IDutheronomi 4

4 ¹Manje-ke, Israyeli, lalela izimiso nezahlulelo engikufundisa ukuba uzilandele, ukuze uphile, ungene udle ifa lezwe uYihlo, uNkulunkulu wawokhokho bakho, akunika lona. ²Ungalengezeleli izwi engikuyala ngalo, ungancishisi lutho kulo, ukuze ugcine imiyalo kaYihlo engikuyala ngayo. ³Amehlo akho ngokwawo abona lokho uYihlo akwenza eBhali-pheyori: wachitha phakathi kwakho wonke umuntu owalandela uBhali wasePheyori. ⁴Kodwa nina enabambelela kuYihlo, uSimakade, nisaphila nonke namuhla. ⁵Bheka, nganifundisa izimiso nezahlulelo, njengokuba uYihlo angiyala, ukuba nizenze ezweni eningena kulo ukuze nilidle. ⁶Zigcineni nizenze; lokhu kungukuhlakanipha kwenu nokuqonda kwenu phambi kwezizwe, eziyokuzwa zonke lezi zimiso zithi, “Lesi sizwe esikhulu impela singabantu abahlakaniphileyo nabaqondayo.” ⁷Yisiphi isizwe esikhulu esinonkulunkulu oseduze naso njengoYihlo oseduze nathi noma nini uma simbiza kuye? ⁸Yisiphi isizwe esikhulu esinezimiso nezahlulelo ezilungileyo njengawo wonke lo mthetho engiwubeka phambi kwenu namuhla?

⁹Kuphela qaphela, uziqaphe kahle, ukuze ungakhohlwa izinto amehlo akho azibonile, zingasuki enhliziyweni yakho zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho. Zazise abantwana bakho nabantwana babantwana bakho.

¹⁰Khumbula usuku owema ngalo phambi kukaYihlo eHorebe, lapho ethi kimi: “Ngibuthele abantu, ngibazwise amazwi ami, ukuze bafunde ukungesaba zonke izinsuku abaphila ngazo emhlabeni, bafundise nabantwana babo.”

¹¹Nasondela nema ngasezansi kwentaba, yona isavutha umlilo kwaze kwafika enhliziyweni yezulu—igoqwe ngubumnyama, amafu, nobumnyama obujulile. ¹²UYihlo wakhuluma kini ephakathi komlilo. Nezwa umsindo wamazwi kodwa anibonanga simo—kwaba yizwi kuphela. ¹³Wanitshela isivumelwano sakhe, enitshela ukuba nisigcine—aMazwi Ayishumi—wawabhala ezibhebheni ezimbili zamatshe. ¹⁴UYihlo wangiyala ngaleso sikhathi ukuba nginifundise izimiso nezahlulelo enizozilandela ezweni enizowela kulo ukuze nilidle.

Asikho Isithombe Esingamfanekisa uYihlo

¹⁵Ngakho ziqapheleni kakhulu, njengoba ningabonanga simo ngosuku uYihlo akhuluma ngalo kini eHorebe ephakathi komlilo, ¹⁶niqaphele ukuba ningenzi okonakeleyo ngokuzenzela isithombe esibaziweyo, ngomfanekiso waluphi uhlobo, isifanekiso sowesilisa noma sowesifazane, ¹⁷isifanekiso saluphi isilwane esisemhlabeni, isifanekiso saluphi uhlobo lwenyoni enamaphiko endiza esibhakabhakeni, ¹⁸isifanekiso sanoma yini enwabuzelayo emhlabathini, saluphi uhlobo lwenhlanzi esemanzini angaphansi komhlaba. ¹⁹Futhi ningaphakamiseli amehlo enu ezulwini, kuthi lapho nibona ilanga, inyanga, nezinkanyezi—lonke ibandla lasezulwini—nidukiswe, nikhothamele kukho, nikukhonze, lokho uYihlo akwabela zonke izizwe ezingaphansi kwalo lonke izulu. ²⁰UYihlo wanithatha wanikhipha eGibhithe, esithandweni sensimbi, ukuba nibe ngabantu bakhe, ifa lakhe, njengoba ninjalo namuhla. ^a a v20 “Isithando sensimbi” sibonisa iziko lomncibilikisi wensimbi elishisa kakhulu—umfanekiso kaMose wobunzima obucindezelayo, obucwengayo bobugqila eGibhithe. ²¹UYihlo wangithukuthelela ngenxa yenu, wafunga ukuthi ngeke ngiwele iJordani noma ngingene ezweni elihle uYihlo anipha lona libe yifa. ²²Kumele ngifele kuleli zwe; ngeke ngiwele iJordani. Kodwa nina niyawela ukuyothatha lelo zwe elihle. ²³Qaphelani ukuba ningasikhohlwa isivumelwano uYihlo asenza nani, ningazenzeli isithombe esibaziweyo ngomfanekiso wanoma yini uYihlo aniyale ngayo. ²⁴Ngokuba uYihlo ungumlilo oqothulayo, uBaba onomhawu. ²⁵Lapho usunabantwana nabazukulu, usuguge ezweni, uma wenza okubi ngokwenza isithombe esibaziweyo ngomfanekiso wanoma yini, wenze okubi emehlweni kaYihlo, umcunule aze athukuthele, ²⁶namuhla ngibiza izulu nomhlaba ukuba kube ofakazi abangibhekene nani: niyakushesha nibhubhe niphele nya ezweni eniwela iJordani ukuze nilidle. Izinsuku zenu lapho ziyoba mbalwa; niyakuqothulwa niphele. ²⁷UYihlo uyonihlakazela phakathi kwezizwe, nisale nimbalwa phakathi kwezizwe uYihlo aniqhubela kuzo. ²⁸Lapho niyokhonza onkulunkulu bezingodo namatshe, umsebenzi wezandla zabantu, abangaboni, abangezwa, abangadli, nabangahogeli. ²⁹Kodwa nisuka lapho niyofuna uYihlo nimthole, uma nimfuna ngenhliziyo yenu yonke nangomphefumulo wenu wonke. ³⁰Lapho nisosizini, zonke lezi zinto zenehlele ezinsukwini ezizayo, niyobuyela kuYihlo nilalele izwi lakhe. ³¹UYihlo unguBaba onesihawu; ngeke anishiye, anibhubhise, noma akhohlwe isivumelwano asifungela okhokho benu.

