Worship in the Temple

¹“ ‘Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Isango legceke elingaphakathi, elibheke ngasempumalanga liyakuvalwa izinsuku eziyisithupha zokusebenza, kepha ngosuku lwesabatha liyakuvulwa, livulwe futhi nangosuku lokwethwasa kwenyanga.

²Isikhulu siyakungena ngendlela yompheme wesango ngaphandle, sime ngasensikeni yesango, abapristi balungise umnikelo waso wokushiswa neminikelo yaso yokuthula, sikhuleke ngasembundwini wesango; bese siphuma, kepha isango aliyikuvalwa kuze kube kusihlwa.

³Abantu bayakukhuleka esivalweni salelo sango phambi kukaJehova ngamasabatha nangokwethwasa kwenyanga.

⁴Umnikelo wokushiswa isikhulu esiyakunikela ngawo kuJehova ngosuku lwesabatha uyakuba ngamawundlu ayisithupha angenasici nenqama engenasici;

⁵umnikelo wempuphu uyakuba yi-efa ngenqama, umnikelo wempuphu owamawundlu ube njengamandla aso, kube yihini lamafutha nge-efa.

⁶Ngosuku lokwethwasa kwenyanga kube yiduna elingenasici, namawundlu ayisithupha, nenqama, okungenasici.

⁷Siyakulungisa umnikelo wempuphu: i-efa ngenkunzi ne-efa ngenqama, ngamawundlu kube njengamandla aso, kube yihini lamafutha nge-efa.

⁸Lapho isikhulu singena, siyakungena ngendlela yompheme wesango, siphume futhi ngendlela yawo.

⁹Kepha lapho abantu bezwe bengena phambi kukaJehova emikhosini emisiweyo, ongena ngendlela yesango lasenyakatho ukuyokhuleka uyakuphuma ngendlela yesango laseningizimu; ongena ngendlela yesango laseningizimu uyakuphuma ngendlela yesango lasenyakatho; kayikubuya ngendlela yesango angene ngalo, kepha kuyakuphunywa kwelimalungana nalo.

¹⁰Ekungeneni kwabo isikhulu siyakuhamba phakathi kwabo; ekuphumeni bayakuphuma kanyekanye.

¹¹“ ‘Emikhosini nasemihlanganweni umnikelo wempuphu uyakuba yi-efa ngenkunzi ne-efa ngenqama, ngamawundlu ube njengamandla aso, kube yihini lamafutha nge-efa.

¹²Lapho isikhulu siyakulungisa umnikelo wesihle, umnikelo wokushiswa neminikelo yokuthula ibe ngumnikelo wesihle kuJehova, siyakuvulelwa isango elibheke ngasempumalanga, silungise umnikelo waso wokushiswa neminikelo yaso yokuthula njengokwenza kwaso ngosuku lwesabatha, bese siphuma; nalapho sesiphumile, isango liyakuvalwa.

¹³“ ‘Uyakulungisa iwundlu elinomnyaka munye elingenasici libe ngumnikelo wokushiswa kuJehova imihla ngemihla, ulilungise ekuseni njalo.

¹⁴Uyakuwulungisela umnikelo wempuphu ekuseni njalo, inxenye yesithupha ye-efa nenxenye yesithathu yehini lamafutha ukugcoba impuphu ecolekileyo, kube ngumnikelo wempuphu kuJehova njalonjalo ngesimiso esiphakade.

¹⁵Bayakulungisa-ke iwundlu, nomnikelo wempuphu, namafutha ekuseni njalo, kube ngumnikelo wokushiswa imihla yonke.

¹⁶“ ‘Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Uma isikhulu sinika enye yamadodana aso isipho, kuyifa layo, yimfuyo yayo ngokobufa.

¹⁷Kepha uma sinika enye yezinceku zaso isipho sasefeni laso, siyakuba ngesayo kuze kube semnyakeni wokukhululeka, bese sibuyela esikhulwini; kepha ifa laso liyakuba ngelamadodana aso.

¹⁸Isikhulu asiyikuthatha efeni labantu ukubaphuca imfuyo yabo; sithatha emfuyweni yaso siyakuwanika amadodana aso ifa ukuze abantu bami bangahlukani, kube yilowo nalowo nemfuyo yakhe.’ ”

¹⁹Wayesengingenisa ngendawo yokungena eseceleni kwesango emakamelweni angcwele abapristi, abheke ngasenyakatho; bheka, kwakukhona lapho indawo ngasemuva ngasentshonalanga.

²⁰Wathi kimi: “Nansi indawo lapho abapristi beyakuphekela khona umnikelo wecala nomnikelo wesono, nalapho beyakwenza khona umnikelo wempuphu, ukuze bangawuphumiseli egcekeni elingaphandle, bangcwelise abantu.”

²¹Wayesengiphumisela egcekeni elingaphandle, wangidlulisa ezingosini zozine zegceke; bheka, ezingosini zonke zegceke kwakukhona ibala.

²²Ezingosini zozine zegceke kwakukhona amabala ahlukanisiweyo, ubude buyizingalo ezingamashumi amane, nobubanzi bungezingamashumi amathathu; lawa omane asezingosini ayeyisilinganiso sinye.

²³Phakathi kwawo nxazonke, nxazonke zawo omane, kwakukhona ugange olwenziwe lunamaziko phansi ogangeni nxazonke.

²⁴Wathi kimi: “Nazi izindlu zokuphekela izikhonzi zendlu eziyakuphekela kuzo imihlatshelo yabantu.”