Izinombolo
16:1 UKora, indodana kaJisihari, indodana kaKohati, indodana kaLevi,
oDathani no-Abiramu, amadodana ka-Eliyabe, no-Oni, indodana kaPheleti, amadodana ka
URubeni wathatha amadoda.
16:2 Basuka phambi kukaMose kanye nabanye babantwana bakwa-Israyeli;
izikhulu zebandla ezingamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu, ezidumileyo e
ibandla, amadoda odumo:
16:3 Futhi babuthana ndawonye ngokumelene noMose no-Aroni.
wasesithi kubo: Lithwala kakhulu, libona konke
ibandla lingcwele, yilowo nalowo kubo, noJehova uphakathi kwabo;
Niziphakamiselani phezu kwebandla likaJehova na?
16:4 UMose ekuzwa lokho, wawa ngobuso bakhe.
16:5 Wakhuluma kuKora nakulo lonke iviyo lakhe, wathi: "Kusasa."
uJehova uyakuveza ongowakhe nokuthi ngubani ongcwele; futhi izomenza enze
sondelani kuye: lowo amkhethileyo uyakumenza ukuba eze
eduze kwakhe.
16:6 Yenzani lokhu; Zithatheleni imicengezi yomlilo, Kora nebandla lakhe lonke;
16:7 nibeke umlilo kuwo, nibeke impepho kuyo phambi kukaJehova kusasa.
kuyakuthi lowo uJehova amkhethayo abe nguye
ngcwele; niyakweqisa nina madodana kaLevi.
16:8 UMose wathi kuKora: "Ake nizwe, nina madodana kaLevi.
16:9 Kubonakala sengathi kuyinto encane kini, ukuthi uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli anakho
wanehlukanisa nenhlangano yakwa-Israyeli ukuba anisondeze kuyo
yena ngokwakhe ukuba enze inkonzo yetabernakele likaJehova, ame
phambi kwebandla ukuze ngibakhonze?
16:10 Futhi ekusondeze kuye, futhi bonke abafowenu amadodana
ULevi unawe; nifuna nobupristi na?
16:11 Ngenxa yalokhu, wena kanye nebandla lakho lonke nihlangene ndawonye
uyini u-Aroni ukuba nikhonone ngaye na?
16:12 UMose wathuma wabiza oDathani no-Abiramu, amadodana ka-Eliyabe.
Ngeke size:
16:13 Ingabe kuyinto encane ukuthi usikhuphule ezweni?
kugeleza ubisi nezinyosi ukuba usibulale ehlane, ngaphandle kwakho
uzenze isikhulu phezu kwethu na?
16:14 Futhi awusingenisanga ezweni elivame ubisi
usinike ifa lamasimu nelezivini;
amehlo alaba bantu? ngeke sikhuphuke.
" 16:15 UMose wathukuthela kakhulu, futhi wathi kuJehova: "Unganaki kwabo
angithathanga neyodwa imbongolo kubo, futhi angilimazanga namunye wayo
bona.
16:16 UMose wathi kuKora: "Yiba phambi kukaJehova wena nebandla lakho lonke.
wena, nabo, no-Aroni kusasa;
16:17 Nithathe, kube yilowo nalowo umcengezi wakhe, nibeke impepho kuyo, nilethe
phambi kukaJehova, kube yilowo nalowo nocengezi lwakhe, iingcedevu ezingamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu;
nawe no-Aroni, kube yilowo nalowo umcengezi wakhe.
16:18 Bathatha, kwaba yilowo nalowo umcengezi wakhe, babeka umlilo kuwo, babeka
impepho phezu kwayo, wema ngasemnyango wetabernakele* likaJehova
inhlangano kanye noMose no-Aroni.
16:19 UKora wabutha yonke inhlangano ngokumelene nabo emnyango
etendeni lokuhlangana; kwase kubonakala inkazimulo kaJehova
kulo lonke ibandla.
16:20 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose naku-Aroni, wathi:
16:21 Zihlukaniseni phakathi kwaleli bandla, ukuze ngidle
kubo ngomzuzwana.
16:22 Futhi bawa ngobuso babo, futhi bathi: "O Nkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu wemimoya
kuyo yonke inyama, uyokona umuntu oyedwa, futhi wena uthukuthelele zonke
ibandla?
16:23 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
16:24 Khuluma ebandleni, uthi: Sukani phakathi kwebandla
itabernakele likaKora, noDathani, no-Abiramu.
16:25 UMose wasuka, waya kuDathani no-Abiramu; labadala be
u-Israyeli wamlandela.
