IDutheronomi 19

19 ¹Lapho uBaba wakho enquma izizwe uBaba wakho akunika izwe lazo, wena uzixoshe, uhlale emizini nasezindlini zazo, ²zahlukanisele imizi emithathu ezweni uBaba wakho akunika lona ukuba libe ngelakho. ³Lungisa imigwaqo, wahlukanise kathathu izwe uBaba wakho akunika lona ukuba libe yifa lakho, ukuze noma ngubani obulala umuntu abalekele khona. ⁴Nansi indaba yombulali obalekela khona ukuze aphile: lowo oshaya umakhelwane wakhe engahlosile, engenanzondo yangaphambili, ⁵njengalapho umuntu eya ehlathini nomakhelwane wakhe ukuyogawula izinkuni, isandla sakhe siphakamisa izembe ukuba agawule isihlahla, inhloko yensimbi iphunyuke emphinini bese ishaya umakhelwane wakhe afe—angabalekela komunye walezi mizi aphile. ⁶Funa umphindiseli wegazi, evutha intukuthelo, axoshe umbulali endleleni ende, amfice, ambulale, noma engafanelwe ukufa, ngokuba wayengamzondi umakhelwane wakhe ngaphambili. ^a a v6 Umphindiseli wegazi wayeyisihlobo esiseduze somuntu obuleweyo, obekulindeleke ngomkhuba wasendulo ukuba axoshe umbulali; imizi yokuphephela yayivikela umbulali ongenahloso kulesi siphindiselo kuze kube sekuthethweni kwecala okulungileyo. ⁷Ngakho-ke ngiyakuyala: zahlukanisele imizi emithathu. ⁸Uma uBaba wakho eyandisa umngcele wakho, njengalokhu afunga kokhokho bakho, ekunika lonke izwe abathembisa lona. ⁹Uma ugcina ngokuqaphela yonke le mithetho engikunika yona namuhla—uthande uBaba wakho uhambe ezindleleni zakhe njalo—wengeze eminye imizi emithathu kulena emithathu, ¹⁰ukuze igazi elingenacala lingachithwa ezweni uBaba wakho akunika lona libe yifa, kungehleli icala legazi phezu kwakho. ¹¹Kodwa uma umuntu emzonda umakhelwane wakhe, amqamekele, amhlasele, amshaye afe, bese ebalekela komunye walezi mizi, ¹²amalunga omuzi wakhe ayakuthumela, amlande, amnikele kumphindiseli wegazi ukuba afe. ¹³Ungambukeli ngesihawu; susa icala legazi elingenacala kwa-Israyeli, ukuze kukulungele.

Hlonipha Umngcele Kamakhelwane Wakho

¹⁴Ungawususi umngcele kamakhelwane wakho, owamiswa yizizukulwane zangaphambili, efeni olizuzayo ezweni uBaba wakho akunika lona ukuba libe ngelakho.

¹⁵Ufakazi oyedwa akanakumlahla muntu ngasono sinye noma ngasiphambeko sinye, noma icala liyini. Indaba ime kuphela ngobufakazi babofakazi ababili noma abathathu. ¹⁶Uma ufakazi ononya esukuma ukumelana nomuntu ukuze ammangalele ngesiphambeko, ¹⁷amadoda omabili asengxabanweni kufanele eme phambi kukaBaba wakho, phambi kwabapristi nabahluleli abasebenza ngalezo zinsuku. ¹⁸Abahluleli kufanele baphenyisise. Uma ufakazi engamanga, efakaza amanga ngomfowabo, ¹⁹menzeni lokho ayekuhlosele umfowabo; susani okubi phakathi kwenu. ²⁰Abanye bayakuzwa besabe, bangaphinde benze into embi enjalo phakathi kwenu. ²¹Ningabukeli ngesihawu: ukuphila ngokuphila, iso ngeso, izinyo ngezinyo, isandla ngesandla, unyawo ngonyawo.