UMo­zi­si wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­nhlo­ko ze­zi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lia esi­thi: Yi­le into iNko­si ela­ye nga­yo:

2 Nxa indo­da ithe­mbi­sa isi­the­mbi­so eNko­si­nib, lo­ba ifu­nga isi­fu­ngo, uku­bo­pha umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­yo nge­si­bo­phoc, ka­yi­nge­phu­li ili­zwi la­yo; iza­kwe­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke oku­phu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­yod.

3 Fu­thi nxa owe­si­fa­za­na ethe­mbi­sa isi­the­mbi­so eNko­si­ni, azi­bo­phe nge­si­bo­pho, ese­se­mzi­ni ka­yi­se ebu­tshe­ni ba­khe,

4 lo­yi­se esi­zwa isi­the­mbi­so sa­khe le­si­bo­pho sa­khe abo­phe nga­so umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe, lo­yi­se athu­le ku­ye, kho­na zo­nke izi­the­mbi­so za­khe zi­za­ku­ma, la­so so­nke isi­bo­pho abo­pha nga­so umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe si­za­ku­ma.

5 Ko­dwa uba uyi­se eme­nqa­be­la, ngo­su­ku ezwa nga­lo, ka­ku­yi­ku­ma le­si­so­dwa se­zi­the­mbi­so za­khe le­zi­bo­pho za­khe abo­phe nga­zo umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe; le­Nko­si iza­mthe­the­le­la, ngo­ba uyi­se emnqa­be­le.

6 Uba-ke ele­ndo­da si­bi­li, le­zi­the­mbi­so za­khe zi­phe­zu kwa­khe, ku­mbe ili­zwi lo­ku­nga­na­nze­le­li lo­mlo­mo wa­khe, abo­phe nga­lo umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe,

7 le­ndo­da ya­khe iku­zwa, ya­thu­la ku­ye ngo­su­ku ezwa nga­lo, kho­na izi­the­mbi­so za­khe zi­za­ku­ma, le­zi­bo­pho abo­phe nga­zo umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe zi­za­ku­ma.

8 Ko­dwa uba indo­da ya­khe ime­nqa­be­la ngo­su­ku eku­zwa nga­lo, iya­se­nza ize isi­the­mbi­so esi­phe­zu kwa­khe, le­li­zwi lo­ku­nga­na­nze­le­li lo­mlo­mo wa­khe, abo­phe nga­lo umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe; le­Nko­si iza­mthe­the­le­la.

9 Ko­dwa isi­the­mbi­so so­mfe­lo­ka­zi lo­ba eso­la­hli­we­yo, ko­nke abo­phe nga­kho umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe, ku­za­ku­ma phe­zu kwa­khe.

10 Uba-ke ethe­mbi­si­le endli­ni ye­ndo­da ya­khe, lo­ba ebo­phe umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe nge­si­bo­pho nge­si­fu­ngo,

11 le­ndo­da ya­khe izwi­le, ya­thu­la ku­ye, inga­me­nqa­be­la­nga, kho­na zo­nke izi­the­mbi­so za­khe zi­za­ku­ma, la­so so­nke isi­bo­pho abo­phe nga­so umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe si­za­ku­ma.

12 Ko­dwa uba indo­da ya­khe ize­nza ize si­bi­li ngo­su­ku izi­zwa, ko­nke oku­phu­ma ende­be­ni za­khe ma­ye­la­na le­zi­the­mbi­so za­khe la­ma­ye­la­na le­si­bo­pho so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ka­ku­yi­ku­ma; indo­da ya­khe ize­nze ize; le­Nko­si iza­mthe­the­le­la.

13 So­nke isi­the­mbi­so la­so so­nke isi­fu­ngo se­si­bo­pho uku­tho­bi­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo, indo­da ya­khe inga­si­qi­ni­sa lo­ba indo­da ya­khe ise­nze ize.

14 Ko­dwa uba indo­da ya­khe ithu­la lo­ku­mthu­le­la insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, abe­se­qi­ni­sa zo­nke izi­the­mbi­so za­khe ku­mbe zo­nke izi­bo­pho za­khe ezi­phe­zu kwa­khe; iya­zi­qi­ni­sa, ngo­ba ya­thu­la ku­ye ngo­su­ku lo­ku­zwa kwa­yo.

15 Ko­dwa uba ize­nza ize si­bi­li emva ko­ku­zwa kwa­yo, iza­thwa­la ubu­bi ba­khee.

16 Le­zi yi­zi­mi­so iNko­si eya­mla­ya zo­na uMo­zi­si, pha­ka­thi kwe­ndo­da lo­mka­yo, pha­ka­thi ku­ka­yi­se le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­khe ebu­tshe­ni ba­yo emzi­ni ka­yi­se.

Impi­ndi­se­lo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ku­ma­Mi­di­ya­ni

31INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 Phi­ndi­se­la impi­ndi­se­lo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ku­ma­Mi­di­ya­nia; emva kwa­lo­kho ubu­the­lwe eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­nib.

3 UMo­zi­si wa­khu­lu­ma eba­ntwi­ni esi­thi: Aba­nye be­nu ka­ba­hlo­me­le impi uku­ze ba­me­la­ne la­ma­Mi­di­ya­ni, be­nze impi­ndi­se­lo ye­Nko­si ku­ma­Mi­di­ya­ni.

4 Thu­me­la­ni empi­ni aba­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ku­le­so la­le­so­si­zwe, ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li.

5 Kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­ve­la ezi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne­ni za­koI­sra­ye­li inku­lu­ngwa­ne nge­si­zwe, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li zi­hlo­me­le impic.

6 UMo­zi­si wa­se­zi­thu­me­la empi­ni, inku­lu­ngwa­ne nge­si­zwe, zo­na lo­Phi­ne­ha­si indo­da­na kaE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti, uku­ya empi­ni, be­le­mpa­hla ezi­ngcwe­le le­mpo­ndo zo­ku­hla­ba umkho­si esa­ndle­ni sa­khed.

7 Ba­se­be­si­lwa be­me­le­ne la­ma­Mi­di­ya­ni, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si, ba­bu­la­la bo­nke abe­si­li­sae.

