Amanani 10
1 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
Yahweh also told Moses/me,
2 Zenzele impondo ezimbili zesiliva, uzenze zibe ngumsebenzi okhandiweyo; njalo zizakuba ngezakho ekubizeni inhlangano lekusukeni kwezinkamba.
“[Tell someone to] make two trumpets by hammering each one from [one lump of] silver. Blow the trumpets to summon the people to come together and also to signal that they must move their tents [to a new location].
3 Uba bezivuthela inhlangano yonke izabuthana kuwe emnyango wethente lenhlangano.
If both trumpets are blown, it means that everyone must gather together at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
4 Kodwa uba bevuthela olulodwa, iziphathamandla, inhloko zezinkulungwane zakoIsrayeli zizabuthana kuwe.
If only one trumpet is blown, it means that only the [twelve] leaders of the tribes must gather together.
5 Lapho lihlaba umkhosi, izinkamba ezimise ngempumalanga zizasuka.
If the trumpets are blown loudly, the tribes that are to the east [of the Sacred Tent] should start to travel.
6 Lalapho lihlaba umkhosi ngokwesibili, izinkamba ezimise ngeningizimu zizasuka. Bazahlaba umkhosi ukuze zisuke.
When the trumpets are blown loudly the second time, the tribes that are to the south should start to travel. The loud blasts on the trumpet will signal that they should start to travel.
7 Kodwa ekubuthaniseni ibandla lizavuthela impondo, kodwa lingahlabi umkhosi.
When you want only to gather the people together, blow the trumpets, but do not blow them as loudly.
8 Njalo amadodana kaAroni, abapristi, azavuthela izimpondo. Zizakuba kini yisimiso esilaphakade ezizukulwaneni zenu.
“The priests who are descended from Aaron are the ones who should blow the trumpets. That is a regulation that will never be changed.
9 Njalo lapho liphuma impi elizweni lakini ukuyakulwa lesitha esilicindezelayo, lihlabe umkhosi ngezimpondo, njalo likhunjulwe phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, lisindiswe ezitheni zenu.
When you fight against enemies who attack you in your own land, tell the priests to blow the trumpets loudly. I, Yahweh, your God, will hear that, and I will rescue you from your enemies.
10 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.
Also tell the priests to blow the trumpets when the people are happy, and at the festivals [each year], and at the times when they celebrate the new moon each month. Tell them to blow the trumpets when the people bring offerings that will be completely burned, and when they bring offerings to maintain fellowship with me. If they do that, it will help you to remember that I, Yahweh your God, [will help you].”
11 Kwasekusithi ngomnyaka wesibili, ngenyanga yesibili, ngolwamatshumi amabili lwenyanga, iyezi laphakanyiswa lisuka phezu kwethabhanekele lobufakazi.
On the twentieth day of May in the second year [after the/we Israelis left Egypt], the cloud rose up from above the Sacred Tent.
12 Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesuka enkangala yeSinayi ngokwenhambo zabo; leyezi lema enkangala yeParani.
So we/the Israelis traveled from the Sinai Desert, and we/they continued traveling [north] until the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert.
13 Basebesuka okokuqala ngokomlayo weNkosi ngesandla sikaMozisi.
That was the first time we/they moved, obeying the instructions that Yahweh had given to Moses/me to tell them.
14 Kwasekusuka uphawu lwenkamba yabantwana bakoJuda kuqala ngamabutho abo; laphezu kwebutho lakhe kwakunguNashoni indodana kaAminadaba.
The group that went first, carrying their flag/banner, was the group from the tribe of Judah. Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, was their leader.
15 Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoIsakari kwakunguNethaneli indodana kaZuwari.
The group from the tribe of Issachar [followed them]. Nethanel, the son of Zuar, was their leader.
16 Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoZebuluni kwakunguEliyabi indodana kaHeloni.
The group from the tribe of Zebulun went next. Eliab, the son of Helon, was their leader.
17 Ithabhanekele laselidilizwa; amadodana kaGerishoni lamadodana kaMerari asesuka, ethwele ithabhanekele.
Then they dismantled the Sacred Tent, and the descendants of Gershon and Merari carried it, and they went next.
18 Kwasekusuka uphawu lwenkamba yakoRubeni ngamabutho abo; laphezu kwebutho lakhe kwakunguElizuri indodana kaShedewuri.
The group from the tribe of Reuben went next, carrying their flag. Elizur, the son of Shedeur, was their leader.
