IDutheronomi 14

14 ¹Niyizingane zikaBaba wenu—ningazisiki noma niphuce amabunzi enu abe yimpandla ngenxa yabafileyo. ^a a v1 U-Israyeli ubizwa ngqo njengabantwana bakaBaba wethu uqobo—isibopho somndeni umthetho wonke owakhelwe kuso. ²Ngokuba niyisizwe esingcwele, esingesikaBaba wenu—uBaba wenu wanikhetha ukuba nibe yimfuyo yakhe eyigugu phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe ezisebusweni bomhlaba.

³Ningadli lutho olunengekayo. ⁴Yilezi izilwane eningazidla: inkomo, imvu, nembuzi, ⁵indluzele, insephe, inxala, imbuzi yasendle, igogo, impala, nemvu yasezintabeni. ⁶Ningadla noma yisiphi isilwane esinesondo esihlukene ngokuphelele futhi esetshisayo. ⁷Kodwa phakathi kwalezo ezetshisayo noma ezinesondo esihlukene, aniyikudla ikamela, unogwaja, nembila—ziyetshisa kodwa isondo lazo alihlukene; zingcolile kini. ⁸Ingulube inesondo esihlukene kodwa ayetshisi, ngakho ingcolile kini. Ningadli inyama yazo noma nithinte izidumbu zazo. ⁹Phakathi kwakho konke okuphila emanzini, ningadla noma yini enezimpiko namaxolo. ¹⁰Kodwa noma yini engenazimpiko namaxolo ningayidli—ingcolile kini. ¹¹Ningadla noma yiyiphi inyoni ehlanzekile. ¹²Kodwa yilezi eningayikuzidla: ukhozi, inqe, inqe elimnyama, ¹³uklebe, uheshe, nohlobo lonke lwesithwalambiza, ¹⁴lonke uhlobo lwegwababa, ¹⁵intshe, isikhova sasebusuku, ingabuzane lolwandle, nohlobo lonke lohheba, ¹⁶isikhova esincane, isikhova esikhulu, isikhova esimhlophe, ¹⁷isikhova sasehlane, inyoni edla izidumbu, iwonkwe, ¹⁸unogolantethe, nohlobo lonke lukanukandoda, umzolo, nelulwane. ¹⁹Zonke izinambuzane ezinamaphiko zingcolile kini; ningazidli. ²⁰Kodwa noma yisiphi isidalwa esinamaphiko esihlanzekile ningasidla.

²¹Ningadli lutho olufe lodwa. Ningalunika umfokazi osemadolobheni enu ukuba aludle, noma niluthengisele owezizwe—niyisizwe esingcwele kuBaba wenu. Ningapheki izinyane lembuzi obisini lukanina.

Ukuletha Okweshumi Kwakho Phambi kukaBaba

²²Lethani okweshumi kwakho konke okuvuna ensimini yenu unyaka nonyaka, ningaphuthi. ²³Yidlani phambi kukaBaba wenu, endaweni ayikhethayo ukuba igama lakhe lihlale khona: okweshumi kokusanhlamvu kwenu, iwayini elisha, namafutha, namazibulo emihlambi yenu yezinkomo neyezimvu—ukuze nifunde ukumesaba uBaba wenu njalo. ²⁴Kodwa uma uhambo lude kakhulu kuwe ukuba uthwale okweshumi—njengoba indawo uBaba wakho ayikhethela igama lakhe ikude kakhulu kuwe—lapho uBaba wakho esekubusisile, ²⁵kuguqule kube yimali, uyiphathe nawe, uye endaweni uBaba wakho ayoyikhetha. ²⁶Usebenzise leyo mali kukho konke okukhanukayo—izinkomo, izimvu, iwayini, noma uphuzo olunamandla, konke okufisayo—udle khona phambi kukaBaba wakho, ujabule, wena nendlu yakho. ²⁷Ungamshiyi umLevi osedolobheni lakho, njengoba engenasabelo nefa kanye nawe. ²⁸Ekupheleni kweminyaka emithathu yonke, khipha konke okweshumi kwalowo nyaka wokuvuna, ukubeke emadolobheni akho. ²⁹UmLevi—njengoba engenasabelo nefa kanye nawe—nowezizwe, nentandane, nomfelokazi abasemadolobheni akho bayeza, badle, basuthe, ukuze uBaba wakho akubusise emsebenzini wonke wezandla zakho.