Iziyalo ezisingisela kululamo ngenxa yabakwenzelwe nguThixo
1Wonke umthetho endikuwiselayo namhla, ize nizigcine ngokwenu ukuba niwenze, ukuze niphile, nande, ningene nilimé ilizwe elo walifungela ooyihlo uYehova. 2Uze uyikhumbule yonke indlela akuhambise ngayo uYehova uThixo wakho, le minyaka imashumi mané entlango, ukuze akuthobe, akulinge, akwazi okusentliziyweni yakho, ukuba wòyigcina imithetho yakhe, akuyi kuyigcina, kusini na. 3Wakuthoba, wakulambisa, wakudlisa imana,• into obungayazi, ababengayazi nooyihlo; ukuze akwazise ukuba akaphili ngasonka sodwa umntu; umntu lo yena uphila ngento yonke ephuma emlonyeni kaYehova. 4Ingubo yakho ayonakalanga bubudala ikushiye, nonyawo lwakho aludumbanga, le minyaka imashumi mané.
5Uze wazi ngentliziyo yakho, ukuba njengoko umntu amqeqeshayo unyana wakhe, uYehova uThixo wakho uyakuqeqesha wena; 6uyigcine ke imithetho kaYehova uThixo wakho, ukuba uhambe ngeendlela zakhe, umoyike. 7Kuba uYehova uThixo wakho ukungenisa ezweni elihle; ezweni lemilanjana yamanzi, lemithombo namanzi enzonzobila, aphuma ezihlanjeni nasezintabeni; 8ezweni lengqolowa, nerhasi, neediliya, nemikhiwane, neerharnate; ezweni leminquma yeoli, nobusi; 9ezweni ongayi kudla sonka kulo uyimbedlenge, ongayi kuswela nanye into kulo; ezweni elimatye asinyithi, elintaba womba ubhedu kuzo; 10udle, uhluthe, umbonge uYehova uThixo wakho ngenxa yelizwe elihle akunike lona.
11Zigcine, hleze umlibale uYehova uThixo wakho ngokungayigcini imithetho yakhe, namasiko akhe, nemimiselo yakhe, endikumiselayo namhla; 12hleze uthi, wakudla uhluthe, wakhe izindlu ezintle, uhlale kuzo; 13zande iinkomo zakho, nempahla yakho emfutshane, yande kuwe isilivere negolide, yande yonke into onayo: 14isuke iphakame intliziyo yakho, umlibale uYehova uThixo wakho, owakukhuphayo ezweni laseYiputa, endlwini yobukhoboka; 15owakuhambisayo entlango enkulu eyoyikekayo, eneenyoka ezinobuhlungu, noonomadudwane, nebalelelwe lilanga, engenamanzi; owakuvelisela amanzi eweni leqhwitha; 16owakudlisa imana entlango, into ababengayazi ooyihlo, ukuze akuthobe, akulinge, ukuba akwenzele okulungileyo ekupheleni kwakho; 17úze uthi ke entliziyweni yakho, Ngamandla am nokuqina kwesandla sam okundizuzise obu butyebi.
18Uze umkhumbule uYehova uThixo wakho, ngokuba nguye okunika amandla okuzuza ubutyebi; ukuze awumise umnqophiso wakhe abewufungele ooyihlo, njengoko kunjalo namhla. 19Kothi, ukuba ùthe wamlibala uYehova uThixo wakho, walandela thixo bambi, wabakhonza, wabanqula, ndiyaningqinela namhla, ukuba nobhubha kanye. 20Njengeentlanga uYehova azenze zadaka ebusweni benu, nòdaka ngokunjalo, ngenxa enokuba ningaliphulaphulanga izwi likaYehova uThixo wenu.
