ngoba labo bantu benqaba ukunika abakwa-Israyeli ukudla namanzi, kunalokho baqasha uBhalamu ukuba abaqalekise, kodwa uNkulunkulu wethu waguqula isiqalekiso saba yisibusiso.
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ngoba labo bantu benqaba ukunika abakwa-Israyeli ukudla namanzi, kunalokho baqasha uBhalamu ukuba abaqalekise, kodwa uNkulunkulu wethu waguqula isiqalekiso saba yisibusiso.
Umphefumulo wami ulangazelela, womela amagceke kaSimakade. Inhliziyo yami nomzimba wami kuhuba ngokwethaba kuNkulunkulu ophilayo.
Lezi kwakuyizindleko zethabanakeli; ithabanakeli lesivumelwano, ezahlanganiswa njengokuyala kukaMose, umsebenzi wabaLevi wawuphansi kuka-Ithamari, indodana ka-Aroni umphristi.
Sithandwa sami, umuhle njengeThirisa, uyabukeka njengeJerusalema, uyahlonipheka njengempi.
Niyakuhlala emadokodweni izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, bonke abangabozalo kwa-Israyeli bayohlala emadokodweni,
Sengathi uSimakade angamsusa emathendeni akwaJuda umuntu owenza lokhu nalowo ophendulayo emvikela emathendeni akwaJakobe noletha umnikelo kuSikamade Wamabandla.
Abantu bakwa-Israyeli benza njengakho konke uSimakade ayemyale ngakho uMose: bakanisa ngasemabhaneleni abo, basuka ngokwemindeni yabo, yilowo nalowo ngokwendlu yokhokho bakhe.
UBhileyamu waphakamisa amehlo akhe wabona ukuthi u-Israyeli ukanise ngokwezizwe zakhe, uMoya kaNkulunkulu wehlela phezu kwakhe.
ukuphimisela kozwileyo amazwi kaNkulunkulu, obonile umbono kaSomandla owele phansi, kodwa amehlo akhe engamboziwe, uthi:
Endlalekise okwemfunda, nanjengezivande eziseceleni komfula, njengenhlaba etshalwe nguSimakade, nanjengemisedari ngaseceleni kwamanzi.
Ubusisiwe wena Israyeli; ngubani ofana nawe, isizwe esisindiswe nguSimakade oyisihlangu nosizo lwakho, oyinkemba yakho yokunqoba. Izitha zakho ziyokhwantshabala, wena unyathele ezindaweni zazo eziphakemeyo.”
kodwa angimlalelanga uBhileyamu; ngakho-ke wanibusisa, nganikhulula esandleni sakhe.