Eksodusi 28

¹“Sondeza kuwe u-Aroni umfowenu namadodana akhe phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuba bangikhonze esikhundleni sobupristi, o-Aroni, noNadabi, no-Abihu, no-Eleyazare, no-Itamari, amadodana ka-Aroni.

²Umenzele u-Aroni umfowenu izambatho ezingcwele, ezobukhosi nezokuhlobisa.

³Wokhuluma kubo bonke abahlakaniphile ngenhliziyo engibagcwalisile ngomoya wokuhlakanipha ukuba bazenze izambatho zika-Aroni zokumngcwelisa, ukuze angikhonze esikhundleni sobupristi.

⁴Yilezi izambatho abayakuzenza: isihlangu sesifuba, nengubo yamahlombe, nejazi, nebhantshi elifekethisiweyo, nesigqoko, nebhande, bamenzele u-Aroni umfowenu namadodana akhe izambatho ezingcwele ukuba bangikhonze esikhundleni sobupristi.

⁵Makathathe igolide, nokuluhlaza nokububende nokubomvu, nelineni elicolekileyo.

⁶“Bayakwenza ingubo yamahlombe ngegolide, nangokuluhlaza nangokububende nangokubomvu, nangelineni elicolekileyo lemicu ephothiweyo, kube ngumsebenzi wengcweti.

⁷Iyakuba neziziba ezimbili zasemahlombe, zihlangene emaceleni ayo omabili, ukuba ihlanganiswe.

⁸Ibhande elalukiweyo elikuyo lokuyikhwica liyakuba njengomsebenzi wayo, libe kunye nayo, ngegolide, nangokuluhlaza nangokububende nangokubomvu, nangelineni elicolekileyo lemicu ephothiweyo.

⁹“Wothatha amatshe amabili amashohamu, uqophe kuwo amagama abantwana bakwa-Israyeli,

¹⁰amagama ayisithupha abo kwelinye itshe namagama abayisithupha abaseleyo kwelinye itshe njengokuzalwa kwabo.

¹¹Ngomsebenzi womqophi ematsheni, njengokuqoshwa kwendandatho, woqopha amatshe omabili njengokwamagama abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uwafake azungezwe yizisekelo zegolide.

¹²Wobeka amatshe omabili ezizibeni zombili zengubo yamahlombe, abe ngamatshe esikhumbuzo sabantwana bakwa-Israyeli; u-Aroni uyakuphatha amagama abo emahlombe akhe omabili phambi kukaJehova kube yisikhumbuzo.

¹³Wozenza izisekelo zegolide,

¹⁴namaketanga amabili egolide elicwengekileyo, uwenze abe njengamagoda, umsebenzi othandelweyo ezisekelweni.

¹⁵“Uyakwenza isihlangu sesifuba sokwahlulela, kube ngumsebenzi wengcweti, usenze njengokusetshenzwa kwengubo yamahlombe ngegolide, nangokuluhlaza nangokububende nangokubomvu, nangelineni elicolekileyo lemicu ephothiweyo.

¹⁶Masibe nezinhlangothi ezine ezilingeneyo, siphindwe kabili; ubude baso bube njengokudazuluka kweminwe, nobubanzi baso bube njengokudazuluka kweminwe.

¹⁷Ufake kuso izisekelo zamatshe, kube yizinhla ezine zamatshe: uhla lwesardiyu, netopazi, nerubi, lube luhla lokuqala;

¹⁸uhla lwesibili lube yisimaragidu, nesafire, nedayimani;

¹⁹uhla lwesithathu lube yihiyakinte, ne-agathe, ne-amethiste;

²⁰uhla lwesine lube yikrisolithe, neshohamu, nejaspi; azungezwe ngegolide ezisekelweni zawo.

²¹Amatshe ayakuba njengamagama abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, abe yishumi nambili njengamagama abo; njengokuqoshwa kwendandatho yilelo nalelo liyakuba negama lesinye sezizwe eziyishumi nambili.

²²“Wenze kuso isihlangu sesifuba amaketanga njengamagoda, umsebenzi othandelweyo wegolide elicwengekileyo.

²³Wenze kuso isihlangu sesifuba amasongo amabili egolide, uwafake amasongo omabili emaceleni omabili esihlangu sesifuba.

