iDuteronomi
31:1 Wahamba ke uMoses, wawathetha la mazwi kumaSirayeli onke.
31:2 wathi kubo, Ndiminyaka ilikhulu elinamanci mabini namhla ndizelwe; I
ayisenako ukuphuma nokungena; kananjalo uYehova uthe kum, Wena
aniyi kuyiwela le Yordan.
31:3 NguYehova uThixo wakho oya kuwela phambi kwakho, abatshabalalise
Wozihlutha izizwe phambi kwakho; ke yena uYoshuwa
uya kuwela phambi kwakho, njengoko wathethayo uYehova.
31:4 Uya kwenza uYehova kuzo njengoko wenzayo kuSihon nakuOgi, ookumkani baseSihon
nama-Amori, nelizwe lawo awawatshabalalisayo.
31:5 UYehova wozinikela kuwe, ukuze nenze kuzo
bona ngokwemithetho yonke endiniwisele umthetho ngayo.
31:6 Yomelelani nikhaliphe; musani ukoyika, musani ukuboyika;
nguYehova uThixo wakho ohamba nawe; akayi kusilela
wena, akayi kukushiya.
31:7 UMoses wambiza ke uYoshuwa, wathi kuye emehlweni abo bonke
Yomelela ukhaliphe, Sirayeli, ngokuba imelwe kukuba uhambe nale nto
abantu elizweni, awafungayo uYehova kooyise
banike; wena uya kubadlisa ilifa.
31:8 NguYehova ohamba phambi kwakho; uya kuba nawe,
akayi kukuyekela, akayi kukushiya
ukudana.
31:9 Wawubhala uMoses lo myalelo, wawunikela kubabingeleli, oonyana baka
uLevi, ababethwele ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova, nabo bonke ababingeleli
amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli.
31:10 Wabawisela umthetho uMoses, wathi, Ekupheleni kweminyaka esixhenxe, nge
umthendeleko womnyaka weyekelelo, emthendelekweni weminquba;
31:11 ekuzeni kubonakala kwamaSirayeli onke phambi koYehova uThixo wakho kuloo ndawo
aya kuyinyula, wowulesa lo myalelo phambi kwamaSirayeli onke
ukuva kwabo.
31:12 Hlanganisa abantu, amadoda, nabafazi, nabantwana, nabakowenu
owasemzini osemasangweni akho, ukuze beve, beve
fundani, nimoyike uYehova uThixo wenu, nigcine ukuwenza onke amazwi kaYehova
lo mthetho:
31:13 ukuze abantwana babo, abangazi nto, beve, kwaye
fundani ukumoyika uYehova uThixo wenu, yonke imihla enidla ubomi ngayo ezweni elo
niwela iYordan, nisiya kulihlutha.
31:14 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Yabona, isondele imihla yakho;
biza uYoshuwa, niye nime ententeni yokuhlangana
ibandla, ukuze ndimyale. Bahamba ke ooMoses noYoshuwa.
bema ententeni yokuhlangana.
31:15 Wabonakala uYehova ententeni emqulwini welifu
wema umqulu welifu phezu komnyango wentente.
31:16 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Yabona, uya kulala nooyihlo;
basuke aba bantu bahenyuze ngokulandela oothixo bakaYehova
abasemzini, abaya kuba phakathi kwabo, baya kuthi
bandishiyile, bawaphule umnqophiso wam endiwenze nabo.
31:17 uvuthe umsindo wam kubo ngaloo mini, ndikwenze
bashiye, ndibusithelise ubuso bam kubo, babekho
badle, bafikelwe bububi obuninzi naziimbandezelo; ukuze ba
Kuya kuthi ngaloo mini, Asifikele na obu bubi, ngenxa yokuba enguThixo wethu?
Akakho na phakathi kwethu?
31:18 Ke mna ndiya kubusithelisa kuphele ubuso bam ngaloo mini, ngenxa yobubi bonke ababenzileyo;
baya kwenza, bejikela thixweni bambi.
31:19 Kaloku ke zibhaleleni le ngoma, niyifundise abantwana babo
Yibeke emlonyeni wabo, ukuze le ngoma ibe lingqina lam
nxamnye noonyana bakaSirayeli.
31:20 Kuba ndiya kubangenisa kuwo umhlaba endafungayo kuwo
ooyise ababaleka amasi nobusi; kwaye ziya kuba nazo
badla, bahlutha, batyeba; baya kwandula ukubhekabheka
thixo bambi, ubakhonze, undiqumbise, uwaphule umnqophiso wam.
31:21 Kuya kuthi, xa zithe zafunyanwa ububi obuninzi naziimbandezelo
ukuba le ngoma ingqine kubo, ibe lingqina; ngayo
Ayisayi kulityalwa imke emlonyeni wembewu yabo; ngokuba ndiyabazi ababo
ingcamango abayijikelezayo, nangoku, ndingekafiki nayo
ezweni endalifungayo.
31:22 Wayibhala uMoses loo ngoma ngaloo mini, wayifundisa oonyana
kwaSirayeli.
31:23 Wamwisela umthetho uYoshuwa unyana kaNun, wathi, Yomelela ufe
ngokuba uya kubangenisa wena elizweni oonyana bakaSirayeli
endibafungele kona, ndoba nawe.
31:24 Kwathi, akugqiba uMoses ukuwabhala amazwi kakumkani
lo myalelo ubhalwe encwadini, bade bagqitywe;
31:25 uMoses wabawisela umthetho abaLevi, ababethwele ityeya yomnqophiso
uYehova, esithi,
31:26 Yithabathe incwadi yalo myalelo, uyibeke ecaleni letyeya yomnqophiso;
umnqophiso kaYehova uThixo wenu, ube lingqina khona
ngokuchasene nawe.
31:27 Ngokuba ndiyazazi iinkani zakho, nentamo yakho elukhuni.
Nisadla ubomi nani namhla, namana niphikisana noYehova; kwaye
kobeka phi emva kokufa kwam?
31:28 Bizelani ndawonye onke amadoda amakhulu ezizwe zenu, nababhali benu, beze kum
banokuwathetha la mazwi ezindlebeni zabo, baze babize izulu nomhlaba ekubhaleni
ngokuchasene nabo.
31:29 Kuba ndiyazi ukuba, emva kokufa kwam, niya kuzonakalisa kanye
tyekani endleleni endiniwisele umthetho ngayo; kuya kubakho ububi
wena ngemihla yokugqibela; ngokuba niya kwenza ububi emehlweni kaYehova
Yehova, ukuba umqumbise ngomsebenzi wezandla zakho.
31:30 Wawathetha ke uMoses ezindlebeni zebandla lonke lakwaSirayeli amazwi
yale ngoma, yada yagqitywa.