Eksodusi
16:1 Basuka e-Elimi, nalo lonke ibandla lase-Elimi
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bafika ehlane laseSini eliphakathi
i-Elimi neSinayi, ngosuku lweshumi nanhlanu lwenyanga yesibili emva kwawo
ephuma ezweni laseGibithe.
16:2 Futhi yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli yakhonona ngokumelene
oMose no-Aroni ehlane;
16:3 Futhi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bathi kubo: "Sengathi ngabe safa ngayo
isandla sikaJehova ezweni laseGibithe, sihlezi ngasenyameni
amabhodwe, nalapho sidla isinkwa sasutha; ngoba nisilethile
aphumele kuleli hlane, ukuze abulale lelibandla lonke ngendlala.
" 16:4 Khona-ke uJehova wathi kuMose: "Bheka, Ngizokunisa isinkwa esivela ezulwini
wena; abantu bayakuphuma, babuthe isilinganiso esithile izinsuku zonke;
ukuze ngibahlole ukuthi bazahamba yini emthethweni wami kumbe hatshi.
16:5 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, ukuthi ngosuku lwesithupha bayakulungisa lokho
abangenisayo; kuyakuba ngokuphindwe kabili kulokho abakubutha imihla ngemihla.
" 16:6 OMose no-Aroni bathi kubo bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli: "Ngakusihlwa, khona-ke
niyakwazi ukuthi uJehova unikhiphile ezweni laseGibithe;
16:7 Futhi ekuseni, niyobona inkazimulo kaJehova; ngalokho yena
uyezwa ukukhonona kwenu ngoJehova; thina siyini ukuba nina
nikhonone ngathi?
16:8 Wathi uMose: "Lokhu kuyakuba, lapho uJehova eyakuninika ezweni
inyama yakusihlwa ukuba idliwe, ekuseni isinkwa sisuthe; ngoba
UJehova uyezwa ukububula kwenu enikhonona ngaye nokuthi kuyini
thina? ukukhonona kwenu kakumelani lathi, kodwa kumela uJehova.
16:9 UMose wathi ku-Aroni: "Yisho kuyo yonke inhlangano kaJehova
bantwana bakwa-Israyeli: Sondelani phambi kukaJehova, ngokuba uzwile izwi lenu
ukububula.
16:10 Kwathi lapho u-Aroni ekhuluma kuyo yonke inhlangano yebandla
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ukuthi babheka ngasehlane, futhi, bheka!
inkazimulo kaJehova yabonakala efwini.
16:11 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
16:12 Ngikuzwile ukububula kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli: khuluma kubo.
ethi: Ngakusihlwa niyakudla inyama, ekuseni niyakuba khona
egcwele isinkwa; niyakwazi ukuthi nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wenu.
16:13 Kwathi kusihlwa kwenyuka izigwaca, zasibekela
ekuseni kwakulele amazolo nxazonke zekamu.
16:14 Futhi lapho amazolo elele wenyuka, bheka, ebusweni bomhlaba
ehlane kwakulele into encane eyindilinga, encane njengongqoqwane
umhlabathi.
15 Kwathi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bekubona, bathi omunye komunye: "Kunjalo."
imana: ngokuba babengazi ukuthi kuyini. UMose wathi kubo: "Nansi."
isinkwa uJehova aninike sona ukuba nidle.
16:16 Yilokhu uJehova ayale ngakho: Buthani kuwo wonke umuntu
njengokudla kwakhe ihomere ngomuntu ngamunye, ngokwenani
kwabantu bakho; thathani, kube yilowo nalowo kwabasematendeni akhe.
16:17 Futhi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli benza kanjalo, futhi babutha, abanye kakhulu, abanye kancane.
16:18 Futhi lapho sebelinganisa it ngehomere, lowo owayebuthe okuningi wayenakho
lutho, nowabutha okuncane akaswelanga; babuthana
yilowo nalowo ngokudla kwakhe.
16:19 Wathi uMose: "Makungabikho muntu oshiya kukho kuze kuse.
16:20 Nokho abamlalelanga uMose; kodwa abanye babo basuka
kwaze kwasa, kwazala izimpethu, kwanuka; uMose wathukuthela
nabo.
16:21 Bakubutha ekuseni njalo, kwaba yilowo nalowo njengokudla kwakhe.
kwathi lapho ilanga selishisa, yancibilika.
16:22 Kwathi ngosuku lwesithupha babutha okuphindwe kabili
isinkwa, amawomere amabili kumuntu munye, nezikhulu zonke zebandla
weza wamtshela uMose.
" 16:23 Wathi kubo: "Yilokhu uJehova akushilo, 'Kusasa.'
kuwukuphumula kwesabatha elingcwele likaJehova; bhakani enikuthandayo
bhakani namuhla, nipheke eniyakukupheka; lalokho okuseleyo
zibekeleni, nigcinwe kuze kuse.
16:24 Bakubeka kwaze kwasa, njengalokho eyalile uMose;
kwakunuka, akubangakho nampethu kuyo.
25 Wathi uMose: "Yidlani lokho namuhla; ngokuba namuhla kuyisabatha likaJehova;
namuhla aniyikuyithola endle.
16:26 Izinsuku eziyisithupha niyakubutha; kodwa ngosuku lwesikhombisa, okuyilo
isabatha, kakuyikuba khona kulo.
16:27 Futhi kwenzeka, ukuthi abanye abantu baphuma phezu
ngosuku lwesikhombisa ukubuthwa, kepha kabakutholanga.
" 16:28 Futhi uJehova wathi kuMose: "Koze kube nini nenqaba ukugcina imiyalo yami
nemithetho yami?
16:29 Bhekani, ngokuba uJehova uninike isabatha, ngakho uyaninika
ngosuku lwesithupha isinkwa sezinsuku ezimbili; hlalani, kube yilowo nalowo kwelakhe
indawo, makungaphumi muntu endaweni yakhe ngosuku lwesikhombisa.
16:30 Ngakho abantu baphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa.
16:31 Indlu ka-Israyeli yaqamba igama lakho ngokuthi imana
imbewu ye-coriander, emhlophe; futhi ukunambitheka kwawo kwakunjengezinkwa eziyizinkwa
uju.
16:32 UMose wathi: "Yilokhu uJehova ayale ngakho: Gcwalisani
i-omeri yawo igcinelwe izizukulwane zenu; ukuze babone izinkwa
enganidlisa ngakho ehlane, ekunikhipheni kwami
ezweni laseGibhithe.
16:33 UMose wathi ku-Aroni: "Thatha imbiza, futhi ubeke iomere ligcwele imana
kuwo, nikubeke phambi kukaJehova, kugcinelwe izizukulwane zenu.
16:34 Njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose, kanjalo u-Aroni wakubeka phambi kobufakazi.
okumele igcinwe.
16:35 Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli badla imana iminyaka engamashumi amane, baze bafika
izwe elakhiwe; badla imana baze bafika emikhawulweni
ezweni laseKhanani.
16:36 Manje iomere lingokweshumi kwe-efa.