Deu 31 | Ndebele | STEP | UMozisi wasehamba wakhuluma lamazwi kuIsrayeli wonke,

1 UMozisi wasehamba wakhuluma lamazwi kuIsrayeli wonke, 2 wathi kubo: Ngileminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi amabili lamuhla ^a; kangiselamandla okuphuma lokungena ^b. LeNkosi yathi kimi: Kawuyikuyichapha le iJordani ^c. 3 INkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, yona izachapha phambi kwakho, yona izachitha lezizizwe zisuke phambi kwakho, ukuze udle ilifa lazo. UJoshuwa, yena uzachapha phambi kwakho ^d, njengokutsho kweNkosi ^e. 4 LeNkosi izakwenza kuzo ^f njengokwenza kwayo kuSihoni lakuOgi, amakhosi amaAmori, lelizweni lawo, ewachithileyo ^g. 5 INkosi izazinikela-ke phambi kwenu, ukuze lenze kuzo njengokwemilayo yonke engililaye yona ^h. 6 Qinani, lime isibindi ⁱ, lingesabi, lingatshaywa luvalo ngenxa yazo ^j; ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, yiyo ehamba lawe ^k; kayiyikukulahla, kayiyikukudela ^l.

7 UMozisi wasembiza uJoshuwa, wathi kuye phambi kwamehlo kaIsrayeli wonke: Qina, ume isibindi; ngoba wena uzangena lalababantu elizweni iNkosi eyalifungela oyise ukubanika lona; uzabenza badle ilifa lalo ^m. 8 Njalo iNkosi, yiyo ehamba phambi kwakho; yona izakuba lawe ⁿ, ingakulahli, ingakudeli; ungesabi ^o, ungakhathazeki ^p.

Umlayo uzabalwa ekupheleni kweminyaka eyisikhombisa

9 UMozisi wasewubhala lumlayo, wawunika abapristi, amadodana kaLevi ^q, ababethwala umtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi, lakubo bonke abadala bakoIsrayeli ^r. 10 UMozisi wasebalaya esithi: Ekupheleni kweminyaka eyisikhombisa, ngesikhathi esimisiweyo somnyaka wenkululeko ^s, emkhosini wamadumba ^t, 11 lapho uIsrayeli wonke esefike ukubonakala phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho endaweni ezayikhetha ^u, uwubale lumlayo phambi kukaIsrayeli wonke endlebeni zabo ^v. 12 Buthanisa abantu, abesilisa labesifazana labantwana, lowemzini wakho ophakathi kwamasango akho, ukuze bezwe, lokuze bafunde, bayesabe iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, bagcine ukwenza wonke amazwi alumlayo ^w. 13 Labantwana babo abangaziyo ^x bezwe, bafunde ukuyesaba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwenu, elizweni elichapha iJordani lisiya kulo ukudla ilifa lalo ^y.

Imilayezelo yokucina yeNkosi kuMozisi

14 INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Khangela, insuku zakho zokufa sezisondele ^z; biza uJoshuwa, zimiseni ethenteni lenhlangano ukuze ngimlaye. UMozisi loJoshuwa bahamba-ke, bazimisa ethenteni lenhlangano ^aa. 15 INkosi yasibonakala ethenteni ensikeni yeyezi; lensika yeyezi yema phezu komnyango wethente ^ab.

16 INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Khangela, uzalala laboyihlo; lalababantu bazasukuma ^ac baphinge ngokulandela onkulunkulu bezizweni belizwe, lapho abaya khona phakathi kwabo ^ad, bangitshiye ^ae, bephule isivumelwano sami engisenze labo ^af. 17 Lentukuthelo yami izabavuthela ngalolosuku, ngibatshiye ^ag, ngibafihlele ubuso bami, ukuze babe yikudla ^ah, behlelwe ngokubi okunengi lezinhlupheko, baze bathi ngalolosuku: Angithi lobububi busehlele ngoba uNkulunkulu wethu kakho phakathi kwethu ^ai? 18 Lami ngizafihla lokufihla ubuso bami ngalolosuku ngenxa yobubi bonke ababenzileyo, ngoba bephendukele kwabanye onkulunkulu ^aj. 19 Ngakho-ke zibhaleleni lingoma, uyifundise abantwana bakoIsrayeli; uyifake emlonyeni wabo ukuze lingoma ibe yibufakazi kimi obumelene labantwana bakoIsrayeli ^ak. 20 Lapho sengibangenisile elizweni engalifungela oyise, eligeleza uchago loluju, sebedlile basutha ^al, bazimuka ^am, bazaphendukela kwabanye onkulunkulu, babakhonze ^an, bangidelele ^ao, bephule isivumelwano sami ^ap. 21 Kuzakuthi-ke, nxa sebehlelwe ngokubi okunengi lezinhlupheko, lingoma izaphendula phambi kobuso babo ibe yibufakazi; ngoba kayiyikukhohlakala emlonyeni wenzalo yabo ^aq. Ngoba ngiyawazi ^ar amacebo abo abawenzayo lamuhla, ngingakabangenisi elizweni engifunge ngalo ^as.

22 UMozisi wasebhala lingoma ngalolosuku, wayifundisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli. 23 Yasilaya uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni yathi ^at: Qina, ume isibindi, ngoba wena uzabangenisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli elizweni engabafungela lona ^au; lami ngizakuba lawe ^av.

24 Kwasekusithi uMozisi eseqedile ukubhala amazwi alumlayo egwalweni, aze aphela ^aw, 25 uMozisi walaya amaLevi ayethwala umtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi esithi ^ax: 26 Thathani lolugwalo lomlayo, lilubeke eceleni komtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, ukuze lube khona ^ay, kube yibufakazi obumelene lawe ^az. 27 Ngoba mina ngiyazi umvukela wakho, lentamo yakho elukhuni; khangelani, ngisaphila lani lamuhla ^ba, belingabavukeli beNkosi; pho, kangakanani emva kokufa kwami ^bb?

28 Buthanisani kimi bonke abadala bezizwe zenu lenduna zenu ukuze ngikhulume lamazwi endlebeni zabo ^bc, ngibize amazulu lomhlaba ukuba ngabafakazi bamelane labo ^bd. 29 Ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi emva kokufa kwami lizakona lokona, liphambuke endleleni engililaye yona ^be; lizakwehlelwa ngokubi ngensuku ezizayo, ngoba lizakwenza okubi emehlweni eNkosi ^bf, liyithukuthelise ngomsebenzi wezandla zenu ^bg.

Ingoma kaMozisi

30 UMozisi wasekhuluma amazwi alingoma endlebeni zebandla lonke lakoIsrayeli, aze aphela.