8 Ba­bu­la­la nja­lo ama­kho­si eMi­di­ya­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­bu­le­we­yo, oE­vi lo­Re­ke­mif lo­Zu­ri lo­Hu­ri lo­Re­ba, ama­kho­si ama­hla­nu eMi­di­ya­nig; lo­Ba­la­mi indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­ri ba­mbu­la­la nge­nke­mbah.

9 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­thu­mba abe­si­fa­za­na ba­ma­Mi­di­ya­ni la­ba­ntwa­nya­na ba­bo, ba­pha­nga inko­mo za­wo zo­nke, le­zi­mvu za­wo zo­nke, la­yo yo­nke ino­tho ya­woi.

10 Ba­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lo yo­nke imi­zi aye­hla­la ki­yo, la­zo zo­nke izi­nqa­ba za­wo.

11 Ba­tha­tha yo­nke impa­ngo la­kho ko­nke oku­thu­nji­we­yo, kwa­ba­ntu lo­kwe­zi­fu­yoj,

12 ba­le­tha aba­thu­nji­we­yo le­mpa­ngo lo­ku­thu­nji­we­yo ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti, la­ku­nhla­nga­no ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, enka­mbe­ni ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bik, ase­Jo­da­ni eJe­ri­ko.

13 UMo­zi­si loE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zo­nke ze­nhla­nga­no ba­se­be­phu­ma uku­ba­hla­nga­be­za nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mbal.

14 UMo­zi­si wa­se­thu­ku­the­le­la indu­na ze­bu­thom, indu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu eza­zi­ve­la ebu­thwe­ni le­mpi.

15 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi ku­zo: Li­ye­ke­le yi­ni abe­si­fa­za­na bo­nke uku­thi ba­phi­len?

16 Kha­nge­la­ni, yi­la­ba abe­nza aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lio, nge­se­lu­le­ko si­ka­Ba­la­mip, uku­thi be­nze isi­pha­mbe­ko eNko­si­ni enda­be­ni ye­Pe­yo­riq, kwa­ze kwa­ba le­nhlu­phe­ko pha­ka­thi kwe­nhla­nga­no ye­Nko­sir.

17 Nga­kho-ke bu­la­la­ni wo­nke owe­si­li­sa eba­ntwa­nya­ne­ni, li­bu­la­le wo­nke owe­si­fa­za­na owa­zi indo­da ngo­ku­la­la le­ndo­das;

18 ko­dwa bo­nke aba­ntwa­nya­na abe­si­fa­za­na aba­nga­za­nga indo­da ngo­ku­la­la la­yo, li­ba­ye­ke­le ba­phi­le, ba­be nga­be­nu.

19 Li­na-ke, mi­sa­ni inka­mba nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, lo­ba ngu­ba­ni obu­le­le umu­ntut, la­lo­ba ngu­ba­ni othi­nte obu­le­we­yo, li­zi­hla­mbu­lu­le li­na la­ba­thu­nji­we­yo be­nu ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu la­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sau,

20 li­hla­mbu­lu­le so­nke ise­mba­tho, la­yo yo­nke into eye­nzi­we­yo nge­si­khu­mba, la­kho ko­nke okwe­nzi­we­yo ngo­bo­ya be­mbu­zi, la­yo yo­nke into eye­nzi­we­yo nge­si­hla­hlav.

21 UE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti wa­se­si­thi ku­ma­do­da empi aye­phu­me impi: Le­si yi­si­mi­so so­mla­yo iNko­si emla­ye nga­so uMo­zi­si:

22 Ku­phe­la igo­li­de, le­si­li­va, ithu­si, insi­mbi, ithi­ni, lo­mnu­so,

23 yo­nke into enga­hla­la emli­lwe­ni li­za­yi­dlu­li­sa emli­lwe­ni, ihla­mbu­lu­ke; lo­ba ku­nja­lo iza­hla­nju­lu­lwaw nga­ma­nzi okwe­hlu­ka­ni­sax. La­kho ko­nke oku­nga­hla­li emli­lwe­ni li­za­ku­dlu­li­sa ema­nzi­ni.

24 Nja­lo li­za­wa­tsha ize­mba­tho ze­nu ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­say, li­hla­mbu­lu­ke, le­mva kwa­lo­kho li­nge­ne enka­mbe­ni.

Ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa kwe­mpa­ngo

25 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

26 Tha­tha ina­ni lo­nke le­mpa­ngo lo­ku­thu­nji­we­yo, okwa­ba­ntu lo­kwe­zi­fu­yo, we­na, loE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti, le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ze­nhla­nga­no;

27 ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa impa­ngo ibe zi­ngxe­nye ezi­mbi­liz, pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­hla­nga­nye­la empi­ni ba­phu­ma impi le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke.

28 Nja­lo the­li­se­la iNko­si umthe­lo ema­do­de­ni empi aye­phu­me­le impi, umphe­fu­mu­lo owo­dwa pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu, owa­ba­ntu, lo­we­nko­mo, lo­wa­bo­ba­bhe­mi, lo­we­zi­mvua,

29 li­ku­tha­the ku­ngxe­nye ya­wo eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li, nja­lo uku­ni­ke uE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti ku­be ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­Nko­si.

30 Le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li tha­tha isa­be­lo esi­so­dwa kwe­zi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, esa­ba­ntu, ese­zi­nko­mo, esa­bo­ba­bhe­mi, le­se­zi­mvu, ku­so so­nke isi­fu­yob, uku­ni­ke ama­Le­vi alo­ndo­lo­za imfa­ne­lo ye­tha­bha­ne­ke­le le­Nko­sic.

31 UMo­zi­si loE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti ba­se­be­se­nza nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si.

32 Le­mpa­ngo eya­yi­se­le lo­ku­thu­nji­we­yo aba­ntu be­mpi aba­ku­thu­mba­yo ya­yi­yi­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nhla­nu,

33 le­nko­mo ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­mbi­li,

34 la­bo­ba­bhe­mi aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­nye,

35 le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­ntu be­si­fa­za­na aba­nga­za­nga uku­la­la le­ndo­da, bo­nke aba­ntu ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li.

36 Le­ngxe­nye, isa­be­lo sa­ba­be­phu­me­le impi, nge­na­ni, ya­yi­yi­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu;

37 lo­mthe­lo eNko­si­ni we­zi­mvu wa­wu­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nhla­nud.

