Levitikusi 21

¹UJehova wathi kuMose: “Khuluma kubapristi, amadodana ka-Aroni, uthi kubo: ‘Makungabikho ozingcolisayo ngofileyo phakathi kwabantu bakubo,

²ngaphandle kwezihlobo ezinyamanye naye, okungukuthi unina, noyise, nendodana yakhe, nendodakazi yakhe, nomfowabo,

³nodadewabo, intombi eseduze naye, engenandoda; angazingcolisa ngaye.

⁴Akayikuzingcolisa, eyisikhulu phakathi kwabantu bakubo, ukuze azihlambalaze.

⁵“ ‘Abayikuzigega amakhanda abo, bangasiphuculi isilevu emaceleni, bangazigcabi emzimbeni.

⁶Bayakuba ngcwele kuNkulunkulu wabo, bangahlambalazi igama likaNkulunkulu wabo, ngokuba banikela ngeminikelo yomlilo kaJehova, isinkwa sikaNkulunkulu wabo; ngalokho bayakuba ngcwele.

⁷“ ‘Angathathi owesifazane oyisifebe nowonakeleyo, angathathi owesifazane olahliwe yindoda yakhe, ngokuba ungcwele kuNkulunkulu wakhe.

⁸Ngalokho uyakumngcwelisa, ngokuba unikela ngesinkwa sikaNkulunkulu wakho; uyakuba ngcwele kuwe, ngokuba mina Jehova oningcwelisayo ngingcwele.

⁹“ ‘Indodakazi yompristi, uma izingcolisa ngokufeba, iyamhlambalaza noyise; yoshiswa ngomlilo.

¹⁰“ ‘Ongumpristi omkhulu phakathi kwabafowabo, kuthelwe ekhanda lakhe amafutha okugcoba, nowahlukaniselwa ukuba embathe izambatho, akayikuthukulula izinwele zekhanda lakhe, angaklebhuli izambatho zakhe,

¹¹angangeni nakumuphi umuntu ofileyo, angazingcolisi ngoyise noma ngonina,

¹²futhi angaphumi endlini engcwele, angahlambalazi indlu engcwele kaNkulunkulu wakhe; ngokuba umqhele wamafutha okugcoba kaNkulunkulu wakhe uphezu kwakhe; nginguJehova.

¹³“ ‘Wothatha umfazi oseyintombi.

¹⁴Umfelokazi noma umfazi olahliweyo noma owesifazane owonakelyo, isifebe, laba akayikubathatha, kepha uyakuthatha intombi yabantu bakubo ibe ngumkakhe.

¹⁵Akayikuhlambalaza inzalo yakhe phakathi kwabantu bakhe; ngokuba nginguJehova oningcwelisayo.’ ”

¹⁶UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

¹⁷“Yisho ku-Aroni, uthi: ‘Umuntu wenzalo yakho ezizukulwaneni zayo oyisilima makangasondeli ukunikela ngesinkwa sikaNkulunkulu wakhe.

¹⁸Ngokuba umuntu oyisilima akayikusondela: impumputhe noma unyonga, noma onekhala eliyisicaba, noma ozitho zakhe zingalingene,

¹⁹noma umuntu ononyawo olwaphukileyo, noma onesandla esaphukileyo,

²⁰noma onesifumbu, noma oyisichwe, noma onomlanga esweni lakhe, noma onesithembuzane, noma onomuna, noma oyisilima ngamasende;

²¹akungabikho muntu wenzalo ka-Aroni umpristi oyisilima oyakusondela ukunikela ngeminikelo yomlilo kaJehova; uyisilima; makangasondeli ukunikela ngesinkwa sikaNkulunkulu wakhe.

²²Uyakudla isinkwa sikaNkulunkulu wakhe, esingcwelengcwele nesingcwele.

²³Kuphela akayikungena kuso isihenqo, futhi angasondeli e-altare, ngokuba uyisilima, ukuze angahlambalazi izindlu zami ezingcwele, ngokuba nginguJehova obangcwelisayo.

²⁴UMose wakhuluma lokho ku-Aroni, nakumadodana akhe, nakubo bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.’ ”