U-Eksodusi 29
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Imithetho yokumisa abapristi
1 “Yilokhu oyakukwenza kubo ukubahlukanisa ukuba bangikhonze esikhundleni sobupristi: thabatha iduna nezinqama ezimbili ezingenasici, 2nesinkwa esingenamvubelo, namaqebelengwane angenamvubelo, agcotshwe ngamafutha; ukwenze ngempuphu ecolekileyo kakolweni. 3Uyakukufaka eqomeni linye, ukulethe ngeqoma kanye nenkunzi nezinqama zombili; 4 usondeze u-Aroni namadodana akhe ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana, ubageze ngamanzi. 5Wothabatha izambatho, ufake ku-Aroni ibhantshi, nejazi lengubo yamahlombe, nengubo yamahlombe, nesihlangu sesifuba, umbhincise ngebhande* elalukiweyo lengubo yamahlombe; 6ufake isigqoko ekhanda lakhe, ubeke umqhele ongcwele esigqokweni. 7Uthabathe amafutha okugcoba, uwathele ekhanda lakhe, umgcobe. 8Usondeze namadodana akhe, uwembathise amabhantshi. 9Ubabhincise amabhande* u-Aroni namadodana akhe, uzibophe izigqoko kubo, babe nobupristi, kube yisimiso esiphakade, wahlukanise u-Aroni namadodana akhe.
10 “Uyisondeze inkunzi ngaphambi kwetende lokuhlangana; u-Aroni namadodana akhe babeke izandla zabo enhloko yenkunzi. 11Woyihlaba inkunzi phambi kukaJehova ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana. 12Uthabathe igazi lenkunzi, ulibhece ezimpondweni ze-altare ngomunwe wakho, uthulule lonke igazi phansi ngase-altare. 13 Uyakuthabatha wonke umhlehlo osibekela izibilini, namanoni aphezu kwesibindi, nezinso zombili namanoni akuzo, ukushise e-altare. 14 Kepha inyama yenkunzi, nesikhumba sayo, nomswani wayo, uyakukushisa ngomlilo ngaphandle kwekamu;* kungumnikelo wesono.
15 “Wothabatha inqama ibe nye; u-Aroni namadodana akhe babeke izandla zabo enhloko yenqama. 16Woyihlaba inqama, uthabathe igazi layo, ufafaze ngalo i-altare nxazonke. 17Uyihlahlele inqama, uzihlanze izibilini zayo namanqina ayo, ukubeke ndawonye nezitho zayo nenhloko yayo. 18Woyishisa yonke inqama e-altare; kungumnikelo wokushiswa kuJehova, yiphunga elimnandi, ngumnikelo womlilo kuJehova.
19 “Uthabathe enye inqama; u-Aroni namadodana akhe babeke izandla zabo enhloko yayo. 20Woyihlaba inqama, uthabathe igazi layo, ulibhece esicutshini sendlebe yokunene ka-Aroni, nasesicutshini sendlebe yokunene yamadodana akhe, nasesithupheni sesandla sabo sokunene, nakuqukula wonyawo lwabo lokunene, ufafaze i-altare nxazonke ngegazi. 21Wothabatha igazi elise-altare namafutha okugcoba, ufafaze ngakho u-Aroni nezambatho zakhe, namadodana akhe nezambatho zamadodana akhe, abe ngcwele yena nezambatho zakhe, namadodana akhe nezambatho zamadodana akhe.
22“Wothabatha amanoni enqama, nomsila ononileyo, nomhlehlo osibekela izibilini, namanoni esibindi, nezinso zombili namanoni akuzo, nomlenze wokunene, ngokuba kuyinqama yokwahlukaniselwa; 23uthabathe isinkwa sibe sinye, neqebelengwane libe linye lesinkwa esinamafutha, nomqathane ube munye eqomeni lesinkwa esingenamvubelo eliphambi kukaJehova, 24ubeke konke ezandleni zika-Aroni nasezandleni zamadodana akhe, ukuzulise kube ngumnikelo wokuzuliswa phambi kukaJehova. 25Ubuye ukuthabathe ezandleni zabo, ukushise e-altare phezu komnikelo wokushiswa, kube yiphunga elimnandi phambi kukaJehova: kungumnikelo womlilo kuJehova. 26Uyakuthabatha isifuba senqama yokwahlukaniselwa kuka-Aroni, usizulise, sibe ngumnikelo wokuzuliswa phambi kukaJehova, sibe yisabelo sakho.