38 Le­nko­mo za­zi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­thu­pha; lo­mthe­lo wa­zo eNko­si­ni wa­wu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­mbi­lie.

39 La­bo­ba­bhe­mi ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu; lo­mthe­lo wa­bo eNko­si­ni wa­wu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­nyef.

40 Le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­ntu ya­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha; lo­mthe­lo wa­yo eNko­si­ni wa­wu­nga­ba­ntu aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li.

41 UMo­zi­si wa­se­ni­ka umthe­lo, umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­Nko­si, kuE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti, nje­nga­lo­kho iNko­si ya­mla­ya uMo­zi­sig.

42 Lo­kwe­ngxe­nye ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uMo­zi­si aye­hlu­ka­ni­se ive­la ema­do­de­ni aye­lwe impi.

43 Le­ngxe­nye enge­ye­nhla­nga­no, eye­zi­mvu, ya­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu,

44 le­nko­mo ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­thu­pha,

45 la­bo­ba­bhe­mi aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu,

46 le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­ntu aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha.

47 La­ku­yo ingxe­nye ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uMo­zi­si wa­tha­tha isa­be­lo esi­so­dwa kwe­zi­nga­tshu­mi­ni ama­hla­nuh, esa­ba­ntu le­se­zi­fu­yo, wa­ku­ni­ka ama­Le­vi aye­lo­ndo­lo­za imfa­ne­lo ye­tha­bha­ne­ke­le le­Nko­si, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si.

48 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla eza­zi­phe­zu kwe­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­bu­tho, izi­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­zi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu, za­se­zi­so­nde­la ku­Mo­zi­sii,

49 za­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Izi­nce­ku za­kho se­zi­the­the ina­ni lo­nke la­ma­do­da empi aye­nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla se­thu; nja­lo ka­ku­la­mu­ntu onge­kho ki­thi.

50 Nga­kho si­le­thi­le umni­ke­lo we­Nko­si, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo awu­tho­li­le­yo, izi­nto ze­go­li­de, izi­gqi­zoj, la­ma­so­ngo, izi­nda­nda­thok, ama­ci­cil, le­zi­gqi­zo ze­nta­nye­nim, ukwe­nze­la imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­thu inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sin.

51 UMo­zi­si loE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti ba­se­be­se­mu­ke­la igo­li­de ku­zo, zo­nke izi­nto eze­nzi­we ngo­bu­ngci­tshi.

52 La­lo lo­nke igo­li­de lo­mni­ke­lo aba­li­ni­ke­la eNko­si­ni, li­ve­la ezi­ndu­ne­ni ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­ndu­ne­ni za­ma­khu­lu la­li­nga­ma­she­ke­li* azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

53 Ama­do­da empi aye­the­the impa­ngo, yi­le­yo la­le­yo enge­ya­yoo.

54 UMo­zi­si loE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti ba­se­be­se­mu­ke­la igo­li­de endu­ne­ni ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­za­ma­khu­lu, ba­li­le­tha ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no, ku­be yi­si­khu­mbu­zo ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sip.

Uku­hla­li­swa kwa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di la­ba­nye aba­ko­Ma­na­se

32Ma­ye­la­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di, ba­be­le­nko­mo ezi­ne­ngi, ezi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu. Se­be­bo­ne ili­zwe le­Ja­ze­ria le­li­zwe le­Gi­le­ya­di, kha­nge­la-ke, inda­wo ya­yi­yi­nda­wo ye­nko­mo.

2 Nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni be­za ba­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si la­kuE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti la­ku­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­nhla­nga­no, be­si­thi:

3 IA­ta­ro­thi le­Di­bo­nib le­Ja­ze­ri le­Ni­mra le­He­shi­bo­ni leE­le­ya­le le­Se­ba­mu le­Ne­boc le­Be­yo­ni,

4 ili­zwe iNko­si eya­li­tsha­ya­yo pha­mbi kwe­nhla­nga­no ya­koI­sra­ye­li, li­yi­li­zwe le­zi­nko­mo; fu­thi izi­nce­ku ze­nu zi­le­zi­nko­mod.

5 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Nxa si­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, ili­zwe le­li ka­li­phi­we ince­ku za­kho li­be yi­mfu­yo; unga­si­cha­phi­si iJo­da­ni.

6 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Ga­di le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Ru­be­ni: Aba­fo­we­nu ba­za­ku­ya empi­ni, li­na-ke li­hla­le la­pha yi­ni?

7 Nja­lo li­za­da­ni­se­la­ni inhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­ze ba­nga­cha­phi uku­ya eli­zwe­ni iNko­si eba­ni­ke lo­na?

8 Be­nza nja­lo oyi­hlo mhla ngi­ba­thu­ma be­su­ka eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­ya uku­bo­na ili­zwee.

9 Eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­bo uku­ya esi­ho­tshe­ni seE­shi­ko­li, ba­li­bo­na ili­zwe, ba­da­ni­sa inhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­ze ba­nga­nge­ni eli­zwe­ni iNko­si eya­yi­ba­ni­ke lo­na.

10 Ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­se­lu­vu­thaf nga­lo­lu­su­ku, ya­si­fu­nga isi­thi:

11 Isi­bi­li ka­kho ku­ma­do­da enyu­ka esu­ka eGi­bhi­theg, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­phe­zu­luh oza­li­bo­na ili­zwe enga­li­fu­nge­la uA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka lo­Ja­ko­bei, ngo­ba ka­ba­ngi­la­nde­la­nga ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo;

12 nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Ka­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne umKe­ni­zij, lo­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni, ngo­ba ba­la­nde­le iNko­si ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yok.

13 Lo­la­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­mvu­the­la uI­sra­ye­li, ya­si­ba­zu­li­sa enka­nga­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­nel, kwa­ze kwa­phe­la isi­zu­ku­lwa­na so­nke esa­se­nze oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sim.

14 Kha­nge­la­ni-ke, se­li­vu­ki­le esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­bo­yi­hlo, inza­lo ya­ba­ntu abo­na­yo, ukwa­ndi­sa fu­thi intu­ku­the­lo ye­Nko­si evu­the­la uI­sra­ye­li.

