Hezekiyeli
45 “‘Nanaba inarha njengelifa,+ kufuze ninikele kuJehova ingcenye ecwengileko yenarha njengomnikelo.+ Ubude bayo kufuze bube makhubhithi* azii-25 000, ububanzi bayo bube makhubhithi azii-10 000.+ Yoke indawayo* izokuba yingcenye ecwengileko. 2 Kilokhu izokuba mahlangothi alinganako wendawo ecwengileko elinganisela emakhubhithini ama-500 ehlangothini ngalinye,+ izokuba namakhubhithi ama-50 njengamadlelo ehlangothini ngalinye.+ 3 Esilinganiswenesi, kufuze ulinganise ubude obuzii-25 000 nobubanzi obuzii-10 000, phakathi kwaso kuzokuba yindawo ecwengileko, into ecwengeke khulu. 4 Kuzokuba yingcenye ecwengileko yenarha yabaphristi+ abasebenza endaweni ecwengileko, abatjhidela kuJehova bona bamsebenzele.+ Izokuba yindawo yezindlu zabo nendawo ecwengileko yendawo ecwengileko.
5 “‘AmaLevi, iinsebenzi zethempelini kuzokuba nengcenye emakhubhithi azii-25 000 ubude namakhubhithi azii-10 000 ububanzi,+ azokuba neenkumba zokudlela ezima-20+ njengesabelo.
6 “‘Kufuze unikele njengesabelo sedorobho indawo emakhubhithi azii-25 000 ubude (ngokulingana nomnikelo ocwengileko) namakhubhithi azii-5 000 ububanzi.+ Yoke izokuba ngeyendlu yakwa-Israyeli.
7 “‘Ekosaneni kuzokuba nenarha emahlangothini womabili womnikelo ocwengileko endaweni yedorobheni. Izokuba hlanu komnikelo ocwengileko nesabelo sedorobho. Izokuba sehlangothini letjingalanga nelepumalanga. Ubude bayo ukusukela emkhawulweni wetjingalanga ukufikela emkhawulweni wepumalanga buzokulingana nengcenye yinye yeenkoro.+ 8 Inarha le izokuba sisabelo kwa-Israyeli. Amakhosanami angeze asahlunguphaza abantu bami,+ bazokunikela indlu ka-Israyeli inarha ngokuya ngokweenkoro zayo.’+
9 “Nakhu iKosi ePhakemeko uJehova ekutjhoko: ‘Nenze izinto ezimbi khulu, makhosana wakwa-Israyeli!’
“‘Qedani iinturhu nokugandelela kwenu, nenze okuhle nokulungileko.+ Lisani ukuthatha izinto zabantu bami,’+ kutjho iKosi ePhakemeko uJehova. 10 ‘Kufuze nisebenzise iinkala ezinembileko, isilinganiso* se-efa esinembileko nesilinganiso* sebhada esinembileko.+ 11 Kufuze kube silinganiso esilinganako, isilinganiso se-efa nesilinganiso sebhada. Isilinganiso sebhada kufuze sithwale kwetjhumi kwehomere* nesilinganiso se-efa kufuze sithwale kwetjhumi kwehomere. Ihomere kuzokuba yinto okulinganiswa ngayo. 12 Itjhekeli*+ lizokuba magera* ama-20. Amatjhekeli ama-20 namatjhekeli ama-25 kuhlanganise namatjhekeli ali-15 azokuba limane* lenu elilodwa.’
13 “‘Lo, mnikelo okufuze unikelwe: linye lama-efa asithandathu ehomereni ngalinye lekoroyi, linye lama-efa asithandathu ehomereni ngalinye lebhali. 14 Isilinganiso samafutha sizokuya ngesilinganiso sebhada. Isilinganiso sebhada litjhumi lekhori,* iimbhada ezilitjhumi lihomere ngombana iimbhada ezilitjhumi zilingana nehomere. 15 Emhlambini wefuyo yakwa-Israyeli kufuze kunikelwe imvu yinye kwezima-200. Lokhu kuzokuba mnikelo wekoroyi,+ umnikelo opheleleko otjhiswako+ nemihlatjelo yetjhebiswano,+ bona kwenziwe imihlatjelo yokulitjalelwa kwezono zabantu,’+ kutjho iKosi ePhakemeko uJehova.
16 “‘Boke abantu benarheni bazokwenza umnikelo lo+ ekosaneni kwa-Israyeli. 17 Izokwenza iminikelo etjhiswako epheleleko,+ umnikelo weenthoro+ nomnikelo oselwako ngeenkhathi zeminyanya,+ ngokuthwasa kweenyanga, ngamaSabatha+ nayo yoke iminyanya ehleliweko yendlu yakwa-Israyeli.+ Ngiyo ezokulungiselela umnikelo wesono, umnikelo wekoroyi nomnikelo opheleleko otjhiswako nemihlatjelo yetjhebiswano bona yenzele indlu yakwa-Israyeli umhlatjelo wokulitjalelwa kwezono.’
18 “Nakhu iKosi ePhakemeko uJehova ekutjhoko: ‘Ngenyanga yokuthoma, ngelanga lokuthoma lenyanga, kufuze uthathe ikunzana emhlambini begodu kufuze uhlwengise indawo ecwengileko esonweni.+ 19 Umphristi kufuze athathe ezinye zeengazi zomnikelo wesono azitjhatjhe emagosenini wethempeli,+ emakhoneni amane womphetho abhode i-aldara negosenini lesango lesirhodlo esingaphakathi. 20 Ngilokhu ozokwenza ngelanga lekhomba lenyanga ngebanga lananyana ngubani owenza isono ngomtjhapho namkha ngokungatjheji+ begodu kufuze wenzele ithempeli umnikelo wokulitjalelwa kwezono.+
21 “‘Ngenyanga yokuthoma, ngelanga le-14 lenyanga, nizokugidinga umnyanya wePhasika.+ Kufuze kudliwe uburotho obunganasibiliso amalanga alikhomba.+ 22 Ngelangelo ikosana izokulungiselela ikunzana ezokuba mnikelwayo wesono newabo boke abantu benarheni.+ 23 Amalanga alikhomba izokulungiselela uJehova umnyanya womnikelo otjhiswako opheleleko, iinkunzana eziphile kuhle ezilikhomba namaramu aphile kuhle alikhomba, linye amalanga alikhomba+ kuhlanganise nepongo yinye qobe langa bona ibe mnikelo wesono. 24 Kufuze ilungiselele umnikelo wekoroyi ne-efa bona ibe ngeyekunzana yinye ne-efa bona ibe ngeyeramu linye kuhlanganise nehini* yamafutha ukuthi ibe ngeye-efa yinye.
25 “‘Ngenyanga yekhomba, ngelanga le-15 lenyanga, amalanga alikhomba hlangana nomnyanya,+ kufuze ilungiselele umnikelo wesono ofanako, umnikelo opheleleko otjhiswako, umnikelo wekoroyi namafutha.’”