ISambulo 9

₁Ingelosi yesihlanu yayisibetha icilongo; ngase ngibona inkanyezi ivela ezulwini, iwela emhlabeni, yanikwa isihluthulelo somgodi wakwalasha. ₂Yavula umgodi wakwalasha; kwaphuma isikhatha sentuthu kungathi intuthu iphuma eziko elikhulu, kwafiphazwa ilanga nomkhathi ngentuthu eyayiphuma emgodini. ₃Kwaphuma isikhonyane entuthwini, saqonda emhlabeni, sanikwa amandla afana nalawo anikwa ofezela bomhlaba. ₄Satshelwa ukuba singalokothi sone utshani bomhlaba, noma yini eluhlaza, noma nje isihlahla esisodwa, kuphela labo bantu abangenalo uphawu lukaNkulunkulu emabunzini abo. ₅Sanikwa ukuba singababulali, kodwa sibahluphe izinyanga ezinhlanu. Ukuhlushwa kwabo kwakufana nobuhlungu bokulunywa ngufezela. ₆Ngaleyo mihla abantu bayakukufuna ukufa, kodwa bangakufumani; futhi bayakukufisa ukufa, kepha ukufa kubabalekele.

₇Isikhonyane sasifana namahhashi aboshelelwe ukuya empini, emakhanda aso kukhona okufana nemiqhele enjengegolide, ubuso baso bufana nobuso babantu. ₈Sasinezinwele ezinjengezinwele zabesifazane, amazinyo aso efana nawezingonyama. ₉Sasinezivikelo zezifuba ezinjengezivikelo ezenziwe ngensimbi, umsindo wamaphiko aso wawufana nomdumo wezinqola zamahhashi amaningi egijima eqonde empini. ₁₀Sasinemisila efana nofezela, inezindonsi; nasemisileni yaso kukhona amandla aso okulimaza abantu izinyanga ezinhlanu. ₁₁Sinenkosi esibusayo, ingelosi yakwalasha, igama layo ngesiHebheru kungu-Abhadoni, kodwa ngesiGriki ingu-Apholiyoni.

₁₂UMaye wokuqala usudlulile, kodwa kuseza oMaye ababili emva kwalokho.

₁₃Ingelosi yesithupha yayisibetha icilongo; ngezwa izwi livela ezimpondweni ezine ze-althare legolide eliphambi kukaNkulunkulu, ₁₄lithi kuyo ingelosi yesithupha ephethe icilongo: “Thukulula izingelosi ezine eziboshwe ngasemfuleni omkhulu iYufrathe.”

₁₅Izingelosi ezine ezazilungiselwe ihora, usuku, inyanga, nonyaka, zakhululwa ukuba zibulale okwesithathu kwabantu. ₁₆Ngezwa ukuthi inani lamabutho ayegibele amahhashi lalingaphindwa kabili, liyizi-10 000 eziphindwe kazi-10 000.

₁₇Khona manjalo ngabona embonweni amahhashi nabawagibele befake izivikelo zezifuba, zibomvu njengomlilo nezehiyakinte nezesibabule. Amakhanda amahhashi ayenjengamakhanda amabhubesi, ekhafula umlilo emilonyeni yawo, umusi nesibabule. ₁₈Ngalezo zinhlupheko ezintathu kwabulawa okwesithathu kwabantu, ngomlilo, ngentuthu, nangesibabule okwakukhafulwa yimilomo yawo. ₁₉Ngokuba amandla amahhashi ayesemilonyeni nasemisileni yawo, lokhu imisila yawo yayinjengezinyoka, inamakhanda elimaza ngawo.

₂₀Kepha abanye abantu abangabulawanga ngalezo zinhlupheko abaphendukanga emisebenzini yezandla zabo, ukuba bangakhuleki kuwo amadimoni, nakuzo izithombe zegolide, ezesiliva, ezethusi, ezamatshe, ezemithi, ezingaboni, ezingezwa, nezingahambi. ₂₁Abaphendukanga futhi ekubulaleni, ekuthakatheni, ebufebeni, nasekwebeni kwabo.