The Death of Moses

¹UMose wakhuphuka emathafeni akwaMowabi, waya entabeni yaseNebo esiqongweni sasePisiga esimalungana neJeriko. UJehova wamtshengisa izwe lonke lakwaGileyadi kwaze kwaba kwaDani,

²noNafetali wonke, nezwe lakwa-Efrayimi, nelakwaManase, nezwe lonke lakwaJuda kwaze kwaba selwandle lwasentshonalanga,

³neNingizimu, nethafa lesigodi saseJeriko umuzi wamasundu kwaze kwabaseSowari.

⁴UJehova wathi kuye: “Nanti izwe engalifungela o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, ngathi: ‘Ngiyakunika lona inzalo yakho.’ Ngikubonise lona ngamehlo akho, kepha awuyikuwela khona.”

⁵Wayesefela khona ezweni lakwaMowabi uMose inceku kaJehova njengezwi likaJehova.

⁶Wammbela esigodini sasezweni lakwaMowabi malungana neBeti Peyori, kepha akukho muntu olaziyo ithuna lakhe kuze kube namuhla.

⁷UMose wayeneminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amabili ekufeni kwakhe; iso lakhe lalingafiphele, amandla akhe ayengakanciphi.

⁸Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamkhalela uMose emathafeni akwaMowabi izinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu; zaphela-ke izinsuku zokukhala ekumlileleni uMose.

⁹UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni wayegcwele umoya nokuhlakanipha, ngokuba uMose wayebekile izandla zakhe phezu kwakhe; abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamlalela-ke, benza njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose.

¹⁰Akuvelanga ngasemuva kwa-Israyeli umprofethi onjengoMose, owazana noJehova ubuso nobuso

¹¹ngezibonakaliso nangezimangaliso zonke amthumela uJehova ukuba azenze ezweni laseGibithe kuFaro, nakuzo zonke izinceku zakhe, nakulo lonke izwe lakubo,

¹²nangesandla sonke esinamandla nangayo yonke ingebhe enkulu akwenza uMose emehlweni abo bonke abakwa-Israyeli.