iDuteronomi 18:1 Ababingeleli, abaLevi, nesizwe sonke sakwaLevi, mabangabi nasabelo nelifa kunye noSirayeli: bodla iminikelo kaYehova eyenziwe ngomlilo, nelifa layo. 18:2 Mabangabi nalifa phakathi kwabazalwana babo, nguYehova lilifa labo, njengoko wathethayo kubo. 18:3 Siso esi isilunga sababingeleli, esiphuma ebantwini, esiphuma kwabanikela amadini nombingelelo, nokuba yinkomo, nokuba yigusha; kwaye baya kunikela kuni umbingeleli umkhono, nezidlele zombini, neswili. 18:4 Nolibo lwengqolowa yakho, nolwewayini yakho entsha, nolweoli yakho, nolwewayini entsha. kuqala kuboya bempahla yakho emfutshane ùmnike. 18:5 Ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho wamnyula ezizweni zakho zonke, ukuba eme lungiselelani egameni likaYehova, yena noonyana bakhe, kude kuse ephakadeni. 18:6 Xa kuthe kwaphuma umLevi, ephuma emasangweni akho, nakuliphi na isango kwaSirayeli, apho akhoyo engumphambukeli, weza ngentumekelelo yonke yengqondo yakhe, kuloo ndawo abenayo uYehova uya kunyula; 18:7 uya kulungiselela egameni likaYehova uThixo wakhe, njengabo bonke abakhe; benza kwabazalwana abaLevi, abemi khona phambi koYehova. 18:8 Mabadle izabelo ezilinganayo, ngaphandle kwezo ziphuma kuYehova ukuthengiswa kwefatrimony yakhe. 18:9 Xa uthe wafika kulo ilizwe akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho, Uze ungafundi ukwenza amasikizi ezo ntlanga. 18:10 Maze kungafunyanwa namnye kuwe wenza unyana wakhe, nokuba ngunyana wakhe intombi yocanda emlilweni, nohlaba izihlabo, netola obona amaxesha, netola, negqwirha. 18:11 nobopha ngomabophe, nobuza koneshologu, nosiyazi, nosiyazi. i-necromancer. 18:12 Kuba bangamasikizi kuYehova bonke abenza ezo zinto; ngenxa yaloo masikizi uYehova uThixo wakho uya kuwagxotha kuwo phambi kwakho. 18:13 Uze ugqibelele ukuba noYehova uThixo wakho. 18:14 Kuba ezi ntlanga uzigqogqayo zaphulaphula abo bakubonayo ke wena, uYehova uThixo wakho akanaye wakuvumela ukuba wenjenjalo. 18:15 UYehova uThixo wakho uya kunivelisela umprofeti ophuma phakathi kwalo; wena, kubazalwana bakho, njengam nje; ize nimphulaphule yena; 18:16 njengako konke owakucelayo kuYehova uThixo wakho, eHorebhe eHorebhe Ngomhla wesikhungu, esithi, Mandingaphindi ndilive ilizwi likaYehova Thixo wam, mandingabi sawubona lo mlilo mkhulu, ukuze ndingafi. 18:17 Wathi uYehova kum, balungisile ukutsho; thethwa. 18:18 ndiya kubavelisela umprofeti ephuma phakathi kwabazalwana babo, onjengaye wena, ndiwabeke amazwi am emlonyeni wakhe; kwaye uya kuthetha kubo konke endiya kumwisela umthetho ngako. 18:19 Kothi ke, ukuba uthe akaliphulaphula ilizwi lam athe wathetha egameni lam, mna ndiya kuyibiza kuye. 18:20 umprofeti yena othe wakhukhumala, wathetha ilizwi egameni lam, endiya kulithetha mna animwiselanga mthetho ukuba athethe, okanye othe wathetha egameni likabani nabanye oothixo, kwanaloo mprofeti uya kufa. 18:21 Ukuba ke uthe entliziyweni yakho, Sothini na ukulazi ilizwi alithethileyo uYehova? UYehova akathethanga? 18:22 Nomprofeti, athe walithetha egameni likaYehova, makubekho oko kungenzeki, kungenzeki; lelo ilizwi angalithethanga uYehova. Uthethe ngokukhukhumala umprofeti lowo, akuyi kunkwantya yakhe.