UBawo wethu Uyawuhlaziya Umnqophiso Wakhe
Amacwecwe amatsha enziwa abekwe etyeyeni, aze uLevi wahlulwe, uBawo wethu ngokwakhe abe lilifa labo. Andule umbuzo: yintoni afunayo kuwe uBawo wakho? Kukumoyika, umthande, umkhonze. Uyamthanda owasemzini, amnike ukudla, ngoko bathande nani abasemzini.
10 1Ngelo xesha uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Zenzele amacwecwe amabini amatye njengawokuqala, unyuke uze kum entabeni, wenze netyeya yomthi. 2Ndiya kuwabhala emacwecweni la amazwi abesemacwecweni okuqala owawaqhekezayo, uwabeke etyeyeni.”
3Ndayenza ke ityeya ngomngampunzi, ndawenza amacwecwe amabini amatye njengawokuqala, ndenyuka intaba ndiphethe amacwecwe omabini. 4Wabhala emacwecweni, njengangaphambili, imithetho elishumi awayithethayo uBawo wethu kuni entabeni phakathi komlilo, ngemini yentlanganiso. Waza uBawo wethu wawanika mna. 5Ndajika ke, ndehla entabeni, ndawabeka amacwecwe etyeyeni endiyenzileyo; ahleli khona, njengoko uBawo wethu wandiwisela umthetho.
6Oonyana bakwaSirayeli banduluka eBheroti-bhene-yahakan, baya eMosera, apho wafela khona uAron, wangcwatyelwa; waza uElazare, unyana wakhe, waba ngumbingeleli esikhundleni sakhe. 7Banduluka apho, baya eGudegoda, besuka eGudegoda baya eYotebhata, ilizwe lemilanjana yamanzi. 8Ngelo xesha uBawo wethu wasahlula isizwe sakwaLevi ukuba sithwale ityeya yomnqophiso, sime phambi kwakhe, simlungiselele, sisikelele egameni lakhe, njengoko senjenjalo unanamhla. 9Kungoko uLevi engenasabelo nelifa kunye nabazalwana bakhe; uBawo wethu ulilifa lakhe, njengoko uBawo wethu wathembisayo kuye.
10Ndahlala entabeni, njengokokuqala, iimini ezimashumi mane nobusuku obumashumi mane; waza uBawo wethu wabuya wandiphulaphula; uBawo wethu akathandanga ukunitshabalalisa.
11Waza uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Vuka, uhambe phambi kwabantu, ukuze bangene balihluthe ilizwe endalifungela ooyise ukuba ndibanika lona.”
Oko Akucelayo uBawo wethu Kuwe
12Kaloku ke, Sirayeli, yintoni na ayifunayo uBawo wethu kuwe, kanti kukuba umoyike, uhambe ngeendlela zakhe zonke, umthande, umkhonze ngentliziyo yakho yonke nangomphefumlo wakho wonke, 13ugcine nemithetho kaBawo wethu nemimiselo yakhe endikuwisela yona namhla, ukuze kube kuhle kuwe? 14Yabona, ngakaBawo wethu amazulu, namazulu awo amazulu, nehlabathi nako konke okukho kulo. 15Noko uBawo wethu wabathanda ooyihlo, wanyula imbewu yabo emva kwabo—nina, ngaphezu kwazo zonke izizwe—njengoko kunjalo namhla. 16Yalusani ngoko inyama yokwaluswa yentliziyo yenu, ningabi santamo ilukhuni. a a v16 “Yalusa inyama yokwaluswa yentliziyo yakho” kufanekisela ukunqumla konke oko kwenza intliziyo ibe nenkani ivaleke — uyivulele ngokupheleleyo kuBawo wethu. 17Kuba uBawo wethu unguThixo woothixo, iNkosi yeenkosi, uThixo omkhulu, onamandla, owoyikekayo, ongakhethi buso, ongamkeli sicengo. 18Wenza ubulungisa kwinkedama nomhlolokazi, athande nowasemzini, amnike ukudla nengubo. 19Ngoko nani yithandani owasemzini, kuba naningabasemzini nina ezweni laseYiputa. 20Moyike uBawo wethu, umkhonze, unamathele kuye, ufunge igama lakhe. 21Yena uyindumiso yakho, nguBawo wakho, lowo wakwenzayo ezi zinto zinkulu, zoyikekayo, azibonileyo amehlo akho. 22Ooyihlo behla baya eYiputa bengamashumi asixhenxe ngenani; kodwa ngoku uBawo wethu ukwenze ningangeenkwenkwezi zezulu ukuba baninzi.
