Amanani
14:1 Lonke ibandla laliphakamisa lalikhupha ilizwi lalo; kwaye i
balila abantu ngobo busuku.
14:2 Bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli bamkrokrela uMoses noAron.
lathi kubo lonke ibandla, Akwaba besife nje!
ilizwe laseYiputa! Akwaba besifele kule ntlango!
14:3 Yini na ukuba uYehova asizise kweli lizwe, siwe phambi kwawo?
ukuze abafazi bethu nabantwana bethu babe lixhoba? ukuba bekungenjalo
Kungcono ukuba sibuyele eYiputa?
14:4 Bathetha omnye komnye besithi, Masimise umphathi, sibuye
ukuya eYiputa.
14:5 Bawa ooMoses noAron ngobuso phambi kwebandla lonke likaYehova
ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli.
14:6 noYoshuwa unyana kaNun, noKalebhi unyana kaYefune, oonyana bakaNun.
abalihlolayo ilizwe, bazikrazula iingubo zabo;
14:7 Bathetha kwibandla lonke loonyana bakaSirayeli, bathi,
Ilizwe, esacanda kulo silihlola, lilunge kunene kunene
umhlaba.
14:8 Ukuba uYehova usinonelele, wosisa kweli lizwe
siphe; lilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi.
14:9 Kodwa musani ukugwilika kuYehova, musani ukuboyika abantu bakaYehova
umhlaba; ngokuba bakukudla kwethu; umkile kubo ukhuselo lwawo.
uYehova unathi; musani ukuboyika.
14:10 Lathi lonke ibandla mabaxulutywe ngamatye. Nozuko lwe
Wabonakala uYehova ententeni yokuhlangana phambi kwebandla lonke
oonyana bakaSirayeli.
14:11 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Kuya kuda kube nini na bendigiba aba bantu? kwaye
Koda kube nini bengakholwa kum, kwimiqondiso yonke endinayo?
ebonisiweyo phakathi kwabo?
14:12 Ndiya kubabetha ngendyikitya yokufa, ndibagqogqe;
ukwenze uhlanga olukhulu, olunamandla kunabo.
14:13 Wathi uMoses kuYehova, Eve ke amaYiputa
ubanyuse ngamandla akho aba bantu phakathi kwabo;
14:14 abaxelele kubemi beli lizwe, ngokuba benako
uvile ukuba wena, Yehova, uphakathi kwaba bantu;
ukuze ujongane, nelifu lakho limi phezu kwazo, uhambe
phambi kwabo, ngomqulu welifu emini, emqulwini womlilo
ngobusuku.
14:15 Ngoku ke, ukuba nithe nababulala bonke aba bantu njengamntu mnye, zoyiyeka iintlanga;
abaluvileyo udaba lwakho baya kuthetha, besithi,
14:16 ngokuba uYehova ebengenako ukubangenisa aba bantu kwelo zwe
wabafungela, ngenxa yoko wabasikela entlango.
14:17 Kaloku ke, makabe makhulu amandla eNkosi yam, njengokuba kunjalo
wena uthethe wathi,
14:18 UYehova uzeka kade umsindo, mkhulu ngenceba, uxolela ubugwenxa;
ukreqo, ungakhe umenze msulwa onetyala;
ubugwenxa booyise koonyana, kwesa kowesithathu nakwesine
isizukulwana.
14:19 Khawubuxolele, ndiyakukhunga, ubugwenxa baba bantu ngokomthetho kaYehova
ubukhulu benceba yakho, nanjengokuba ubaxoleleyo aba bantu, ukusuka
iJiputa kude kube ngoku.
14:20 Wathi uYehova, Ndibaxolele ngokwelizwi lakho.
14:21 Noko ke, ndihleli nje, lonke ihlabathi buya kuzaliswa bubuqaqawuli behlabathi
iNkosi.
