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23:1 Uze ungathuthi ludaba lukhohlakeleyo; uze ungancedisani nongendawo
ukuba ndibe lingqina elingalungisiyo.
23:2 Uze ungalandeli isininzi ukuya kwenza ububi; uze ungathethi
ngesizathu sokuncipha emva kwabaninzi ukugqwetha isigwebo;
23:3 Uze ungasicengi ihlwempu etyaleni lalo.
23:4 Xa uthe waqubisana nenkomo yotshaba lwakho, nokuba liesile lalo, lilahleka: woyilahla.
yibuyisele kuye kwakhona.
23:5 Xa uthe walibona iesile lokuthiyileyo lisadalele phantsi komthwalo walo;
Ukuba uthe wabuncama, womnceda, inene.
23:6 Ungalijikekeli ityala lesisweli sakho etyaleni laso.
23:7 Zikhwelelise kude entweni ebubuxoki; aze abulale omsulwa nolilungisa
musa ukumgweba, ngokuba andiyi kumgwebela ongendawo.
23:8 Uze ungamkeli sicengo;
Ugqwetha amazwi amalungisa.
23:9 Uze ungamxini owasemzini; ngokuba uyayazi intliziyo yomntu
ningabaphambukeli, kuba naningabaphambukeli nani ezweni laseYiputa.
23:10 Wowuhlwayela umhlaba wakho iminyaka emithandathu, ubuthe iziqhamo
yayo:
23:11 Ke ngomnyaka wesixhenxe wowuyeka, ulale; ukuba amahlwempu
Ekushiyeni kwabo kodliwa ngamarhamncwa
yitya. Uze wenjenjalo kwisidiliya sakho, nakwisakho
indawo yomnquma.
23:12 Wowusebenza umsebenzi wakho imihla emithandathu, uphumle ngomhla wesixhenxe;
iphumle inkomo yakho, ne-esile lakho, nonyana womkhonzazana wakho;
owasemzini, usenokuhlaziyeka.
23:13 Zigcineni ezintweni zonke endizithethileyo kuni;
likhankanye igama lathixo bambi, ukuze lingaviwa phakathi kwakho
umlomo.
23:14 Uze undenzele umthendeleko kathathu ngomnyaka.
23:15 Uze uwugcine umthendeleko wezonka ezingenagwele;
izonka ezingenagwele iintsuku ezisixhenxe, njengoko ndakuwiselayo umthetho, ngexesha elimisiweyo
ngenyanga enguAbhibhi; ngokuba waphuma ngayo eYiputa;
vela phambi kwam ndingenanto :)
23:16 nomthendeleko wokuvuna, wentlahlela yemisebenzi yakho onayo
uhlwayele uhlwayela entsimini, nangomthendeleko wokuhlanganisa, obakho
ekupheleni komnyaka, ekuhlanganiseni kwakho ukubulaleka kwakho, emsebenzini
intsimi.
23:17 Izihlandlo ezithathu ngomnyaka, mayibonakale yonke into eyindoda yakowenu phambi kweNkosi uYehova.
23:18 Igazi lombingelelo wam uze ungalibingeleli phezu kwento enegwele;
nenqatha lombingelelo wam malingabi kusasa.
23:19 Ingqalo yentlahlela yomhlaba wakho uze uyizise endlwini;
kuYehova uThixo wakho. Uze ungapheki itakane ngobisi lukanina.
23:20 Uyabona, ndithuma isithunywa phambi kwakho, ukuba sikugcine endleleni, nakuwe
ndikuse endaweni endiyilungisileyo.
23:21 Silumkele, uliphulaphule izwi laso, ungasicaphukisi; kuba akafuni
xolela ukreqo lwakho, ngokuba igama lam likuso.
23:22 Ukuba uthe waliphulaphula okunene izwi lakhe, wakwenza konke endikuthethayo; mna nda
uya kuba lutshaba kwiintshaba zakho, umbandezeli wakho
iintshaba.
23:23 Kuba isithunywa sam sohamba phambi kwakho, sikuse kuwe
ama-Amori, namaHeti, namaPerizi, namaKanan
namaHivi, namaYebhusi; ndiwanqumle.
23:24 Uze ungaqubudi koothixo babo, ungabakhonzi, ungenzi emva koko
uya kubagungxula kuphele, ubagungxule
imifanekiso yabo.
23:25 Nize nikhonze uYehova uThixo wenu, asisikelele isonka sakho;
amanzi akho; ndisisuse isifo phakathi kwakho.
23:26 Akuyi kubakho nto iphunzayo, ingadlolo, ezweni lakho;
Inani lemihla yakho ndiya kulizalisa.
23:27 Ndiya kuzithuma phambi kwakho izothuso zam, ndibadubadube bonke abantu endiya kubo
uya kuza, ndizinikele ikhosi iintshaba zakho zonke
wena.
23:28 ndithumele oonomeva phambi kwakho, bawagxothe amaHivi.
amaKanan, namaHeti, phambi kwakho.
23:29 Andiyi kuwagxotha phambi kwakho ngamnyaka mnye; hleze umhlaba
yiba linxuwa, ande amarhamncwa asendle phezu kwakho.
23:30 Ndiya kuzigxotha kancinane phambi kwakho, ude ube wena
mande, ulidle ilifa ilizwe.
23:31 Ndoyimisa imida yakho, ithabathele kuLwandle oluBomvu ise kulwandle lwaselwandle
AmaFilistiya, athabathele entlango, ase emfuleni; ngokuba ndiya kuwahlangula
bemi belizwe esandleni senu; ubagqogqe ke
phambi kwakho.
23:32 Uze unganqophisani nabo, kwanoothixo babo;
23:33 ize bangemi ezweni lakho, hleze bakwenze undone.
Xa uthe wabakhonza oothixo bazo, inene, oko koba ngumgibe kuwe.