27“Uyakusingcwelisa isifuba somnikelo wokuzuliswa nomlenze womnikelo wokuphakanyiswa, ozuliswayo nophakanyiswayo, okwenqama yokwahlukaniselwa, okuka-Aroni nokwamadodana akhe; 28 kuyakuba ngokuka-Aroni nokwamadodana akhe, kube yimfanelo ephakade kwabakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba kungumnikelo wokuphakanyiswa; koba ngumnikelo wokuphakanyiswa wabantwana bakwa-Israyeli womhlatshelo weminikelo yabo yokuthula, umnikelo wabo wokuphakanyiswa kuJehova.
29“Izambatho ezingcwele zika-Aroni ziyakuba ngezamadodana akhe emva kwakhe ukuba bagcotshwe, bahlukaniselwe, bembathe zona. 30Indodana yakhe engumpristi esikhundleni sakhe ayizembathe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, nxa ingena etendeni lokuhlangana ukuyokhonza endaweni engcwele.
31“Woyithabatha inqama yokwahlukaniselwa, upheke inyama yayo endaweni engcwele. 32 U-Aroni namadodana akhe bayakuyidla inyama yenqama nesinkwa esiseqomeni ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana, 33badle lezo zinto ezenza ukubuyisana ukubahlukanisela nokubangcwelisa; zingadliwa ngumfokazi, ngokuba zingcwele. 34Uma kusala inyama yokwahlukaniselwa kuze kuse noma isinkwa, ukushise okuseleyo ngomlilo, kungadliwa, ngokuba kungcwele.
35“Uyakwenze njalo ku-Aroni nakumadodana akhe, njengakho konke engikuyale ngakho; ukwahlukanisela kuyakuba yizinsuku eziyisikhombisa. 36Imihla yonke wonikela ngenkunzi, ibe ngumnikelo wesono, ube ngowokubuyisana, uhlambulule i-altare, lapho ulenzela ukubuyisana, uligcobe ukuba ulingcwelise. 37Izinsuku eziyisikhombisa wolenzela i-altare ukubuyisana, ulingcwelise, i-altare libe ngcwele kakhulu, nabo bonke abalithintayo bayakuba ngabangcwele.
Iminikelo eshiswa imihla yonke
38 “Yilokhu oyakunikela ngakho e-altare: amawundlu amabili anomnyaka munye imihla ngemihla njalo. 39Elinye iwundlu wonikela ngalo ekuseni, elinye iwundlu wonikela ngalo kusihlwa. 40Kanye nelinye iwundlu wonikela ngokweshumi kwempuphu ecolekileyo, ixovwe nokwesine kwehini* lamafutha agxotshiweyo, nokwesine kwehini lewayini, kube ngumnikelo wokuphuzwa. 41Wonikela ngelinye iwundlu ngakusihlwa, wenze kulo njengomnikelo wempuphu wasekuseni nanjengomnikelo wawo wokuphuzwa, kube yiphunga elimnandi, umnikelo womlilo kuJehova.
42 “Lo uyakuba ngumnikelo oshiswa imihla yonke ezizukulwaneni zenu ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana phambi kukaJehova, lapho ngiyakuhlangana khona nani, ngikhulume khona kuwe. 43 Lapho ngiyakuhlangana nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli; liyakungcweliswa yinkazimulo yami.
44“Ngiyakungcwelisa itende lokuhlangana kanye ne-altare, ngingcwelise no-Aroni namadodana akhe ukuba bangikhonze esikhundleni sobupristi. 45 Ngiyakuhlala phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngibe nguNkulunkulu wabo. 46Bayakwazi ukuthi nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wabo, owabakhipha ezweni laseGibithe, ukuba ngihlale phakathi kwabo; nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wabo.
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