Mishingo yeku Kadeshi
(Kufuluka 17:1-7)1 Mu mwedzi we kutanga gubungano lose le bathu be Iziraela likaswika mu tjilambanyika tje Zini, likakotokela mu Kadeshi. Miriamu kafa kabiganyigwa ko.
2 Kwakabe kusina vula ye gubungano, ngono bathu bakazwikubunganya bakamukila Mushe na Aroni. 3 Bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Apa kobe kusakayita atabe takafila mbeli kwa Yahwe tjibaka tjakafa zwikamu zwedu kene? 4 Apa ini makazhisa gubungano la Yahwe mu tjilambanyika itjetji kene? Makatizhisila kuti towofa iswi ne zwithuwo zwedu kene? 5 Ini makatidusa mu Egipiti mutizhisa mu shango mbiimbi yakajali kene? Akuna paungawana thunde kene mpaya kene zhambi kene mitjelo ye pomegiranate, kakale akuna nenge vula inong'wiwa!” 6 Mushe na Aroni bakabhuda mu gubungano bakayendila ku nkoba we nshasha we bushanganilo. Bakathingama bakakotamisa njiso dzabo. Ngono tjedza tja Yahwe tjikazwilakidza ku bali.
7 Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, 8 “Tola ludozo mukubunganye gubungano iwe ne nkulu uwo Aroni, mudwe shongwe mbeli kwe gubungano kuti iwungise vula yayo. Ndizo inobadusila vula, ube upa gubungano vula ling'we libe ling'wisa ne zwithuwo zwalo.” 9 Ngono Mushe katola ludozo mbeli kwa Yahwe sekwa bakandwa.
10 Mushe na Aroni bakakubunganyila gubungano mbeli kwe shongwe, ngono bakalidwa beti, “Tjihwani ngwenu, imwi bapanduki, apa timudusile vula mu shongwe iyeyi kene?” 11 Mushe kamilidza ludozo gugwe kaloba shongwe ndigo kabili, ngono kukapubuka vula isishoma gubungano likang'wa nenge zwithuwo zwalo.
12 Koga Yahwe bakadwa Mushe na Aroni bakati, “Ngoti amuzogalamoyo mundili kakale amuzondipa gudzo mbeli kwe Baiziraela, ndizoke amutjonokotosa gubungano ileli mu shango yandakati ndobapa iyo.”
13 Ikoku kwakashingikala ku vula dze Meriba , Baiziraela pa bakang'ong'ola nge kwa Yahwe, ngono Yahwe bakazwilakidza ku bali kuti bakayengemala.
Mambo we Edomu unodzibisa Baiziraela kupinda
14 Mushe wakatuma batumwa kudwa mu Kadeshi kuna mambo we Edomu eti, “Mwana wa tate babo Iziraela kati, ‘Unoziba bulemo gwakatiwila; 15 bobatategulu bedu sekwa bakabhuda beyenda ku Egipiti, ngono tikagala makole manjinji mu Egipiti, Baegipiti bakatidziyidza na bobatategulu bedu. 16 Ngono takati tililila kuna Yahwe bakatihwa. Bakatuma ntumwa we kudzimu kutidusa mu shango ye Egipiti. Ngono ngwenu timu Kadeshi, nzi nkulu umu n'gathu we ntuthu wenyu. 17 Tokumbila palama shango yenyu. Ngono atitowobhuda mu zila, kene kuli kupalama minda ye mizhambi, nenguba kuli kung'wa vula mu matshime enyu. Towotobela zila, atitowobhudila ku luji, kene ku lumeshwe, kudzina tinobhuda mu ntuthu wenyu.’ ”
18 Koga Edomu kan'dabila eti, “Amungapalame shango yedu. Amungajalo towobhuda nge mathumo tikabhayana namwi.”
19 Ngono Baiziraela bakankumbila beti, “Towotobela zila koga, ngono ha iswi kene zwithuwo zwedu zwingang'wa vula yenyu, towoilipa, tokumbila pinda koga, kusina tjimwe kakale.”
20 Koga Edomu kadwa Iziraela kati, “Aungapaleme ntuthu wangu.” Edomu kabhuda ne balume bali banjinji, be babhayani bakasima. 21 Ngono ngoti Edomu akalamba Baiziraela bepalama ntuthu uwe, ndizo Baiziraela bakashanduka bakansiya.
22 Gubungano lose le Iziraela likamilika mu Kadeshi, likanoswika ku Dombo le Hori. 23 Yahwe bakadwa Mushe na Aroni bali ku Dombo le Hori, pa n'gathu we Edomu bakati, 24 “Aroni aatowongina mu shango yandakapa bathu be Iziraela, unowofa, ngoti makapandukila nlayo wangu ku vula dze Meriba. 25 Tola Aroni ne nkololo uwe Eleazari utathile nabo pezhugwi kwe Dombo le Hori. 26 Ngono uambule Aroni zwiambalo zwizwe uzwiambadze nkololo uwe Eleazari, ngobe Aroni unofila pezhugwi kwe dombo.” 27 Mushe kathama sekwa laula Yahwe, ngono bakatathila pezhugwi kwe Dombo le Hori, gubungano lose lakabalinga. 28 Ngono Mushe kaambula Aroni zwiambalo zwizwe kazwiambadza Eleazari nkololo uwe. Aroni kafila ipapo pezhugwi kwe dombo. Ndizo Mushe na Eleazari bakadeluka pezhugwi kwe dombo. 29 Kukati gubungano lose libona kuti Aroni wafa, likalilila Aroni kwe mazhuba ali makumi matatu (30).
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