ngakho-ke inkemba ayiyukusuka endlini yakho kuze kube phakade, ngokuba ungedelele, wathatha umka-Uriya, umHithi, waba ngumkakho.’
UNumeri 11:20 - IsiZulu 2020 kodwa inyanga yonke, ize iphume ngamakhala, niyitshokoze, niyenyanye, ngokuba nimlahlile uSimakade ophakathi kwenu, nakhala phambi kwakhe, nathi: “Kungani kube nje, saphumelani eGibhithe na?” ’ ” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE kepha inyanga epheleleyo, ize iphume ngamakhala enu, inengeke kini, ngokuba nimlahlile uJehova ophakathi kwenu, nakhala phambi kwakhe ngokuthi: “Saphumelani eGibithe na?” ’ ” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Kodwa inyanga yonke, ize iphume emakhaleni enu, ibe yisinengiso kini, ngoba layidelela iNkosi ephakathi kwenu, lakhala phambi kwayo, lathi: Saphumelani eGibhithe? |
ngakho-ke inkemba ayiyukusuka endlini yakho kuze kube phakade, ngokuba ungedelele, wathatha umka-Uriya, umHithi, waba ngumkakho.’
Kusihlwa kwakhuphuka izigwaca zemboza enkanjini; ekuseni kwakulele amazolo ezungeze enkanjini.
Abantu bakwa-Israyeli bathi kubo: “Sengathi ngabe safa ngesandla sikaSimakade eGibhithe, lapho sasihlala ngasemabhodweni, sidle inyama nokunye ukudla sisuthe; kunokuba nisilethe lapha kuleli hlane, nizobulala lonke leli bandla ngendlala.”
UMose wayesethi: “Lapho uSimakade enipha inyama ukuba nidle kusihlwa, nesinkwa esanele ekuseni, kungokuba uSimakade ekuzwile enikhononda ngakho ngaye, thina-ke besingobani? Ukukhononda kwenu anikubhekisile kithi, kodwa kuSimakade.”
Umphefumulo osuthi uyacikwa wuju, kodwa emphefumulweni olambileyo, ngisho okubabayo imbala, kumnandi.
“Indodana ihlonipha uyise, nenceku inkosi yayo. Uma nginguyihlo, pho kuphi ukuhlonishwa kwami? Uma ngiyinkosi, pho kuphi ukwesatshwa kwami?” kinina baphristi enidelela igama lami, kubuza uSimakade Wamabandla. Kodwa nithi: “Silidelele kanjani igama lakho na?”
Ngiyakuyithatha kuphi inyama engingabanika yona bonke laba bantu na? Bayangikhalela ukuba ngibanike inyama badle.
Aniyukuyidla nje usuku lube lunye, noma izinsuku ezimbili, noma izinsuku eziyisihlanu, noma izinsuku ezilishumi, noma izinsuku ezingama-20,
Wayesethi uMose: “Abantu engiphakathi kwabo abahamba ngezinyawo bayizi-600 000, wena uthi: ‘Ngiyakubanika inyama ukuba bayidle inyanga yonke.’
USimakade usiletheleni kuleli lizwe, ukuba sife ngenkemba na? Omkethu nabantwana bethu bayakuba yimpango, kungcono kithi ukuba siphindele eGibhithe.”
Kuyinto encane yini ukuthi wasikhuphula ezweni elichichima ubisi noju ukuba sizofela lapha ehlane; usuzozenza umbusi phezu kwethu na?
Niyiletheleni kuleli hlane inhlangano kaSimakade ukuba sizofela kulo, thina nemfuyo yethu na?
Abantu bagxibha uNkulunkulu noMose, bathi: “Nisikhuphuleleni eGibhithe ukuba sizofela ehlane na? Akukho sinkwa, namanzi lapha, futhi sesidiniwe yilesi sinkwa esiludlana.”
“ ‘Bonani nina zideleli nimangale, nibhubhe, ngokuba mina ngisebenza umsebenzi emihleni yenu, umsebenzi eningayukuwukholwa ngisho noma kungakhona onilandisa ngawo.’ ”
Ngakho-ke okwalayo lokhu akali umuntu, kodwa wala uNkulunkulu, okunguYena oninika uMoya wakhe oNgcwele.
UJoshuwa wathi kubo bonke abantu: “Bhekani, leli litshe liyokuba ngufakazi ngathi, ngokuba lizwile wonke amazwi kaSimakade awakhulume kithi; liyoba ngufakazi ngani, uma senimphika uNkulunkulu wenu.”
Kodwa nina namhlanje nimlahlile uNkulunkulu wenu, owanisindisa ezingozini zonke, nasezinsizini, nithe kuye: ‘Beka inkosi phezu kwethu, isibuse.’ “Ngakho-ke manje, yimani phambi kukaSimakade ngokwezizwana zenu nangemindeni yenu.”
“Ngakho-ke uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho, uthi: ‘Impela ngasho ukuthi indlu yakho nekayihlo ziyongena ziphume ebukhoneni bami kuze kube phakade.