IDutheronomi 25

25 ¹Uma amadoda enombango bese eya enkantolo, abehluleli abanquma phakathi kwawo bayakumkhulula ongenacala, bamgwebe onecala, ²uma umuntu onecala efanelwe ukushaywa, umahluleli uyakumlalisa phansi ashaywe phambi kwakhe, imivimbo ibalwe ngokulingene necala lakhe. ³Imivimbo engamashumi amane, kungedluli lapho; uma emshaya ngaphezu kwale, umfowenu uyakudunyazwa phambi kwamehlo akho.

⁴Ungayifaki isayeke inkabi lapho ibhula amabele.

⁵Uma abafowabo behlala ndawonye, omunye afe engenandodana, umka lowo ofileyo akayikwendela endodeni yangaphandle. Umfowabo womyeni wakhe uyakumthatha abe ngumkakhe, alale naye, enze kuye umsebenzi womfowabo womyeni. ⁶Izibulo azizalayo liyakuthatha igama lomfowabo ofileyo, ukuze igama lakhe lingasulwa kwa-Israyeli.

⁷Uma leyo ndoda ingathandi ukuthatha umka womfowabo, owesifazane uyakhuphukela kubadala esangweni athi: “Umfowabo womyeni wami uyala ukuvusa igama lomfowabo kwa-Israyeli; akavumi ukungena kimi njengomkhwenyana.” ⁸Khona-ke abadala bomuzi wakhe bayakumbiza bakhulume naye. Uma eqinisa, ethi: “Angithandi ukumthatha,” ⁹umka womfowabo uyakusondela kuye phambi kwabadala, akhumule imbadada yakhe onyaweni lwakhe, amkhafulele ebusweni, athi: “Kwenziwa kanjalo kumuntu ongayakhiyo indlu yomfowabo.” ¹⁰Umndeni wakhe uyakubizwa kwa-Israyeli ngokuthi: “Indlu yalowo okukhunyulwe imbadada yakhe.”

¹¹Uma amadoda amabili elwa, umka omunye eze ukuzosindisa umyeni wakhe esandleni salowo omshayayo, bese elula isandla abambe izitho zakhe zangasese, ¹²khona-ke uyakusinquma isandla sakhe. Ungabi nasihawu.

¹³Ungabi nezilinganiso zokukala ezimbili ezingafani esikhwameni sakho, esikhulu nesincane. ¹⁴Ungabi nezilinganiso ezimbili ezingafani endlini yakho, esikhulu nesincane. ¹⁵Yiba nesilinganiso sokukala esiphelele nesiqotho; yiba nesilinganiso esiphelele nesiqotho, ukuze izinsuku zakho zibe zinde ezweni uBaba wakho akunika lona. ¹⁶Ngokuba wonke owenza izinto ezinjalo, wonke owenza ngokungathembeki, uyisinengiso kuBaba wakho.

¹⁷Khumbula lokho u-Amaleki akwenza kuwe endleleni ekuphumeni kwakho e-Egypt, ¹⁸ukuthi wakuhlangabeza kanjani endleleni, wanquma bonke ababesele ngemuva kwakho ngesikhathi udangele ukhathele, engamesabi uBaba wethu. ¹⁹Lapho uBaba wakho ekunika ukuphumula ezitheni zakho zonke ezikuzungelezile, ezweni uBaba wakho akunika lona libe yifa ukuba ulidle, uyakususa ukukhunjulwa kuka-Amaleki ngaphansi kwezulu. Ungakhohlwa.