Duteronomi
8:1 Yonke imiyalo engikuyala ngayo namuhla niyoyigcina
yenzani, ukuze niphile, nande, ningene, nilidle izwe
uJehova wafunga koyihlo.
8:2 Futhi uzoyikhumbula yonke indlela uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akuholile
le minyaka engamashumi amane ehlane ukuba ngikuthobe, ngikuvivinye;
ukwazi okusenhliziyweni yakho, ukuthi uyakugcina yini okwakhe
imiyalo, noma cha.
8:3 Futhi wakuthobisa, futhi wavumela ukuba ulambe, futhi wakupha ukudla
imana obungayazi, noyihlo ababengayazi; ukuthi yena
lingakwazisa ukuthi umuntu kaphili ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa ngakho konke
izwi eliphuma emlonyeni kaJehova umuntu uphila.
8:4 Izingubo zakho aziguganga phezu kwakho, nonyawo lwakho aluvuvukalanga
iminyaka engamashumi amane.
8:5 Futhi kumelwe ucabange enhliziyweni yakho, njengoba nje umuntu elaya yakhe
ndodana, kanjalo uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakulaya.
8:6 Ngakho kumelwe ugcine imiyalo kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukuze uhambe
ezindleleni zakhe, nokumesaba.
8:7 Ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ukungenisa ezweni elihle, ezweni lezifufula
amanzi, emithombo nezitwa eziphuma ezigodini nasemagqumeni;
8:8 Izwe likakolweni, nebhali, nezivini, nemikhiwane, namapomegranati;
izwe leminqumo yamafutha, nezinyosi;
8:9 Izwe lapho uyakudla isinkwa ngaphandle kwendlala, wena ngeke
untula utho kuwo; izwe elimatshe alo ayinsimbi, nokuphuma kulo
amagquma ungamba ithusi.
8:10 Lapho usudlile futhi usuthe, uyakumbonga uJehova wakho
uNkulunkulu ngenxa yezwe elihle akunike lona.
8:11 Qaphela ukuba ungakhohlwa uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ngokungagcini eyakhe
imiyalo yakhe, nezahlulelo zakhe, nezimiso zakhe, engikuyala ngakho
namuhla:
8:12 Hleze, lapho usudlile, usuthe, wakhe izindlu ezinhle,
wahlala kulo;
8:13 Futhi lapho izinkomo zakho nezimvu zakho zanda, nesiliva lakho negolide lakho
kwandisiwe, nakho konke onakho kwandiswa;
8:14 Khona inhliziyo yakho uziphakamisile, futhi ukhohlwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, okuyinto
wakukhipha ezweni laseGibithe, endlini yobugqila;
8:15 Owakuhola ngokusebenzisa ehlane elikhulu nelesabekayo, lapho kwakukhona
izinyoka ezinomlilo, nawofezela, nesomiso lapho kwakungekho manzi khona;
owakukhiphela amanzi edwaleni lensengetsha;
8:16 owakudlisa imana ehlane oyihlo ababengayazi;
ukuze akuthobise, akulinge, enze okuhle kuwe
ekupheleni kwakho;
8:17 Futhi uthi enhliziyweni yakho: Amandla ami namandla esandla sami
ungitholele lomcebo.
8:18 Kodwa kumelwe ukhumbule uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ngoba nguye okuphayo
amandla okuzuza ingcebo, ukuze amise isivumelwano sakhe asifungayo
koyihlo njenganamuhla.
8:19 Kuyothi, uma ukhohlwa uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, futhi uhambe
nilandele abanye onkulunkulu, nibakhonze, nibakhonze, ngiyafakaza ngokumelene nabo
nina namuhla niyakubhubha nokubhubha.
8:20 Njengezizwe uJehova achitha phambi kwenu, kanjalo niyakuba
bhubha; ngoba anivumanga ukulalela izwi likaJehova wenu
uNkulunkulu.