Duteronomi
14:1 Ningabantwana beNKOSI uNkulunkulu wenu;
ungenzi impandla phakathi kwamehlo akho ngenxa yofileyo.
14:2 Ngoba wena uyisizwe esingcwele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, futhi uJehova unalo
wakukhetha ukuba ube yisizwe sakhe phezu kwezizwe zonke
ezisemhlabeni.
14:3 Ungadli into enengekayo.
14:4 Lezi yizilwane eniyakuzidla: inkabi, imvu, nemvu
imbuzi,
14:5 Indluzele, nensense, nendluzele, nembuzi
intuba, nenyathi, nentungulu.
14:6 Naso sonke isilo esidabula inselo, sidabule inselo kabili.
nezinzipho, ezetshisayo phakathi kwezilwane, ningazidla.
14:7 Nokho lezi aniyikuzidla kwezetshisayo noma kuzo
abadabula inselo; njengekamela, nonogwaja, kanye
inyoni, ngokuba ziyetshisa, kodwa azihlukanisi inselo; ngakho-ke bona
zingcolile kini.
14:8 nengulube, ngokuba yahlukene inselo, kodwa ayetshisi;
ingcolile kini; aniyikudla inyama yazo, ningazithinti
isidumbu esifile.
14:9 Lezi ningazidla kuzo zonke ezisemanzini: zonke ezinamaphiko kanye
niyakudla izikali;
14:10 Futhi zonke ezingenamaphiko nezingcwecwe aniyikudla; ingcolile
kuwe.
14:11 Kuzo zonke izinyoni ezihlambulukileyo niyakudla.
14:12 Kodwa lezi yizo eningayikuzidla: ukhozi, futhi
i-ossifrage, kanye ne-ospray,
14:13 negwala, nenkemane, nenqe, nenqe ngezinhlobo zalo;
14:14 negwababa ngezinhlobo zalo,
14:15 Nesikhova, noklebe, noklebe, noklebe emva kwakhe.
umusa,
14:16 Isikhova, nesikhova esikhulu, nedada;
14:17 nevuba, nokhozi, nevuba;
14:18 nonogolantethe, nokhwalimanzi ngezinhlobo zalo, nonozini, nomvini.
ilulwane.
14:19 Futhi zonke izidalwa ezindizayo zingcolile kini
kudliwe.
14:20 Kodwa zonke izinyoni ezihlanzekile ningazidla.
14:21 Aniyikudla noma yini ezifelayo;
kumfokazi osemasangweni akho ukuba akudle; noma wena
ungalithengisa kowezizweni, ngokuba wena uyisizwe esingcwele kuJehova
uNkulunkulu wakho. Ungapheki izinyane lembuzi obisini lukanina.
14:22 Impela uyakunikela okweshumi kuwo wonke umkhiqizo wembewu yakho, leyo insimu
izala umnyaka ngomnyaka.
14:23 Futhi uyodla phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, endaweni lapho uyokwenza
khetha ukubeka khona igama lakhe, okweshumi kwamabele akho, nokwewayini lakho, kanye
emafutheni akho, namazibulo ezinkomo zakho nawezimvu zakho; lokho
ufunde ukumesaba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho njalo.
14:24 Futhi uma indlela yinde kakhulu kuwe, ukuze ungakwazi ukuthwala
yona; noma indawo ikude nawe, uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho aya kuyo
ukhethe ukubeka igama lakhe khona, lapho uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ekubusisile.
14:25 Uyakuyiphendulela ibe yimali, uyibophe imali esandleni sakho.
uye endaweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ayakuyikhetha;
14:26 Futhi uzokhipha leyo mali kukho konke umphefumulo wakho okufisayo.
ngezinkomo, noma ngezimvu, noma ngewayini, noma ngophuzo olunamandla, noma ngenxa
noma yini umphefumulo wakho ekufisayo, ukudle khona phambi kukaJehova
uNkulunkulu wakho, uthokoze, wena nendlu yakho;
14:27 nomLevi ophakathi kwamasango akho; ungamshiyi; okwe
akanasabelo nafa nawe.
14:28 Ekupheleni kweminyaka emithathu, uyakukhipha konke okweshumi kwakho
wandise wona lowo mnyaka, ukubeke phakathi kwamasango akho;
14:29 nomLevi, ngokuba akanasabelo nafa nawe,
umfokazi, nentandane, nomfelokazi abaphakathi kwakho
amasango, ayakufika, adle, asuthe; ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho
makakubusise emsebenzini wonke wesandla sakho owenzayo.