Mthande uBawo wakho ngako konke
Yiva, Sirayeli: uBawo wethu mnye, uze umthande ngentliziyo yakho yonke, nangomphefumlo wakho wonke, nangamandla akho onke. La mazwi aqala abe sentliziyweni, andule angene kwiincoko zemihla yonke ekhaya nasendleleni, emigubasini yeminyango, nakwimpendulo ayifumanayo umntwana xa ebuza ukuba kutheni.
6 1Nguwo lo umthetho—imimiselo namasiko—akuwisele wona uBawo wakho ukuba ndinifundise, ukuze niwenze ezweni eniwelela kulo nisiya kulihlutha. 2ukuze umhlonele uBawo wakho, ugcine yonke imimiselo yakhe nemithetho yakhe endikuwiselayo—wena, nabantwana bakho, nabantwana babantwana bakho—yonke imihla yobomi bakho, ukuze yande imihla yakho. 3Phulaphula, Sirayeli, uyenze ngenyameko, ukuze kulunge kuwe, wande kakhulu ezweni elibaleka amasi nobusi, njengoko wathethayo uBawo wethu, uThixo wooyihlo, kuwe.
4Yiva, Sirayeli: uBawo wethu mnye. a a v4 UYesu wasiqinisa esi sivumo sokuba ngowona mthetho ubalulekileyo (Marko 12:29). Wathi kananjalo: “Mna noBawo sibanye” (Yohane 10:30). 5Mthande uBawo wakho ngentliziyo yakho yonke, nangomphefumlo wakho wonke, nangamandla akho onke. 6La mazwi endikuwisela wona namhlanje makabe sentliziyweni yakho. 7Uwafundise ngenyameko abantwana bakho, uthethe ngawo xa uhleli endlwini yakho naxa uhamba endleleni, naxa ulala naxa uvuka. 8Uwabophe abe ngumqondiso esandleni sakho, abe zizikhumbuzo phakathi kwamehlo akho; 9uwabhale emigubasini yendlu yakho, nasemasangweni akho.
10Kuya kuthi xa uBawo wakho ekungenisa ezweni awalifungela ooyihlo—uAbraham, uIsake, noYakobi—ukuba akunike imizi emikhulu nemihle ongayakhanga, 11nezindlu ezizele yiyo yonke into elungileyo ongayizalisanga, nemihadi esele imbiwe ongayimbanga, nezidiliya neminquma ongayityalanga—kuthi wakudla uhluthe, 12uze uzigcine, ungamlibali uBawo wakho, owakukhupha ezweni laseYiputa, endlwini yobukhoboka. 13Uze umhlonele uBawo wakho, umkhonze, ufunge igama lakhe. 14Uze ningalandeli thixo bambi, oothixo bezizwe eziningqongileyo; 15kuba uBawo wakho ophakathi kwakho unguBawo onekhwele, hleze uvuthe umsindo wakhe kuwe, akucime ebusweni bomhlaba. 16Uze ningamlingi uBawo wakho, njengokuba namlingayo eMasa. b b v16 Masa: indawo apho amaSirayeli abambana khona, amlinga uBawo wethu ngenxa yokuswela amanzi (Eksodus 17:1–7). 17Uze uyigcine ngenyameko imithetho kaBawo wakho, nezingqiniso zakhe, nemimiselo yakhe akuwisele yona. 18Wenze okulungileyo nokuhle emehlweni kaBawo wethu, ukuze kulunge kuwe, ungene ulihluthe ilizwe elihle awalifungela ooyihlo uBawo wethu, 19egxotha zonke iintshaba zakho phambi kwakho, njengoko watshoyo uBawo wethu.
20Kuya kuthi xa umntwana wakho ekubuza ngexesha elizayo, esithi: ‘Yintoni na izingqiniso, nemimiselo, namasiko akuwisele wona uBawo wethu?’ 21Wothi kumntwana wakho: ‘Sasingamakhoboka kuFaro eYiputa, waza uBawo wethu wasikhupha eYiputa ngesandla esithe nkqi. 22UBawo wethu, phambi kwamehlo ethu, wenza imiqondiso emikhulu neyoyikekayo nezimanga, kwelaseYiputa, nakuFaro, nakuyo yonke indlu yakhe. 23Wasikhupha apho, ukuze asingenise, asinike ilizwe awalifungela oobawo bethu. 24Waza uBawo wethu wasiwisela umthetho wokuba siyenze yonke le mimiselo, simhlonele uBawo wethu, ukuze kulunge kuthi ngamaxesha onke, asigcine siphile, njengoko sinjalo namhlanje. 25Kuya kuba bubulungisa kuthi, xa sithe sawugcina sawenza wonke lo mthetho emehlweni kaBawo wethu, njengoko asiwisele ngako umthetho.’