UBaba Wethu Yedwa Nguye uNkulunkulu

³²Buyekezani izinsuku ezendulo, kusukela uBaba wethu edala abantu emhlabeni, nibuze kusukela komunye umkhawulo wezulu kuze kufike komunye: kwake kwenzeka yini noma kwezwakala into enkulu kangaka? ³³Kukhona yini isizwe esake sezwa izwi likankulunkulu likhuluma liphuma phakathi komlilo, njengoba nina nezwa, saphila? ³⁴Noma ukhona yini unkulunkulu owake walinga ukuzithathela isizwe aphume naso phakathi kwesinye isizwe, ngezilingo, ngezibonakaliso, ngezimangaliso, ngempi, ngesandla esinamandla, ngengalo eyeluliweyo, nangezinto ezesabekayo ezinkulu, njengakho konke uYihlo akwenza kini eGibhithe emehlweni enu? ³⁵Kwaboniswa kini, ukuze nazi ukuthi uBaba wethu unguBaba; akakho omunye ngaphandle kwakhe. ^b b v35 Lapho uMose ememezela ukuthi akekho uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kukaBaba, uqamba uNkulunkulu oyedwa uJesu amembula njengoBaba—ubunye obubambisa uBaba, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele babe nguNkulunkulu munye. ³⁶Esezulwini wanizwisa izwi lakhe ukuze aniqondise; emhlabeni wanibonisa umlilo wakhe omkhulu, nezwa amazwi akhe ephuma phakathi komlilo. ³⁷Ngokuba wabathanda okhokho benu wakhetha inzalo yabo emva kwabo, wanikhipha eGibhithe ngokwakhe, ngamandla akhe amakhulu, ³⁸exosha phambi kwenu izizwe ezinkulu nezinamandla kunani, ukuze aningenise aninike izwe lazo libe yifa, njengoba kunjalo namuhla. ³⁹Yazini namuhla, nikubeke enhliziyweni yenu, ukuthi uBaba wethu unguBaba ezulwini phezulu nasemhlabeni phansi; akekho omunye. ⁴⁰Gcina izimiso zakhe nemiyalo yakhe, engikuyala ngayo namuhla, ukuze kukuhambele kahle, kuhambele kahle nabantwana bakho emva kwakho, uphile isikhathi eside ezweni uYihlo akunika lona kuze kube phakade.

UMose Wahlukanisa Imizi Yokuphephela

⁴¹Khona-ke uMose wahlukanisa imizi emithathu ngaphesheya kweJordani ngasempumalanga, ⁴²ukuze noma ngubani obulele umakhelwane wakhe ngengozi, engamzondanga ngaphambili, abalekele komunye waleyo mizi aphile: ⁴³iBezeri ehlane ethafeni eliphakeme, eyabakwaRubeni; iRamoti eseGileyadi, eyabakwaGadi; neGolani eseBashani, eyabakwaManase.

UMthetho uMose Awubeka Phambi Kwa-Israyeli

⁴⁴Lona ngumthetho uMose awubeka phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli. ⁴⁵Lezi yizimfakazelo, izimiso, nezahlulelo uMose azikhuluma ku-Israyeli ekuphumeni kwabo eGibhithe. ⁴⁶Ngasempumalanga kweJordani, esigodini esibhekene neBeti-pheyori, ezweni likaSihoni inkosi yama-Amori owayehlala eHeshibhoni, uMose no-Israyeli abamnqoba emva kokuphuma eGibhithe. ⁴⁷Badla ifa lezwe lakhe nezwe lika-Ogi inkosi yaseBashani, amakhosi amabili ama-Amori ayehlala ngaphesheya kweJordani ngasempumalanga, ⁴⁸kusukela e-Aroweri ngasemngceleni wesigodi sase-Arinoni kuze kufike eNtabeni iSiyoni (okungukuthi iHermoni), ⁴⁹kanye nalo lonke i-Araba ngaphesheya kweJordani ngasempumalanga, kuze kufike oLwandle lwe-Araba, ngaphansi kwamathambeka asePisiga.