iDuteronomi 8:1 Yonke imithetho endikuwiselayo namhla ize niyigcine yenzani, ukuze niphile, nande, ningene, nilimé ilizwe elo Wafunga uYehova kooyihlo. 8:2 Uze uyikhumbule yonke indlela akuhambise ngayo uYehova uThixo wakho le minyaka imashumi mane entlango, ukuba akuthobe, akulinge; ukwazi okusentliziyweni yakho, ukuba woyigcina na eyakhe imiyalelo, okanye hayi. 8:3 Wakuthoba, wakulambisa, wakudlisa ngako imana, into obungayazi, ababengayazi nooyihlo; ukuba yena ukuze akwazise, ukuba akaphili ngasonka sodwa umntu, uphila ngeento zonke Ilizwi eliphuma emlonyeni kaYehova, uhleli nje umntu. 8:4 Ingubo yakho ayonakalanga bubudala ikushiye, nonyawo lwakho aludumbanga, zona ezo iminyaka engamashumi amane. 8:5 Uze uqondele entliziyweni yakho, ukuba njengomntu owohlwayayo nyana, wenjenjalo uYehova uThixo wakho ukukuqeqesha. 8:6 uyigcine ke imithetho kaYehova uThixo wakho, ukuba uhambe ngeendlela zakhe, nokumoyika. 8:7 Ngokuba uYehova, uThixo wakho, ukungenisa ezweni elihle, ilizwe lemisinga amanzi, imithombo neenzulu eziphuma ezintlanjeni nasezindulini; 8:8 Ilizwe lengqolowa, nerhasi, nediliya, namakhiwane, neerharnate; ilizwe leminquma yeoli, nobusi; 8:9 ilizwe ongayi kudla sonka kulo, uze ungasweli ukuswela nto kuyo; lilizwe elimatye esisinyithi, aphuma kulo; iinduli womba ubhedu. 8:10 udle, uhluthe, umbonge uYehova wakho; UThixo ngenxa yelizwe elihle akunike lona. 8:11 Zigcine, ungamlibali uYehova uThixo wakho, ngokuthi ungamgcini owakhe imithetho, namasiko akhe, nemimiselo yakhe, endikumiselayo namhlanje: 8:12 Hleze, xa uthe wadla wahlutha, wakhe izindlu ezintle; wahlala khona; 8:13 iya kwanda imihlambi yakho yeenkomo nempahla yakho emfutshane, nesilivere yakho negolide yakho kwande, kwande konke onako; 8:14 isuke iphakame intliziyo yakho, umlibale uYehova uThixo wakho, owathiyo wakukhupha ezweni laseYiputa, endlwini yobukhoboka; 8:15 owakuhambisayo entlango enkulu eyoyikekayo, enikuyo iinyoka ezinobuhlungu, noonomadudwane, nembalela, apho kwakungekho manzi; owakukhuphela amanzi eweni leqhwitha; 8:16 owakudlisa imana entlango, into ababengayazi ooyihlo; ukuze akuthobe, akulinge ukuba enze okulungileyo kuwe ekupheleni kwakho; 8:17 wathi ke entliziyweni yakho, Amandla am nokuqina kwesandla sam; undifumene obu butyebi. 8:18 Uze umkhumbule uYehova uThixo wakho, ngokuba nguye okunikayo Ukuba namandla okuzuza ubutyebi, ukuze awumise umnqophiso wakhe abewufungele kooyihlo, njengoko kunjalo namhla. 8:19 Kothi, ukuba uthe wamlibala uYehova uThixo wakho, wahamba ndilandele thixo bambi, ndibakhonze, ndiqubude kubo; nina namhla niya kubhubha kanye. 8:20 Njengeentlanga uYehova awazitshabalalisayo phambi kwenu, niya kwenjenjalo nina tshabalala; ngokuba ningaliphulaphulanga ilizwi likaYehova wenu uThixo.