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.