IDutheronomi 29

29 ¹Yilawa amazwi esivumelwano uBaba wethu ayala uMose ukuba enze naba-Israyeli eMowabi, ngaphandle kwesivumelwano ayenze nabo eHorebe. ²UMose wabiza bonke abakwa-Israyeli wathi kubo: Nabona konke uBaba wethu akwenza phambi kwamehlo enu ezweni laseGibhithe—kuFaro, nakuzo zonke izinceku zakhe, nasezweni lakhe lonke. ³Izilingo ezinkulu enazibona ngawenu amehlo, lezo zibonakaliso ezinkulu nezimangaliso. ⁴Kodwa kuze kube namuhla uBaba wethu akaninikanga inhliziyo yokwazi, namehlo okubona, nezindlebe zokuzwa.

⁵“Iminyaka engamashumi amane nganihola ehlane; izingubo zenu azizange ziguge, nezimbadada zenu ezinyaweni zenu. ⁶Anizange nidle sinkwa, anizange niphuze wayini noma uphuzo olunamandla, ukuze nazi ukuthi nginguBaba wenu.”

⁷Lapho senifika kule ndawo, uSihoni inkosi yaseHeshiboni no-Ogi inkosi yaseBashani baphuma beza ukulwa nathi, sababulala. ⁸Salithatha izwe labo, salinika njengefa kubakwaRubeni, nabakwaGadi, nakuhhafu wesizwe sakwaManase. ⁹Gcinani amazwi alesi sivumelwano niwenze, ukuze niphumelele kukho konke enikwenzayo. ¹⁰Namuhla nonke nimi phambi kukaBaba wenu: izinhloko zezizwe zenu, abadala nezinduna, wonke umuntu wesilisa wakwa-Israyeli, ¹¹abancane benu, abafazi benu, nomfokazi osekamu lenu, kusukela kulabo abagawula izinkuni zenu kuze kube kulabo abakha amanzi enu, ¹²ukuze ningene esivumelwaneni sikaBaba wenu, nasesifungweni sakhe, uBaba wenu asenza nani namuhla, ¹³ukuze anenze nibe ngabantu bakhe namuhla, abe nguBaba wenu, njengokuba anethembisa, wafunga kokhokho benu u-Abrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe. ¹⁴Akusini nina nodwa engenza nani lesi sivumelwano, esifungelwe ngesifungo, ¹⁵kodwa nabo bonke abemi lapha nathi namuhla phambi kukaBaba wethu, nabo bonke abangekho lapha nathi namuhla. ¹⁶Niyazi ukuthi sahlala kanjani eGibhithe, nokuthi sadabula kanjani phakathi kwezizwe enazihamba phakathi kwazo. ¹⁷Nazibona izinto zazo ezinengekayo nezithombe zokhuni, namatshe, nesiliva, negolide phakathi kwazo. ¹⁸Makungabikho muntu phakathi kwenu—owesilisa, owesifazane, umndeni, noma isizwe—ophendula inhliziyo yakhe namuhla imuke kuBaba wethu ukuze akhonze onkulunkulu balezo zizwe, futhi makungabikho mpande phakathi kwenu ethela ubuthi nezithelo ezibabayo, ¹⁹ozwa amazwi alesi sifungo kodwa azincome enhliziyweni yakhe, ethi, Ngiyophepha nakuba ngilandela inkani yenhliziyo yami—ekhukhula umhlaba onisiwe kanye nowomile. ^a a v19 “Ukhukhula umhlaba onisiwe kanye nowomile” — yisisho sesiHebheru esichaza incithakalo ephelele neyebhula konke: konke kuyabhujiswa, okuluhlaza nokomile ngokufanayo. ²⁰UBaba wethu uyokwenqaba ukumthethelela; kunalokho intukuthelo yakhe nomhawu wakhe kuyovutha kulowo muntu, zonke iziqalekiso ezilotshwe kule ncwadi ziyokwehlela phezu kwakhe, uBaba wethu uyolesula igama lakhe phansi kwezulu. ²¹UBaba wethu uyomkhetha yedwa ukuba ehlelwe yinhlekelele kuzo zonke izizwe zakwa-Israyeli, ngokwazo zonke iziqalekiso zesivumelwano ezilotshwe kule Ncwadi yoMthetho.

²²Isizukulwane esilandelayo, abantwana benu abazoza emva kwenu, nomfokazi ovela ezweni elikude, bayobona izinhlupho zalelo zwe nezifo uBaba wethu azehlisela kulo. ²³Isibabule nosawoti, izwe lonke lishile, lingahlwanyelwanga, lingahlumisi lutho, kungakhuli sihlahla khona, njengencithakalo yaseSodoma, neGomora, ne-Adima, neZeboyimi, uBaba wethu azichitha ngentukuthelo yakhe nangolaka lwakhe, ²⁴zonke izizwe ziyobuza, zithi, Kungani uBaba wethu enze kanje kuleli zwe? Kuyini lokhu kuvutha kwentukuthelo enkulu kangaka?

²⁵Bayophendula bathi: Ngokuba bashiya isivumelwano sikaBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu wawoyise, abenza nabo mhla ebakhipha ezweni laseGibhithe, ²⁶bakhonza abanye onkulunkulu, bakhothama kubo—onkulunkulu ababengabazi, angazange ababele bona. ²⁷Ngakho intukuthelo kaBaba wethu yavuthela kulelo zwe, yehlisela phezu kwalo zonke iziqalekiso ezilotshwe kule ncwadi. ²⁸UBaba wethu wabasiphula ezweni labo ngentukuthelo, nangolaka, nangokufutheka okukhulu, wabaphonsa kwelinye izwe, njengoba kunjalo namuhla.

²⁹Izinto eziyimfihlo zingezikaBaba wethu, kodwa izinto ezambuliwe zingezethu nezabantwana bethu kuze kube phakade, ukuze senze wonke amazwi alo mthetho.