15 Uba li­phe­ndu­ka eku­yi­la­nde­le­nin, iza­phi­nda nja­lo iba­tshi­ye enka­nga­la; nja­lo li­za­bhu­bhi­sa bo­nke la­ba­ba­ntu.

16 Ba­se­be­so­nde­la ku­ye ba­thi: Si­za­kwa­kha la­pha izi­ba­ya ze­zi­fu­yo ze­thu, le­mi­zi ya­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­thu;

17 ko­dwa thi­na si­za­hlo­mao si­lu­ngi­le pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lip, si­ze si­ba­fi­ki­se enda­we­ni ya­bo, la­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­thu ba­za­hla­la emi­zi­ni evi­ke­le­ki­le­yo, nge­nxa ya­ba­hla­li be­li­zwe.

18 Ka­si­yi­ku­bu­ye­la emi­zi­ni ye­thu, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ze ba­dle, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ili­fa la­kheq.

19 Ngo­ba ka­si­yi­ku­dla ili­fa ka­nye la­bo nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni la­nga­pha­mbi­li, ngo­ba ili­fa le­thu se­le­hle­le ki­thi nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni empu­ma­la­ngar.

20 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Nxa li­se­nza li­nto, nxa li­za­ha­mba li­hlo­me­le impi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sis,

21 be­se­li­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, wo­nke ohlo­mi­le­yo ki­ni, pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sit, ize ixo­tshe izi­tha za­yo pha­mbi kwa­you,

22 le­li­zwe le­hli­se­lwe pha­nsi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, kho­na emva kwa­lo­kho li­za­bu­ya, li­nga­bi la­ca­la eNko­si­ni la­kuI­sra­ye­li; la­le­li­li­zwe li­za­ku­ba yi­li­fa le­nu pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

23 Ko­dwa nxa li­nge­nzi nja­lo, kha­nge­la­ni li­za­be lo­ni­le eNko­si­ni; nga­kho ya­zi­ni uku­thi iso­no se­nu si­za­li­tho­lav.

24 Za­khe­le­ni imi­zi ya­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­nu le­zi­ba­ya ze­zi­mvu ze­nuw, nja­lo ye­nza­ni lo­kho oku­phu­me emlo­nye­ni we­nu.

25 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si be­si­thi: Izi­nce­ku za­kho zi­za­kwe­nza nje­nga­lo­kho inko­si ya­mi ila­ya.

26 Aba­ntwa­nya­na be­thu, omke­thu, izi­mvu ze­thu, la­zo zo­nke izi­fu­yo ze­thu ku­za­ku­ba la­pho emi­zi­ni ye­Gi­le­ya­di;

27 ko­dwa ince­ku za­kho zi­za­cha­pha, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ehlo­me­le impix, pha­mbi ku­ka­Je­ho­va empi­ni, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­nko­si ya­mi.

28 UMo­zi­si wa­se­la­ye­ze­la nga­bo kuE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti, lo­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­niy, le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ze­zi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

29 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Nxa aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni be­cha­pha la­ni iJo­da­ni, wo­nke ehlo­me­le impi, pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, le­li­zwe li­se­hli­se­lwa pha­nsi pha­mbi kwe­nu, kho­na li­za­ba­ni­ka ili­zwe le­Gi­le­ya­di li­be yi­mfu­yo.

30 Ko­dwa uba be­nga­cha­phi la­ni be­hlo­mi­le, ba­za­ku­ba le­mfu­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

31 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la be­si­thi: Lo­khu iNko­si esi­ku­tshi­lo ku­nce­ku za­kho - si­za­kwe­nza nja­lo.

32 Thi­na si­za­cha­pha si­hlo­mi­le pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si si­ye eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, uku­ze imfu­yo ye­li­fa le­thu ibe nge­ye­thu nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni.

33 Nja­lo uMo­zi­si wa­ba­ni­ka, ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ku­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, indo­da­na ka­Jo­se­faz, umbu­so ka­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri, lo­mbu­so kaO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni, ili­zwe le­mi­zi ya­lo emi­ngce­le­ni, imi­zi ye­li­zwe inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkea.

34 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di ba­kha iDi­bo­nib leA­ta­ro­thic leA­ro­we­rid

35 leA­ti­ro­thi-Sho­fa­ni le­Ja­ze­ri le­Jo­gi­be­ha,

36 le­Be­ti-Ni­mra le­Be­ti-Ha­ra­ni, imi­zi evi­ke­lwe­yo, le­zi­ba­ya ze­zi­mvue.

37 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni ba­kha iHe­shi­bo­nif leE­le­ya­le le­Ki­ri­ya­tha­yi­mig

38 le­Ne­boh le­Bha­li-Me­yo­nii (se­ku­gu­qu­lwe ama­bi­zo) le­Si­bi­maj; ba­se­be­bi­za ama­bi­zo emi­zi aba­ya­kha­yo ngama­nye ama­bi­zo.

39 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­sek ba­ya eGi­le­ya­di, ba­yi­thu­mba, ba­wa­khu­pha amaA­mo­ri emfu­ywe­ni ya­wo aye­ku­yo.

40 UMo­zi­si wa­se­ni­ka uMa­ki­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­se iGi­le­ya­di, wa­se­hla­la ki­yo.

41 Lo­Ja­yi­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­se wa­ya­thu­mba imi­za­na ya­yol, wa­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­Ha­vo­thi-Ja­yi­rim.

42 Lo­No­ba wa­ya­thu­mba iKe­na­thi, le­mi­za­na ya­yo, wa­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­No­ba nge­bi­zo la­khen.

Inha­mbo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li

33Le­zi zi­nha­mbo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­phu­ma eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the nga­ma­bu­tho abo, nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si loA­ro­ni.

2 UMo­zi­si wa­se­bha­la uku­phu­ma kwa­bo nge­zi­nha­mbo za­bo ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si. La­le­zi zi­nha­mbo za­bo nje­ngo­ku­phu­ma kwa­bo.

3 Ba­se­be­su­ka eRa­me­se­sia nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­lab; nga­ku­si­sa kwe­pha­si­ka aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­phu­ma nge­sa­ndla esi­pha­ke­me­yo pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo awo wo­nke ama­Gi­bhi­thec,

4 la­pho ama­Gi­bhi­the engcwa­ba la­bo iNko­si eya­ba­tsha­ya­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­wo, wo­nke ama­zi­bu­lod; la­phe­zu kwa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­wo iNko­si ye­nza isi­gwe­boe.

