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20 Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, yonke inhlangano, bafika ehlane laseZini+ ngenyanga yokuqala, abantu bahlala eKadeshi.+ Yilapho uMiriyamu+ afela khona futhi yilapho angcwatshwa khona.
2 Manje kwakungekho manzi ayengasetshenziswa inhlangano,+ ngakho yaqala ukubuthana yamelana noMose no-Aroni.+ 3 Abantu baxabana+ noMose bethi: “Ukube saphangalala ngesikhathi kuphangalala abafowethu phambi kukaJehova!+ 4 Nililetheleni ibandla likaJehova kuleli hlane ukuba sifele khona thina nezilwane zethu ezithwalayo?+ 5 Futhi nisenyuseleni nasikhipha eGibhithe ukuze nisilethe kule ndawo embi?+ Akuyona indawo yembewu namakhiwane nemivini namahalananda,+ futhi awekho namanzi okuphuza.” 6 Khona-ke uMose no-Aroni baphuma phambi kwebandla baya emnyango wetende lokuhlangana bawa ngobuso babo,+ inkazimulo kaJehova yaqala ukubonakala kubo.+
7 Khona-ke uJehova wakhuluma noMose, wathi: 8 “Thatha induku+ ubizele inhlangano ndawonye, wena no-Aroni umfowenu, nikhulume nedwala phambi kwamehlo ayo ukuba liwakhiphe impela amanzi alo; ubakhiphele amanzi edwaleni uphuzise inhlangano nezilwane zayo ezithwalayo.”+
9 Ngakho uMose wayithatha induku phambi kukaJehova,+ njengoba nje ayemyalile. 10 Ngemva kwalokho uMose no-Aroni babizela ibandla ndawonye phambi kwedwala, wayesethi kulo: “Yizwani manje, nina zidlubulundi!+ Ingabe sizonikhiphela amanzi kuleli dwala?”+ 11 Ngalokho uMose waphakamisa isandla sakhe washaya idwala ngenduku yakhe kabili; kwaqala ukuphuma amanzi amaningi, inhlangano yaphuza kanye nezilwane zayo ezithwalayo.+
12 Kamuva uJehova wathi kuMose no-Aroni: “Ngenxa yokuthi anizange nibonise ukholo kimi ukuba ningingcwelise+ phambi kwamehlo abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngakho-ke ngeke nilingenise leli bandla ezweni engiyolinika lona ngokuqinisekile.”+ 13 Lawa ngamanzi aseMeriba,+ ngoba abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baxabana noJehova, wangcweliswa phakathi kwabo.
14 Ngemva kwalokho uMose wathuma izithunywa beseKadeshi ukuba ziye enkosini yakwa-Edomi,+ wathi: “Yilokhu umfowenu u-Israyeli+ akushilo, ‘Wena ngokwakho uyabazi bonke ubunzima obusificile.+ 15 Obaba behlela eGibhithe+ futhi saqhubeka sihlala eGibhithe izinsuku eziningi;+ abaseGibhithe baqala ukwenza okulimazayo kithi nakobaba.+ 16 Ekugcineni sakhala kuJehova+ walizwa izwi lethu, wathumela ingelosi+ wasikhipha eGibhithe; manje silapha eKadeshi, umuzi osemkhawulweni wendawo yakho. 17 Sicela usivumele sidabule ezweni lakho. Ngeke sidabule ensimini noma esivinini, futhi ngeke siwaphuze amanzi kunoma yimuphi umthombo. Sizohamba ngomgwaqo wenkosi.+ Ngeke siphambukele ngakwesokunene noma ngakwesobunxele,+ size sidlule endaweni yakho.’”
18 Nokho, u-Edomi wathi kuye: “Ungadabuli kimi, funa ngiphume nenkemba ngikuhlangabeze.” 19 Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bona bathi kuye: “Sizohamba ngomgwaqo omkhulu; uma kwenzeka mina nemfuyo yami siphuza amanzi akho, ngokuqinisekile ngizokunika intengo yawo.+ Angifuni lutho ngaphandle kokudabula ngezinyawo zami.”+ 20 Noma kunjalo wathi: “Ungadabuli.”+ Kulokho u-Edomi+ waphuma ukuze ahlangabezane naye enabantu abaningi kakhulu nesandla esinamandla. 21 Ngakho u-Edomi wenqaba ukuvumela u-Israyeli ukuba adabule endaweni yakhe.+ Ngakho u-Israyeli wasuka kuye.+
22 Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, yonke inhlangano, basuka eKadeshi+ bafika eNtabeni yaseHori.+ 23 Khona-ke uJehova wathi kuMose no-Aroni eNtabeni yaseHori ngasemngceleni wezwe lakwa-Edomi: 24 “U-Aroni uyobuthelwa kubantu bakubo,+ ngoba ngeke angene ezweni ngokuqinisekile engizolinika abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngesizathu sokuthi nadlubulunda emyalweni wami ngokuphathelene namanzi aseMeriba.+ 25 Thatha u-Aroni no-Eleyazare indodana yakhe ukhuphukele nabo eNtabeni yaseHori. 26 Uhlubule u-Aroni izingubo zakhe,+ uzembathise u-Eleyazare+ indodana yakhe; u-Aroni uzobuthelwa lapho futhi kumelwe afele lapho.”+
27 Ngakho uMose wenza njengoba nje uJehova ayemyalile; bakhuphuka iNtaba yaseHori phambi kwamehlo ayo yonke inhlangano. 28 Khona-ke uMose wahlubula u-Aroni izingubo zakhe wazembathisa u-Eleyazare indodana yakhe, ngemva kwalokho u-Aroni wafela lapho esiqongweni sentaba.+ UMose no-Eleyazare behla entabeni. 29 Yonke inhlangano yabona ukuthi u-Aroni wayesephangalele, futhi yonke indlu ka-Israyeli yamkhalela u-Aroni izinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu.+