a33:36; Nani 13:21
bEks 15:20; Nani 12:1, 26:59
cEks 17:1
d16:19,42
eEks 17:2; Nani 14:2
f11:1,33, 14:37, 16:32,35,49
gEks 17:3
h14:5, 16:4,22,45
i14:10
jEks 17:5
kNeh 9:15; Isa 43:20, 48:21
l17:10
mHlab 106:32,33
nDute 8:15; Eks 17:6
o27:14; Dute 1:37, 3:26, 32:51
pHez 20:41, 36:23, 38:16
qDute 33:8; Hlab 81:7, 95:8, 106:32
rGen 36:39
sHlu 11:16,17
tDute 2:4-6, 23:7; Obad 10,12
uGen 46:6; Seb 7:15
vEks 12:40
wDute 26:6; Eks 1:11; Seb 7:19
xEks 2:23, 3:7
yEks 3:2, 14:19, 23:20, 33:2
z21:22; Dute 2:27
aa2 Sam 20:12,13; Isa 11:16, 19:23
abDute 2:6,28
acDute 2:29
ad21:4; Dute 2:8; Hlu 11:18
ae33:37
af21:4
ag27:13, 31:2; Dute 32:50,26; Gen 25:8
ah20:12
ai20:24
ajEks 29:29,30
akDute 10:6; Dute 32:50:33:38
alDute 34:8; Gen 50:3

Numbers 20

Amanzi akhutshwa edwaleni

1Khona abantwana bakoIsrayeli, inhlangano yonke, bafika enkangala yeZini ngenyanga yokuqala; labantu bahlala eKadeshi a. UMiriyamu wasefela lapho, wangcwatshwa khona b. 2Njalo kwakungelamanzi enhlangano c; ngakho bahlangana bamelana loMozisi bamelana loAroni d. 3Abantu baphikisana loMozisi bakhuluma besithi: Kungathi ngabe safa e ekufeni kwabafowethu phambi kweNkosi f! 4Liletheleni ibandla leNkosi enkangala le ukuze sifele lapha, thina lezifuyo zethu? g 5Lasenyuselani sisuka eGibhithe ukusiletha kulindawo embi? Kakusiyo indawo yenhlanyelo lemikhiwa lamavini lamapomegranati*, futhi kakulamanzi okunatha. 6UMozisi loAroni basebesuka phambi kwebandla, baya emnyango wethente lenhlangano, bathi mbo ngobuso babo phansi h. Inkazimulo yeNkosi yasibonakala kubo i.

7INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi: 8Thatha intonga, ubuthanise inhlangano, wena loAroni umnewenu, likhulume kulo idwala phambi kwamehlo abo, njalo lizanika amanzi alo j; ngalokhu uzabakhuphela amanzi edwaleni, ukuze ulinathise ibandla lezifuyo zabo k. 9UMozisi wasethatha intonga esuka phambi kweNkosi njengokumlaya kwayo l. 10UMozisi loAroni basebebuthanisa ibandla phambi kwedwala; wasesithi kubo: Zwanini-ke, lina bahlamuki; sizalikhuphela yini amanzi edwaleni leli? m 11UMozisi wasephakamisa isandla sakhe, watshaya idwala kabili ngentonga yakhe; kwasekumpompoza amanzi amanengi, inhlangano yasinatha, lezifuyo zayo n.

12INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi lakuAroni: Ngoba lingangikholwanga o, ukungingcwelisa emehlweni abantwana bakoIsrayeli, ngakho kaliyikungenisa ibandla leli elizweni engibanike lona p. 13La ngamanzi eMeriba, lapho abantwana bakoIsrayeli abaphikisana khona leNkosi, yasingcweliswa kubo q.

Inkosi yeEdoma ivalela abantwana bakoIsrayeli indlela

14UMozisi wasethuma izithunywa enkosini yeEdoma r zisuka eKadeshi wathi s: Utsho njalo umfowenu uIsrayeli: Wena uyazazi zonke inkathazo ezisehleleyo t, 15lokuthi obaba behlela eGibhithe u, sasesihlala eGibhithe insuku ezinengi v; lamaGibhithe asiphatha kubi labobaba w. 16Sasesikhala eNkosini, yasisizwa ilizwi lethu x, yathuma ingilosi, yasikhupha eGibhithe; khangela-ke siseKadeshi, umuzi osekucineni komngcele wakho y. 17Ake usiyekele sidabule elizweni lakho. Kasiyikudabula ensimini loba esivinini, futhi kasiyikunatha amanzi omthombo. Sizahamba ngomgwaqo wenkosi, kasiyikuphambukela ngakwesokunene langakwesokhohlo, size sedlule umngcele wakho z. 18Kodwa uEdoma wathi kuye: Kawuyikudabula kimi, hlezi ngiphume ngenkemba ngimelane lawe. 19Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesithi kuye: Sizahamba ngomgwaqo omkhulu. Uba-ke mina lezifuyo zami sinatha okwamanzi akho aa, sizawabhadalela ab; kuphela ngizadabula ngenyawo zami nje. 20Kodwa wathi: Kawuyikudabula. UEdoma wasephuma wamelana laye elabantu abanengi, langesandla esilamandla. 21Ngalokhu uEdoma wala ukuvumela uIsrayeli ukudabula emngceleni wakhe ac. Ngakho uIsrayeli waphambuka wasuka kuye ad.

Ukufa kukaAroni entabeni yeHori

22Abantwana bakoIsrayeli, inhlangano yonke, basebesuka eKadeshi ae, bafika entabeni yeHori af. 23INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi lakuAroni entabeni yeHori, emngceleni welizwe leEdoma, isithi: 24UAroni uzabuthelwa ebantwini bakibo, ngoba kayikungena elizweni engilinike abantwana bakoIsrayeli ag, ngoba lahlamukela ilizwi lami emanzini eMeriba ah. 25Thatha uAroni loEleyazare indodana yakhe, ubenyusele entabeni yeHori, 26umhlubule uAroni izembatho zakhe, uzifake kuEleyazare indodana yakhe; ngoba uAroni uzabuthelwa kwabakibo, afele lapho ai. 27UMozisi wenza njengokulaya kweNkosi. Basebesenyukela entabeni yeHori phambi kwamehlo enhlangano yonke. 28UMozisi wasemhlubula uAroni izembatho zakhe, wazifaka kuEleyazare indodana yakhe aj. UAroni wasefela lapho engqongeni yentaba. UMozisi loEleyazare basebesehla entabeni ak. 29Lapho inhlangano yonke ibona ukuthi uAroni usephelile, balilela uAroni insuku ezingamatshumi amathathu, indlu yonke kaIsrayeli al.

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