iDuteronomi
21:1 Xa uthe wafunyanwa ebulewe ezweni elo akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho
lihluthe elele endle, akwaziwa ukuba ngubani na lo umbuleleyo;
21:2 Ophuma ke amadoda amakhulu, nabagwebi bakho, balinganise;
kwimizi engeenxa zonke zobuleweyo;
21:3 Kothi, umzi osecaleni kwababuleweyo;
amadoda amakhulu aloo mzi othabatha ithokazi lenkomo, elingekhoyo
asetyenzwa ngayo, engatsalanga edyokhweni;
21:4 Aze alihlisele ithokazi ithokazi elo endaweni engxungxo
intlambo ekungahlwayelwanga kuyo, ekungahlwayelwayo kuyo, bayixabele
Intamo yethokazi apho emfuleni;
21:5 basondele ababingeleli, oonyana bakaLevi; ngokuba uYehova wakho
UThixo unyule ukuba bamlungiselele, basikelele egameni likaYehova
Yehova; kume ngokomlomo wabo ukubambana konke, nokubetha konke
izamile:
21:6 Onke amadoda amakhulu aloo mzi, akufuphi nomntu obuleweyo
bazihlambe izandla zabo phezu kwethokazi elinqunyulwe emfuleni;
21:7 aphendule athi, Izandla zethu aziliphalazanga eli gazi;
namehlo ethu akabonanga.
21:8 camagu, Yehova, kubantu bakho amaSirayeli owawakhululayo;
uze ungalibeki igazi elimsulwa phezu kwabantu bakho amaSirayeli. Kwaye i
boxolelwa igazi.
21:9 wolitshayela ke wena igazi elingenatyala, lingabikho phakathi kwakho
wenze okuthe tye emehlweni kaYehova.
21:10 Xa uthe waphuma waya kulwa neentshaba zakho, noYehova uThixo wakho
wabanikela esandleni sakho, ubathimbile;
21:11 Kwaye wabona phakathi ekuthinjweni inkazana entle, kwaye unqwenela
yena, ukuba umthabathe abe ngumkakho;
21:12 uyingenise endlwini yakho; woyicheba ke
intloko, uziqhekeze iinzipho zakhe;
21:13 Kwaye uya kuzihluba izambatho zokuthinjwa kwakhe kuye
Hlala endlwini yakho, ulile uyise nonina ngokukhulu
inyanga: emveni koko wongena kuyo, ube yindoda yayo, ube nayo
woba ngumfazi wakho.
21:14 Kothi, ukuba uthe akwayinanza, uyiyeke;
yiya apho uthanda khona; uze ungakhe uthengise ngaye ngemali, wena
uze ungayishiyi, ngenxa yokuba uyithobile.
21:15 Indoda xa ithe yanabafazi ababini, omnye ethandwa, omnye ethiyiwe, benabo
wamzalela abantwana, abathandekayo nabathiyiweyo; nokuba ngowamazibulo
ngunyana wakhe lowo uthiyiweyo.
21:16 Kothi, xa athe wabadlisa oonyana bakhe ilifa lakhe,
ukuze angenzi unyana wentanda yakhe amazibulo phambi konyana ka
uthiyiweyo, owamazibulo okunene;
21:17 kuba owamazibulo, unyana lo wothiyiweyo yomazalelela ngo
emnika izahlulo ezibini zento yonke anayo, ngokuba eyingqalo
ngamandla akhe; ilungelo lobuzibulo loba lelakhe.
21:18 Umntu xa athe wanonyana oyinjubaqa, oneenkani, ongàmphulaphulayo uYehova;
ilizwi likayise, okanye ilizwi likanina, naloo nto, xa babe
Umthethisile, akabaphulaphula;
21:19 uyise nonina bombamba, bamkhuphe
kumadoda amakhulu omzi wakhe, nasesangweni lendawo yakhe;
21:20 bathi kumadoda amakhulu omzi wakowabo, Uneenkani lo nyana wethu;
nogwilika, akaliphulaphuli ilizwi lethu; ulidla-kudla, kwaye a
inxila.
21:21 Omgibisela ngamatye onke amadoda omzi wakowabo, afe;
ubutshayele ububi, bungabikho phakathi kwakho; eve onke amaSirayeli, kwaye
uloyiko.
21:22 Ke ukuba umntu uthe wenza isono esilingene ukufa, makabulawe
uya kufa, umxhome emthini;
21:23 Isidumbu sakhe asiyi kuhlala ubusuku bonke phezu komthi;
bamngcwabe ngobulumko ngaloo mini; kuba oxhonyiweyo usisiqalekiso kuThixo;
uze ungazenzi inqambi ilizwe lakho, akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho ukuba ube lilifa
ilifa.