Unyaka woMkhululo kaBawo wethu
Minyaka yonke yesixhenxe amatyala ayakhululwa, umthetho uwuchaza kanye isilingo: ukwala ukuboleka ngenxa yokuba umnyaka wokhululo usondele. Vula isandla sakho ngokubanzi. Abakhonzi abakhululweyo bahamba bephathiswe, bengahambi ze, ngokuba wawulikhoboka eYiputa, waza uBawo wakho wakukhulula.
15 1Ekupheleni kweminyaka yonke esixhenxe, uze wenze ukhululo lwamatyala. 2Lulo ukhululo olu: wonke umboleki-mali makawuyeke umbolekiso wommelwane wakhe. Makangasibizi kummelwane wakhe nakumzalwana wakhe, ngokuba uBawo wakho usuke wavakalisa ukhululo. a a v2 Kwaba sixhenxe ngonyaka, amatyala ayesakwelekaniswa phakathi kwamaSirayeli ayexolelwa — ukumisela okuqhelekileyo okwakuthintela intlupheko ingabi lutshabalaliso oluhlala ngonaphakade. 3Ungasibiza kowasemzini, kodwa umzalwana wakho womkhulula koko akutyala kona. 4Noko akufuneki kubekho mntu uhlwempuzekileyo phakathi kwenu, ngokuba uBawo wakho uya kukusikelela inene kwelo zwe uBawo wakho akunika lona ukuba ulime ilifa. 5Kodwa kuphela ukuba uthe waliphulaphula inene izwi likaBawo wakho, ukhathalele ukugcina wonke lo mthetho endikuwisela wona namhla. 6Ngokuba uBawo wakho uya kukusikelela njengoko wakuthembisayo. Uya kuboleka iintlanga ezininzi, ungaboleki kuzo; ulawule iintlanga ezininzi, ingabikho nenye ekulawulayo.
7Ukuba omnye wabazalwana bakho ulihlwempu nakuliphi na isango kwilizwe uBawo wakho akunika lona, uze ungayiqaqadekisi intliziyo yakho, ungasivali isandla sakho kumzalwana wakho olihlwempu. 8Endaweni yoko, sivule kakhulu isandla sakho kuye, umboleke ngesisa okulingene oko akusweleyo. 9Zigcine ungavumi ukuba into engendawo izalise intliziyo yakho—“Umnyaka wesixhenxe, umnyaka wokhululo, usondele”—ube nobubi iliso lakho ngakumzalwana wakho olihlwempu, ungamniki nto. Wokhala kuBawo wakho ngakuwe, ube sisono kuwe. 10Mnike ngesisa, uze ungayenzi buhlungu intliziyo yakho xa umnika, kuba ngenxa yoko uBawo wakho uya kukusikelela kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakho, kuyo yonke into esiyizamayo isandla sakho. 11Ngokokuba ihlwempu aliyi kuphela ezweni, ngenxa yoko ndikuwisela umthetho: solule isandla sakho kumzalwana wakho, olihlwempu nosweleyo, ezweni lakho.
Ukukhululwa kwamaKhoboka angamaHebhere
12Ukuba umzalwana wakho, indoda nokuba ngumfazi ongumHebhere, uthe wazithengisa kuwe, wakukhonza iminyaka emithandathu, uze umndulule akhululeke kuwe ngomnyaka wesixhenxe. 13Xa umndulula akhululeke, uze ungamndululi engaphethe nto. 14Mnike ngesisa empahleni yakho emfutshane, nasesandeni sakho, nasesixovulelweni sakho, njengoko uBawo wakho akusikelele ngako. 15Khumbula ukuba ube ulikhoboka ezweni laseYiputa; uBawo wakho wakukhulula ngentlawulelo—kungenxa yoko ndikuwisela lo mthetho namhla. 16Kodwa ukuba uthe kuwe, “Andiyi kuhamba ndikushiye,” ngokuba ekuthanda wena nendlu yakho, ephilile enawe, 17uze uthabathe inyatyhowa, umthumbuse indlebe yakhe ide ifike elucangweni; uya kuba likhoboka lakho ngonaphakade. Wenjenjalo nakumkhonzazana wakho. 18Uze ungakucingi kunzima ukumkhulula—kuba iminyaka yakhe emithandathu ibimxabiso kaphindwa kabini umvuzo womqeshwa. UBawo wakho uya kukusikelela kuko konke okwenzayo.
Amazibulo eZilwanyana aBekelwe Bucala
19Lonke izibulo eliduna leenkomo zakho nempahla yakho emfutshane, ulingcwalisele uBawo wakho. Uze ungasebenzi ngalo izibulo leenkomo zakho, ungalicebi izibulo lempahla yakho emfutshane. 20Ngomnyaka ngamnye wena nendlu yakho nolidla phambi koBawo wakho, kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula uBawo wakho. 21Kodwa ukuba linesiphako, lisisiqhwala nokuba liyimfama, nandawo imbi nokuba yiyiphi, uze ungalibingeleli kuBawo wakho. 22Uyidle emasangweni akho, oyinqambi nohlambulukileyo ndawonye, njengebhadi nanjengexhama. 23Kuphela uze ungalidli igazi lalo; uze uliphalaze emhlabeni njengamanzi.
