Unyaka kaBaba wethu Wokukhulula
Njalo ngonyaka wesikhombisa izikweletu ziyakhululwa, futhi umthetho usho isilingo ngqo: ukwenqaba ukuboleka ngoba unyaka wokukhulula usondele. Velula isandla sakho kakhulu. Izinceku ezikhululiwe zihamba ziphiwe, zingahambi ngezandla ezingenalutho, ngoba wawuyisigqila eGibhithe futhi uBaba wakho wakuhlenga.
15 1Ekupheleni kweminyaka eyisikhombisa ngayinye niyakwenza ukukhululwa kwezikweletu. 2Yilokhu ukukhululwa: lowo nalowo okweletiweyo uyasithethelela isikweletu somakhelwane wakhe. Akayikubiza kumakhelwane wakhe noma kumfowabo, ngokuba uBaba wenu umemezele ukukhululwa. a a v2 Minyaka yonke eyisikhombisa, izikweletu phakathi kwama-Israyeli ayesathethelelwa — ukuqaliswa kabusha okungatshazwa okwakuvimba ubumpofu ukuba bungaqini bube yincithakalo engunaphakade. 3Ungabiza inkokhelo kowezizwe, kodwa umfowenu umkhulule kulokho akukweletayo. 4Kodwa akufanele kube khona abampofu phakathi kwenu, ngokuba uBaba wenu uyakunibusisa ngempela ezweni uBaba wenu aninika lona ukuba nilidle njengefa. 5Uma nje nililalela ngempela izwi likaBaba wenu, nigcina ngokukhuthala wonke lo myalo engininika wona namuhla. 6Ngokuba uBaba wenu uyakunibusisa njengokuba anethembisa. Niyakweboleka izizwe eziningi, kodwa ningeboleki kumuntu; niyakubusa izizwe eziningi, kodwa azikho eziyakunibusa.
7Uma omunye wabafowenu empofu kunoma yiliphi idolobha ezweni uBaba wenu aninika lona, unganciphisi inhliziyo yakho noma uvale isandla sakho kumfowenu ompofu. 8Kunalokho, mvulele isandla sakho ngokugcwele, umeboleke ngesihle okwanele kukho konke akuswelayo. 9Qaphela ungavumeli umcabango omubi ugcwale inhliziyo yakho—‘Unyaka wesikhombisa, unyaka wokukhulula, ususondele’—uphendule iso lakho libe libi kumfowenu ompofu, ungamniki lutho. Uyakukhala kuBaba wenu ngawe, wena uyakuthwala isono. 10Mnike ngesandla esivulekile, futhi inhliziyo yakho ingadabuki lapho umnika, ngokuba ngenxa yalokhu uBaba wenu uyakukubusisa kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakho, kukho konke isandla sakho esikuzamayo. 11Njengoba abampofu bengasoze baphele ezweni, ngiyakuyala: mvulele isandla sakho ngokugcwele umfowenu, ompofu noswele, ezweni lakho.
Ukukhululwa Kwezinceku ZamaHeberu
12Uma umfowenu, indoda yomHeberu noma owesifazane, ethengiswa kuwe akusebenzele iminyaka eyisithupha, ngonyaka wesikhombisa ummukise ekhululekile kuwe. 13Lapho umkhulula, ungammukisi ezandla zingenalutho. 14Mphe ngesihle emhlambini wakho, nasesibuyeni sokubhula, nasesikhamweni sewayini, njengokuba uBaba wenu akubusisile. 15Khumbula ukuthi wawuyisigqila ezweni laseGibithe; uBaba wenu wakuhlenga—kungakho ngikuyala lokhu namuhla. 16Kodwa uma ethi kuwe, ‘Angiyikusuka kuwe,’ ngokuba ekuthanda wena nendlu yakho, ephumelela nawe, 17khona-ke thatha usungulo ubhoboze indlebe yakhe emnyango; uba yinceku yakho kuze kube phakade. Yenza okufanayo nencekukazi yakho. 18Ungacabangi ukuthi kunzima ukumkhulula—iminyaka yakhe eyisithupha ibiyinani eliphindwe kabili leholo lomqashwa. UBaba wenu uyakukubusisa kukho konke okwenzayo.
Izifuyo Ezizibulo Ezahlukaniselwayo
19Nikela kuBaba wenu wonke amazibulo esilisa emhlambini wakho wezinkomo nowezimvu. Ungasebenzisi izibulo lezinkomo zakho noma ugundu izibulo lezimvu zakho. 20Unyaka nonyaka wena nendlu yakho niyakukudla phambi kukaBaba wenu endaweni uBaba wenu ayikhethayo. 21Kodwa uma kunesici, kuyisishosha noma kuyimpumputhe, noma yikuphi ukona okubi, unganikeli ngakho kuBaba wenu. 22Kudle emadolobheni akho, abangcolileyo nabahlanzekileyo kanyekanye, njengempunzi noma inyamazane. 23Kodwa ungalidli igazi lakho; ulithele emhlabathini njengamanzi.
