Eksodusi
16 Ngemva kokuthi ama-Israyeli aphumile e-Elimu, afika emmangweni weSini+ ohlangana kwe-Elimu neSinayi elangeni le-15 lenyanga yesibili ngemva kokuthi aphume eGibhide.
2 Ihlangano yoke yakwa-Israyeli yathoma ukunghonghoyila ngoMosi no-Aroni emmangweni.+ 3 Ama-Israyeli athi kibo: “Ngathana uJehova wasibulalela enarheni yeGibhide lapho besidla khona inyama,+ sidla noburotho besaneliseke. Nje-ke nisilethe emmangwenapha bona sizokubulawa yindlala.”+
4 UJehova wathi kuMosi: “Ngizokunisa uburotho obuvela ezulwini+ begodu umuntu ngamunye kufuze abuthelele azokudla ilanga nelanga,+ ngifuna ukubalinga ukubona ukuthi bazowulalela umthethwami namkha awa.+ 5 Kodwana ngelanga lesithandathu+ kufuze babuthelele uburotho bamalanga amabili babulungiselele kusese ngaphambili.”+
6 UMosi no-Aroni bathi kiwo woke ama-Israyeli: “Ntambama nizokwazi kwamambala bonyana nguJehova owanikhupha enarheni yeGibhide.+ 7 Ekuseni nizokubona iphazimulo kaJehova ngombana uJehova ukuzwile ukunghonghoyila kwenu ngaye. Thina sibobani bona ningabe ninghonghoyile ngathi?” 8 UMosi waraga wathi: “Lokha uJehova nakaninikela inyama ebusuku bona nidle begodu aninikela uburotho ekuseni bona nisuthe, nizokubona ukuthi uJehova uzizwile iinghonghoyilo zenu ngaye. Kodwana thina besiyini? Aninghonghoyili ngathi kodwana ninghonghoyila ngoJehova.”+
9 Nje-ke uMosi wathi ku-Aroni: “Tjela yoke ihlangano yama-Israyeli uthi, ‘Tjhidelani kuJehova ngombana uzizwile zoke iinghonghoyilo zenu.’”+ 10 Kuthe bona u-Aroni akhulume nabantu bakwa-Israyeli, baphenduka baqala nca ngemmangweni, babona iphazimulo kaJehova elifini.+
11 UJehova wathi kuMosi: 12 “Ngizizwile iinghonghoyilo zama-Israyeli.+ Nje-ke ithi kiwo, ‘Ngamarhwaqela nizokudla inyama, ekuseni nisuthiswe ngoburotho+ begodu nizokwazi ukuthi nginguJehova uZimenu.’”+
13 Nje-ke ntambama kwafika iinkwali zazala ikampa,+ ekuseni umbethe bewuzele ikampa yoke. 14 Nasele umbethe usukile, kwaba neenthoro ezincani zagubuzesa ummango+ njengegabhogo. 15 Ama-Israyeli nakazibonako, athi komunye nomunye, “Yintobani le?” Ngombana bewangazi ukuthi khuyini. UMosi wathi kiwo: “Burotho uJehova aninikele bona khona nizabudla.+ 16 UJehova uthe, ‘Umuntu ngamunye kufuze athathe uburotho kuye ngokuthi udla kangangani. Umuntu ngamunye kufuze athathe isilinganiso se-omere*+ kuye ngesibalo sabantu abangetendeni lakhe.’” 17 Ama-Israyeli athoma ukwenza njalo, asibuthelela amanye abuthelela uburotho obunengi, amanye abuthelela obuncani. 18 Athi nawasilinganisa nge-omere, obuthelele okunengi akhenge abe nokusalako nobuthelele kancani akhenge atlhayelelwe.+ Ngamunye wabuthelela azokukghona ukukudla.
19 Nje-ke uMosi wathi kiwo: “Akunamuntu okufuze asitjhiye bekube sekuseni.”+ 20 Akhenge bamlalele uMosi. Abanye batjhiya uburothobo bekwaba sekuseni, baba neembungu bebanuka. Lokho kwamsilinga khulu uMosi. 21 Bebasibuthelela qobe langa ekuseni, kuye ngokwalokho umuntu azokudla. Ilanga nalitjhisako besincibilika.
22 Ngelanga lesithandathu, babuthelela uburotho bamalanga amabili,+ umuntu ngamunye isilinganiso sama-omere amabili. Nje-ke woke amakhosana wama-Israyeli eza azokubikela uMosi. 23 UMosi wathi kiwo: “UJehova uthe: Kusasa kuzokugidingwa iSabatha lakaJehova elicwengileko.+ Bhagani nanyana yini enitlhoga ukuyibhaga, nibilise nanyana yini enifuna ukuyibilisa;+ nibeke okuseleko bekube sekuseni.” 24 Okuseleko bakubeka bekwaba sekuseni njengombana uMosi ayalile begodu akhenge kunuke namkha kube neembungu. 25 UMosi wathi: “Kudleni namhlanjesi ngombana liSabatha lakaJehova. Namhlanjesi angekhe nisifumane phasi. 26 Nizokuyosidobha amalanga asithandathu kodwana elangeni lekhomba, okuliSabatha+ angekhe nisifumane.” 27 Abanye abantu bakhamba bayosidobha ngelanga lekhomba kodwana bafumana kunganalitho.
28 UJehova wathi kuMosi: “Kuzabe bekube kunini nibhala ukulalela imiyalwami nemithethwami?+ 29 Kufuze ningakhohlwa bona uJehova uninikele iSabatha.+ Kungebangelo-ke ngelanga lesithandathu aninikela uburotho bamalanga amabili. Umuntu ngamunye kufuze ahlale lapha akhona, akunamuntu okufuze aphume ngelanga lekhomba.” 30 Nje-ke abantu bagidinga iSabatha ngelanga lekhomba.+
31 Ama-Israyeli athiya uburothobo ngokuthi “yimana.”* Bebumhlophe njengembewu yekhoriyanda begodu bunambitheka njengoburotho obenziwe ngeliju.+ 32 UMosi wathi: “UJehova uthe, ‘Zalisani uburothobu esilinganisweni se-omere, nibubeke bona iinzukulwana ezilandelako+ zibone ukuthi bengininikela uburotho obunjani nanisemmangweni, lokha nanginikhupha enarheni yeGibhide.’” 33 Nje-ke uMosi wathi ku-Aroni: “Thela isilinganiso se-omere semana ngemjekeni usibeke phambi kwakaJehova ukwenzela bona iinzukulwana ezilandelako ziyibone.”+ 34 Njengombana uJehova ayale uMosi, u-Aroni wayibeka phambi kobuFakazi+ ukwenzela bona ihlale lapho. 35 Ama-Israyeli adla imana iminyaka ema-40+ bekwaba kulapho afika enarheni ehlalekako.+ Adla imana bewafika emkhawuleni wenarha yeKanana.+ 36 Isilinganiso sinye se-efa* sima-omere alitjhumi.