iDuteronomi
19:1 Xa athe uYehova uThixo wakho wazinqumla iintlanga, elilizwe lazo uYehova uThixo wakho
UThixo ekunika, ubathabathe, uhlale emizini yabo;
nasezindlwini zabo;
19:2 wozahlulela imizi emithathu phakathi kwelizwe lakho;
akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho ukuba ulihluthe.
19:3 uzilungisele indlela, uwahlule umda welizwe lakho;
UYehova uThixo wakho uya kukunika ilifa lazo izahlulo ezithathu, into yonke;
angabalekela khona umbulali.
19:4 Lilo eli ke ityala lesibulala-mntu, esithe sasabela khona
Othe wambulala ummelwane wakhe ngengozi, angamthiyileyo
ixesha elidlulileyo;
19:5 Njengomntu ongena entshinyeleni nommelwane wakhe, esiya kugawula iinkuni, aphinde abuye
isandla sakhe sirhubuluza izembe, sokuwugawula umthi;
Ityibilika intloko emphinini, imbethe ummelwane wakhe;
fa; asabele komnye waloo mizi, aphile;
19:6 hleze umphindezeli wegazi amsukele umbulali lowo, kuba ishushu intliziyo yakhe;
nimfumane ngokuba nde kwendlela; nimbulale; kanti yena
engafanelwe kukufa, ekubeni ebengamthiyanga ngaphambili.
19:7 Ngenxa yoko ndikuwisela umthetho, ndisithi, Wozahlulela imizi emithathu
wena.
19:8 Ukuba uthe uYehova uThixo wakho wawenza banzi umda wakho, njengoko wakufungelayo;
aninike lonke ilizwe elo, awathi uya kuninika lona
ootata;
19:9 Ukuba uthe wawugcina ukuba uwenze, lo mthetho wonke ndikuwiselayo
wena namhla, ukuba umthande uYehova uThixo wakho, uhambe ngeendlela zakhe ngamaxesha onke;
wongeze izixeko ezithathu ngaphandle kwale mithathu.
19:10 ukuze kungaphalazwa gazi limsulwa ezweni lakho, uYehova uThixo wakho
akunike ukuba ube lilifa, amagazi abe phezu kwakho.
19:11 Ukuba uthe umntu wamthiya ummelwane wakhe, wamlalela, wasuka wesuka wambulala.
Wambetha, afe, abaleke aye komnye waba
ezi zixeko:
19:12 Othumela ke amadoda amakhulu omzi wakowabo, amthabathe khona, amhlangule
makabe sesandleni somphindezeli wegazi, afe.
19:13 Ze lingabi nanceba iliso lakho kuye;
igazi elimsulwa liphuma kwaSirayeli, ukuze kulunge kuwe.
19:14 Uze ungawushenxisi umlimandlela wommelwane wakho;
ulibeké ilifa lakho, oya kulidla ezweni elo
uYehova uThixo wakho ukunika ukuba ulihluthe.
19:15 Ze kungesuki kume ngqina linye ngomntu ngenxa yobugwenxa, nokuba bubuphi na, nokuba bubuphi na
wenze isono, nokuba sisiphi na isono one ngaso: ngomlomo wamangqina amabini, nokuba kungomlomo
ngomlomo wamangqina amathathu lize limiswe ilizwi.
19:16 Ukuba ingqina elixokayo lithe lavela ngomntu, ukuba lingqine ngaye
engalunganga;
19:17 ke loo madoda mabini abambeneyo oma phambi kwawo
uYehova, phambi kwababingeleli nabagwebi abaya kuba ngabo
iintsuku;
19:18 Yaye abagwebi baya kubuza kunene, yaye, khangela!
ingqina malibe lingqina lobuxoki, lingqine ubuxoki ngowakhe
ubhuti;
19:19 ize nenze kuye njengoko ebecinga ukwenza kwelakhe;
mzalwana: ubutshayele ke ububi, bungabikho phakathi kwenu.
19:20 Kwaye abo baseleyo baya kuva, kwaye boyike, kwaye ukususela ngoku baya kunikela
akusayi kuba sabakho bubi bunjalo phakathi kwenu.
19:21 Ze lingabi nanceba iliso lakho; ke umphefumlo wobuyiselwa ngomphefumlo, iliso ngeliso;
izinyo ngezinyo, isandla ngesandla, unyawo ngonyawo.