Eksodusi
20:1 UNkulunkulu wakhuluma onke lawa mazwi, wathi:
20:2 NginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, owakukhipha ezweni laseGibhithe.
aphume endlini yobugqila.
20:3 Ungabi nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami.
20:4 Ungazenzeli izithombe ezibaziweyo, nanoma yimuphi umfanekiso wanoma yimuphi
okusezulwini phezulu, noma okusemhlabeni phansi, noma lokho
isemanzini ngaphansi komhlaba;
20:5 Ungakhothameli kuzo, futhi ungazikhonzi, ngoba mina Jehova
uNkulunkulu wakho unguNkulunkulu onomhawu, ohambela ububi bawoyise phezu kwakho
abantwana kuze kube sesizukulwaneni sesithathu nesesine sabangizondayo;
20:6 Futhi ngibonisa umusa ezinkulungwaneni zalabo abangithandayo futhi bagcine eyami
imiyalo.
20:7 Ungaliphathi ngeze igama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho; ngoba uJehova
akayikumyeka oliphatha ngeze igama lakhe.
20:8 Khumbula usuku lwesabatha, ulungcwelise.
20:9 Izinsuku eziyisithupha uyakusebenza, uwenze wonke umsebenzi wakho.
20:10 Kodwa usuku lwesikhombisa luyisabatha likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho
ungenzi msebenzi, wena, nendodana yakho, nendodakazi yakho, nenceku yakho;
nencekukazi yakho, nenkomo yakho, nomfokazi wakho ophakathi kwakho
amasango:
20:11 Ngoba ngezinsuku eziyisithupha uJehova wenza izulu nomhlaba, ulwandle, futhi konke okuphakathi
bakhona, baphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa; ngalokho uJehova wabusisa uJehova
usuku lwesabatha, walungcwelisa.
20:12 Hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko, ukuze izinsuku zakho zande phezu kwakho
izwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona.
20:13 Ungabulali.
20:14 Ungaphingi.
20:15 Ungebi.
20:16 Ungafakazi amanga ngomakhelwane wakho.
20:17 Ungafisi indlu yomakhelwane wakho, ungafisi indlu yakho.
umfazi kamakhelwane, noma inceku yakhe, noma incekukazi yakhe, noma inkabi yakhe,
nembongolo yakhe, nokunye okomakhelwane wakho.
20:18 Futhi bonke abantu babona ukuduma, nemibani, futhi
umsindo wecilongo, nentaba eshunqayo, nalapho abantu bebona
wona, bawususa, bema kude.
" 20:19 Bathi kuMose: "Khuluma wena nathi, futhi sizokuzwa
kayisuye uNkulunkulu okhuluma lathi, hlezi sife.
20:20 UMose wayesethi kubantu: "Ningesabi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uze ukunivivinya.
nokumesaba kube sebusweni benu, ukuze ningoni.
20:21 Futhi abantu bema kude, futhi uMose wasondela eduze
ubumnyama lapho uNkulunkulu ayekhona.
" 20:22 Futhi uJehova wathi kuMose: "Yilokhu ozokusho kubantwana bakwa
Israyeli, ubonile ukuthi ngikhulume nawe ngisezulwini.
20:23 Ningazenzeli kanye nami onkulunkulu besiliva, futhi ningazenzeli kini
onkulunkulu begolide.
20:24 Ungenzele i-altare lomhlabathi, futhi unikele phezu kwalo
iminikelo yakho yokushiswa, neminikelo yakho yokuthula, izimvu zakho, nezinkomo zakho;
ezindaweni zonke lapho engifakaza khona igama lami ngiyakuza kuwe, futhi ngizakwenza
ngikubusise.
20:25 Futhi uma ungenzela i-altare ngamatshe, awuyikulakha ngalo
amatshe abaziweyo, ngokuba uma uphakamisela ithuluzi lakho phezu kwalo, uyalingcolisa.
20:26 Futhi ungakhuphukeli e-altare lami ngezitebhisi, ukuze ubunqunu bakho bube
akutholwanga lapho.