iEksodus 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.