Amanani
20:1 Bafika oonyana bakaSirayeli, ibandla lonke, endlwini
entlango yaseTsin ngenyanga yokuqala; bahlala abantu eKadeshe; kwaye
Wafela khona uMiriyam, wangcwatyelwa khona.
20:2 Akwabakho manzi apho kwibandla, bahlanganisana ke
bahlangana nxamnye noMoses noAron.
20:3 Babambana abantu noMoses, bathetha bathi, Ngamana singababulala
sifile ukufa kwabazalwana bethu phambi koYehova.
20:4 Yini na ukuba ningenise ibandla likaYehova kule nto?
entlango, sifele khona thina neenkomo zethu?
20:5 Yini na ukuba nisinyuse eYiputa, nisizise?
kule ndawo imbi? asiyindawo yambewu, neyamakhiwane, asiyomdiliya;
okanye iirharnati; akukho manzi okusela.
20:6 Besuka ooMoses noAron ebusweni bebandla, baya emnyango
ententeni yokuhlangana, bawa ngobuso;
babonakala kubo ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova.
20:7 Wathetha uYehova kuMoses, esithi,
20:8 Thabatha intonga, ulibizele ndawonye ibandla, wena noAron wakho
mzalwana, uthethe engxondorheni phambi kwamehlo abo; kwaye iya kukunika
uwakhuphele amanzi awo, uwakhuphele amanzi aphuma emlonyeni
uliseze ibandla neenkomo zalo.
20:9 Wayithabatha uMoses intonga phambi koYehova, njengoko wamwisela umthetho ngako.
20:10 Walibizela ndawonye uMoses noAron isikhungu phambi kwengxondorha leyo;
wathi kubo, Khanive, nina baneenkani; sikukhuphele amanzi
kweli litye?
20:11 Wasiphakamisa uMoses isandla sakhe, wayibetha ingxondorha ngentonga yakhe izihlandlo zazibini.
aphuma amanzi amaninzi, lasela ibandla nempahla yabo
namarhamncwa.
20:12 Wathi uYehova kuMoses nakuAron, Ngenxa enokuba ningakholwanga ndim
ndingcwalise emehlweni oonyana bakaSirayeli;
ningalingenisi eli bandla ezweni endilinike lona.
20:13 Ngawo la amanzi aseMeribha; ngokuba babambana nabo oonyana bakaSirayeli
uYehova, waza wazingcwalisela bona.
20:14 UMoses wasusa abathunywa eKadeshe, baya kukumkani wakwaEdom, bathi,
Umzalwana wakho, uSirayeli, uyakwazi wena konke ukubulaleka esisihleleyo.
20:15 Behla oobawo, baya eYiputa, sahlala eYiputa imihla emininzi
ixesha; asitshutshisa amaYiputa, thina noobawo;
20:16 Sakhala kuYehova, waliva ilizwi lethu, wathuma isithunywa.
wasikhupha eYiputa, nanku siseKadeshe;
isixeko esisekupheleni komda wakho.
20:17 Makhe sicande ezweni lakho, asiyi kucanda kulo
emasimini nasezidiliyani, asiyi kusela manzi
siya kuhamba ngomendo wokumkani, singaphambukeli kuwo
ekunene nasekhohlo, side sidlule emideni yakho.
20:18 Wathi uEdom kuye, Uze ungacandi kum, hleze ndiphume
nxamnye nawe ngekrele.
20:19 Bathi oonyana bakaSirayeli kuye, Sohamba ngomendo.
ukuba sithe sasela amanzi akho mna nemfuyo yam, ndowahlawula;
kodwa, ndingenzi nto yimbi, ukugqitha ngeenyawo zam.
20:20 Wathi, Uze ungacandi. Waphuma uEdom, wamhlangabeza
ngabantu abaninzi, nangesandla esithe nkqi.
20:21 Wala uEdom ukumvumela uSirayeli ukuba acande emdeni wakhe
Wemka uSirayeli, wemka kuye.
20:22 Banduluka ke oonyana bakaSirayeli, ibandla lonke
eKadeshe, wafika entabeni yeHore.
20:23 Wathetha uYehova kuMoses nakuAron, entabeni yeHore, emdeni
ilizwe lakwaEdom, esithi,
20:24 uAron wohlanganiselwa kubantu bakowabo, kuba akayi kungena ezweni
Ilizwe endalinika oonyana bakaSirayeli ngenxa yokuba nigwilikile;
ngokuchasene nelizwi lam emanzini aseMeribha.
20:25 Thabatha uAron noElazare unyana wakhe, ubanyuse entabeni yeHore.
20:26 umhlube uAron iingubo zakhe, uzambathise uElazare unyana wakhe
uAron wohlanganiselwa kwabakowabo, afele khona.
20:27 Wenza uMoses njengoko uYehova wamwiselayo umthetho, benyuka entabeni yeHore
emehlweni ebandla lonke.
20:28 UMoses wamhluba uAron iingubo zakhe, wazambathisa uElazare wakhe
unyana; wafela khona uAron encotsheni yentaba; uMoses noElazare
wehla entabeni.
20:29 Lakubona lonke ibandla ukuba uAron ufile, bammbambazelela
uAron imihla emashumi mathathu, yonke indlu kaSirayeli.