14:22 ngenxa yokuba onke amadoda abubonileyo ubuqaqawuli bam, nemiqondiso yam endiya kuyenza
wenza eYiputa nasentlango, nandilingileyo ke ngoku kwezo zilishumi
amaxesha, kwaye analiphulaphula ilizwi lam;
14:23 okunene abayi kulibona ilizwe endafunga kooyise ngalo;
akuyi kubonwa namnye ondiqumbisayo;
14:24 ke umkhonzi wam uKalebhi, ngenxa enokuba ebenamoya wumbi, waba naye
ndilandele yena, ndimfise ezweni ebeye kulo; kwaye
lidle ilifa imbewu yakhe.
14:25 Ke ama-Amaleki namaKanan ayemi entilini leyo.
jikani, ningene entlango ngendlela eya eLwandle oluBomvu.
14:26 Wathetha uYehova kuMoses nakuAron, esithi,
14:27 Kuya kuda kube nini na ndilithwele eli bandla lingendawo, lona elilikrokrayo?
mna? Ndikuvile ukukrokra koonyana bakaSirayeli
ndimbombozelele.
14:28 Yithi kubo, Ndihleli nje, utsho uYehova, njengoko nithethileyo kuni.
ezindlebeni zam, ndiya kwenjenjalo kuwe.
14:29 Izidumbu zenu ziya kuwa kule ntlango; nabo bonke ababalwayo
kuni, ngokwenani lakho lonke, ukususela kominyaka imashumi mabini ubudala
phezulu, abandikrokrelayo;
14:30 aniyi kungena ezweni endaliphakamisela isandla sam kulo
nihlale kulo, ingenguKalebhi unyana kaYefune, noYoshuwa
unyana kaNun.
14:31 Ke usapho lwenu, ebe nisithi luya kuba lixhoba, ndoluzisa lona
balazi ilizwe enilicekisileyo.
14:32 Nina ke, izidumbu zenu ziya kuwa kule ntlango;
14:33 oonyana benu babe ngabalusi entlango iminyaka emashumi mane, bazale
ukuhenyuza kwenu, zide ziphele izidumbu zenu entlango.
14:34 ngokwenani leentsuku enalihlola ngazo ilizwe, ezimashumi mane
Iintsuku, usuku lube ngumnyaka, niya kubuthwala ubugwenxa benu amashumi amane
iminyaka, kwaye niya kukwazi ukwaphula isithembiso sam.
14:35 Mna Yehova ndithethile, inene, ndiya kubenza kubo bonke obu bubi
ibandla, abahlanganisene ngam, kule ntlango
ziya kugqitywa, zifele khona.
14:36 Amadoda awawathumayo uMoses, ukuba alihlole ilizwe, abuya ke enza
Lomkrokrela ke lonke ibandla ngokumtyabayo
phezu komhlaba,
14:37 Kwanaloo madoda abehambise udaba olubi ngelizwe elo, afa ke
isibetho phambi koYehova.
14:38 Ke uYoshuwa unyana kaNun, noKalebhi unyana kaYefune, ababephakathi komkhosi.
amadoda abeye kulihlola ilizwe ahlala.
14:39 Wawathetha ke uMoses la mazwi kubo bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli
abantu bazilile kakhulu.
14:40 Bavuka kusasa, benyuka baya encotsheni yentaba
entabeni, besithi, Yabona, sikho, siya kunyuka siye kuloo ndawo
alithethileyo uYehova, ngokuba sonile.
14:41 Wathi uMoses, Yini na, le nto niwugqithayo umthetho kaYehova?
NKOSI? kodwa ayiyi kuphumelela.
14:42 Musani ukunyuka, kuba uYehova akakho phakathi kwenu; ukuze ningabethwa ngenxa engaphambili
iintshaba zakho.
14:43 Ngokuba ama-Amaleki namaKanan akhona phambi kwenu;
niwe likrele, ngokuba nimkile ngoko uYehova
uYehova akayi kuba nawe.
14:44 Bagxalathelana, benyuka baya encotsheni yentaba, kanti yona ityeya yomnqophiso
umnqophiso kaYehova, noMoses, awuphumanga ngaphandle kweminquba.
14:45 Ehla ke ama-Amaleki, namaKanan abehleli kulo
Wabaxabela, wabadubaduba, kwesa eHorma.