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.