Eksodusi
23:1 Ungaphakamisi umbiko wamanga, ungafaki isandla sakho kwababi
ukuze ngibe ngufakazi ongalunganga.
23:2 Ungalandeli isixuku ukwenza okubi; futhi ungakhulumi
ngesizathu sokwehla ngemuva kwabaningi ukuhlanekezela ukwahlulela:
23:3 Futhi ungabheki umuntu ompofu ecaleni lakhe.
23:4 Uma uhlangana nenkabi yesitha sakho noma imbongolo yaso iduka, woza
alibuyisele kuye futhi.
23:5 Uma ubona imbongolo yalowo okuzondayo ilele phansi komthwalo wayo,
uma uyeka ukumsiza, uyakumsiza impela.
23:6 Awuyikuphendukezela isahlulelo sompofu wakho ecaleni lakhe.
23:7 Deda kude nendaba yamanga; futhi babulale abangenacala nabalungile
ungenzi, ngokuba angiyikumlungisisa omubi.
23:8 Futhi ungathathi isipho, ngoba isipho siphuphuthekisa abahlakaniphileyo, futhi
uhlanekezela amazwi abalungileyo.
23:9 Futhi ungamcindezeli umfokazi, ngokuba niyayazi inhliziyo yomuntu
ningabafokazi, njengokuba naningabafokazi ezweni laseGibithe.
23:10 Futhi iminyaka eyisithupha uyakuhlwanyela ezweni lakho, futhi uyobutha izithelo
kwakho:
23:11 Kepha ngomnyaka wesikhombisa uyakuwuyeka ulale; ukuthi abampofu
kubantu bakho bangakudla, nabakushiyayo kuyakuba yizilo zasendle
dla. Uzakwenza njalo ngesivini sakho langesakho
indawo yomnqumo.
23:12 Izinsuku eziyisithupha uyakwenza umsebenzi wakho, uphumule ngosuku lwesikhombisa.
ukuze inkabi yakho nembongolo yakho ziphumule, nendodana yencekukazi yakho, futhi
isihambi, angase aqabuleke.
23:13 Futhi kukho konke engikushilo kini, niqaphele, futhi ningenzi
igama labanye onkulunkulu lingezwakali kuwe
umlomo.
23:14 Kathathu ngomnyaka uyakungigcinela umkhosi.
23:15 Wogcina umkhosi wesinkwa esingenamvubelo
isinkwa esingenamvubelo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, njengalokho ngakuyala ngesikhathi esimisiweyo
lwenyanga ka-Abibi; ngoba waphuma ngayo eGibhithe, njalo kayikubakho
vela phambi kwami ngingenalutho :)
23:16 Futhi umkhosi wokuvuna, izithelo zokuqala zemisebenzi yakho, okuyinto wena
owahlwanyela ensimini: nomkhosi wokubutha osensimini
ekupheleni komnyaka, lapho usubuthile umshikashika wakho emsebenzini
inkambu.
23:17 Kathathu ngomnyaka bonke abesilisa bakho bayakubonakala phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu.
23:18 Unganikeli igazi lomhlatshelo wami kanye nesinkwa esivutshelweyo;
namanoni omhlatshelo wami makangasali kuze kube sekuseni.
23:19 Ukuqala kolibo lwezwe lakho uyakuletha endlini
kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho. Ungapheki izinyane lembuzi obisini lukanina.
23:20 Bheka, Ngiyathuma ingelosi phambi kwakho, ukuze ikugcine endleleni, futhi
ngikuyise endaweni engiyilungisileyo.
23:21 Qaphela kuye, futhi ulalele izwi lakhe, ungamcunuli; ngoba ngeke
thethelelani iziphambeko zenu, ngokuba igama lami likuye.
22 Kepha uma ulalela nokulalela izwi lakhe, ukwenze konke engikukhulumayo; ngase ngi
uzakuba yisitha sezitha zakho, lesitha sezakho
izitha.
23:23 Ngoba iNgelosi yami izohamba phambi kwakho, futhi ikulethe kuwe
ama-Amori, namaHeti, namaPherizi, namaKhanani
namaHivi, namaJebusi, ngiwanqume.
23:24 Ungakhothameli onkulunkulu babo, futhi ungabakhonzi, futhi ungakwenzi ngemva kwalokho
imisebenzi yabo, kepha uyakubagumbuqela, ubabhidlize
izithombe zabo.
23:25 Futhi niyokhonza uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu, futhi uyosibusisa isinkwa sakho, futhi
amanzi akho; ngiyakususa ukugula phakathi kwakho.
23:26 Akuyikubakho ophunzayo noma oyinyumba ezweni lakini
inani lezinsuku zakho ngiyakuligcwalisa.
23:27 Ngiyothumela ukwesaba kwami phambi kwakho, futhi ngiyobhubhisa bonke abantu kubo
uyakufika, ngenze ukuba zonke izitha zakho zifulathele
wena.
23:28 Ngiyakuthuma iminyovu phambi kwakho, eyakuxosha amaHivi.
amaKhanani, namaHeti, phambi kwakho.
23:29 Angiyikubaxosha phambi kwakho ngomnyaka owodwa; funa izwe
yiba yincithakalo, nezilo zasendle zande phezu kwakho.
23:30 Kancane kancane ngizobaxosha phambi kwakho, kuze kube wena
nande, nidle ifa lomhlaba.
23:31 Futhi ngizobeka imingcele yakho kusukela oLwandle Olubomvu kuze kufike olwandle
amaFilisti, kusukela ehlane kuze kufike emfuleni, ngokuba ngiyakuwakhulula
abakhileyo ezweni esandleni sakho; wena ubaxoshe
phambi kwakho.
23:32 Ungenzi isivumelwano nabo, noma nonkulunkulu babo.
23:33 Abayikuhlala ezweni lakho, funa bakwenze wone kimi.
ngokuba uma ukhonza onkulunkulu babo, kuyakuba lugibe kuwe.