Levitikusi
7:1 Ngokufanayo, lokhu kungumthetho womnikelo wecala: ungcwelengcwele.
7:2 Endaweni lapho abahlabela khona umnikelo wokutshiswa bazahlabela khona
umnikelo wecala, igazi lawo lifafazwe nxazonke
phezu kwe-altare.
7:3 Wonikela kuwo wonke amanoni awo; ingquza, namafutha lawo
ivala izibilini,
7:4 nezinso zombili, namanoni akuzo, angasohlangothini lwesandla sakho
izinhlanga, nomhlehlo ophezu kwesibindi, kanye nezinso, uyakuwenza
wathatha:
7:5 Umpristi uyakukushisa e-altare, kube ngumnikelo oshiswa ngesandla
umlilo kuJehova: kungumnikelo wecala.
7:6 Bonke abesilisa phakathi kwabapristi bayakuyidla, idliwe phakathi
indawo engcwele: ingcwelengcwele.
7:7 Njengomnikelo wesono, unjalo umnikelo wecala: munye umthetho
umpristi owenza ukubuyisana ngalo uyakuba nalo.
7:8 Nompristi onikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa womuntu, umpristi
isikhumba somnikelo wokushiswa anaso siyakuba ngesakhe
inikelwe.
7:9 nawo wonke umnikelo wempuphu obhakwe eziko, nakho konke okukhona
okwembeswa ekhanzini nasepanini kuyakuba ngezompristi
ayinikele.
7:10 Futhi wonke umnikelo wempuphu, exovwe namafutha, futhi owomile, wonke amadodana
ezika-Aroni, omunye alingane omunye.
7:11 Futhi lokhu kungumthetho womhlatshelo weminikelo yokuthula, okuyinto yena
nikelani kuJehova.
7:12 Uma enikela ngayo ibe ngumnikelo wokubonga, uyakunikela kanye nethempeli
umhlatshelo wokubonga amaqebelengwane angenamvubelo exovwe namafutha, futhi
izinkwa ezingenamvubelo ezigcotshwe ngamafutha, namaqebelengwane acolekileyo exovwe namafutha
ufulawa, othosiwe.
7:13 Ngaphandle amaqebelengwane, uyakunikela umnikelo wakhe ngesinkwa esivutshelweyo
umhlatshelo wokubonga weminikelo yakhe yokuthula.
7:14 Futhi kuyo uyakunikela omunye kuwo wonke umnikelo ube ukuphakanyiswa
umnikelo kaJehova, ube ngowompristi ofafazayo
igazi leminikelo yokuthula.
7:15 Nenyama yomhlatshelo weminikelo yakhe yokuthula, kube ukubonga
uyakudliwa ngosuku lokunikelwa kwalo; kayikutshiya lutho
kwakho kuze kuse.
7:16 Kodwa uma umhlatshelo womnikelo wakhe uyisithembiso noma umnikelo wesihle,
uyakudliwa ngalolo suku enikela ngalo umhlatshelo wakhe;
okuseleyo kuwo kuyakudliwa ngakusasa;
7:17 Kodwa okusele enyameni yomhlatshelo ngosuku lwesithathu
ashiswe ngomlilo.
7:18 Futhi uma noma iyiphi yenyama yomhlatshelo weminikelo yakhe yokuthula idliwa
nokho ngosuku lwesithathu ayiyikwamukeleka, futhi ayiyikwamukeleka
kubalelwa onikelayo: kuyakuba yisinengiso, kube yisinengiso
umphefumulo oyidlayo uyakuthwala ububi bawo.
7:19 Inyama ethinta noma yini engcolile ayiyikudliwa; yona
uyakushiswa ngomlilo, nenyama bonke abahlambulukileyo bayakuba
yidlani kuwo.
7:20 Kodwa umphefumulo odla inyama umhlatshelo wokuthula
iminikelo kaJehova, ukungcola kwakhe kuphezu kwakhe;
lowo muntu uyakunqunywa kubantu bakubo.
7:21 Futhi umphefumulo othinta noma yini engcolile, njengoba ukungcola
womuntu, noma yisiphi isilwane esingcolile, nanoma yini eyisinengiso engcolile, nidle
enyameni yomhlatshelo weminikelo yokuthula engekaJehova
Jehova, lowo mphefumulo uyakunqunywa kubantu bakubo.
7:22 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
7:23 Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi, 'Ningadli lutho
amanoni, enkomo, noma imvu, noma eyembuzi.
7:24 Futhi amanoni esilwane esifa ngokwaso, namanoni alokho okufayo
idwengulwe yizilwane, ingasetshenziswa kunoma yimuphi omunye umsebenzi, kepha aniyikukwenza
abahlakaniphileyo badle kuwo.
7:25 Ngoba yilowo nalowo odla amanoni esilwane, abanikela ngaso
umnikelo womlilo kuJehova, lowo muntu owudlayo uyakuwudla
anqunywe kubantu bakhe.
7:26 Futhi aniyikudla igazi, noma ngelenyoni noma ngelenyoni
isilwane, kunoma iyiphi yezindlu zenu.
7:27 Noma yimuphi umphefumulo odla noma yiluphi uhlobo lwegazi, ngisho lowo mphefumulo
uyakunqunywa kubantu bakhe.
7:28 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
7:29 Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: 'Lowo onikela umnikelo
umhlatshelo weminikelo yakhe yokuthula kuJehova uyakuletha umnikelo wakhe
kuJehova emhlatshelweni weminikelo yakhe yokuthula.
7:30 Izandla zakhe siqu ziyoletha iminikelo yomlilo kaJehova, i
amanoni kanye nesifuba wowaletha, ukuze isifuba sizuliswe
umnikelo wokuzuliswa phambi kukaJehova.
7:31 Umpristi ashise amanoni e-altare, kodwa isifuba sokushisa
zibe ezika-Aroni nezamadodana akhe.
7:32 Futhi umlenze wesokunene niyonika umpristi ukuphakanyiswa
ninikele ngemihlatshelo yeminikelo yenu yokuthula.
7:33 Lowo phakathi kwamadodana ka-Aroni, onikela ngegazi lokuthula
umnikelo, namanoni, umlenze wokunene uyakuba yisabelo sakhe.
7:34 Ngoba isifuba sokuzuliswa kanye ihlombe ukuphakanyiswa ngikuthathile kubantwana
ka-Israyeli emihlatshelweni yeminikelo yabo yokuthula, nidle
wazinika u-Aroni umpristi nakumadodana akhe, kube yisimiso esiphakade
phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
7:35 Lokhu kuyisabelo sokugcotshwa kuka-Aroni nesokugcotshwa kuka
amadodana akhe eminikelweni yomlilo kaJehova ngosuku lwaso
wabamisa ukuba bakhonze uJehova esikhundleni sobupristi;
7:36 uJehova ayala ukuba banikezwe abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngo
ngosuku abagcoba ngalo, kube yisimiso esiphakade phakathi kwabo
izizukulwane.
7:37 Lona ngumthetho womnikelo wokushiswa, nomnikelo wempuphu, nowomnikelo wokushiswa
nomnikelo wesono, nomnikelo wecala, nowokwahlukaniselwa,
nomhlatshelo weminikelo yokuthula;
7:38 uJehova ayala ngakho uMose entabeni yaseSinayi, ngosuku aphuma ngalo
wayala abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuba banikele ngeminikelo yabo kuJehova;
ehlane laseSinayi.