ULevi 25 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Umnyaka weSabatha loweJubili

¹ INkosi yathi kuMose entabeni yaseSinayi:

² Tshono ebantwini bakoIsrayeli uthi: Nxa lifika elizweni engilinika lona, lizakugcinela iNkosi iSabatha.

³ Lizakulima amasimu enu iminyaka eyisithupha, lithene amavini enu iminyaka eyisithupha, libuthe izithelo zawo.

⁴ Kodwa ngomnyaka wesikhombisa kuzakuba khona elizweni iSabatha lokuphumula, iSabatha leNkosi. Kaliyikulima amasimu enu, lingatheni amavini enu.

⁵ Kaliyikuvuna umkhukhuzela wamasimu enu, kaliyikukha izithelo zamavini enu angathenwanga. Uzakuba ngumnyaka wokuphumula elizweni.

⁶ Ilizwe lizathela ukudla ngokwalo, kube ngokwenu, lokwezigqili zenu, lokwezigqilikazi zenu, lokwabaqatshiweyo benu, lokwabemzini abahlala kini,

⁷ lokwezinkomo zenu, lokwezinyamazana eziselizweni; konke elikuthelayo kuzakuba yikudla.

⁸ Lizakuzibalela amaviki ayisikhombisa eminyaka, iminyaka eyisikhombisa ephindwe kasikhombisa, ukuze isibanga samaviki ayisikhombisa eminyaka sibe yiminyaka engamatshumi amane lesificamunwemunye.

⁹ Ng’khona lizakukhalisa kakhulu impondo ngosuku lwetshumi lwenyanga yesikhombisa; ngosuku lokubuyisana lizakukhalisa impondo, zizwakale elizweni lonke lakini.

¹⁰ Lumnyaka wamatshumi amahlanu lizakuwugcina ube ngcwele, limemezele inkululeko elizweni lonke kubo bonke abakhileyo kilo. Kuzakuba liJubili kini; yilowo lalowo wenu abuyele elifeni lakhe lasekhaya lakhe.

¹¹ Umnyaka wamatshumi amahlanu uzakuba liJubili kini; lingahlanyeli ngawo, futhi lingavuni umkhukhuzela, lingakhi izithelo zamavini angathenwanga.

¹² Ngoba uliJubili, uzakuba ngcwele kini; lingadla kuphela lokho ilizwe elikuthelayo ngokwalo.

¹³ Ngomnyaka lo weJubili omunye lomunye wenu kabuyele elifeni lakhe.

¹⁴ Uba uthengisa ulutho kumakhelwana wakho loba uthenga ulutho kuye, lingadlelezelani.

¹⁵ Uba uthenga kumakhelwana wakho, khumbula ukuthi mingaki iminyaka edlulileyo kusukela emnyakeni weJubili; ngoba yena uzakubiza kuwe imali ngeminyaka yokuthela ezayo.

¹⁶ Uba iminyaka iminengi, yandisa imali yakho; uba iminyaka imilutshwana, nciphisa imali yakho; ngoba uthengisa kuwe ngenani lezivuno.

¹⁷ Lingadlelezelani, kodwa lesabe uNkulunkulu wenu. Ngoba ngiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.

¹⁸ Ngakhoke gcinani izimiso zami, lezahlulelo zami, lizenze, ukuba lihlale elizweni livikelekile.

¹⁹ Ilizwe lizakuthela izithelo zalo, lidle lisuthe, lihlale kulo livikelekile.

²⁰ Uba lisithi: Sizakudlani ngomnyaka wesikhombisa uba singavunyelwa ukulima lokuvuna na?

²¹ ngizakwenza ukuba libusiswe ngomnyaka wesithupha, ukuze ilizwe lithele izithelo zeminyaka emithathu.

²² Lapho lilima ngomnyaka wesificaminwembili lizabe lokhu lisadla okwezivuno ezindala; yebo, lizakukudla kuze kufike umnyaka wesificamunwemunye, kuze kuvunwe isivuno sawo.

²³ Kakuvunyelwa ukuba ilizwe lithengiswe kuze kube nininini, ngoba ngelami; lina lingabemzini nje labezizweni kimi.

²⁴ Elizweni lonke eliyilifa lenu lizavumela ukuhlengwa kwelizwe.

²⁵ Uba umfowenu esehlelwa yibuyanga, athengise ilifa lakhe, isihlobo sakhe sizakufika sihlenge lona umfowabo alithengisileyo.

²⁶ Uba umuntu engelaye ongalihlenga, kodwa abesenotha, athole okwanele ukulihlenga,

²⁷ kabale iminyaka kusukela ekulithengiseni kwakhe, abuyisele kulowomuntu owalithengayo imali elingene iminyaka eseleyo, abuyele elifeni lakhe.

²⁸ Kodwa uba engelamali yokuzibuyisela lona, lelo alithengisileyo lizakuhlala kuye olithengileyo kuze kufike umnyaka weJubili; ngomnyaka weJubili lizakubuyiselwa, yena abuyele elifeni lakhe.