5 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­su­ka eRa­me­se­si, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eSu­ko­thif.

6 Ba­su­ka eSu­ko­thi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eE­tha­mag eli­se­ku­ci­ne­ni kwe­nka­nga­la.

7 Ba­su­ka eE­tha­ma, ba­bu­ye­la ePi-Ha­hi­ro­thih epha­mbi kwe­Bha­li-Ze­fo­nii, ba­mi­sa inka­mba pha­mbi kwe­Mi­gi­do­lij.

8 Ba­su­ka ePi-Ha­hi­ro­thi, ba­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi ko­lwa­ndle be­si­ya enka­nga­lak; ba­ha­mba uha­mbo lwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu enka­nga­la yeE­tha­ma, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eMa­ral.

9 Ba­su­ka eMa­ra, ba­ya­fi­ka eE­li­mim; nja­lo eE­li­mi kwa­ku­kho­na imi­tho­mbo ya­ma­nzi eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li le­zi­hla­hla ze­la­la ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa; ba­se­be­mi­sa inka­mba la­pho.

10 Ba­su­ka eE­li­mi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eLwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvu.

11 Ba­su­ka eLwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvu, ba­mi­sa inka­mba enka­nga­la ye­Si­nin.

12 Ba­su­ka enka­nga­la ye­Si­ni, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eDo­fi­ka.

13 Ba­su­ka eDo­fi­ka, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eA­lu­shi.

14 Ba­su­ka eA­lu­shi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eRe­fi­di­mio la­pho okwa­ku­nge­la­ma­nzi kho­na oku­thi aba­ntu ba­na­the.

15 Ba­se­be­su­ka eRe­fi­di­mi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yip.

16 Ba­su­ka enka­nga­la ye­Si­na­yi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eKi­bi­ro­thi-Ha­tha­vaq.

17 Ba­su­ka eKi­bi­ro­thi-Ha­tha­va, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eHa­ze­ro­thir.

18 Ba­su­ka eHa­ze­ro­thi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eRi­thi­mas.

19 Ba­su­ka eRi­thi­ma, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eRi­mo­ni-Pe­re­zi.

20 Ba­su­ka eRi­mo­ni-Pe­re­zi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eLi­bhi­na.

21 Ba­su­ka eLi­bhi­na, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eRi­sa.

22 Ba­su­ka eRi­sa, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eKe­he­la­tha.

23 Ba­su­ka eKe­he­la­tha, ba­mi­sa inka­mba enta­be­ni ye­She­fe­ri.

24 Ba­su­ka enta­be­ni ye­She­fe­ri, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eHa­ra­da.

25 Ba­su­ka eHa­ra­da, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eMa­ke­lo­thi.

26 Ba­su­ka eMa­ke­lo­thi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eTa­ha­thi.

27 Ba­su­ka eTa­ha­thi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eTe­ra.

28 Ba­su­ka eTe­ra, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eMi­thi­ka.

29 Ba­su­ka eMi­thi­ka, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eHa­shi­mo­na.

30 Ba­su­ka eHa­shi­mo­na, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eMo­se­ro­thit.

31 Ba­su­ka eMo­se­ro­thi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eBe­ne-Ja­ka­niu.

32 Ba­su­ka eBe­ne-Ja­ka­niv, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eHo­ri-Ha­gi­di­ga­diw.

33 Ba­su­ka eHo­ri-Ha­gi­di­ga­di, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eJo­ti­ba­thax.

34 Ba­su­ka eJo­ti­ba­tha, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eA­bro­na.

35 Ba­su­ka eA­bro­na, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eE­zi­yo­ni-Ge­be­riy.

36 Ba­su­ka eE­zi­yo­ni-Ge­be­ri, ba­mi­sa inka­mba enka­nga­la ye­Zi­niz, eyi­Ka­de­shi.

37 Ba­su­ka eKa­de­shia, ba­mi­sa inka­mba enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ri eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­li­zwe leE­do­ma.

38 UA­ro­ni umpri­sti wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ri ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­sib, wa­fe­la kho­na, ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne emva ko­ku­phu­ma kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, nge­nya­nga ye­si­hla­nu, ngosu­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga.

39 Nja­lo uA­ro­ni wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu eku­fe­ni kwa­khe enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ric.

40 UmKha­na­ni, inko­si yeA­ra­did, owa­ye­hla­la eni­ngi­zi­mu eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, wa­se­si­zwa ngo­ku­za kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

41 Ba­se­be­su­ka enta­be­ni ye­Ho­rie, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eZa­li­mo­na.

42 Ba­su­ka eZa­li­mo­na, ba­mi­sa inka­mba ePu­no­ni.

43 Ba­su­ka ePu­no­ni, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eO­bo­thif.

44 Ba­su­ka eO­bo­thi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eI­ye-A­ba­ri­mig, emngce­le­ni wa­ko­Mo­wa­bi.

45 Ba­su­ka eI­yi­mi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eDi­bo­ni-Ga­dih.

46 Ba­su­ka eDi­bo­ni-Ga­dii, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eA­li­mo­ni-Di­bi­la­tha­yi­mi.

47 Ba­su­ka eA­li­mo­ni-Di­bi­la­tha­yi­mij, ba­mi­sa inka­mba enta­be­ni zeA­ba­ri­mi, pha­mbi kwe­Ne­bok.

48 Ba­su­ka enta­be­ni zeA­ba­ri­mi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bil eJo­da­ni eJe­ri­ko;

49 ba­mi­sa inka­mba eJo­da­ni ku­su­ke­la eBe­ti-Je­shi­mo­thi ku­si­ya eA­be­li-Shi­thi­mim, ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bin.

