ISAMBULO 8

₁Kuthé ukuba liluvule uphawu lwesikhombisa, kwathi du ezulwini kungathi inxenye yehora.

₂Ngase ngibona izingelosi eziyisikhombisa zimi phambi kukaNkulunkulu, zanikwa amacilongo ayisikhombisa.

₃Kwase kufika enye ingelosi, yema ngasealtare inesitsha segolide sempepho, yanikwa impepho eningi ukuba iyelekele emikhulekweni yabangcwele bonke phezu kwealtare legolide eliphambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi.

₄Kwase kwenyuka esandleni sengelosi umusi wempepho nemikhuleko yabangcwele phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

₅Ingelosi yayisithabatha isitsha sempepho, yasigcwalisa ngomlilo wasealtare, yasiphonsa emhlabeni; kwase kubakhona ukuduma, namazwi, nemibani, nokuzamazama komhlaba.

₆Izingelosi eziyisikhombisa ezazinamacilongo ayisikhombisa zazilungiselela ukubetha.

₇Eyokuqala yayisibetha; kwase kubakhona isichotho nomlilo kuxutshaniswé negazi, kwaphonswa emhlabeni; okwesithathu komhlaba kwasha kwaqothuka, nokwesithathu kwemithi kwasha kwaqothuka, nabo bonke utshani obuluhlaza basha baqothuka.

₈Ingelosi yesibili yayisibetha; kwangathi intaba enkulu ivutha umlilo, yaphonswa elwandle; okwesithathu kolwandle kwaba-yigazi,

₉kwafa okwesithathu kokudaliweyo okwakuselwandle okuphilayo, nokwesithathu kwemikhumbi kwabhujiswa.

₁₀Ingelosi yesithathu yayisibetha; kwase kuwa ezulwini inkanyezi enkulu ivuthisa okwesibani, yawela phezu kokwesithathu kwemifula naphezu kwemithombo yamanzi.

₁₁Igama lenkanyezi lithiwa uMhlonyane. Okwesithathu kwamanzi kwabangumhlonyane, nabaningi kubantu bafa ngamanzi, ngokuba enziwa ababa.

₁₂Ingelosi yesine yayisibetha; kwashaywa okwesithathu kwelanga, nokwesithathu kwenyanga, nokwesithathu kwezinkanyezi, ukuze okwesithathu kwakho kufiphazwe, nemini ingakhanyi okwesithathu kwayo, nobusuku ngokunjalo.

₁₃Ngase ngibona, ngezwa ukhozi lundiza emkhathini wezulu, lumemeza ngezwi elikhulu, luthi: Maye, maye, maye kwabakhileyo emhlabeni ngokunye ukukhala kwecilongo lezingelosi ezintathu ezisezakubetha!