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2 Yeziganeko 29:21-36 Ibhayibhile (XHO96)

21. Beza neenkunzi zeenkomo ezisixhenxe, nesixhenxe seenkunzi zeegusha, namaxhwane eegusha asixhenxe angamaduna, kunye naweebhokhwe ekwasixhenxe ekwangamaduna, zinto ezo benza ngazo idini lesono, besenzela umbuso wonke nendawo engcwele noJuda ngokwakhe. Ke ukumkani wayalela ababingeleli, inzala ka-Aron, ukuba ezo zinto bazenze idini eqongeni likaNdikhoyo.

22. Ngoko ke bazixhela ezo nkunzi zeenkomo, baza ke ababingeleli balithatha igazi lazo, bafefa ngalo iqonga elo. Kananjalo ke bazixhela neenkunzi zeegusha, baza bafefa iqonga ngelo gazi lazo. Namaxhwane eegusha bawaxhela, ngegazi lawo bafefa kwaelo qonga.

23. Iibhokhwe zedini lesono zona zasiwa kukumkani nebandla, baza ke babeka izandla zabo phezu kwazo.

24. Ababingeleli ke bazixhela iibhokhwe ezo, igazi lazo balisa eqongeni laba lidini lesono lokungxengxezela uSirayeli ephela. Kaloku ukumkani wayenze umyalelo mayela nedini elitshiswayo kunye nelesono ngokunxulumene noSirayeli ephela.

25. Ukumkani wamisa abaLevi endlwini kaNdikhoyo bephethe amacangci, iihapu, kunye nemirhubhe, ngalaa ndlela yayimiswe nguDavide, nemboni kakumkani uGadi, noNatan *umshumayeli – ndlela leyo ke yayiyalelwe nguNdikhoyo ngabashumayeli bakhe.

26. Bema ke abaLevi, bephethe ezo zikhalisi zikaDavide, ababingeleli bona bephethe amaxilongo.

27. UHezekiya ke wayalela ukuba kwenziwe idini elitshiswayo apho eqongeni. Lathi ke lakuqaliswa idini elo, yaqalisa nengoma kudunyiswa uNdikhoyo, ikhatshwa ngamaxilongo nezikhalisi zikaDavide ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.

28. Lonke ibandla lakhahlela linqula, zabe nazo iimvumi zisitsho, namaxilongo ngokunjalo. Zaqhuba njalo ke lada lafezeka elo dini litshiswayo.

29. Lakugqitywa ke elo dini litshiswayo ukumkani naye wonke umntu owayelapho baguqa benqula.

30. Ukumkani uHezekiya enamaphakathi bayalela abaLevi ukuba badumise uNdikhoyo ngamazwi kaDavide kunye nawemboni uAsafu. Ngoko ke batsho ngentswahla bedumisa ngovuyo olukhulu, baza ke bakhahlela benqula.

31. Wathi ke ukumkani uHezekiya: “Ngoku ke nizinikezele kuNdikhoyo. Ngoko ke zisani amadini neminikelo yokubulela endlwini kaNdikhoyo.” Ewe ke, ibandla lawazisa amadini kunye neminikelo yokubulela, baza ke bonke abaqhutywa ziintliziyo zabo benza amadini atshiswayo.

32. Amadini awenziwa libandla elo yayingamashumi asixhenxe eenkunzi zeenkomo, ikhulu leenkunzi zeegusha, namakhulu amabini amaxhwane angamaduna; zizonke ezo zinto zenzelwa uNdikhoyo idini elitshiswayo.

33. Imfuyo eyanikelwa ukwenza amadini yayisisithandathu samakhulu eenkunzi zeenkomo, namawaka amathathu eegusha neebhokhwe.

34. Ababingeleli ke babembalwa ukuhlinza loo madini bebodwa, ngoko ke bancediswa zizizalwana zabo abaLevi, wada wafezeka umcimbi lowo, nangokongezeka kwababingeleli abahlanjululwayo. Kaloku abaLevi bona babekukhuthalele ukuzihlambulula kunababingeleli abo.

35. Ayemaninzi amadini atshiswayo, ngokunjalo namanqatha edini lobudlelwana, nedini elithululwayo elalikhapha loo madini atshiswayo.Ngaloo ndlela ke kwabuyiselwa ukusetyenziswa kwendlu kaNdikhoyo.

36. UHezekiya nabantu bephela yabonwabisa into awabenzela yona uThixo, kuba yonke yenzeka ngokukhawuleza.

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