Exodus 20

Imithetho elitshumi

1UNkulunkulu a wasekhuluma b wonke la amazwi esithi:

2NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho c eyakukhupha elizweni leGibhithe, endlini yobugqili.

3Ungabi labanye onkulunkulu phambi kwami d.

4Ungazenzeli isithombe esibaziweyo e loba yiwuphi umfanekiso wokusemazulwini phezulu, loba wokusemhlabeni phansi, loba wokusemanzini ngaphansi komhlaba; 5ungakukhothameli, ungakukhonzi f; ngoba mina iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, nginguNkulunkulu olobukhwele g, ngiphindisela ububi baboyise phezu kwabantwana h, kuze kube sesizukulwaneni sesithathu lesesine sabangizondayo, 6kodwa ngibenzela umusa i abayizinkulungwane zabangithandayo lezabagcina imilayo yami.

7Ungaliphathi ngeze ibizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho j; ngoba iNkosi kayiyikumyekela engelacala ophatha ibizo layo ngeze.

8Khumbula usuku lwesabatha, ukulugcina lube ngcwele k. 9Insuku eziyisithupha uzasebenza, uwenze wonke umsebenzi wakho l; 10kodwa usuku lwesikhombisa lulisabatha leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho; ungenzi loba yiwuphi umsebenzi ngalo, wena lendodana yakho lendodakazi yakho, inceku yakho lencekukazi yakho lezifuyo zakho lowemzini wakho ophakathi kwamasango akho m. 11Ngoba ngensuku eziyisithupha iNkosi yenza amazulu lomhlaba lolwandle lakho konke okukukho, yasiphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa n; ngalokhu iNkosi yalubusisa usuku lwesabatha, yalungcwelisa.

12Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko o, ukuze insuku zakho zelulwe elizweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika lona p.

13Ungabulali q.

14Ungafebi r.

15Ungebi s.

16Unganiki ubufakazi bamanga ngomakhelwane wakho t.

17Ungafisi indlu kamakhelwane wakho, ungafisi umkamakhelwane wakho, lenceku yakhe, lencekukazi yakhe, lenkabi yakhe, lobabhemi wakhe, njalo loba yini ekamakhelwane wakho u.

Ukwesaba kwabantu

18Bonke abantu basebebona imidumo v lemibane lelizwi lophondo w, lentaba ithunqa x. Kwathi abantu bekubona bathuthumela, bema khatshana; 19bathi kuMozisi: Khuluma wena lathi, njalo sizakuzwa y; kodwa uNkulunkulu kangakhulumi lathi hlezi sife z. 20UMozisi wasesithi ebantwini: Lingesabi aa; ngoba uNkulunkulu ufikile ukuze alilinge ab, lokuze ukwesabeka kwakhe kube phambi kwenu ac, ukuze lingoni. 21Abantu bema-ke khatshana; kodwa uMozisi wasondela emnyameni onzima lapho uNkulunkulu ayekhona ad.

Umthetho omayelana lelathi

22INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Uzakutsho njalo kubantwana bakoIsrayeli uthi: Lina selibonile ukuthi ngikhulume lani ngisemazulwini ae. 23Kaliyikwenza kanye lami onkulunkulu besiliva, njalo onkulunkulu begolide kaliyikuzenzela af. 24Ngenzela ilathi lenhlabathi, unikele phezu kwalo iminikelo yakho yokutshiswa leminikelo yakho yokuthula, izimvu zakho lenkabi zakho. Kuyo yonke indawo lapho engilenza ibizo lami ukuthi likhunjulwe khona ag ngizakuza kuwe ngikubusise ah. 25Kodwa uba ungenzela ilathi lamatshe ai, awuyikulakha ngamatshe abaziweyo aj; ngoba nxa uphakamisela kulo insimbi yakho yokubaza ak, uyalingcolisa. 26Awuyikukhwela phezu kwelathi lami ngezikhwelo, ukuze ubunqunu bakho bungembulwa phezu kwalo.

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