Amadodana kaJosefa azalelwa eGibhithe aba mabili, ngakho-ke bonke abendlu kaJakobe abaya eGibhithe babengama-70.
UNumeri 11:16 - IsiZulu 2020 USimakade wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Ngiqoqele amadoda angama-70 kumalunga akwa-Israyeli, owaziyo ukuthi angamalunga nezinduna zabantu. Uwalethe ethendeni lokuhlangana, ayoma lapho kanye nawe. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Ngibuthele amadoda angamashumi ayisikhombisa amalunga akwa-Israyeli, owaziyo ukuthi angamalunga abantu nezinduna zabo, uwalethe etendeni lokuhlangana ukuba eme khona nawe. Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Ngibuthele amadoda angamatshumi ayisikhombisa kubadala bakoIsrayeli, owaziyo ukuthi bangabadala babantu lezinduna zabo; uwalethe etendeni lokuhlangana, ukuze ame khona nawe. |
Amadodana kaJosefa azalelwa eGibhithe aba mabili, ngakho-ke bonke abendlu kaJakobe abaya eGibhithe babengama-70.
UMose wakhetha amadoda anekhono phakathi kwabakwa-Israyeli, wawabeka aba yizinduna zabantu, aba yizinduna phezu kwezinkulungwane, phezu kwamakhulu, phezu kwama-50, naphezu kweshumi.
USimakade wathi kuMose: “Khuphukela kuSimakade, wena, no-Aroni, noNadabi, no-Abhihu, namalunga angama-70 akwa-Israyeli; nikhothame ningikhonze nisekude.
UMose, u-Aroni, uNadabi, u-Abhihu namalunga akwa-Israyeli angama-70 bakhuphuka,
Usho kanje uSimakade, uthi: “Hamba uthenge uphiso lobumba lombumbi, uthathe amanye amalunga abantu namanye amalunga abaphristi,
Lapho kwakumi abantu abangama-70, abangamalunga endlu yakwa-Israyeli; phakathi kwabo kunoJahazaniya, indodana kaShafani. Yilowo nalowo muntu wayephethe ngesandla isitsha sakhe sempepho, nephunga lefu lempepho lenyukela phezulu.
UMose waphuma, wabatshela abantu amazwi kaSimakade; waqoqa amadoda angama-70 angamalunga abantu, wawamisa ethendeni nxazonke.
Sekwedlule konke lokho, iNkosi yakhetha abanye abangama-70, yabathumela ngababili ukuba bayandulele, baye emizini nasezindaweni zonke ezakuya kuzo.
Abangama-70 babuya bejabulile, bethi: “Nkosi, ngisho namadimoni ayasithobela ngegama lakho.”
“Ngase ngithatha izinhloko ngokwezizwana zenu, amadoda ahlakaniphileyo naziwayo, ngawamisa aba yizinduna zenu: aba yizinduna zezinkulungwane, izinduna zamakhulu, izinduna zama-50, izinduna zamashumi, neziphathimandla ezizwaneni zenu.
“Uyozikhethela abehluleli nezinduna emizini yakho yonke uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho akunika yona ngokwezizwe zakho. Bayokwehlulela abantu ngokwehlulela okulungileyo.
Ngiqoqele wonke amalunga ezizwaneni zenu nezinduna zenu ukuze ngikhulume kuwo lawa mazwi, elalele, ngibiza izulu nomhlaba kube ngufakazi.