Eksodusi
30:1 Uyakwenza i-altare ukushisa impepho, ngomuthi womtholo
uyakwenza.
30:2 Ubude baso bube yingalo, nobubanzi baso bube yingalo;
libe nezinhlangothi ezine ezilinganayo, ukuphakama kwalo kube yizingalo ezimbili;
izimpondo zalo ziphume kulo.
30:3 Futhi kumelwe uyinameke ngegolide elicwengekileyo, phezulu kanye nezinhlangothi
nalo nxazonke, nezimpondo zalo; wenze kuso
umqhele wegolide inhlangothi zonke.
30:4 Ulenzele amasongo amabili egolide ngaphansi komqhele walo, eceleni
ulenze amagumbi alo amabili, ezinhlangothini zalo ezimbili; futhi
ayakuba yizindawo zezinti zokulithwala.
30:5 Futhi kumelwe wenze izinti ngomuthi womtholo, futhi uyozinameka
igolide.
30:6 Wolibeka phambi kwesihenqo esiseduze komphongolo
ubufakazi, phambi kwesihlalo somusa esiphezu kobufakazi, lapho ngi
uzohlangana nawe.
30:7 U-Aroni kumelwe ashise phezu kwalo impepho ethaphukayo njalo ekuseni
olungisa izibani, ashise impepho phezu kwayo.
30:8 Futhi lapho u-Aroni ezikhanyisa izibani kusihlwa, futhi uzoshisa impepho
kube yimpepho ephakade phambi kukaJehova ezizukulwaneni zenu.
30:9 Aniyikunikela phezu kwalo impepho ongaziwa, noma umnikelo wokushiswa, noma inyama
umnikelo; futhi aniyikuthela phezu kwayo umnikelo wokuphuzwa.
30:10 U-Aroni uyakwenza ukubuyisana ezimpondweni zalo kanye ngomnyaka
ngegazi lomnikelo wesono wokubuyisana kanye ngomnyaka
enze ukubuyisana phezu kwalo ezizukulwaneni zenu: lingcwelengcwele
kuJehova.
30:11 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
30:12 Lapho ubala abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba inombolo yabo.
bayakunikela, kube yilowo nalowo ibe yisihlengo somphefumulo wakhe kuJehova, lapho
uyababala; ukuze kungabi khona isifo phakathi kwabo, lapho wena
zibale.
30:13 Lokhu bayokunikeza, yilowo nalowo odlula phakathi kwabo
ibalwe, inxenye yeshekeli ngokweshekeli lendlu engcwele: ishekeli liyishekeli
inxenye yeshekeli iyakuba ngumnikelo kaJehova.
30:14 Wonke umuntu odlula phakathi kwabo ababalwayo, kusukela eminyakeni engamashumi amabili
omdala nangaphezulu uyakunikela ngomnikelo kuJehova.
30:15 Ocebile ngeke anikeze okuningi, futhi abampofu ngeke anikeze ngaphansi kwengxenye
ishekeli, lapho benikela ngomnikelo kuJehova, ukwenza ukubuyisana
ngenxa yemiphefumulo yenu.
30:16 Futhi uzothatha imali yokubuyisana kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, futhi
uyakuwumisela enkonzweni yetende lokuhlangana;
ukuze kube yisikhumbuzo kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli phambi kukaJehova;
ukuze lenzele imiphefumulo yenu inhlawulo yokuthula.
30:17 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
30:18 Uyakwenza umcengezi wethusi, nonyawo lwawo lube ngethusi,
geza ngawo, uwubeke phakathi kwetabernakele* likaJehova
Ibandla ne-altare, uthele amanzi kulo.
30:19 U-Aroni namadodana akhe bayakugeza kulo izandla zabo nezinyawo zabo.
30:20 Lapho bengena etendeni lokuhlangana, bayogeza
ngamanzi, ukuze bangafi; noma lapho besondela e-altare
ngikhonze, kube ngumnikelo womlilo kuJehova;
30:21 Ngakho bayogeza izandla zabo nezinyawo zabo, ukuze bangafi
kuyakuba yisimiso kubo kuze kube phakade, kuye nakuyo inzalo yakhe
ezizukulwaneni zabo.
30:22 Futhi uJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
30:23 Futhi zithathele kuwe principal izinongo, amakhulu amahlanu emure elicwengekileyo
amashekeli, nesinamoni elimnandi inxenye okungaka, amakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu
namashekeli angamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu ekalimusi elimnandi;
30:24 nekasiya amashekeli angamakhulu amahlanu ngokweshekeli lendlu engcwele;
nehini lamafutha omnqumo.
30:25 Futhi kumelwe wenze kube amafutha angcwele, inhlanganisela yamafutha
njengomsebenzi womkhandi weziqholo, kuyakuba ngamafutha angcwele okugcoba.
30:26 Futhi uzogcoba itabernakele lokuhlangana, futhi
umphongolo wobufakazi,
30:27 netafula, nazo zonke izinto zalo, nothi lwesibani, nezitsha zalo,
ne-altare lempepho,
30:28 I-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa nazo zonke izinto zalo, nocengezi kanye
unyawo lwakhe.
30:29 Futhi uyakubangcwelisa kubo, ukuze babe ngcwelengcwele
ozithintayo uyakuba ngcwele.
30:30 Ugcobe u-Aroni namadodana akhe, ubangcwelise, ukuze babe
angangikhonza esikhundleni sobupristi.
30:31 Uyakukhuluma kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: 'Lokhu kuyakuba
amafutha angcwele okugcoba kimi ezizukulwaneni zenu.
30:32 Aliyikuthelwa phezu kwenyama yomuntu, futhi ningenzi enye
njengalo, njengokwakheka kwalo: lingcwele, liyakuba ngcwele
kuwe.
30:33 Noma ubani ohlanganisa noma iyiphi efana nayo, noma ubani obeka noma iyiphi yayo phezu
umfokazi, uyakunqunywa kubantu bakubo.
" 30:34 Futhi uJehova wathi kuMose: "Zithathele amakha amnandi, isitakidi kanye
i-onycha, negalbanum; lezi zinongo ezimnandi ezinenhlaka ehlanzekile: ngayinye
kuyoba nesisindo esifanayo na?
30:35 Wowenza amakha, isiqholo, umsebenzi wobucwebecwebe
i-apothecary, ihlangene, ihlanzekile futhi ingcwele;
30:36 Uyakuchoboza enye yayo, futhi ubeke phambi kwakho
ubufakazi etendeni lokuhlangana, lapho ngiyohlangana khona
kuwe: kuyakuba ngcwelengcwele kuwe.
30:37 Futhi ngokuqondene namakha oyowenza, aniyikuwenza
makube ngokwenu njengokwakheka kwayo; makube ngokwenu
ngcwele kuJehova.
30:38 Noma ubani oyokwenza okufana nalokhu, ukuze ukuhogela kwalo, uyakunqunywa
asuke kubantu bakhe.