iDuteronomi
1:1 Ngawo la ke amazwi, awawathethayo uMoses kumaSirayeli onke phesheya kweYordan
entlango, eArabha, malungana noLwandle oluBomvu, phakathi kweParan;
neTofele, neLabhan, neHatseroti, neDizahabhi.
1:2 Luhambo lweentsuku ezilishumi elinalunye ukusuka eHorebhe ngendlela yentaba yakwaSehire ukuya
eKadeshe-bharneya.)
1:3 Kwathi, ngomnyaka wamashumi omane, ngenyanga yeshumi elinanye, ngomnyaka weshumi elinanye
Ngosuku lokuqala enyangeni leyo, wathi uMoses koonyana bakaSirayeli,
njengako konke uYehova abemwisele umthetho ngako kubo;
1:4 Emveni kokuba embulele uSihon, ukumkani wama-Amori, obehleli kulo
eHeshbhon, no-Ogi ukumkani waseBhashan, obehleli eAshtaroti e-Edreyi;
1:5 Ngaphesheya kweYordan, ezweni lakwaMowabhi, waqala uMoses ukuyixela le nto
umthetho, esithi,
1:6 Wathetha kuthi uYehova uThixo wethu eHorebhe, wathi, Nihleli ixesha elide
ngokwaneleyo kule ntaba:
1:7 Jikani ninduluke, nihambe niye entabeni yama-Amori;
nasezindaweni zonke ezikufuphi nayo, eArabha, ezintabeni, nasezintabeni
entilini, nasezantsi, nangaselwandle, ezweni laseYiputa
namaKanan, esa eLebhanon, esa emlanjeni omkhulu, emlanjeni ongumEfrati.
1:8 Yabonani, ndinisikele ilizwe. Ngenani, nilihluthe ilizwe elo
uYehova wafunga ooyihlo, ooAbraham noIsake noYakobi, ukuba wokunika
kubo nakwimbewu yabo emva kwabo.
1:9 Ndathetha kuni ngelo xesha, ndisithi, Andinakunithwala
mna ndedwa:
1:10 Unandisile uYehova uThixo wenu; niyabona, ninjengoko namhla
neenkwenkwezi zezulu ukuba baninzi.
1:11 UYehova uThixo wooyihlo makalongeze inani lenu kaliwaka
nina, nisikelele njengoko wathethayo kuni.)
1:12 Ndingathini na ukubuthwala ndedwa ubunzima benu, nomthwalo wenu, nomthwalo wenu?
ingxabano?
1:13 Zikhangeleleni amadoda alumkileyo, aziingqondi, aziwayo, ngokwezizwe zakomawenu;
baya kubamisa phezu kwenu.
1:14 Nandiphendula nathi, Ilizwi olithethileyo lilungile
ukuba senze.
1:15 Ndabathabatha ke abaziintloko zezizwe zakowenu, amadoda alumkileyo, aziwayo, ndawamisa
nabathetheli phezu kwenu, nabathetheli-waka, nabathetheli-makhulu, nabathetheli bamakhulu, nabathetheli bamakhulu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye, nabathetheli bamakhulu
nabathetheli bamashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli bamashumi ngamanye, nabaphathi phakathi kwenu
izizwe.
1:16 Ndabawisela umthetho abagwebi benu ngelo xesha, ndathi, Ze niziphulaphule iindawo ezibambana ngazo;
Abazalwana benu, nigwebe ngobulungisa phakathi komntu nomzalwana wakhe;
nomphambukeli okuye.
1:17 Ze ningakhethi buso bamntu ekugwebeni; nize nive omncinane ngathi
kunye nokukhulu; ize ningaboyiki ubuso bamntu; ukwenzela i
Umgwebo ngokaThixo; ke yona indawo eninqabeleyo, yizise kuyo
mna, ndive.
1:18 Ndaniwisela umthetho ngelo xesha ngezinto zonke enozenza.
1:19 Sanduluka eHorebhe, sayinqumla yonke loo mizi mikhulu
intlango eyoyikekayo, nayibonayo endleleni yentaba yelizwe
Ama-Amori, njengoko wasiwisela umthetho uYehova uThixo wethu; safika eKadeshe-bharneha.
1:20 Ndathi ke kuni, Nifikile entabeni yama-Amori.
asinikayo uYehova uThixo wethu.
1:21 Khangela, uYehova uThixo wakho ulinikele kuwe ilizwe elo: nyuka uye
lidle ilifa, njengoko wathethayo uYehova uThixo wooyihlo kuwe; uloyiko
musani, ningatyhafi.
