Duteronomi
15:1 Njalo ekupheleni kweminyaka eyisikhombisa uyakwenza uyelelo.
15:2 Nansi indlela yokukhululwa: Wonke umtshelekisi obolekayo ufanelwe
kumakhelwane wakhe uyakuyikhulula; akayikubiza kweyakhe
umakhelwane, noma umfowabo; ngoba kuthiwa ukukhululwa kukaJehova.
15:3 Kuwezizwe ungaphinda uyibize, kodwa okwakho ngeyakho
umfowenu isandla sakho siyakumkhulula;
15:4 Kuphela lapho kungabikho ompofu phakathi kwenu; ngoba uJehova uzakuba kakhulu
akubusise ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona ukuba libe yilifa lakho
ifa lokulidla:
15:5 Kuphela uma ulalela ngokucophelela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukuze
qaphela ukwenza yonke le miyalo engikuyala ngayo namuhla.
6 Ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakukubusisa njengokukuthembisa kwakhe;
tshelekisa izizwe eziningi, kepha wena awuyikuboleka; wena uyakubusa
phezu kwezizwe eziningi, kepha aziyikubusa phezu kwakho.
15:7 Uma kukhona phakathi kwenu umuntu ompofu omunye wabafowenu phakathi komunye
amasango akho ezweni lakho uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona, ungalibali
yenza lukhuni inhliziyo yakho, ungamvaleli umfowenu ompofu isandla sakho;
15:8 Kodwa wena uyosivula kakhulu isandla sakho kuye, futhi uzomboleka nokumboleka
anele ukuswela kwakhe, kulokho akufunayo.
15:9 Qaphela ukuba kungabikho umcabango omubi enhliziyweni yakho othi:
umnyaka wesikhombisa, umnyaka wokukhululwa, ususondele; iso lakho libe libi
kumfowenu ompofu, ungamniki lutho; wakhala kuye
uJehova phezu kwakho, kube yisono kuwe.
15:10 Womnika nokumnika, inhliziyo yakho ingabi lusizi lapho.
uyamnika, ngokuba ngenxa yale nto uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakwenza
ukubusise emisebenzini yakho yonke, nakukho konke obeka isandla sakho
kuze.
15:11 Ngoba ompofu akasoze aphela ezweni
wathi kuwe: 'Womvulela kakhulu umfowenu isandla sakho kumfowenu.'
ompofu, nabampofu bakho, ezweni lakho.
15:12 Futhi uma umfowenu, umHebheru, noma owesifazane ongumHebheru, ethengiswa kuye
akusebenzele iminyaka eyisithupha; ngomnyaka wesikhombisa uyakuvuma
akahambe akhululeke kuwe.
15:13 Futhi lapho umkhulula kuwe, ungamvumeli ukuba ahambe
kude kungenalutho:
15:14 Uzamnika ngokukhululekileyo emhlambini wakho wezimvu, lesibuya sakho.
nasesikhamweni sakho sewayini, kulokho uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho anakho
ubusisiwe uyakumnika.
15:15 Uzakhumbula ukuthi wawuyisigqili elizweni leGibhithe.
uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho wakuhlenga; ngalokho ngiyakuyala le nto
kuze kube namuhla.
15:16 Kuyothi uma ethi kuwe: 'Angiyikusuka kuwe;
ngokuba iyakuthanda wena nendlu yakho, ngokuba ihlezi kahle kuwe;
15:17 Khona-ke uyakuthatha inyoni, futhi ubhoboze indlebe yakhe endlebeni yakhe
umnyango, futhi uyakuba yinceku yakho kuze kube phakade. Futhi nakuwe
incekukazi wenze njalo.
15:18 Ngeke kubonakale lukhuni kuwe, lapho umkhulula kude
wena; ngoba ulingana nenceku eqashwa kabili kuwe ekukhonzeni
iminyaka eyisithupha; uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakukubusisa kukho konke onakho
dot.
15:19 Onke amazibulo amaduna aphuma ezinkomeni zakho nasemhlambini wakho wezimvu
uyakungcwelisela uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho; ungasebenzi msebenzi
izibulo lenkunzi yakho, ungaligundi izibulo lezimvu zakho.
15:20 Uyakulidla phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho iminyaka ngeminyaka kuleyo ndawo
uJehova ayakuyikhetha, wena nendlu yakho.
15:21 Futhi uma kukhona sici kulo, njengokuthi luqhuga, noma impumputhe, noma
noma yisiphi isici esibi, awuyikunikela ngaso kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.
15:22 Uyakuyidla phakathi kwamasango akho: ongcolile nohlanzekile
ziyakulidla kanye njengensephe nendluzele.
15:23 Kuphela ungadli igazi layo; wowuthela phezu kwe
emhlabathini njengamanzi.