UBawo Wethu Uyathetha
UBawo wethu uwathetha ngokwakhe amazwi alishumi, engaqali ngokubiza kodwa ngaloo nto ayiyo: lowo wabakhuphayo ebukhobokeni. Ukunyaniseka, igama, isabatha, abazali, ubomi, umtshato, impahla, inyaniso, nomnqweno. Abantu bambongoza uMoses ukuba abaphulaphulele, aze yena angene ebumnyameni obushinyeneyo.
20 1Wandula ke uBawo wethu wawathetha onke la mazwi, wathi:
2“NdinguBawo wakho, owakukhuphayo ezweni laseYiputa, endlwini yobukhoboka.
3“Uze ungabi nathixo bambi ngaphandle kwam.
4“Uze ungazenzeli mfanekiso uqingqiweyo, nokuba yinto emilise okwayiphi na into esezulwini phezulu, nesemhlabeni phantsi, nesemanzini phantsi komhlaba. 5Uze ungaqubudi kuzo, ungazikhonzi; kuba mna, Bawo wakho, ndinguBawo onekhwele, ndiphindezela isono sooyise koonyana, kwesesithathu nakwesesine isizukulwana sabandithiyayo, 6kodwa ndiwenzela inceba amawaka abandithandayo, abayigcinayo imithetho yam.
7“Uze ungalithathi ngelize igama likaBawo wakho, kuba uBawo wethu akayi kumenza msulwa lowo ulithatha ngelize igama lakhe.
8“Khumbula umhla wesabatha, uwungcwalise. 9Wosebenza imihla emithandathu, uwenze wonke umsebenzi wakho; 10kodwa umhla wesixhenxe uyisabatha kuBawo wakho. Uze ungenzi msebenzi ngawo—wena, nonyana wakho, nentombi yakho, nesicaka sakho, nesicakakazi sakho, neenkomo zakho, nowasemzini ophakathi kwamasango akho. 11Kuba ngemihla emithandathu uBawo wethu wenza amazulu, nehlabathi, nolwandle, nako konke okukuzo, waza waphumla ngomhla wesixhenxe; ngenxa yoko uBawo wethu wawusikelela umhla wesabatha, wawungcwalisa.
12“Beka uyihlo nonyoko, ukuze imihla yakho ibe mide ezweni akunika lona uBawo wakho.
13“Uze ungabulali.
14“Uze ungakrexezi.
15“Uze ungebi.
16“Uze ungangqini ubungqina obubuxoki ngommelwane wakho.
17“Uze unganqweneli indlu yommelwane wakho. Uze unganqweneli umfazi wakhe, kwanesicaka sakhe, kwanesicakakazi sakhe, kwanenkomo yakhe, kwane-esile lakhe, nanye into eyeyommelwane wakho.”
18Bonke abantu babona iindudumo nemibane, nesandi sesigodlo, kwanentaba iqhuma. Bakukubona oku, bangcangcazela, bema mgama.
19Bathi kuMoses: “Thetha wena kuthi, size sive. Kodwa uBawo wethu makangathethi kuthi, hleze sife.”
20Wathi uMoses kubantu: “Musani ukoyika; uBawo wethu uze kunilinga, ukuze ukumoyika kwakhe kuhlale kuni, ningoni.” 21Bema mgama abantu, waza uMoses wasondela esithokothokweni apho ebekhona uBawo wethu.
UMoses Uyasondela
22Wandula ke uBawo wethu wathi kuMoses: “Yithi koonyana bakwaSirayeli: Niyibonile ngokwenu ukuba ndithethe kuni ndisemazulwini. 23Uze ungazenzeli oothixo besilivere ukuba babe secaleni lam, uze ungazenzeli noothixo begolide. 24Ndenzele isibingelelo ngomhlaba, uze ubingelele phezu kwaso amadini akho anyukayo neyoxolo imibingelelo yakho, kwanempahla yakho emfutshane neenkomo. Ezindaweni zonke endilikhumbuza kuzo igama lam, ndoza kuwe, ndikusikelele. 25Xa undakhela isibingelelo ngamatye, uze ungawakhi ngamatye aqingqiweyo, kuba ukuphakamisela kwakho intlabo yakho phezu kwaso kusingcolisa. 26Uze ungenyuki ngezinyuko usiya esibingelelweni sam, ukuze ubuze bakho bungatyhilwa phezu kwaso.”