Imi­ngce­le ye­Kha­na­ni le­zi­ga­ba za­yo

50 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi, eJo­da­ni eJe­ri­ko, isi­thi:

51 Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi ku­bo: La­pho se­li­cha­phe iJo­da­ni la­ya eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­nio,

52 li­za­xo­tshap bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo be­li­zwe li­ba­khu­phe emfu­ywe­ni ya­bo pha­mbi kwe­nuq, li­chi­the yo­nke imi­fa­ne­ki­so ya­bor, li­chi­the zo­nke izi­tho­mbe za­bo ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa, li­qe­de zo­nke inda­wo za­bo ezi­pha­ke­me­yos,

53 li­dlet ili­fa le­li­zweu, li­hla­le ki­lo, ngo­ba ngi­li­ni­ke ili­zwe uku­thi li­dle ili­fa la­lo.

54 Nja­lo li­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe nge­nka­tho nge­nse­ndo ze­nuv; kwa­ba­ne­ngi li­za­kwe­nge­za ili­fa la­bo, la­kwa­ba­lu­tshwa­na li­za­nci­phi­sa ili­fa la­bo. La­pho inka­tho eza­mphu­me­la kho­na umu­ntu, ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­khe. Nje­nge­zi­zwe za­bo­yi­hlo li­za­ku­dla ili­fa.

55 Ko­dwa nxa li­nga­ba­khu­phi aba­khi­le­yo eli­zwe­ni emfu­ywe­ni ya­bo pha­mbi kwe­nuw, kho­na ku­za­ku­thi eli­ba­tshi­ya­yo ba­bo ba­za­ku­ba zi­mva­va eme­hlwe­ni enux ba­be nga­me­va ezi­nhla­ngo­thi­ni ze­nuy, ba­li­hlu­phe eli­zwe­ni eli­hla­la ki­lo.

56 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, ngi­za­kwe­nza ki­ni nje­nga­lo­khu ebe­ngi­ca­ba­nga uku­kwe­nza ku­bo.

34INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

2 La­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi ku­bo: La­pho li­nge­na eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­nia, le­li li­za­ku­ba yi­li­zwe eli­za­we­la ki­ni li­be yi­li­fa, ili­zwe le­Kha­na­ni, ngo­kwe­mi­ngce­le ya­lo.

3 Le­gu­mbi le­nu le­ni­ngi­zi­mu li­za­ku­ba ku­su­ke­la enka­nga­la ye­Zi­ni, enhla­ngo­thi­ni zeE­do­mab. Nja­lo uza­ku­ba ngu­mngce­le we­nu we­ni­ngi­zi­mu ku­su­ke­la eku­ci­ne­ni ko­lwa­ndle lwe­tshwa­yi empu­ma­la­ngac.

4 Umngce­le we­nu uza­ji­ka uve­la eni­ngi­zi­mu usi­ya emqa­nswe­ni weA­ki­ra­bi­mi, we­dlu­le­le eZi­nid; lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo ku­za­ve­la eni­ngi­zi­mu ku­ye eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­yae; uza­phu­ma uye eHa­za­ri-A­da­ri, we­dlu­le­le eA­zi­mo­nif.

5 Lo­mngce­le uza­ji­ka uve­la eA­zi­mo­ni uye esi­fu­le­ni se­Gi­bhi­theg; lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo ku­za­ku­ba se­lwa­ndle.

6 Ma­ye­la­na lo­mngce­le we­ntsho­na­la­nga, ulwa­ndle olu­khu­lu lu­za­ku­ba ngu­mngce­le we­nu; lo­na lu­za­ku­ba ngu­mngce­le we­nu nge­ntsho­na­la­nga.

7 La­lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba ngu­mngce­le we­nu we­nya­ka­tho: Ku­su­ke­la elwa­ndle olu­khu­lu li­za­zi­dwe­be­la inta­ba ye­Ho­ri;

8 ku­su­ke­la enta­be­ni ye­Ho­rih li­za­dwe­ba umngce­le oya eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­Ha­ma­thii, lo­ku­phu­ma ko­mngce­le ku­ye eZe­da­dij.

9 Lo­mngce­le uza­phu­ma uye eZi­fro­ni, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo ku­za­ku­ba eHa­za­ri-E­na­nik. Lo uza­ku­ba ngu­mngce­le we­nu we­nya­ka­tho.

10 Nja­lo li­za­zi­dwe­be­la umngce­le we­nu we­mpu­ma­la­nga ku­su­ke­la eHa­za­ri-E­na­ni ku­si­ya eShe­fa­mu;

11 lo­mngce­le uza­kwe­hla uve­la eShe­fa­mu uye eRi­bi­la empu­ma­la­nga kweA­yi­nil, lo­mngce­le we­hle ufi­ke ece­le­ni ko­lwa­ndle lwe­Ki­ne­re­thi nge­mpu­ma­la­ngam.

12 Umngce­le uza­kwe­hle­la-ke eJo­da­ni, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo ku­za­ku­ba so­lwa­ndle lwe­tshwa­yin. Le­li li­za­ku­ba yi­li­zwe le­nu nge­mi­ngce­le ya­lo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke.

13 UMo­zi­si wa­se­la­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: Le­li yi­li­zwe eli­za­ku­dla ili­fa la­lo nge­nka­thoo, iNko­si ela­ye nga­lo uku­li­ni­ka izi­zwe ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe.

14 Ngo­ba isi­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­sep, le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se ze­mu­ke­le, le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ye­mu­ke­le ili­fa la­yo.

15 Izi­zwe ezi­mbi­li le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe ze­mu­ke­le ili­fa la­zo nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni, eJe­ri­ko, empu­ma­la­nga, la­pho oku­phu­ma kho­na ila­nga.

16 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

17 La nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da aza­la­be­la ili­zwe li­be yi­li­fa: UE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti lo­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­niq.

18 Nja­lo li­za­tha­tha isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ku­le­so la­le­so­si­zwer ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa ili­zwe li­be yi­li­fa.

19 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da: Esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ju­da, uKa­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne.

20 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, uShe­mu­we­li indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­di.

21 Esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, uE­li­da­di indo­da­na ka­Ki­si­lo­ni.

22 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­ni, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla uBu­ki indo­da­na ka­Jo­gi­li.

23 Eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Jo­se­fa, esi­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla uHa­ni­ye­li indo­da­na kaE­fo­di.

24 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla uKe­mu­we­li indo­da­na ka­Shi­fi­ta­ni.

25 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla uE­li­za­fa­ni indo­da­na ka­Pa­ri­na­ki.