19 Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoSimeyoni kwakunguShelumiyeli indodana kaZurishadayi.
The group from the tribe of Simeon was next. Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, was their leader.
20 Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoGadi kwakunguEliyasafi indodana kaDehuweli.
The group from the tribe of Gad was next. Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, was their leader.
21 Kwasekusuka amaKohathi ethwele indlu engcwele, labanye bamisa ithabhanekele, engakafiki.
The group descended from Kohath was next. They carried the sacred items from the Sacred Tent. The Sacred Tent itself was set up at the new location before they arrived there.
22 Kwasekusuka uphawu lwenkamba yabantwana bakoEfrayimi ngamabutho abo; laphezu kwebutho lakhe kwakunguElishama indodana kaAmihudi.
The group from the tribe of Ephraim was next, carrying their flag. Elishama, the son of Ammihud, was their leader.
23 Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoManase kwakunguGamaliyeli indodana kaPedazuri.
The group from the tribe of Manasseh went next. Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, was their leader.
24 Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoBhenjamini kwakunguAbidani indodana kaGideyoni.
The group from the tribe of Benjamin, went next. Abidan, the son of Gideoni, was their leader.
25 Kwasekusuka uphawu lwenkamba yabantwana bakoDani; babengabokucina ezinkambeni zonke ngamabutho abo; laphezu kwebutho lakhe kwakunguAhiyezeri indodana kaAmishadayi.
The ones who went last were the group from the tribe of Dan, carrying their flag. Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, was their leader.
26 Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoAsheri kwakunguPagiyeli indodana kaOkirani.
The group from the tribe of Asher went next. Pagiel, the son of Ocran, was their leader.
27 Laphezu kwebutho lesizwe sabantwana bakoNafithali kwakunguAhira indodana kaEnani.
The group from the tribe of Naphtali went last. Ahira, the son of Enan, was their leader.
28 Lokhu yikusuka kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli ngamabutho abo, ekusukeni kwabo.
That was the order in which the groups of Israeli tribes traveled.
29 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.
One day Moses/I said to his/my brother-in-law Hobab, the son of Reuel from the Midian people-group, “We are on the way to the place that Yahweh promised to give to us. Come with us, and we will take good care of you, because Yahweh has promised [to do] good things for us Israeli people.”
30 Wasesithi kuye: Kangiyikuhamba, kodwa-ke ngizakuya elizweni lakithi lezihlotsheni zami.
But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go with you. I want to return to my own land and to my own family.”
31 Wasesithi: Ake ungasitshiyi, ngoba uyazi lapho esingamisa khona inkamba enkangala, uzakuba ngamehlo ethu.
But Moses/I said, “Please do not leave us. You know the places where we can set up our tents in this desert, and you can guide us.
32 Kuzakuthi-ke, uba uhamba lathi, yebo, kuzakwenzeka lokho okuhle okungakho iNkosi ezasenzela okuhle, sizakwenzela okuhle.
Come with us. We will share with you all the good things that Yahweh gives to us.”
33 Basuka-ke entabeni yeNkosi, uhambo lwensuku ezintathu; lomtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi wahamba phambi kwabo uhambo lwensuku ezintathu, ukuze ubadingele indawo yokuphumula.
[So Hobab agreed to go with them]. The Israelis left Sinai Mountain, [which they called] Yahweh’s Mountain, and they walked for three days. The [men carrying the] sacred chest went in front of the other people for those three days, and they kept looking for a place to set up their tents.
34 Leyezi leNkosi laliphezu kwabo emini, ekusukeni kwabo enkambeni.
The cloud sent by Yahweh was over them every day.
35 Kwasekusithi ekusukeni komtshokotsho, uMozisi wathi: Vuka, Nkosi, kazichitheke-ke izitha zakho, lalabo abakuzondayo kababaleke phambi kwakho.
Each morning when the men who were carrying the sacred chest started to walk, Moses/I said, “Yahweh, arise! Scatter your enemies! Cause those who hate you to run away from you!”
36 Ekumisweni kwawo wathi: Buyela, Nkosi, kuzinkulungwane ezilitshumi zezinkulungwane zakoIsrayeli.
And each time the men [stopped to] set down the sacred chest, Moses/I said, “Yahweh, stay close to the thousands of us Israelis!”
