Yibani ngcwele njengoba uBaba wenu engcwele
Ukuba ngcwele njengoba uBaba wabo engcwele kuvela kuyinto yansuku zonke: shiyela abampofu imiphetho yesivuno, khokha isisebenzi ngalolo suku, ungaqalekisi isithulu noma ukhubekise impumputhe, yahlulela ngobulungiswa, thanda umakhelwane wakho nowezizwe, gcina izilinganiso ezithembekile.
19 1UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
2“Khuluma kulo lonke ibandla lakwa-Israyeli, uthi: Yibani ngcwele, ngokuba mina, uBaba wenu, ngingcwele.
3“Yilowo nalowo kini makahloniphe unina noyise, agcine namaSabatha ami. NginguBaba wenu.
4“Ningaphendukeli ezithombeni, ningazenzeli onkulunkulu ababunjwe ngensimbi. NginguBaba wenu.
5“Lapho nihlabela mina umnikelo wokuthula, wunikeleni ukuze namukeleke. 6Wudleni ngosuku eniwunikela ngalo noma ngolulandelayo; konke okusele kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu makushiswe ngomlilo. 7Uma kudliwa okunye ngosuku lwesithathu, kuyinto enengekayo, ngeke kwamukeleke. 8Lowo owudlayo uyothwala icala lakhe, ngokuba ungcolisile into engcwele kimi; lowo muntu uyonqunywa, asuswe ebantwini bakibo. a a v8 “Ukunqunywa ebantwini” kusho ukuxoshwa unomphela ebandleni lesivumelwano, okubandakanya nokwahlulela kukaBaba wethu.
9“Lapho nivuna izwe lenu, ningavuni nize nifike emaphethelweni ensimu yenu, ningakhothozi okusele ekuvuneni kwenu. 10Ningavuni nize niqede esivinini senu, ningabuthi namagilebhisi awo awele phansi. Kushiyeleni abampofu nabezizwe. NginguBaba wenu.
11“Ningebi; ningakhohlisi; ningaqambelani amanga.
12“Ningafungi ngamanga ngegama lami, nize ningcolise igama likaBaba wenu. NginguBaba wenu.
13“Ningamcindezeli umakhelwane wenu, ningamphangi. Iholo lomsebenzi oqashiwe lingahlali kini kuze kuse.
14“Ningamqalekisi oyisithulu, ningabeki isikhubekiso phambi kwempumputhe, kodwa mesabeni uBaba wenu. NginguBaba wenu.
15“Ningenzi okungenabulungisa ekwahluleleni. Ningakhethi ubuso bompofu, ningatsheki nakophakeme, kodwa mahluleleni umakhelwane wenu ngobulungisa.
16“Ningahambi nihleba phakathi kwabantu bakini, ningemi nibukele lapho impilo yomakhelwane wenu isengozini. NginguBaba wenu.
17“Ningamzondi umfowenu enhliziyweni yenu; mkhuzeni umakhelwane wenu obala, ukuze ningathwali isono ngenxa yakhe. 18Ningaphindiseli, ningabambeli abantu bakini igqubu, kodwa thandani umakhelwane wenu njengoba nizithanda nina. NginguBaba wenu.
19“Gcinani izimiso zami. Ningazalisi imfuyo yenu nolunye uhlobo. Ningahlwanyeli insimu yenu ngezinhlobo ezimbili zembewu, ningembathi nengubo eyenziwe ngezinhlobo ezimbili zendwangu.
20“Uma indoda ilala nesigqilakazi esabelwe enye indoda, singahlengwanga noma singakhululwanga, kumelwe kube nophenyo. Akumelwe babulawe, ngokuba besingakhululekile. 21Uyoletha kimi umnikelo wakhe wecala, ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana—inqama ibe ngumnikelo wecala. 22Umpristi uyomenzela ukubuyisana ngenqama yomnikelo wecala phambi kwami, ngenxa yesono asenzileyo; uyothethelelwa isono asenzileyo.
23“Lapho ningena ezweni, nitshala noma yimuphi umuthi wokudla, izithelo zawo niyozithatha njengezenqatshelwe. Iminyaka emithathu ziyonqatshelwa kini; ningazidli. 24Ngonyaka wesine zonke izithelo zawo ziyoba ngcwele, zibe ngumnikelo wokudumisa kimi. 25Kodwa ngonyaka wesihlanu ningazidla izithelo zawo, ukuze univeze izithelo eziningi kini. NginguBaba wenu.
26“Ningadli lutho olunegazi phakathi kwalo. Ningenzi ukubhula noma ukuchaza imihlola.
27“Ningagundi izinwele ezinhlangothini zekhanda lenu, ningoni imiphetho yentshebe yenu. b b v27 Lokhu kusika kwakuyizimpawu zokuzila nemikhuba yenkolo yabahedeni u-Israyeli ayengamelwe ukuyilingisa.
28“Ningasiki imizimba yenu ngenxa yabafileyo, ningazidwebi imidwebo emizimbeni yenu. NginguBaba wenu.
29“Ningamngcolisi indodakazi yenu ngokuyenza isifebe, funa izwe liphenduke ebufebeni ligcwale ukonakala.
30“Niyogcina amaSabatha ami, nihloniphe indlu yami engcwele. NginguBaba wenu.
31“Ningaphendukeli kwababhula imimoya nakwababuza kwabafileyo; ningafuni ukungcoliswa yibo. NginguBaba wenu.
32“Sukumani phambi kwabanezinwele ezimpunga, nihloniphe abadala. Mesabeni uBaba wenu. NginguBaba wenu.
33“Lapho owezizwe ehlala phakathi kwenu ezweni lenu, ningamphathi kabi. 34Owezizwe ohlala phakathi kwenu makabe kini njengozalelwe khona, nimthande njengoba nizithanda nina, ngokuba naningabezizwe eGibhithe. NginguBaba wenu.
35“Ningenzi okungalungile ekwahluleleni, ekulinganiseni ubude, isisindo, noma ubuningi. 36Yibani nezikali ezilungileyo, amatshe esisindo alungileyo, isilinganiso sezinhlamvu esilungileyo, nesilinganiso samanzi esilungileyo. NginguBaba wenu, owanikhipha ezweni laseGibhithe.
37“Gcinani zonke izimiso zami nayo yonke imithetho yami, nizenze. NginguBaba wenu.”
