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47 Lendvodza yabese ingibuyisela emuva egedeni lelithempeli,+ futsi lapho ngabona emanti ageletela ngasemphumalanga aphuma ngephansi kwemnyango welithempeli,+ ngobe indzawo lengembili yelithempeli beyibuke emphumalanga. Lamanti bekageleta esuka eluhlangotsini lolungasekudla lwelithempeli, eningizimu yeli-al’thare.
2 Yabese ihamba nami saphuma ngendlela leyendlula ngasegedeni lelisenyakatfo,+ sagega ngephandle saya egedeni lelingephandle lelibuke emphumalanga,+ lapho ngabona emanti ageleta esuka eluhlangotsini lolungesekudla lwaleligede.
3 Ngesikhatsi lendvodza iphumela ngephandle ngasemphumalanga iphetse intsambo yekukala esandleni sayo,+ yafike yakala emamitha langaba ngu-500* futsi yatsi angengce kulamanti; lamanti bekafika emacakaleni.
4 Yabese ikala lamanye emamitha langaba ngu-500 futsi yatsi angengce kulamanti, lamanti bekafika emadvolweni.
Yakala nalamanye emamitha langaba ngu-500, yatsi angengce kulamanti futsi besekafika etingculwini.
5 Ngesikhatsi ikala lamanye emamitha langaba ngu-500, besekungumfula lengehluleka kwengca kuwo ngobe lamanti besekajule kangangekutsi umuntfu bekudzingeka ahlambe, besekungumfula lobewungeweleki ngetinyawo.
6 Yangibuta yatsi: “Ukubonile yini loku ndvodzana yemuntfu?”
Yabese iyangihola yangibuyisela elusentseni lwalomfula. 7 Nangibuyela elusentseni lwalomfula ngabona tihlahla letinyenti etinhlangotsini totimbili tawo.+ 8 Yabese itsi kimi: “Lamanti ageletela esifundzeni lesingasemphumalanga futsi ehlela entasi endlule e-Arabha*+ bese angena elwandle. Nakangena elwandle,+ emanti lalapho atawelapheka. 9 Tonkhe tidalwa letiphilako* titawukhona kuphila nobe ngabe ngukuphi lapho lamanti* ageletela khona. Kutawuba netinhlanti letinyenti ngobe lamanti atawugeletela lapho. Emanti alolwandle atawelashwa futsi tonkhe tintfo titawuphila nome ngukuphi lapho kuya khona lamanti.
10 “Badwebi batawuma eceleni kwalo kusukela e-Eni-gedi+ kuya e-Eni-eglayimu lapho kutawuba nendzawo yekomisa emanethi khona. Kutawuba netinhlanti letinyenti letehlukahlukene njengaseLwandle Lolukhulu.*+
11 “Kutawuba netindzawo letilitete naletineludzaka futsi leto tindzawo ngeke telashwe. Titawusala tiluswayi.+
12 “Lonkhe luhlobo lwetihlahla letidliwako lutawumila kuto totimbili letinhlangotsi talomfula. Emacembe ato ngeke abune, netitselo tato ngeke tihhohloke. Inyanga ngayinye titawutsela titselo ngobe emanti lageletela kuto asuka endzaweni lengcwele.+ Titselo tato titawuba kudla, emacembe ato abe ngumutsi wekwelapha.”+
13 INkhosi Lephakeme Jehova itsi: “Lena yindzawo lotayehlukanisa ibe lifa letive letingu-12 taka-Israyeli futsi Josefa utawuba netindzawo letimbili.+ 14 Itawuba lifa lenu futsi nitawutfola indzawo lelinganako.* Lelive ngetsembisa kulinika bokhokho benu+ futsi nyalo senginabela* lona kutsi libe lifa lenu.
15 “Lona ngumncele wendzawo lengasenyakatfo: Usuka eLwandle Lolukhulu ngendlela leya eHethiloni+ nawubheka ngaseSedadi,+ 16 eHamathi,+ eBerotha+ naseSibrayimu lesemkhatsini wendzawo yaseDamaseko nendzawo yaseHamathi, kuya e-Haseri-hathikhoni lengasemnceleni weHawurani.+ 17 Ngako lomncele utawusuka elwandle uye eHasari-enoni+ ugudle umncele waseDamaseko uye enyakatfo, uze uyewufika emnceleni waseHamathi.+ Lona-ke ngumncele wasenyakatfo.
18 “Incenye lesemphumalanga ihamba emkhatsini weHawurani neDamaseko igudle iJordane emkhatsini weGileyadi+ nelive laka-Israyeli. Kufanele ukale kusukela emnceleni wasenyakatfo kuya elwandle lolungasemphumalanga.* Lona-ke ngumncele longasemphumalanga.
19 “Umncele longaseningizimu utawusuka eThamari uye emantini aseMeribha-khadeshi+ kuya eSihosheni* uhambe uze ufike eLwandle Lolukhulu.+ Lona-ke ngumncele longaseningizimu.
20 “Eluhlangotsini lolungasenshonalanga, kuneLwandle Lolukhulu kusukela emnceleni longaseningizimu kuyofika macondzana neLebo-hamathi.*+ Lona-ke ngumncele longasenshonalanga.”
21 “Kufanele nehlukaniselane lelive emkhatsini wenu, emkhatsini wetive letingu-12 taka-Israyeli. 22 Kufanele ulabe libe lifa emkhatsini wenu nebantfu bakuletinye tive labahlala nani lesebatele bantfwana bahlala nani; labantfwana kutawuba shengatsi bangema-Israyeli kini. Batawemukela lifa emkhatsini wetive taka-Israyeli kanye nani. 23 Kufanele unikete umuntfu wakulesinye sive lifa endzaweni yesive lahlala naso,” kusho iNkhosi Lephakeme Jehova.