Ithole Legolide
1Lapho abantu bebona ukuthi uMose usephuzile ukwehla entabeni, babuthana ku-Aroni, bathi kuye: “Woza, usenzele onkulunkulu abazohamba phambi kwethu, ngokuba lo Mose, umuntu owasikhipha eGibhithe, asazi ukuthi wehlelwe yini.”
2U-Aroni wathi kubo: “Khumulani amacici egolide asezindlebeni zomkenu, nakwezamadodana enu, nakwezamadodakazi enu, niwalethe kimi.”
3Bonke abantu bawakhumula amacici ayesezindlebeni zabo, bawaletha ku-Aroni. 4Wawathatha ezandleni zabo, wawancibilikisa, wabumba, waqopha, wenza ithole ngalolo bumba.
Abantu bathi: “Nampa onkulunkulu bakho, Israyeli, abakukhuphula eGibhithe.”
5Kuthe ukuba u-Aroni akubone lokho, wakha i-althare phambi kwethole, wenza isimemezelo, wathi: “Kusasa kuzokuba nomkhosi kaSimakade.”
6Abantu bavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, banikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa, baletha iminikelo yokuthula; bahlala phansi ukuba badle, baphuze; basukuma ukuba badlale.
Intukuthelo KaSimakade Nokushweleza KukaMose
7USimakade wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Phuthuma wehle, ngokuba abantu bakho owabakhipha eGibhithe benze isono. 8Basheshe baphambuka endleleni engabayala ngayo. Bazenzele ithole elibunjiweyo, balikhonza, balihlabela, bathi: ‘Nampa onkulunkulu bakho, Israyeli, abakukhipha eGibhithe.’ ”
9USimakade wathi kuMose: “Ngibabonile laba bantu; bheka, bangabantu abantamo ilukhuni. 10Ngakho-ke ngiyeke ukuze ulaka lwami lubavuthele, ngibaqede nya, wena ngikwenze ube yisizwe esikhulu.”
11UMose washweleza kuSimakade uNkulunkulu wakhe, wathi: “Simakade, ulaka lwakho lubavuthelelani abantu bakho owabakhipha eGibhithe ngamandla amakhulu, nangesandla esiqinileyo na? 12Abazukusho yini abaseGibhithe bathi: ‘Wabakhipha ehlose okubi, ukuba ababulalele ezintabeni, abaqothe baphele nya emhlabeni.’ Phenduka olakeni lwakho olukhulu, uguqule umqondo wakho, ungabehliseli okubi abantu bakho. 13Khumbula u-Abhrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe, izinceku zakho owazifunga Wena kuzo, wathi: ‘Ngiyokwandisa izizukulwane zenu zibe ngangezinkanyezi zezulu, ngizinike lonke leli lizwe enganethembisa lona, libe yifa lazo kuze kube phakade.’ ”
USimakade Uguqula Umqondo
14USimakade wawuguqula umqondo wakhe ngenhlekelele ayehlose ukuyehlisela abantu bakhe.
15UMose waphenduka, wehla entabeni ephethe ezandleni zakhe izibhebhe ezimbili zesivumelwano ezazibhalwe nxazombili, zibhalwe ngaphambili nangemuva. 16Izibhebhe lezo zazingumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, nombhalo, ubhalwe nguNkulunkulu, wawuqopha ezibhebheni zamatshe.
17Lapho uJoshuwa ezwa umsindo wabantu bememeza, wathi kuMose: “Kunomsindo wempi enkanjini.”
18UMose wathi: “Akusiwo umsindo wokunqoba, noma wokwehlulwa, kodwa ngizwa umsindo wokuhlabelela.”
19Kuthe esesondele enkanjini, wabona ithole nokusina, wathukuthela wagana unwabu, wazilahla phansi izibhebhe ayeziphethe, wazephula phansi kwentaba. 20Wathatha ithole ababelenzile, walishisa ngomlilo, waligaya lacoliseka laba luthuli, waluvuvuzela emanzini, wabaphuzisa wona abantu bakwa-Israyeli.
21UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Benzeni kuwe laba bantu ukuba ubehlisele isono esingaka na?”
22U-Aroni wathi: “Ungangithukutheleli nkosi yami. Uyabazi abantu ukuthi bathanda ukwenza okubi. 23Bathi kimi: ‘Senzele onkulunkulu abazohamba phambi kwethu, ngokuba uMose lowo, umuntu owasikhipha eGibhithe, asazi ukuthi wehlelwe yini.’ 24Ngase ngithi kubo: ‘Umuntu onegolide makalikhumule,’ base benginika lona, ngaliphonsa emlilweni, kwaphuma leli thole.”
25UMose wabona ukuthi abantu sebeyimidlwembe, ngokuba u-Aroni wayebayekile baphuma esandleni, baze bahlekwa yizitha zabo. 26UMose wayesema esangweni enkanjini, wathi: “AbakaSimakade mabeze kimi.”
Wonke amadodana kaLevi abuthana kuye.
27Wayesethi kuwo: “Usho kanje uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Yilowo nalowo makagaxe inkemba enqulwini yakhe, adabule enkanjini, ehle enyuka kusukela kwelinye isango kuya kwelinye isango enkanjini, yilowo nalowo abulale umfowabo, umngani wakhe, nomakhelwane wakhe.’ ”
28Amadodana kaLevi enza njengoba ayeshilo uMose. Abulala abantu ababalelwa kwabayizi-3 000 ngalolo lusuku. 29UMose wayesethi: “Namhlanje nizehlukanisele umsebenzi kaSimakade, ngokuba yilowo nalowo umelene nendodana yakhe, nomfowabo, ngaleyo ndlela nazilethela isibusiso namuhla.”
30Ngakusasa uMose wathi kubantu: “Nenze isono esikhulu. Kepha manje ngizakukhuphukela kuSimakade, hleze ngikwazi ukunihlawulela isono senu.”
31UMose wabuyela kuSimakade, wathi: “Maye! Laba bantu benze isono esikhulu, bazenzele onkulunkulu ngegolide. 32Nokho ngiyakunxusa ukuba uthethelele isono sabo; uma ungabathetheleli, ngesule encwadini yakho oyibhalileyo.”
33USimakade wathi kuMose: “Owonileyo ngiyomesula encwadini yami. 34Hamba manje, uhole abantu ubayise endaweni engakhuluma ngayo kuwe. Uyabona-ke, ingelosi yami izohamba phambi kwakho, kodwa lapho lufika usuku lokubajezisa, ngiyobajezisa ngenxa yesono sabo.”
35USimakade wayesebashaya abantu ngobhubhane, ngokuba benza ithole, lelo elalenziwe ngu-Aroni.
