IDutheronomi 6

6 ¹Yilo umyalo—izimiso nezahlulelo—uBaba wakho angiyala ngawo ukuba ngikufundise, ukuze uwenze ezweni owelela kulo ukuba ulidle ifa. ²ukuze uhloniphe uBaba wakho, ugcine zonke izimiso nemiyalo yakhe engikuyala ngayo—wena, abantwana bakho, nabazukulu bakho—zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho, nokuze uphile isikhathi eside. ³Lalela, Israyeli, uwenze ngokucophelela, ukuze kukuhambele kahle futhi wande kakhulu ezweni eligeleza ubisi nezinyosi, njengoba uBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu woyihlo, akuthembisa.

⁴Yizwa, Israyeli: uBaba wethu munye. ^a a v4 UJesu waqinisa lokhu kuvuma njengomyalo obaluleke kunayo yonke (Marku 12:29). Waphinda wathi, “Mina noBaba simunye” (Johane 10:30). ⁵Thanda uBaba wakho ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, ngawo wonke umphefumulo wakho, nangawo wonke amandla akho. ⁶Lawa mazwi engikuyala ngawo namuhla, mawabe senhliziyweni yakho. ⁷Wafundise ngokukhuthala abantwana bakho, ukhulume ngawo lapho uhlezi endlini yakho nalapho uhamba endleleni, lapho ulala nalapho uvuka. ⁸Wabophe abe luphawu esandleni sakho, abe njengezibosho ebunzini lakho; ⁹uwabhale ezinsikeni zomnyango wendlu yakho nasemasangweni akho.

¹⁰Lapho uBaba wakho ekungenisa ezweni afunga ngalo koyihlo—u-Abrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe—ukukupha imizi emikhulu nemihle ongayakhanga, ¹¹izindlu ezigcwele konke okuhle ongakugcwalisanga, nemithombo esiyimbiwe ongayimbanga, nezivini nezihlahla zeminqumo ongazitshalanga—kuthi lapho udla usuthe. ¹²Qaphela ungakhohlwa uBaba wethu, owakukhipha ezweni laseGibhithe, endlini yobugqila. ¹³Hlonipha uBaba wakho umkhonze, futhi ufunge ngegama lakhe. ¹⁴Ungalandeli abanye onkulunkulu, onkulunkulu bezizwe ezikuzungezile, ¹⁵ngokuba uBaba wakho ophakathi kwakho unguBaba onomhawu, funa intukuthelo yakhe ikuvuthele ikuqothule ebusweni bomhlaba. ¹⁶Ungamlingi uBaba wakho njengoba wamlinga eMasa. ^b b v16 IMasa: indawo lapho u-Israyeli axabana khona walinga uBaba wethu ngenxa yokushoda kwamanzi (Eksodusi 17:1–7). ¹⁷Gcina ngokukhuthala imiyalo kaBaba wakho, nobufakazi bakhe, nezimiso zakhe akuyala ngazo. ¹⁸Yenza okulungile nokuhle emehlweni kaBaba wethu, ukuze kukuhambele kahle, ungene ulidle ifa izwe elihle uBaba wethu afunga ukulinika oyihlo, ¹⁹uxoshe zonke izitha zakho phambi kwakho, njengoba uBaba wethu eshilo.

²⁰Lapho umntanakho ekubuza ngelinye ilanga, ethi: “Buyini ubufakazi nezimiso nezahlulelo uBaba wethu akuyala ngazo na?” ²¹Ubusutshela umntanakho, uthi: “Sasiyizigqila zikaFaro eGibhithe, uBaba wethu wasikhipha eGibhithe ngesandla esinamandla. ²²UBaba wethu wenza izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ezinkulu nezesabekayo kwaseGibhithe, kuFaro, nasendlini yakhe yonke, phambi kwamehlo ethu. ²³Wasikhipha lapho ukuze asingenise, asinike izwe afunga ngalo kokhokho bethu. ²⁴UBaba wethu wasiyala ukuba senze zonke lezi zimiso, sihloniphe uBaba wethu, kube kuhle kithi njalo, asigcine siphila, njengoba sinjalo namuhla. ²⁵Kuyakuba ngukulunga kithi uma sigcina senza wonke lo myalo phambi kukaBaba wethu, njengoba asiyala.”