1:22 Nasondela kum nonke, nathi, Siya kuthumela amadoda
zisihlolele ilizwe, zisizise ilizwi
kwakhona, siya kunyuka ngayo indlela, nokuba sofika kweziphi na izixeko.
1:23 Lalunga ke elo zwi emehlweni am, ndathabatha kuni amadoda alishumi elinamabini, yanye indoda
isizwe:
1:24 Ajika ke, enyuka aya entabeni, afika entilini
kwaEshkoli, wayigocagoca.
1:25 Bathabatha iziqhamo zelo zwe ngesandla sabo, bazisa
wehla weza kuthi, wasibuyisela ilizwi, wathi, Lilizwe elihle
asinikayo uYehova uThixo wethu.
1:26 Noko ke anivumanga kunyuka, nawuphikisa umlomo
kaYehova uThixo wakho:
1:27 Nakrokra ezintenteni zenu, nathi, Ngenxa enokuba esithiyile uYehova, wasixolela.
wasikhupha ezweni laseYiputa, ukuze asinikele ezweni
isandla sama-Amori ukuba asitshabalalise.
1:28 Siya kunyukela phi na? Abazalwana bethu bazinyibilikisile iintliziyo zethu, besithi,
Abantu bakhulu kwaye bade kunathi; izixeko mikhulu kwaye
Ibiyelwe ngodonga lwesa ezulwini; kananjalo sibabonile oonyana baka-Anaki
Pha.
1:29 Ndathi ke kuni, Musani ukungcangcazela, ningaboyiki.
1:30 UYehova uThixo wenu, ohamba phambi kwenu, nguye onilwelayo.
njengako konke anenzele kona eYiputa phambi kwamehlo enu;
1:31 nasentlango, apho wakubonayo ukuba uYehova uThixo wakho
wanizala njengomntu ethwele unyana wakhe, endleleni yonke enahamba ngayo;
nide nifike kule ndawo.
1:32 Kanti ke anikholwanga nguYehova uThixo wenu ngaloo nto;
1:33 owahamba phambi kwakho ngendlela, ukuba akukhangelele indawo angakumisa kuyo
ezintenteni, ngomlilo ebusuku, ukuba anibonise indlela enohamba ngayo, nokungena kuyo
ilifu emini.
1:34 Waliva ke uYehova izwi lokuthetha kwenu, waba noburhalarhume, wafunga;
esithi,
1:35 Ngokuba akuyi kubona namnye kwaba bantu besi sizukulwana singendawo
Ilizwe elihle endafungayo ukuba ndolinika ooyihlo;
1:36 ingenguKalebhi unyana kaYefune; yena uya kulibona, ndimnike
Ilizwe awanyathela phezu kwalo, nakoonyana bakhe, ngokuba ebenalo
bamlandela uYehova ngokupheleleyo.
1:37 Kanjalo uYehova wandifuthela nam ngenxa yenu, wathi, Nawe uya kwenjenjalo
ungangeni khona.
1:38 UYoshuwa unyana kaNun, oma phambi kwakho, nguye owongena
momeleze, ngokuba yena wowadlisa ilifa elo amaSirayeli.
1:39 Kananjalo iintsatshana zenu enibe nisithi zoba lixhoba, zibe lixhoba lenu
abantwana ababengakwazi ngaloo mini phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi, bona
ndiya kungena khona, ndibanike lona, bangene khona
lidle ilifa.
1:40 Ke nina jikani, ninduluke niye entlango
indlela yoLwandle oluBomvu.
1:41 Naphendula, nathi kum, Sonile kuYehova, thina
enyuka, alwe, njengako konke awawisa umthetho ngako uYehova uThixo wethu
thina. Naxhoba elowo impahla yakhe yokulwa, naba
ilungele ukunyuka intaba.
1:42 Wathi uYehova kum, Yithi kubo, Ize ningenyuki, ize ningalwi; ngenxa
andikho phakathi kwenu; hleze nigxothwe ziintshaba zenu.
1:43 Ndiye ndathetha kuni; aneva, nesuka nagwilika kuYehova
Wathetha uYehova, wenyuka waya entabeni.
1:44 Aphuma ke ama-Amori abemi kuloo ntaba, asiza kuni.
anisukela ngokweenyosi, anitshabalalisa kwaSehire, kwesa eHorma.
1:45 Nabuya ke nalila phambi koYehova; akaphulaphula uYehova
elizwini lakho, akakubekela ndlebe.
1:46 Ngoko ke nahlala eKadeshe imihla emininzi, njengaloo mihla nayihlalayo
Pha.