Numbers 10
1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
Zenzele impondo ezimbili zesiliva, uzenze zibe ngumsebenzi okhandiweyo; njalo zizakuba ngezakho ekubizeni inhlangano lekusukeni kwezinkamba.
3 When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Uba bezivuthela inhlangano yonke izabuthana kuwe emnyango wethente lenhlangano.
4 But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
Kodwa uba bevuthela olulodwa, iziphathamandla, inhloko zezinkulungwane zakoIsrayeli zizabuthana kuwe.
5 When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
Lapho lihlaba umkhosi, izinkamba ezimise ngempumalanga zizasuka.
6 When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
Lalapho lihlaba umkhosi ngokwesibili, izinkamba ezimise ngeningizimu zizasuka. Bazahlaba umkhosi ukuze zisuke.
7 To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
Kodwa ekubuthaniseni ibandla lizavuthela impondo, kodwa lingahlabi umkhosi.
8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
Njalo amadodana kaAroni, abapristi, azavuthela izimpondo. Zizakuba kini yisimiso esilaphakade ezizukulwaneni zenu.
9 When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
Njalo lapho liphuma impi elizweni lakini ukuyakulwa lesitha esilicindezelayo, lihlabe umkhosi ngezimpondo, njalo likhunjulwe phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, lisindiswe ezitheni zenu.
10 And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
Langosuku lwentokozo yenu, lemikhosini yenu emisiweyo, lekuthwaseni kwenyanga zenu, lizavuthela izimpondo phezu kweminikelo yenu yokutshiswa laphezu kwemihlatshelo yeminikelo yenu yokuthula, ukuze ibe kini yisikhumbuzo phambi kukaNkulunkulu wenu. NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.
11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
Kwasekusithi ngomnyaka wesibili, ngenyanga yesibili, ngolwamatshumi amabili lwenyanga, iyezi laphakanyiswa lisuka phezu kwethabhanekele lobufakazi.
12 and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesuka enkangala yeSinayi ngokwenhambo zabo; leyezi lema enkangala yeParani.
13 They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
Basebesuka okokuqala ngokomlayo weNkosi ngesandla sikaMozisi.
14 First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
Kwasekusuka uphawu lwenkamba yabantwana bakoJuda kuqala ngamabutho abo; laphezu kwebutho lakhe kwakunguNashoni indodana kaAminadaba.
15 Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,
Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoIsakari kwakunguNethaneli indodana kaZuwari.
16 and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoZebuluni kwakunguEliyabi indodana kaHeloni.
17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
Ithabhanekele laselidilizwa; amadodana kaGerishoni lamadodana kaMerari asesuka, ethwele ithabhanekele.
18 Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
Kwasekusuka uphawu lwenkamba yakoRubeni ngamabutho abo; laphezu kwebutho lakhe kwakunguElizuri indodana kaShedewuri.
19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,
Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoSimeyoni kwakunguShelumiyeli indodana kaZurishadayi.
20 and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoGadi kwakunguEliyasafi indodana kaDehuweli.
21 Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
Kwasekusuka amaKohathi ethwele indlu engcwele, labanye bamisa ithabhanekele, engakafiki.
22 Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
Kwasekusuka uphawu lwenkamba yabantwana bakoEfrayimi ngamabutho abo; laphezu kwebutho lakhe kwakunguElishama indodana kaAmihudi.
23 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoManase kwakunguGamaliyeli indodana kaPedazuri.
24 and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoBhenjamini kwakunguAbidani indodana kaGideyoni.
25 Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
Kwasekusuka uphawu lwenkamba yabantwana bakoDani; babengabokucina ezinkambeni zonke ngamabutho abo; laphezu kwebutho lakhe kwakunguAhiyezeri indodana kaAmishadayi.
26 Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoAsheri kwakunguPagiyeli indodana kaOkirani.
27 and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoNafithali kwakunguAhira indodana kaEnani.
28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
Lokhu yikusuka kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli ngamabutho abo, ekusukeni kwabo.
29 Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”
UMozisi wasesithi kuHobabi indodana kaRehuweli umMidiyani, uyisezala kaMozisi: Thina siyasuka siya endaweni iNkosi eyathi ngayo: Ngizalipha yona. Hamba lathi; sizakwenzela okuhle, ngoba iNkosi ikhulume okuhle ngoIsrayeli.
30 “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
Wasesithi kuye: Kangiyikuhamba, kodwa-ke ngizakuya elizweni lakithi lezihlotsheni zami.
31 “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
Wasesithi: Ake ungasitshiyi, ngoba uyazi lapho esingamisa khona inkamba enkangala, uzakuba ngamehlo ethu.
32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”
Kuzakuthi-ke, uba uhamba lathi, yebo, kuzakwenzeka lokho okuhle okungakho iNkosi ezasenzela okuhle, sizakwenzela okuhle.
33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
Basuka-ke entabeni yeNkosi, uhambo lwensuku ezintathu; lomtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi wahamba phambi kwabo uhambo lwensuku ezintathu, ukuze ubadingele indawo yokuphumula.
34 And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
Leyezi leNkosi laliphezu kwabo emini, ekusukeni kwabo enkambeni.
35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
Kwasekusithi ekusukeni komtshokotsho, uMozisi wathi: Vuka, Nkosi, kazichitheke-ke izitha zakho, lalabo abakuzondayo kababaleke phambi kwakho.
36 And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
Ekumisweni kwawo wathi: Buyela, Nkosi, kuzinkulungwane ezilitshumi zezinkulungwane zakoIsrayeli.
