UBawo wakho Uyakulwela
Phambi kwemfazwe umbingeleli uxelela umkhosi ukuba ungoyiki, kuba uBawo wabo uhamba nawo. Kwandule ke kugodiswe amadoda — osakhe indlu entsha, otyale isidiliya esitsha, oziganele umfazi, nokuba koyika nje. Imizi inikwa uxolo kuqala, nkqu nemikhosi engqingileyo ayivumelekanga ukugawula imithi eneziqhamo.
20 1Xa usiya kulwa iintshaba zakho, ubone amahashe, neenqwelo zokulwa, nomkhosi omkhulu kunowakho, uze ungazoyiki; kuba uBawo wakho unawe—yena owakunyusayo elizweni laseYiputa. 2Kothi xa senisiya emfazweni, umbingeleli asondele, athethe nabantu. 3Athi kubo: “Yiva, Sirayeli: namhla niya emfazweni ukulwa neentshaba zenu. Musani ukuphela amandla, ningoyiki, ningothuki, ningangcangcazeli phambi kwazo; 4kuba uBawo wenu uhamba nani, ukuze anilwele iintshaba zenu, aninike usindiso.”
5Baze ababhali bathethe nabantu: “Ngubani na owakhe indlu entsha wayingangcwalisa? Makagoduke, hleze afele emfazweni, kuza omnye ayingcwalise. 6Ngubani na otyale isidiliya wangekasidli? Makagoduke, hleze afele emfazweni, kuza omnye asidle. 7Ngubani na oziganele umfazi wangekamzeki? Makagoduke, hleze afele emfazweni, kuza enye indoda imzeke.” 8Ababhali baze bathethe kwakhona nabantu bathi: “Ngubani na onoyikayo, ophelelwe ngamandla? Makagoduke, ukuze iintliziyo zabazalwana bakhe zinganyibiliki njengeyakhe.” 9Kothi ababhali bakugqiba ukuthetha nabantu, bamise abathetheli-mkhosi ukuba babakhokele.
10Xa usondele kumzi ukuba ulwe nawo, uze uwunike uxolo. 11Ukuba uthe wakuphendula ngoxolo, wakuvulela, bonke abantu abakuwo boba ngabakhonzi kuwe, abafakwa uviko. 12Kodwa ukuba uthe awavuma uxolo, walwa nawe, uze uwungqinge. 13Kothi uBawo wakho akuwunikela esandleni sakho, uyixabele yonke into eyindoda kuwo ngohlangothi lwekrele. 14Ke abafazi, nabantwana, neenkomo, nezinye izinto zonke ezisemzini—onke amaxhoba awo—uze uziphangele wona, uwadle amaxhoba eentshaba zakho, akunikileyo uBawo wakho. 15Uze uyenze njalo kuyo yonke imizi ekude kuwe, engeyoyeyale mizi yezi ntlanga. 16Kodwa kule mizi yezi zizwe akunika yona uBawo wakho ibe lilifa, uze ungasindisi nanye into ephefumlayo. 17Uze uzisingele phantsi kuphele—amaHeti, nama-Amori, namaKanan, namaPerizi, namaHivi, namaYebhusi—njengoko ekuwisele umthetho uBawo wakho, 18ukuze zinganifundisi ukwenza onke amasikizi azenzayo koothixo bazo, nenze isono kuBawo wakho.
19Xa uthe wawungqinga umzi ixesha elide, ulwa nawo ukuze uwuthimbe, uze ungayitshabalalisi imithi yawo ngokuyijiwula ngezembe. Ungayidla, kodwa ungayigawuli. Kuba imithi yasendle ayingomntu, ukuba uyithabathe njengotshaba lwakho. 20Uze ugawule kuphela imithi oyaziyo ukuba ayiyoyokudla, ukuze wakhe izixhobo zokungqinga umzi olwa nawo, ude uwe.
