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| 1. | Kwasekusithi abantu besola kwakukubi endlebeni ze Nkosi. Kwathi i Nkosi isikuzwile, ulaka lwayo lwavutha, lomlilo we Nkosi wavutha phakathi kwabo, waqothula emngceleni wenkamba. |
| 2. | Abantu basebekhala kuMozisi; uMozisi wasekhuleka e Nkosi ni, lomlilo wadeda. |
| 3. | Ngakho wabiza ibizo laleyondawo iTabera, ngoba umlilo we Nkosi wavutha phakathi kwabo. |
| 4. | Ududu lwabantu olwaluphakathi kwabo lwaloyisa isiloyiso; ngakho labantwana bakoIsrayeli baphinde bakhala inyembezi, bathi: Ngubani ozasipha inyama ukuthi sidle? |
| 5. | Siyazikhumbula inhlanzi esasizidla ngesihle eGibhithe, amakhomane, lamakhabe, lamaliki, lesandindima, legalikhi. |
| 6. | Kodwa khathesi umphefumulo wethu womile, kakulalutho ngitsho, ngaphandle kwale imana phambi kwamehlo ethu. |
| 7. | Njalo imana yayinjengenhlanyelo yekoriyanderi*, lokukhangeleka kwayo kwakunjengokukhangeleka kwebedola*. |
| 8. | Abantu bahambahamba bayibutha bayichola ematsheni okuchola, loba bayigiga engigeni, bayipheka ezimbizeni, benza amaqebelengwana ngayo; lokunambitheka kwayo kwakunjengokunambitheka komhluzi wamafutha. |
| 9. | Lapho amazolo esehlela phezu kwenkamba ebusuku, imana yehla phezu kwawo. |
| 10. | Njalo uMozisi wezwa abantu bekhala inyembezi ngokwensapho zabo, ngulowo lalowo emnyango wethente lakhe. Lolaka lwe Nkosi lwavutha kakhulu; futhi kwaba kubi emehlweni kaMozisi. |
| 11. | UMozisi wasesithi e Nkosi ni: Wenzeleni okubi encekwini yakho? Njalo kungani ngingatholanga umusa emehlweni akho ukuthi ubeke umthwalo walababantu bonke phezu kwami? |
| 12. | Mina ngakhulelwa yibo bonke lababantu yini? Kumbe mina ngabazala yini, ukuze uthi kimi: Basingathe esifubeni sakho, njengomlizane owesilisa esingatha umntwana omunyayo, kuze kube selizweni owalifungela oyise? |
| 13. | Ngingayithatha ngaphi inyama ukuthi ngibaphe bonke lababantu? Ngoba bayakhala inyembezi kimi besithi: Siphe inyama ukuze sidle. |
| 14. | Mina kangilamandla okuthwala bonke lababantu ngedwa, ngoba kunzima kakhulu kimi. |
| 15. | Uba-ke usenza njalo kimi, ake ungibulale lokungibulala, uba ngithole umusa emehlweni akho, njalo kangingaboni usizi lwami. |
| 16. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Buthela kimi amadoda angamatshumi ayisikhombisa abadala bakoIsrayeli, owaziyo ngawo ukuthi angabadala babantu lenduna zabo, uwalethe ethenteni lenhlangano ukuze eme khona lawe. |
| 17. | Njalo ngizakwehla, ngikhulume lawe khona; ngizagodla okomoya ophezu kwakho ngikufake phezu kwabo; njalo bazathwala kanye lawe umthwalo wabantu, ukuze ungawuthwali wedwa. |
| 18. | Tshono-ke ebantwini uthi: Zingcweliseleleni ikusasa, lizakudla inyama; ngoba likhalile inyembezi endlebeni ze Nkosi lisithi: Ngubani ozasipha inyama ukuze sidle? Ngoba kwakukuhle kithi eGibhithe. Ngakho i Nkosi izalipha inyama njalo lidle. |
| 19. | Kaliyikudla usuku olulodwa, loba insuku ezimbili, loba insuku ezinhlanu, loba insuku ezilitshumi, kumbe insuku ezingamatshumi amabili, |
| 20. | kuze kube yinyanga yonke, ize iphume emakhaleni enu, ilitshiphele, ngenxa yokuthi liyalile i Nkosi ephakathi kwenu, lakhala inyembezi phambi kwayo lisithi: Kanti saphumelani eGibhithe? |
| 21. | Kodwa uMozisi wathi: Abantu abahamba ngenyawo engiphakathi kwabo bazinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha; wena-ke uthe: Ngizabanika inyama ukuze badle inyanga yonke. |
| 22. | Bazahlatshelwa izimvu lezinkomo yini ukuze zibanele? Loba bazabuthelwa yini inhlanzi zonke zolwandle ukuze zibanele? |
| 23. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Isandla se Nkosi sifinyeziwe yini? Khathesi uzabona ukuthi ilizwi lami lizakwenzeka kuwe kumbe hatshi. |
| 24. | UMozisi wasephuma, wabatshela abantu amazwi e Nkosi; wabutha amadoda angamatshumi ayisikhombisa ebadaleni babantu, wawamisa ehanqe ithente. |
| 25. | I Nkosi yasisehla ngeyezi, yakhuluma kuye, yagodla okomoya ophezu kwakhe, yakubeka phezu kwamadoda angamatshumi ayisikhombisa, abadala. Kwasekusithi lapho uMoya ehlala phezu kwabo, baprofetha, kodwa kabakuphindanga. |
| 26. | Njalo kwakusele amadoda amabili enkambeni, ibizo lenye lalinguElidadi lebizo lenye linguMedadi; loMoya wahlala phezu kwawo. Njalo ayephakathi kwalabo ababhaliweyo, kodwa kawaphumanga ukuya ethenteni, njalo aprofetha enkambeni. |
| 27. | Kwagijima ijaha labika kuMozisi lathi: UElidadi loMedadi bayaprofetha enkambeni. |
| 28. | UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, inceku kaMozisi, omunye wabatsha bakhe, wasephendula wathi: Nkosi yami, Mozisi, benqabele. |
| 29. | Kodwa uMozisi wathi kuye: Ulobukhwele ngenxa yami yini? Kungathi bonke abantu be Nkosi bangaba ngabaprofethi, ukuze i Nkosi ifake uMoya wayo phezu kwabo ! |
| 30. | UMozisi wasezibuthela enkambeni, yena labadala bakoIsrayeli. |
| 31. | Kwasekusuka umoya ovela e Nkosi ni, waletha izagwaca zivela elwandle, wazehlisela phezu kwenkamba, phose uhambo losuku ngapha, njalo phose uhambo losuku ngapha, zizingelezele inkamba, njalo okungaba zingalo ezimbili phezu komhlabathi. |
| 32. | Abantu basebesukuma lolosuku lonke, lobusuku bonke, losuku lonke olulandelayo, bebutha izagwaca. Lowo owayelezinlutshwana wayebuthe amahomeri* alitshumi; bazichayela zona inhlangothi zonke zenkamba. |
| 33. | Inyama isesephakathi kwamazinyo abo ingakahlafunwa, intukuthelo ye Nkosi yabavuthela abantu, njalo i Nkosi yabatshaya abantu ngenhlupheko enkulu kakhulu. |
| 34. | Ngakho ibizo laleyondawo lathiwa yiKibirothi-Hathava, ngoba lapho bangcwaba abantu abakhanukayo. |
| 35. | Abantu basuka eKibirothi-Hathava baya eHazerothi; bahlala eHazerothi. |
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