IDutheronomi 8

8 ¹Qaphela ukugcina yonke imiyalo engikunika yona namuhla, ukuze uphile, wande, ungene, udle ifa lezwe uBaba wethu alifungela okhokho bakho. ²Khumbula yonke indlela uBaba wakho akuhole ngayo le minyaka engamashumi amane ehlane, ukuze akuthobe akulinge, azi okusenhliziyweni yakho—ukuthi uyoyigcina yini imiyalo yakhe noma cha. ³Wakuthoba, wakwenza walamba, wase ekondla ngemana obungayazi wena nabokhokho bakho, ukuze akufundise ukuthi umuntu akaphili ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa uphila ngalo lonke izwi eliphuma emlonyeni kaBaba wethu. ⁴Izingubo zakho aziguganga kuwe, nezinyawo zakho azivuvukanga, kule minyaka engamashumi amane. ⁵Yazi-ke enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi, njengokuba umuntu elaya indodana yakhe, kanjalo uBaba wakho uyakulaya. ⁶Ngakho gcina imiyalo kaBaba wakho, uhambe ngezindlela zakhe, umesabe. ⁷Ngokuba uBaba wakho ukungenisa ezweni elihle—izwe lemifula, lemithombo, nelamanzi ajulileyo agobhoza ezigodini nasezintabeni, ⁸izwe likakolweni nebhali, lemivini, lemikhiwane, namagranada; izwe lamafutha eminqumo noju. ⁹izwe lapho uyodla khona isinkwa ngaphandle kokusweleka, ungasweli lutho—izwe lamatshe ensimbi, lapho ezintabeni zalo uyomba khona ithusi. ¹⁰Lapho usudlile wasutha, uyakumbusisa uBaba wakho ngezwe elihle akunike lona.

¹¹Qaphela ungakhohlwa uBaba wakho, wehluleke ukugcina imiyalo yakhe, nezimiso, nemithetho engikuyala ngazo namuhla, ¹²ngokuba lapho usudlile wasutha, wakha izindlu ezinhle wahlala kuzo, ¹³izinkomo zakho nezimvu zakho zanda, isiliva negolide lakho landa, nakho konke onakho kwanda, ¹⁴khona-ke inhliziyo yakho iziphakamise, ukhohlwe uBaba wakho, owakukhipha ezweni laseGibhithe, endlini yobugqila, ¹⁵owakuhola ehlane elikhulu nelesabekayo lezinyoka ezinesihlungu nabofezela, elomile elingenamanzi, owakukhiphela amanzi edwaleni elilukhuni, ¹⁶owakondla ngemana ehlane, obungaziwa abokhokho bakho, ukuze akuthobe akulinge, ekugcineni akwenzele okuhle. ¹⁷Qaphela—ungasho enhliziyweni yakho uthi, “Amandla ami, nokuqina kwesandla sami, kungenzele le ngcebo.” ¹⁸Khumbula uBaba wakho, ngokuba nguye okunika amandla okuzuza ingcebo, ukuze aqinise isivumelwano sakhe asifungela abokhokho bakho, njengoba kunjalo namuhla.

¹⁹Kodwa uma ukhohlwa uBaba wakho, ulandele abanye onkulunkulu, ubakhonze ubakhothamele, ngiyafakaza ngokumelene nawe namuhla ukuthi uyakubhubha nokubhubha. ²⁰Njengezizwe uBaba wethu azibhubhisayo phambi kwakho, nawe uyakubhubha, ngokuba ubungalalelanga izwi likaBaba wakho.