16:26 Wakhuluma ebandleni, wathi: "Ngiyakuncenga, nisuke endleleni
amatende alaba bantu ababi, ningathinti lutho olwabo, funa nibe khona
baqedwe kuzo zonke izono zabo.
16:27 Base besuka etabernakele likaKora, noDathani, no-Abiramu,
oDathani no-Abiramu baphuma, bema emnyango wethempeli
amatende abo, nabafazi babo, namadodana abo, nabantwana babo abancane.
" 16:28 UMose wathi: "Ngalokhu niyokwazi ukuthi uJehova ungithumile ukwenza
yonke le misebenzi; ngoba kangikwenzanga ngokwami.
16:29 Uma la madoda efa ukufa okujwayelekile kwabo bonke abantu, noma uma bevakashelwa
emva kokuhanjelwa yibo bonke abantu; uJehova akangithumanga.
16:30 Kodwa uma uJehova enza into entsha, futhi umhlaba uvule umlomo wawo, futhi
abaginye kanye nakho konke okwabo, behle
ngokushesha emgodini; khona niyakuqonda ukuthi lawa madoda anawo
wamcunula uJehova.
16:31 Kwathi, eseqedile ukukhuluma wonke lawa mazwi.
ukuthi umhlabathi owawungaphansi kwabo waqhekezeka;
16:32 Umhlaba wawuvula umlomo wawo, wabagwinya kanye nezindlu zabo.
nawo wonke amadoda angakaKora nempahla yawo yonke.
16:33 Bona, nakho konke okwabo, behlela egodini bephila.
umhlaba wabavala, babhubha phakathi kwabo
ibandla.
16:34 Futhi wonke u-Israyeli owayebazungezile wabaleka ngenxa yokukhala kwabo
bathi: Funa umhlaba usiginye nathi.
16:35 Futhi kwaphuma umlilo ovela eNkosini, futhi waqeda abangamakhulu amabili
namadoda angamashumi ayisihlanu anikela ngempepho.
16:36 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
16:37 Yisho ku-Eleyazare, indodana ka-Aroni umpristi, ukuba athathe isinkwa
imicengezi emlilweni, uwuhlakazele umlilo laphaya; ngoba bona
angcwelisiwe.
16:38 Imicengezi yomlilo yalezi zoni ngokumelene imiphefumulo yabo siqu, mabazenze
Izingcwecwe ezibanzi zokusibekela i-altare, ngokuba banikela ngazo ngaphambili
uJehova, ngalokho angcwelisiwe, ayakuba yisibonakaliso kuJehova
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
16:39 U-Eleyazare, umpristi, wathatha imicengezi zethusi impepho ababenazo
ashisiwe ayenikele; futhi zenziwa izingcwecwe ezibanzi zesembeso sethempeli
i-altare:
16:40 Ukuze kube yisikhumbuzo kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ukuze kungabikho umfokazi, okuyinto
ongesiye owenzalo ka-Aroni, sondela unikele impepho phambi kukaJehova;
ukuze angabi njengoKora nanjengebandla lakhe, njengalokho uJehova eshilo kuye ngesandla sakhe
isandla sikaMose.
16:41 Kodwa ngakusasa yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli
akhonona ngoMose nango-Aroni, nithi: “Nina nibabulele
abantu bakaJehova.
16:42 Kwathi lapho inhlangano ihlangene ngokumelene noMose
no-Aroni babheka ngasetabernakele likaJehova
bheka, ifu lasibekela, nenkazimulo kaJehova
INKOSI yavela.
16:43 OMose no-Aroni beza phambi kwetende lokuhlangana.
16:44 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
16:45 Sukani phakathi kwaleli bandla, ukuze ngibaqede njengasen
umzuzu. bawa ngobuso.
" 16:46 UMose wathi ku-Aroni: "Thatha umcengezi, ubeke umlilo kuwo
e-altare, ubeke impepho, uye ngokushesha ebandleni, futhi
ubenzele ukubuyisana, ngokuba kuphumile ulaka kuJehova;
isiqalile isifo.
16:47 U-Aroni wathatha njengalokho emyalile uMose, wagijimela phakathi kwethempeli
ibandla; bheka, isifo sase siqalile phakathi kwabantu;
wabeka impepho, wenzela abantu ukubuyisana.
16:48 Futhi wema phakathi kwabafileyo nabaphilayo; isifo sanqamuka.
16:49 Manje labo abafa ngesifo babe yizinkulungwane eziyishumi nane nesikhombisa
amakhulu, ngaphandle kwabafa ngodaba lukaKora.
16:50 U-Aroni wabuyela kuMose ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana
ibandla: isifo sanqamuka.