I-Eksodusi 20

20 ¹UBaba wethu wayesekhuluma wonke la mazwi, wathi:

²“NginguBaba wakho, owakukhipha ezweni laseGibhithe, endlini yobugqila.

³“Ungabi nabanye onkulunkulu phambi kwami.

⁴“Ungazenzeli isithombe esibaziweyo, nanoma yisiphi isifanekiso sezinto ezisezulwini phezulu, nezisemhlabeni phansi, nezisemanzini ngaphansi komhlaba. ⁵Ungakhothami kuzo, ungazikhonzi; ngokuba mina, uBaba wakho, nginguBaba onomhawu, engehlisela isono sabazali phezu kwabantwana kuze kube sesizukulwaneni sesithathu nesesine salabo abangizondayo, ⁶kodwa ngibonisa umusa wesivumelwano ezinkulungwaneni zalabo abangithandayo begcina imiyalo yami.

⁷“Ungaliphathi ngeze igama likaBaba wakho, ngokuba uBaba wethu akayikumyeka engenacala lowo oliphatha ngeze igama lakhe.

⁸“Khumbula usuku lweSabatha, ukuze ulugcine lungcwele. ⁹Izinsuku eziyisithupha uyakusebenza wenze wonke umsebenzi wakho, ¹⁰kodwa usuku lwesikhombisa luyiSabatha kuBaba wakho. Ungenzi msebenzi ngalo—wena, nendodana yakho, nendodakazi yakho, nenceku yakho noma incekukazi yakho, nezinkomo zakho, nowezizwe ophakathi kwamasango akho. ¹¹Ngokuba ngezinsuku eziyisithupha uBaba wethu wenza izulu, nomhlaba, nolwandle, nakho konke okukukho, wayesephumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa; ngalokho uBaba wethu walubusisa usuku lweSabatha, walwenza lwangcwela.

¹²“Hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko, ukuze izinsuku zakho zibe zinde ezweni uBaba wakho akunika lona.

¹³“Ungabulali.

¹⁴“Ungaphingi.

¹⁵“Ungebi.

¹⁶“Ungafakazi amanga ngomakhelwane wakho.

¹⁷“Ungayikhanukeli indlu yomakhelwane wakho. Ungamkhanukeli umkamakhelwane wakho, nenceku yakhe noma incekukazi yakhe, nenkabi yakhe noma imbongolo yakhe, nanoma yini engeyomakhelwane wakho.”

¹⁸Bonke abantu babona ukuduma, nokuphazima kombani, nokukhala kwecilongo, nentaba ithunqa intuthu. Bathi bekubona, bathuthumela, bema kude.

¹⁹Bathi kuMose: “Khuluma wena nathi, sizakulalela. Kodwa uBaba wethu makangakhulumi nathi, funa sife.”

²⁰UMose wathi kubantu: “Ningesabi; uBaba wethu uzile ukuze anivivinye, ukuze ukumesaba kwakhe kuhlale kini, ningoni.” ²¹Abantu bema kude, kodwa uMose wasondela ebumnyameni obukhulu lapho uBaba wethu ayekhona.

UMose Uyasondela

²²UBaba wethu wayesethi kuMose: “Tshela abakwa-Israyeli uthi: Nizibonele nina ukuthi ngikhulumile nani ngisezulwini. ²³Ningazenzeli onkulunkulu besiliva ukuba babe nami, ningazenzeli onkulunkulu begolide. ²⁴Ngenzele i-altare ngomhlabathi, unikele phezu kwalo iminikelo yakho yokushiswa neyokuthula, izimvu zakho nezinkomo zakho. Kuzo zonke izindawo lapho ngenza igama lami likhunjulwe khona, ngizakuza kuwe, ngikubusise. ²⁵Uma ungenzela i-altare ngamatshe, ungalakhi ngamatshe abaziweyo, ngokuba uma uphakamisela phezu kwalo insimbi yakho, uyalingcolisa. ²⁶Ungenyukeli e-altare lami ngezitebhisi, ukuze ubunqunu bakho bungabonakali phezu kwalo.”