26 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sa­ka­ri, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla uPa­li­ti­ye­li indo­da­na kaA­za­ni.

27 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­she­ri, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla uA­hi­yu­di indo­da­na ka­She­lo­mi.

28 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Na­fi­tha­li, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla uPe­da­he­li indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­di.

29 Yi­bo la­bo iNko­si eya­ba­la­ya ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ili­fa eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

Imi­zi ya­ma­Le­vi

35INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi, eJo­da­ni eJe­ri­koa, isi­thi:

2 La­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­thi ba­ni­ke ama­Le­vi okwe­li­fa le­mfu­yo ya­bo imi­zi yo­ku­hla­lab; fu­thi li­ni­ke ama­Le­vi ama­dle­lo emi­zic inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­wo.

3 Nja­lo aza­ku­ba le­mi­zi yo­ku­hla­la, la­ma­dle­lo awod abe nga­we­nko­mo za­wo la­we­mpa­hla za­wo la­we­zi­fu­yo za­wo zo­nke.

4 La­ma­dle­lo emi­zie eli­za­wa­ni­ka ama­Le­vi aza­ku­ba ku­su­ke­la emtha­nga­le­ni wo­mu­zi la­nga­pha­ndle izi­nga­lo ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke.

5 Nja­lo li­za­li­nga­ni­sa nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zi inga­lo ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­mpu­ma­la­nga, le­nga­lo ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­ni­ngi­zi­mu, le­nga­lo ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­ntsho­na­la­nga, le­nga­lo ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­nya­ka­tho, lo­mu­zi ube pha­ka­thi. Lo­kho ku­za­ku­ba nga­ma­dle­lo awo emi­zif.

6 Le­mi­zi eli­za­yi­ni­ka ama­Le­vi iza­ku­ba yi­mi­zi eyi­si­thu­pha yo­ku­phe­phe­la eli­za­yi­ni­ka, uku­ze umbu­la­li aba­le­ke­le kho­nag; la­nga­phe­zu kwa­yo li­ni­ke imi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­li.

7 Yo­nke imi­zi eli­za­yi­ni­ka ama­Le­vi iza­ku­ba nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lih, yi­le la­ma­dle­lo ayo.

8 Le­mi­zi eli­za­yi­ni­ka emfu­ywe­ni ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; ko­le­mi­ne­ngi li­tha­the emi­ne­ngii, la­ko­le­mi­lu­tshwa­na li­tha­the emi­lu­tshwa­naj; ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nje­ngo­kwe­li­fa la­khe aza­li­dla, uza­ni­ka okwe­mi­zi ya­khe ku­ma­Le­vi.

Imi­zi yo­ku­phe­phe­la

9 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si isi­thi:

10 Tsho­no eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi ki­bo: La­pho li­cha­pha iJo­da­ni li­nge­ne eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­nik,

11 zi­mi­se­le­ni imi­zi eza­ku­ba yi­mi­zi ye­nu yo­ku­phe­phe­lal, uku­ze umbu­la­li aba­le­ke­le kho­na, otsha­ye umu­ntu ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­bo­mo.

12 Nja­lo iza­ku­ba yi­mi­zi ye­nu yo­ku­phe­phe­la ku­mphi­ndi­se­li, uku­thi umbu­la­li anga­fi aze eme pha­mbi kwe­nhla­nga­no uku­thi ahlu­le­lwe.

13 Le­mi­zi eli­za­yi­ni­ka iza­ku­ba yi­mi­zi ye­nu eyi­si­thu­pha yo­ku­phe­phe­lam.

14 Li­za­ni­ka imi­zi emi­tha­thu nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni, li­ni­ke imi­zi emi­tha­thu eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, ibe yi­mi­zi yo­ku­phe­phe­lan.

15 Li­mi­zi eyi­si­thu­pha iza­ku­ba nge­yo­ku­phe­phe­la kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, la­ko­we­mzi­ni la­ko­we­zi­zwe­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­boo, uku­ze lo­ba ngu­ba­ni otsha­ya umu­ntu ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­bo­mo aba­le­ke­le kho­na.

16 Nja­lo nxa emtsha­ya nge­si­kha­li se­nsi­mbi afe, ungu­mbu­la­li; umbu­la­li ka­bu­la­we lo­ku­bu­la­wap.

17 Nja­lo nxa emtsha­ya nge­li­tshe eli­se­sa­ndle­ni anga­fa nga­lo, abe­se­si­fa, ungu­mbu­la­li; umbu­la­li ka­bu­la­we lo­ku­bu­la­wa.

18 Ku­mbe uba emtsha­ya nge­si­kha­li se­si­go­do esi­se­sa­ndle­ni anga­fa nga­so, abe­se­si­fa, ungu­mbu­la­li; umbu­la­li ka­bu­la­we lo­ku­bu­la­wa.

19 Umphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi, ye­na uza­bu­la­la umbu­la­liq; la­pho ehla­nga­na la­ye, ye­na uza­mbu­la­la.

20 Nja­lo nxa emsu­ndu­za ngo­ku­zo­nda, lo­ba emji­ki­je­la ngo­ku­ca­tha­ma, afer,

21 lo­ba ngo­bu­tha emtsha­ya nge­sa­ndla sa­khe, afe, lo­wo otsha­ya­yo ka­bu­la­we lo­ku­bu­la­wa, ungu­mbu­la­li; umphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi uza­bu­la­la umbu­la­li la­pho ehla­nga­na la­ye.

22 Ko­dwa uba emsu­ndu­zi­le ma­si­nya­ne enge­la­bu­tha, lo­ba emji­ki­je­la lo­ba nga­si­phi isi­kha­lis enga­ca­tha­ma­ngat,

23 ku­mbe lo­ba nga­li­phi ili­tshe, anga­fa nga­lo, engambo­ni, ali­wi­se­le ku­ye, afe, la­nxa enge­yi­si­so isi­tha sa­khe, fu­thi enga­di­ngi ubu­bi ba­khe,

24 inhla­nga­no iza­kwa­hlu­le­la pha­ka­thi ko­mtsha­yi lo­mphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi ngo­kwe­za­hlu­le­lo le­ziu.

