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21:1 Yiyo ke le imigwebo owoyimisa phambi kwabo.
21:2 Ukuba uthe wathenga ikhoboka elingumHebhere, lokhonza iminyaka emithandathu;
owesixhenxe uya kuphuma ekhululekile, engahlawulelwanga.
21:3 Ukuba lithe leza lodwa, lophuma lodwa;
etshatile, umkayo wophuma naye.
21:4 Ukuba ke inkosi yalo ithe yalizekela umfazi, walizalela oonyana, nokuba kungoku
iintombi; umfazi nabantwana bakhe boba ngabenkosi yakhe, yona ke
aphume yedwa.
21:5 Ukuba ke umkhonzi uthe, Ndiyayithanda inkosi yam, nomkam, nomfazi wam
abantwana; andiyi kuphuma ndikhululekile;
21:6 Inkosi yalo yolizisa kubini; naye uya kumzisa
naselucangweni, nokuba kuse emgubasini; yoyithwala indlebe inkosi yalo
nge-alli; kwaye uya kumkhonza ngonaphakade.
21:7 Xa athe umntu wathengisa ngentombi yakhe ukuba ibe sisicakazana, mayingaphumi
njengoko besenza izicaka.
21:8 Ke ukuba ithe ayayikholisa inkosi yayo, ebizimisele yona, yoyimisela;
yoyivumela ukuba ikhululwe ngentlawulelo, ukuba ithengise ngayo kubantu bolunye uhlanga
Akanamandla, ngokuba umqhathile.
21:9 Ukuba ithe yayimisela unyana wayo, yothi iyenze emva koko
indlela yeentombi.
21:10 Ukuba ithe yamzekela omnye umfazi; ukutya kwakhe, iimpahla zakhe, nomsebenzi wakhe wokunxiba
Umtshato mawungawunciphisi.
21:11 Ukuba ayithanga izenze ezo zinto zontathu, mayiphume ikhululekile
ngaphandle kwemali.
21:12 Othe wabetha umntu wafa, naye wobulawa afe.
21:13 Ke ukuba umntu akalalelanga, yasuka uThixo wamnikela esandleni sakhe; mna nda
akumisele indawo aya kusabela kuyo.
21:14 Xa ke umntu athe wagabadela ngakummelwane wakhe, wambulala ngobuso.
inkohliso uze umsuse nasesibingelelweni sam, afe.
21:15 Othe wabetha uyise, nokuba ngunina, wobulawa afe
ukufa.
21:16 Othe weba umntu, nokuba uthengise ngaye, nokuba ufunyenwe esandleni sakhe.
makabulawe afe.
21:17 Othe watshabhisa uyise, nokuba ngunina, wobulawa afe
ukufa.
21:18 Ukuba amadoda abambana ngezihlwitha, aze omnye abethe ngelitye, nokuba kungengawo
nenqindi lakhe, akafi, ulala ukhuko lwakhe;
21:19 Ukuba uthe wavuka, wahamba phandle ngomsimelelo wakhe, wothi lowo
wamxabela, makabe msulwa; kuphela uya kuhlawula iindleko zexesha lakhe, ahlawule
menze amphiliswe ngokupheleleyo.
21:20 Xa athe umntu wasibetha isicaka sakhe, nokuba sisicakakazi sakhe ngentonga, safa.
phantsi kwesandla sakhe; wohlwaywa ngenene.
21:21 Kodwa ukuba sithe sahlala, asafa, usuku nokuba ziintsuku: makungaphindezelwa;
ngokuba yimali yakhe.
21:22 Xa athe amadoda abambana ngezihlwitha, agila umfazi emithi, waphuma isisu
uphuma kuye, kungaveli bubi;
njengoko iya kubeka phezu kwayo indoda yomfazi; uya kuhlawula njengoko
abagwebi bagqiba.
21:23 Ukuba uthe wenza ububi, worhola umphefumlo ngomphefumlo;
21:24 Iliso ngeliso, izinyo ngezinyo, isandla ngesandla, unyawo ngonyawo,
21:25 ukutshiswa ngokutshiswa, inxeba ngenxeba, umvumbo ngomvumbo.
21:26 Xa athe umntu wasibetha esweni isicaka sakhe, nokuba uthe wasibetha esweni isicakakazi sakhe, wathi,
iyatshabalala; womndulula ekhululekile ngenxa yeliso lakhe.
21:27 Ukuba uthe wakhumla izinyo lesicaka sakhe, nokuba lelesicakazana sakhe, nokuba sisicakakazi sakhe, nokuba sisicakakazi sakhe, nokuba seso sicakazana sakhe.
womndulula ekhululekile ngenxa yezinyo lakhe.
21:28 Ke xa inkomo ithe yahlaba indoda, nokuba yinkazana, yafa: yoba yinkomo leyo
ixulutywe ngamatye mpela, ingadliwa inyama yakhe; kodwa umnini nkomo
iza kuyekwa.
21:29 Ukuba inkomo ibihlaba kakade, yabuya yahlaba.
ungqinelwe enkosini yakhe, kodwa akagcinanga nayo, kodwa yona
wabulala indoda nokuba yinkazana; inkomo mayigityiselwe ngamatye, kwanomniniyo
uya kubulawa.
21:30 Ukuba uthe wamiselwa intlawulo yemali, woyimisela
intlawulelo yomphefumlo wakhe ngako konke okumiselweyo.
21:31 Nokuba ihlabe unyana, nokuba ihlabe intombi, ngolo hlobo;
makwenziwe ugwebo kuye.
21:32 Ukuba inkomo ithe yahlaba isicaka, nokuba sisicakakazi; uya kunika
inkosi yabo yoba ngamashumi amathathu eeshekele zesilivere, inkomo igityiselwe ngamatye.
21:33 Xa umntu athe wavula umgodi, nokuba uthe wemba umgodi, akawuva.
sigubungele, kuwele inkomo, nokuba liesile;
21:34 Umninimhadi woyimisela, ambuyisele umniniyo ngemali
yabo; into efileyo yoba yeyakhe.
21:35 Xa ithe inkomo yomntu yahlaba inkomo yommelwane wakhe, yafa; emva koko baya kuthengisa
inkomo leyo iphilileyo, uyahlule imali yayo; kwanenkomo efileyo mabayenze
yahlula.
21:36 Ukuba kwakusazeka ukuba inkomo ibihlaba kakade, neyakhe;
umniniyo akamgcinanga; makayimisele inkomo ngenkomo; nabafileyo
iya kuba yeyakhe.