²⁹ Uba umuntu ethengisa indlu emzini obiyelwe ngomthangala, angayihlenga ungakapheli umnyaka emva kokuthengiswa kwayo; uzakuba lelungelo lokuyihlenga umnyaka wonke.

³⁰ Uba ingahlengwanga nxa umnyaka usuphelile, leyondlu esemzini obiyelwe ngomthangala izakunikwa lowo owayithengayo, ibe ngeyakhe leyezizukulwana zakhe; kayiyikubuyiselwa ngomnyaka weJubili.

³¹ Kodwa izindlu zemizi engabiyelwanga ngomthangala zizakubalwa lamasimu asemaphandleni; zingahlengwa, zibuyiselwe ngomnyaka weJubili.

³² Kanti mayelana lemizi yamaLevi, izindlu ezisemizini yawo, amaLevi angazihlenga loba nini.

³³ Uba omunye wamaLevi engayihlengi, indlu eyathengiswa emzini wawo izakubuyiselwa ngomnyaka weJubili; ngoba izindlu ezisemizini yamaLevi ziyilifa lawo phakathi kwabantu bakoIsrayeli.

³⁴ Kodwa amasimu angaphandle angawemizi yamaLevi kawayikuthengiswa, ngoba ayilifa lawo kuze kube nininini.

³⁵ Uba umfowenu ohlala lawe engumyanga, esehluleka ukuzithwala, wena uzakumthwala, ahlale lawe njengowemzini lanjengowezizweni.

³⁶ Ungathathi kuye umvuzo lenzuzo, kodwa wesabe uNkulunkulu wakho, umvumele umfowenu ukuba ahlale lawe.

³⁷ Ungameboleki umfowenu imali ngenzalo, futhi ungamniki ukudla kwakho ngenzuzo.

³⁸ NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhupha elizweni laseGibithe ukukunika ilizwe laseKanani, ngibe nguNkulunkulu wakho.

³⁹ Uba umfowenu olawe esehlelwa yibuyanga, azithengise kuwe, ungamphathi njengesigqili;

⁴⁰ uzakuba njengoqatshiweyo lonjengowemizi, akusebenzele kuze kufike umnyaka weJubili.

⁴¹ Ng’khona uzasukake kuwe, yena labantwana bakhe, abuyele ekhaya lakhe, elifeni labokhokho bakhe. —

⁴² Ngoba bayizinceku zami engabakhupha elizweni laseGibithe; kabayikuthengiswa babe yizigqili —

⁴³ Ungamphathi nzima kodwa wesabe uNkulunkulu wakho.

⁴⁴ Izigqili zakho lezigqilikazi zakho uzakuzithenga ezizweni ezikuzingelezeyo.

⁴⁵ Futhi ungazithenga kwabemzini abahlala lawe, lakubantwana babo abazalelwa elizweni lakini, babe ngabakho.

⁴⁶ Ungabanika abantwana bakho emva kwakho babe yilifa labo kuze kube nininini; bona ungabenza babe yizigqili. Kodwa phakathi kwabakoIsrayeli, abantu abakini, kakungabi khona umuntu ozakuphatha nzima omunye.

⁴⁷ Uba owezizweni loba owemzini ohlala lawe enothile, umfowenu olaye abe ngumyanga, azithengise kowemzini loba kowezizweni ohlala lawe, ingabe kowakibo,

⁴⁸ angahlengwa nxa esethengisiwe; mhlawumbe omunye wabafowabo angamhlenga,

⁴⁹ loba umalumakhe, loba umzawakhe, ingabe oyisihlobo sakhe esomuzi wakhe angamhlenga; uba enotha, angazihlenga yena.

⁵⁰ Uzakubalisana lowamthengayo, kusukela emnyakeni owazithengisa kuye kuze kufike umnyaka weJubili; imali yentengiso izakulingana lenani leminyaka, lesikhathi sokusebenza kwakhe sibalwe njengesikhathi soqatshiweyo.

⁵¹ Uba kusasele iminyaka eminengi, enanini layo uzakunika imali yokuhlengwa kwakhe, ayikhuphe emalini amthenga ngayo.

⁵² Uba kusasele iminyaka emilutshwana kuze kufike umnyaka weJubili, uzakubalisana laye, anike imali yokuhlengwa kwakhe njengenani laliminyaka.

⁵³ Uzakuba ngaphansi kwakhe njengoqatshiweyo iminyaka ngeminyaka; kayikumphatha nzima emehlweni akho.

⁵⁴ Uba engahlengwa ngalindlela, uzakuphuma ekhululekile ngomnyaka weJubili, yena labantwana bakhe.

⁵⁵ Ngoba kimi abantu bakoIsrayeli bayizinceku, bayizinceku zami engabakhupha eGibithe. NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.