IDutheronomi 26

26 ¹Lapho ungena ezweni uBaba wakho akunika lona libe yifa lakho, ulithathe libe ngelakho, uhlale kulo, ²uthathe ezinye zezithelo zokuqala zako konke ozivunayo emhlabathini wezwe uBaba wakho akunika lona, ukufake ebhasikidini, uye endaweni uBaba wakho ayikhethayo ukubeka khona igama lakhe. ³Uye kumpristi okhonza ngalezo zinsuku uthi: “Ngiyamemezela namuhla kuBaba wakho ukuthi sengingenile ezweni uBaba wethu afunga ngalo kokhokho bethu ukuba asinike lona.” ⁴Umpristi uyakuthatha ibhasikidi esandleni sakho, alibeke phambi kwe-altare likaBaba wakho. ⁵Umemezele phambi kukaBaba wakho uthi: “Ubaba wayengumAramu ozulazulayo, owehlela eGibhithe wahlala khona njengomfokazi, bembalwa, kodwa khona lapho waba yisizwe esikhulu, esinamandla, nesinabantu abaningi.” ⁶Kodwa amaGibhithe asiphatha kabi, asihlupha, asiphoqa ukuba sisebenze kanzima. ⁷Sakhala kuBaba wethu; uBaba wethu wezwa ukukhala kwethu, wabona ukuhlupheka kwethu, nokukhandleka kwethu, nokucindezelwa kwethu. ⁸Ngakho uBaba wethu wasikhipha eGibhithe ngesandla esinamandla, nangengalo eyeluliwe, nangokwesabeka okukhulu, nangezibonakaliso nezimangaliso. ⁹Wasiletha kule ndawo, wasinika leli zwe, izwe eligeleza ubisi noju. ¹⁰“Manje sengilethile izithelo zokuqala zomhlabathi wena, Baba wethu, onginike wona.” Bese ukubeka phambi kwakhe, ukhuleke phambi kwakhe. ¹¹Ujabule ngazo zonke izinto ezinhle uBaba wakho azinike wena nendlu yakho—wena, nomLevi, nomfokazi ohlala phakathi kwenu.

¹²Lapho usuqedile ukuletha okweshumi okuphelele kwezithelo zakho ngonyaka wesithathu, unyaka wokweshumi, usunikile umLevi, nomfokazi, nentandane, nomfelokazi, ukuze badle emizini yakho basuthe, ¹³ube usuthi phambi kukaBaba wakho: Sengikhiphile isabelo esingcwele endlini yami, ngasinika umLevi, nomfokazi, nentandane, nomfelokazi, njengoba nje ungiyalile. Angiyephulanga imiyalo yakho, angiyikhohlwanga. ¹⁴Angidlanga lutho kukho ngisililela, angikhiphanga lutho ngingcolile, anginikanga lutho abafileyo. Ngililalele izwi likaBaba wami; ngakwenza konke ongiyale ngakho. ¹⁵Bheka phansi usekhaya lakho elingcwele ezulwini, ubusise abantu bakho u-Israyeli nezwe owasinika lona, njengoba wafunga kobaba bethu—izwe eligeleza ubisi noju.

Ukulalela Ngenhliziyo Nangomphefumulo

¹⁶Namuhla uBaba wakho uyakuyala ukuba wenze lezi zimiso nalezi zahlulelo, uzigcine uzenze ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho nangawo wonke umphefumulo wakho. ¹⁷Namuhla umemezele uBaba wakho ukuba abe nguBaba wakho—ukuba uhambe ezindleleni zakhe, ugcine izimiso zakhe, nemiyalo yakhe, nezahlulelo zakhe, umlalele. ¹⁸Namuhla uBaba wakho ukumemezele ukuba ube ngabantu bakhe, impahla yakhe eyigugu, njengoba akuthembisa, nokuba ugcine yonke imiyalo yakhe, ¹⁹futhi uyakukuphakamisa ngaphezu kwazo zonke izizwe azenzayo, kube yindumiso, nodumo, nenhlonipho, nokuba ube yisizwe esingcwele kuBaba wakho, njengoba athembisa.