25 Le­nhla­nga­no iza­mo­phu­la umbu­la­li esa­ndle­ni so­mphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi; le­nhla­nga­no imbu­yi­se­le emzi­ni wo­ku­phe­phe­la kwa­khe, la­pho abe­ba­le­ke­le kho­na, ahla­le ku­wo, aze afe umpri­sti omkhu­luv owa­gco­tshwa nga­ma­fu­tha angcwe­lew.

26 Ko­dwa uba umbu­la­li ephu­ma nje umngce­le wo­mu­zi wo­ku­phe­phe­la kwa­khe, abe­ba­le­ke­le kho­na,

27 umphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi emfi­ca nga­pha­ndle ko­mngce­le wo­mu­zi wo­ku­phe­phe­la kwa­khe, umphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi uza­bu­la­la umbu­la­li; ka­yi­ku­ba le­ca­la le­ga­zi.

28 Ngo­ba nga­be uhla­le emzi­ni wo­ku­phe­phe­la kwa­khe, aze afe umpri­sti omkhu­lu; ko­dwa emva ko­ku­fa ko­mpri­sti omkhu­lu umbu­la­li uza­bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni le­mfu­yo ya­khe.

29 Nja­lo le­zi­zi­nto zi­za­ku­ba ngu­mthe­tho we­sa­hlu­le­lo ki­ni, ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­nu, ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ye­nux.

Umla­yo oma­ye­la­na la­ba­fa­ka­za­yo le­nhla­wu­lo

30 Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni otsha­ya umu­ntu, ngo­mlo­mo wa­ba­fa­ka­ziy umbu­la­li uza­bu­la­wa; ko­dwa umfa­ka­zi oye­dwa ka­yi­ku­fa­ka­za ngo­mu­ntu uku­thi afe.

31 Fu­thi ka­li­yi­ku­tha­tha inhla­wu­lo nge­mpi­lo yo­mbu­la­li oca­le­ke ngo­ku­fa; ngo­ba uza­bu­la­wa lo­ku­bu­la­wa.

32 Nja­lo ka­li­yi­ku­tha­tha inhla­wu­lo ngo­ba­le­ke­le emzi­ni wo­ku­phe­phe­la kwa­khe, uku­ze abu­ye­le uku­ya­hla­la eli­zwe­ni, aze afe umpri­sti.

33 Nga­kho ka­li­yi­ku­ngco­li­sa ili­zwez eli­ki­lo; ngo­ba li­ga­zi eli­ngco­li­sa ili­zwea; nja­lo ka­ku­yi­kwe­nze­lwa ili­zwe uku­bu­yi­sa­na nge­ga­zi eli­chi­thwe ku­lo, nga­pha­ndle kwa­nge­ga­zi lo­li­chi­thi­le­yob.

34 Nga­kho li­nga­ngco­li­si ili­zwe eli­hla­la ki­lo, engi­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­loc; ngo­ba mi­na iNko­si ngi­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lid.

Umla­yo oma­ye­la­na lo­kwe­nda kwe­ndla­li­fa ze­si­fa­za­na

36Kwa­se­ku­so­nde­la inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ze­nse­ndo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Gi­le­ya­di indo­da­na ka­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­sea, abo­se­ndo lwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa, za­khu­lu­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­Mo­zi­si la­pha­mbi kwe­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li,

2 za­thi: INko­si ya­la­ya inko­si ya­mi uku­thi iphe aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ili­zwe nje­nge­li­fa nge­nka­thob; fu­thi inko­si ya­mi ya­la­ywa yi­Nko­si uku­thi ini­ke ili­fa li­ka­Ze­lo­fe­ha­di umfo­we­thu ku­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhec.

3 Uba ese­nde­la kwe­nye ya­ma­do­da­na ezi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ili­fa la­wo li­za­su­swa eli­fe­ni la­bo­ba­bad, le­nge­ze­le­lwe eli­fe­ni la­le­so­si­zwe aza­ku­ba nga­wa­so; nga­lo­kho li­za­su­swa ku­nka­tho ye­li­fa le­thue.

4 La­la­pho ku­za­ku­ba li­ju­bi­li* la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lif, ili­fa la­wo li­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwa eli­fe­ni la­le­so­si­zwe aza­ku­ba nga­wa­so; nga­lo­kho ili­fa la­wo li­za­su­swa eli­fe­ni le­si­zwe sa­bo­ba­bag.

5 UMo­zi­si wa­se­la­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ngo­ko­mlo­mo we­Nko­si esi­thi: Isi­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa si­khu­lu­me ku­hleh.

6 Le yi­nto iNko­si eyi­la­yi­le­yo ma­ye­la­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­lo­fe­ha­di isi­thi: Ka­we­nde­le ku­la­bo aba­hle eme­hlwe­ni awo, ko­dwa ka­we­nde­le ose­ndwe­ni lwe­si­zwe si­ka­yi­sei.

7 Nga­lo­kho ili­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­li­nga­bho­di li­su­ke esi­zwe­ni li­ye esi­zwe­ni, ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­na­ma­the­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eli­fe­ni le­si­zwe sa­bo­yi­sej.

8 La­yi­le­yo la­le­yo indo­da­ka­zi edla ili­fa esi­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lik iza­kwe­nde­la ko­mu­nye wo­se­ndo we­si­zwe si­ka­yi­se, uku­ze aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­dle ili­fa, omu­nye lo­mu­nye ili­fa la­bo­yi­se.

9 Nga­lo­kho ili­fa ka­li­yi­ku­bho­da li­su­ke esi­zwe­ni li­ye kwe­si­nye isi­zwe, ngo­ba izi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li zi­za­na­ma­the­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eli­fe­ni la­khe.

10 Nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si enza nja­lo ama­do­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­lo­fe­ha­di;

11 ngo­ba uMa­hla, uTi­ri­za, lo­Ho­gi­la, lo­Mi­lka, lo­No­wa, ama­do­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­lo­fe­ha­di, ende­la ema­do­da­ne­ni aba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­yi­sel.

12 Ende­la ku­nse­ndo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se indo­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa, le­li­fa la­wo la­hla­la esi­zwe­ni so­se­ndo lu­ka­yi­se.

13 Le yi­mi­la­yo le­za­hlu­le­lo iNko­si eya­zi­la­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi eJo­da­ni eJe­ri­kom.