Eksodusi
22:1 Uma umuntu eba inkabi noma imvu, futhi ayihlabe, noma athengise ngayo; yena
uyakubuyisela izinkabi ezinhlanu ngenkomo, nezimvu ezine ngemvu.
22:2 Uma isela lifunyanwa ligqekeza, lishaywe, lize life, kuyakuba khona.
akuchithwa igazi ngenxa yakhe.
22:3 Uma ilanga liphumile phezu kwakhe, kuyoba khona igazi phezu kwakhe; ngoba yena
kufanele enze imbuyiselo ephelele; uma lingenalutho, kuyakuthengiswa ngalo
ngenxa yokweba kwakhe.
22:4 Uma okwebiwe kutholwa esandleni salo iphila, noma inkabi, noma
imbongolo, noma izimvu; uyakubuyisela kabili.
22:5 Uma umuntu enza ukuba kudliwe insimu noma isivini, futhi afake
isilwane sakhe siyakudla ensimini yomunye; lokuhle kakhulu kwezakhe
uyakubuyisela insimu nokuhle kwesivini sakhe.
22:6 Uma umlilo uqubuka, futhi ubambe emeveni, ukuze izitaki zokusanhlamvu, noma
amabele angakavunwa, noma insimu, kudliwe ngakho; owabasayo
umlilo uyakubuyisela impela.
22:7 Uma umuntu enikeza kumakhelwane wakhe imali noma impahla ukuba ayigcine, futhi
zintshontshwe endlini yomuntu; uma isela lifunyanwa, kalikhokhe
kabili.
22:8 Uma isela lingatholakali, khona-ke umninindlu uyolethwa
kubahluleli, ukuze babone ukuthi ngabe usesifakile yini isandla sakhe kwesakhe
izimpahla zikamakhelwane.
22:9 Kuzo zonke izinhlobo zecala, noma eyenkabi, neyembongolo, neyemvu,
ngesembatho, lanoma iyiphi into elahlekileyo, omunye ayiphikisayo
ukuze kube ngeyakhe, indaba yazo zombili izinhlangothi iyofika phambi kwabahluleli; futhi
abayakumlahla abahluleli, uyakukhokha kuphindwe kabili kumakhelwane wakhe.
22:10 Uma umuntu enikela kumakhelwane wakhe imbongolo, noma inkabi, noma imvu, noma iyiphi.
isilo, ukugcina; futhi liyafa, noma lilinyazwe, noma lixoshwe, kungaboni muntu
yona:
22:11 Khona-ke kuyoba isifungo sikaJehova phakathi kwabo bobabili, ukuthi akanalo
abeke isandla sakhe empahleni yomakhelwane wakhe; futhi umnikazi waso kufanele
akwamukele, kepha akayikukubuyisela.
22:12 Futhi uma yebiwe kuye, uyakwenza imbuyiselo kumnikazi
kwakho.
22:13 Uma idwengulwa zibe yizicucu, makalethe kube ngubufakazi, futhi uyokwenza
ungalungisi okudatshuliweyo.
22:14 Uma umuntu eboleka utho kumakhelwane wakhe, bese ilimale, noma ife,
umniniyo engekho phakathi kwayo, uyakuyikhokha impela.
22:15 Kodwa uma umniniyo enakho, ngeke akhokhise: uma kunjalo
into eqashiwe, izele inkokhelo yakhe.
22:16 Futhi uma umuntu eyenga incekukazi engakaganiselwa, futhi alale nayo, ngeke.
uyakumnika impela abe ngumkakhe.
22:17 Uma uyise enqaba nokumnika kuye, uyakukhokha imali
ngokwelobolo lezintombi.
22:18 Ungavumeli umthakathi aphile.
22:19 Noma ubani olala nesilwane kumelwe nakanjani abulawe.
22:20 Lowo ohlabela noma yimuphi unkulunkulu, ngaphandle kukaJehova kuphela, uyakuba
ibhujiswe ngokuphelele.
22:21 Ungamhlukumezi umfokazi, ungamcindezeli;
abafokazi ezweni laseGibhithe.
22:22 Aniyikuhlupha noma yimuphi umfelokazi noma intandane.
22:23 Uma ubahlupha nganoma iyiphi indlela, futhi bakhale kimi,
isibili yizwa ukukhala kwabo;
22:24 Futhi ulaka lwami luyovutha, futhi ngizonibulala ngenkemba; kanye nawe
abafazi bayakuba ngabafelokazi, nabantwana benu babe yizintandane.
22:25 Uma uboleka imali omunye wabantu bami abampofu ngawe, wena
ungabi kuye njengomboleki, ungambiki inzalo.
22:26 “Uma uthatha ingubo yomakhelwane wakho ibe yisibambiso, woyikubambisa.
mnike yona ilanga lishona.
22:27 Ngoba lokho kuyisambatho sakhe kuphela, yisambatho sakhe sesikhumba;
uzolala na? kuyakuthi lapho ekhala kimi
ngizozwa; ngoba ngilomusa.
22:28 Ungathuki onkulunkulu, ungathuki umbusi wabantu bakho.
22:29 Ungalibali ukunikela lokuqala izithelo zakho ezivuthiwe, futhi yakho
izibulo lamadodana akho wonginika lona.
22:30 Ngokufanayo uyakwenza ngezinkomo zakho kanye nezimvu zakho: izinsuku eziyisikhombisa
kuyakuba kunina; ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili wonginika lona.
22:31 Futhi niyakuba amadoda angcwele kimi, futhi ningayidli inyama ekhona
idwengulwe izilo endle; niyakuwuphonsa ezinjeni.