U-Eksodusi 16:5-23 Ibhayibheli Elingcwele (ZUL59)

5. Kuzakuthi ngosuku lwesithupha bakulungise abakungenisileyo; kuzakuba ngokuphindwe kabili kwalokhu abakubutha imihla ngemihla.”

6. OMose no-Aroni bathi kubo bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli: “Ngakusihlwa niyakwazi ukuthi uJehova unikhiphile ezweni laseGibithe.

7. Kusasa niyakubona inkazimulo kaJehova, lokhu ezwile izinkonono zenu ngoJehova; thina siyini ukuba nikhonone ngathi na?”

8. UMose wathi: “Lokhu kuzakwenzeka, lapho uJehova eyakuninika inyama kusihlwa ukuba nidle, nasekuseni isinkwa ukuze nisuthe; ngokuba uJehova uyezwa izinkonono zenu enikhonona ngaye ngazo; thina siyini? Izinkonono zenu azingathi, zingoJehova.”

9. UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Yisho kuyo yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuthi: ‘Sondelani phambi kukaJehova, ngokuba uzwile izinkonono zenu.’ ”

10. Kwathi u-Aroni esakhuluma kuyo yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, babheka ngasehlane; bheka, inkazimulo kaJehova yabonakala efwini.

11. UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

12. “Ngizwile izinkonono zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli; khuluma kubo, uthi: ‘Ngakusihlwa niyakudla inyama, kusasa nisuthe isinkwa, nize nazi ukuthi nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wenu.’ ”

13. Kwathi kusihlwa kwenyuka izigwaca, zasibekela ikamu;* ngakusasa kwakulele amazolo ekamu nxazonke.

14. Esenyukile amazolo akade elele khona, bheka, nakho okuthile okuncane okunjengenkwethu, kuncane njengongqoqwane emhlabathini.

15. Bakubona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, bathi omunye komunye: “Yini le?” ngokuba babengazi ukuthi kuyini. UMose wathi kubo: “Kuyisinkwa uJehova aninike sona ukuba nisidle.

16. Lokhu kuyikho uJehova ayalile ngakho ukuthi: ‘Kubutheni, kube yilowo nalowo njengokudla kwakhe; anothatha iyomere* ngomuntu ngokwenani labantu benu, yilowo nalowo abathathele abasetendeni lakhe.’ ”

17. Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli benze njalo: abanye babutha okuningi abanye okuyingcosana.

18. Lapho sebelinganisa ngeyomere,* yena owayebuthe okuningi akabanga nokuseleyo, nowayebuthe okuyingcosana akaswelanga. Yilowo nalowo wabutha njengokudla kwakhe.

19. UMose wayesethi kubo: “Makungashiywa lutho kukho ngumuntu kuze kuse.”

20. Kodwa abamlalelanga uMose; abanye kubo bashiya okunye kwaze kwasa, kwazala izimpethu, kwanuka, uMose waze wabathukuthelela.

21. Bakubutha ekuseni njalo imihla ngemihla, kwaba yilowo nalowo muntu njengokudla kwakhe; kepha nxa ilanga selibalele, kwancibilika.

22. Kwathi ngosuku lwesithupha babutha isinkwa esiphindwe kabili, amayomere* amabili kumuntu munye; zonke izinduna zomhlangano zafika, zamtshela uMose.

23. Wathi kuzo: “Lokhu kuyikho uJehova akukhulumileyo: kusasa kulusuku lokuphumula, isabatha elingcwele likaJehova; yosani lokho eniyakukosa, nipheke lokho eniyakukupheka, nizibekele konke okuseleyo, kulondolozwe kuze kuse.”

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