iDuteronomi
7:1 xa athe uYehova uThixo wakho wakungenisa kulo ilizwe oya kulo
wozigqogqa iintlanga ezininzi phambi kwakho, amaHeti;
namaGirgashi, nama-Amori, namaKanan, namaKanan
AmaPerizi, namaHivi, namaYebhusi: izizwe ezisixhenxe ezinkulu
unamandla kunawe;
7:2 wazinikela kuwe uYehova uThixo wakho; uya kwenjenjalo
zibethe, uzisingele phantsi; uze ungenzi mnqophiso naye
ungabi nanceba kubo;
7:3 Uze ungendiselani nazo; intombi yakho uze ungayi
Umnike unyana wakhe, intombi yakhe ungayizekeli unyana wakho.
7:4 kuba baya kumtyekisa unyana wakho ekundilandeleni, ukuze bakhonze
wovuthela ke umsindo kaYehova kuni
ndikutshabalalise ngesiquphe.
7:5 Ke yenjenje kubo; nize nizidilize izibingelelo zabo, nizidilize
zidibanisi izimiso zabo zamatye, nibagawule ooAshera bazo, nizitshise
imifanekiso eqingqiweyo ngomlilo.
7:6 Ngokuba ningabantu abangcwele kuYehova uThixo wenu;
waninyula, ukuba nibe ngabantu abayinqobo kuye, kunabantu bonke
ziphezu kobuso bomhlaba.
7:7 Akanithandanga uYehova, akaninyulanga, ngokuba ninjalo
baninzi kunabo bonke abantu; ngokuba nibe nibancinane ebantwini bonke;
7:8 Kungokunithanda kukaYehova, nangokusigcina kwakhe isifungo
wabafungela ooyihlo, wanikhupha uYehova ngekrele
ngesandla esithe nkqi, wanikhulula ngentlawulelo endlwini yamakhoboka
kaFaro ukumkani waseYiputa.
7:9 Yazi ke ngoko, ukuba uYehova uThixo wakho nguye uThixo, uThixo wenyaniso, lowo
ugcina umnqophiso nenceba kwabamthandayo, abamgcinayo
imiyalelo kwizizukulwana eziliwaka;
7:10 obabuyekezayo abamthiyayo ebusweni babo, ukuba abashabalalise;
angalibali kumthiyileyo, uya kumbuyekeza ebusweni bakhe.
7:11 Uze uyigcine ke imithetho, nemimiselo, nomthetho
amasiko endikuwisela umthetho ngawo namhla, ukuba uwenze.
7:12 Kuya kuthi ke, ukuba nithe nayiva loo migwebo, nakuva
gcinani, niyenze, ukuba akugcinele uYehova uThixo wakho
umnqophiso nenceba, awabafungelayo ooyihlo;
7:13 Kwaye uya kukuthanda, akusikelele, andise;
sisikelele isiqhamo sesizalo sakho, nesiqhamo somhlaba wakho, nengqolowa yakho, nembewu yakho
iwayini yakho, neoli yakho, inkonyana yenkomo yakho, namatakane akho
ezweni elo walifungela ooyihlo, ukuba wokunika lona.
7:14 Wosikeleleka ngaphezu kwezizwe zonke;
Imazi engazaliyo phakathi kwenu, nokuba phakathi kweenkomo zenu.
7:15 UYehova uya kusisusa sonke isifo kuwe, angabeki nasinye kubo
izifo ezimbi zaseYiputa, ozaziyo, ziphezu kwakho; kodwa uya kulala
kubo bonke abakuthiyayo.
7:16 Uze uzidle zonke izizwe ezo aya kuthi uYehova uThixo wakho;
ndihlangule; lingabi nanceba iliso lakho kuzo, ungabi nanceba kuwe
bakhonze oothixo bazo; ngokuba ngumgibe lowo kuwe.
7:17 Xa uthe entliziyweni yakho, Ezi ntlanga zininzi kunam; Unga kanjani
Ndibahluthe?
7:18 Uze ungaboyiki;
uThixo wakho wenza kuFaro nakumaYiputa onke;
7:19 Izihendo ezikhulu azibonileyo amehlo akho, nemiqondiso, kwanemiqondiso
Nezimanga, nesandla esithe nkqi, nengalo eyolukileyo;
UYehova uThixo wakho wakukhupha; uya kwenjenjalo uYehova uThixo wakho kuzo zonke
abantu aboyikayo.
7:20 UYehova uThixo wakho uya kuthuma oonomeva kuzo, bade bagqibe
abaseleyo bazisithelisa phambi kwakho, baya kutshatyalaliswa.
7:21 Uze ungangcangcazeliswa zizo, ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho uphakathi kwakho;
nguThixo onamandla, owoyikekayo.
7:22 UYehova uThixo wakho uya kuzinyothula ezi ntlanga phambi kwakho, kancinane;
nokuba kuncinane, uze ungazicimi kwakanye, hleze amarhamncwa aseYerusalem
ukwandisa intsimi phezu kwakho.
7:23 UYehova uThixo wakho wozinikela kuwe, azitshabalalise
ngembuqo eyomeleleyo, bade batshatyalaliswe.
7:24 abanikele ookumkani bazo esandleni sakho, utshabalalise
igama labo phantsi kwezulu; akuyi kuma mntu phambi kwabo
wena, ude uzitshabalalise.
7:25 Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yoothixo bazo woyitshisa ngomlilo
unqwenele isilivere negolide ekuzo, ungayithabatheli kuwe, hleze uyithabathe
ube ngumgibe kuyo; ngokuba lisikizi kuYehova uThixo wakho.
7:26 Uze ungalingenisi isikizi endlwini yakho, ukuze ungabi sisisulu
into eqalekisiweyo njengayo; ibe linyathela kuwe, ibe lisikizi kuwe, ube lisikizi kuwe
licekiseni ngokupheleleyo; ngokuba iyinto esingelwe phantsi.