iEksodus
16:1 Banduluka ke e-Elim, nebandla lonke lebandla
bafika oonyana bakaSirayeli entlango yeSin, ephakathi
I-Elim neSinayi, ngomhla weshumi elinesihlanu wenyanga yesibini emva kwazo
ephuma ezweni laseYiputa.
16:2 Lakrokra ke lonke ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli
ooMoses noAron entlango;
16:3 Bathi oonyana bakaSirayeli kubo, Akwaba besife ngabo!
isandla sikaYehova ezweni laseYiputa, xa sasihleli ngasenyameni
neembiza, naxa sisidla isonka sada sahlutha; ngokuba nisizisile
aphume aye kule ntlango, alibulale lonke eli bandla ngendlala.
16:4 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Uyabona, ndiya kuninisela isonka siphuma ezulwini
wena; baphume ke abantu, babuthe isabelo semini ngemini.
ukuze ndibalinge ukuba bohamba ngomyalelo wam, abayi kuhamba ngawo, kusini na.
16:5 Kothi ngomhla wesithandathu, bayilungise loo nto
abazizisayo; koba ngumlinganiselo ophindwe kabini kunoko bathe bakubutha imihla ngemihla.
16:6 Wathi uMoses noAron koonyana bakaSirayeli bonke, Lakutshona ilanga
nazi ukuba nguYehova owanikhuphayo ezweni laseYiputa;
16:7 kusasa niya kububona ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova; ngenxa yoko
akuvile ukumkrokrela kwenu uYehova; thina singoobani na ke nina?
nisimbombozelele?
16:8 Wathi uMoses, Niya kuthi, ekuninikeni kukaYehova kweli lizwe
inyama yodliwa ngokuhlwa, kusasa isonka sihluthe; ngenxa yoko
Ukuvile uYehova ukukrokra kwenu enimkrokrela ngako, ukuba kuyintoni na?
thina? anikrokri thina, nisikrokrela uYehova.
16:9 Wathi uMoses kuAron, Yithi kwibandla lonke lebandla
nyana bakaSirayeli, Sondelani phambi koYehova; ngokuba univile
ukumbombozela.
16:10 Ke kaloku kwathi, njengoko wayethethile uAron kwibandla lonke lebandla
oonyana bakaSirayeli, bakhangela entlango, nanko!
babonakala ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova efini.
16:11 Wathetha uYehova kuMoses, esithi,
16:12 Ndikuvile ukukrokra koonyana bakaSirayeli. Thetha nabo.
esithi, Lakutshona ilanga nodla inyama, kusasa nobakho
ezaliswe sisonka; nazi ukuba ndinguYehova uThixo wenu.
16:13 Kwathi ngokuhlwa zenyuka izagwityi, zayigubungela yonke iminquba
kusasa kwakulele umbethe ojikelezileyo emkhosini.
16:14 Wenyuka umbethe obulele, nanko phezu kobuso belizwe
Intlango apho kwakukho intwana engqukuva, encinane njengeqabaka
umhlaba.
16:15 Bayibona oonyana bakaSirayeli, bathi omnye komnye, Injalo
kuba babengazi ukuba yintoni na. Wathi uMoses kubo, Yiyo le
isonka aninike sona uYehova ukuba nisidle.
16:16 Le yiloo nto wawisa umthetho ngayo uYehova, wathi, Buthani yona, elowo
Ngakukudla kwabo, ihomere ngentloko yomntu, ngokwenani
zabantu bakho; elowo makathabathele abasententeni yakhe.
16:17 Benjenjalo oonyana bakaSirayeli; babutha omnye kakhulu, omnye kancinane.
16:18 Ke kaloku, ekulinganiseni kwabo ngeomere, lowo ubuthe into eninzi waba nako
nobutha kancinane akabanga nakusilela; bahlanganisana
elowo ngangokudla kwakhe.
16:19 Wathi uMoses, Makungabikho bani ushiya nto kuyo kude kuse.
16:20 Abamphulaphulanga uMoses; Inxenye ke kubo bemka
Kwada kwasa, kwaba neempethu, wanuka. Wavutha ngumsindo uMoses
nabo.
16:21 Bakubutha imiso ngemiso, elowo ngangokudla kwakhe;
lakuba shushu ilanga, yanyibilika.
16:22 Kwathi ngomhla wesithandathu, babutha into ephindwe kabini
isonka, iihomere ezimbini mntwini mnye, nezikhulu zonke zebandla
weza waxelela uMoses.
16:23 Wathi kubo, Yiyo loo nto ayithethileyo uYehova, Ngomso
yisabatha engcwele kuYehova; yosani enikuthandayo
yosani namhla, nipheke eniya kuyipheka; nento eseleyo
gcina, ugcinwe kude kuse.
16:24 Bayibeka ke kwada kwasa, njengoko uMoses wabawisela umthetho;
akubangakho mpethu kuyo.
16:25 Wathi uMoses Yidleni namhla; ngokuba namhla yisabatha kuYehova;
namhla aniyi kuyifumana endle.
16:26 Noyibutha imihla emithandathu; kodwa ngomhla wesixhenxe ngumhla ke lowo
Isabatha, akuyi kubakho kuyo.
16:27 Kwathi ke, kwaphuma inxenye yabantu, yaya phezu kwamanzi
ngomhla wesixhenxe ukuba kuqokelelwe, abafumana nto.
16:28 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Kuya kuda kube nini na, ningavumi ukuyigcina imithetho yam?
nemithetho yam?
16:29 Niyabona ke, uYehova uninike isabatha, ngenxa yoko uninika
wena ngomhla wesithandathu, isonka semihla emibini; hlalani elowo kweyakhe indlu
Makungabikho bani uphumayo endaweni yakhe ngomhla wesixhenxe.
16:30 Baye bephumla ke abantu ngomhla wesixhenxe.
16:31 Indlu kaSirayeli yathi igama lale nto yimana
imbewu yekoriyandire, emhlophe; isongo sayo sasinjengezonkana ezicekethekileyo
ubusi.
16:32 Wathi uMoses, Lilo eli ilizwi awise umthetho ngalo uYehova: Lizalise
ihomere yawo igcinelwe izizukulwana zenu; ukuze basibone isonka
endanidlisa ngako entlango, ekunikhupheni kwam
kwilizwe laseYiputa.
16:33 Wathi uMoses kuAron, Thabatha isitya, ugalele ihomere ngemana
nizibeke khona phambi koYehova, zigcinelwe izizukulwana zenu.
16:34 Njengoko uYehova wamwiselayo umthetho uMoses, wayibeka uAron phambi kwesingqino.
igcinwe.
16:35 Bayidla oonyana bakaSirayeli imana iminyaka emashumi mane, bada bafika
lilizwe elimiweyo; bayidla imana bada bafika emdeni
kwilizwe lakwaKanan.
16:36 Ke iomere sisishumi se-efa.