²⁴Wowafaka amaketanga omabili athandelweyo ngegolide emasongweni omabili emaceleni esihlangu sesifuba.

²⁵Ezinye izihloko ezimbili zamaketanga athandelweyo wozifaka ezisekelweni zombili, uzibeke ngaphambili ezizibeni zengubo yamahlombe.

²⁶Uyakuwenza amasongo amabili egolide, uwafake emaceleni omabili esihlangu sesifuba, eceleni laso elibhekene nengubo yamahlombe ngaphakathi.

²⁷Wenze amasongo amabili, uwafake ezizibeni zombili zengubo yamahlombe phansi ngaphambili, eduze nokuhlangana kwayo, phezu kwebhande elifeketshisiweyo lengubo yamahlombe.

²⁸Bayakusibopha isihlangu sesifuba ngamasongo aso emasongweni engubo yamahlombe ngentambo eluhlaza ukuba sibe phezu kwebhande elifekethisiweyo lengubo yamahlombe, ukuze isihlangu sesifuba singakhumuki engutsheni yamahlombe.

²⁹“U-Aroni uyakuphatha amagama abantwana bakwa-Israyeli esihlangwini sesifuba sokwahlulela phezu kwenhliziyo yakhe, nxa engena endaweni engcwele, kube yisikhumbuzo phambi kukaJehova njalo.

³⁰Ufake esihlangwini sesifuba sokwahlulela i-Urimi neThumimi, ahlale phezu kwenhliziyo ka-Aroni, nxa engena phambi kukaJehova; u-Aroni athwale ukwahlulelwa kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli phezu kwenhliziyo yakhe phambi kukaJehova njalo.

³¹“Uyakwenza ijazi lengubo yamahlombe ngokuluhlaza lonke,

³²kube yimbobo yekhanda ngaphakathi kwalo, imbobo yalo ibe nomphetho oyizungezayo womsebenzi owalukiweyo njengembobo yebhantshi lensimbi ukuba lingadatshulwa.

³³Emiphethweni yalo wowenza amapomegranati ngokuluhlaza nangokububende nangokubomvu, azungeze imiphetho yalo, kanye nezikhencezo zegolide phakathi kwawo nxazonke,

³⁴kube yisikhencezo segolide nepomegranati, isikhencezo segolide nepomegranati njalo emiphethweni yejazi nxazonke.

³⁵U-Aroni makalembathe eyokhonza; ukukhenceza kwalo kuyakuzwakala, nxa engena endaweni engcwele phambi kukaJehova, nanxa ephuma, ukuze angafi.

³⁶“Uyakwenza ungcwecwe wegolide elicwengekileyo, uqophe kuye njengokuqoshwa kwendandatho ukuthi: ‘Wahlukaniselwe uJehova’.

³⁷Umfake ngentambo eluhlaza, abe sesigqokweni, abe ngaphambili esigqokweni.

³⁸Uyakuba sebunzini lika-Aroni, u-Aroni athwale ububi bezinto ezingcwele, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli abayakuzingcwelisa, zibe yizipho zabo ezingcwele; uyakuba sebunzini lakhe njalo ukuba bamukeleke ebusweni bukaJehova.

³⁹“Uyakwaluka ibhantshi eliyizingovu ngelineni elicolekileyo, wenze nesigqoko selineni elicolekileyo, wenze nebhande, ulifekethise.

⁴⁰Uyakuwenzela namadodana ka-Aroni amabhantshi, uwenzele namabhande, uwenzele nezigqoko, kube ngezobukhosi nezokuhlobisa.

⁴¹Wembathise zona u-Aroni umfowenu namadodana akhe, ubagcobe, ubahlukanisele, ubangcwelise ukuba bangikhonze esikhundleni sobupristi.

⁴²“Ubenzele namabhulukwe elineni ukuba kusitshekelwe inyama yobunqunu babo, aqale okhalweni, afike emathangeni;

⁴³u-Aroni namadodana akhe bawafake, nxa bengena etendeni lokuhlangana, nanxa besondela e-altare ukuyokhonza endaweni engcwele, ukuba bangathwali ububi, bafe; kuyakuba yisimiso kuye nakuyo inzalo yakhe emva kwakhe kuze kube phakade.