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| 1. | USamuweli wasesithi kuIsrayeli wonke: Khangelani, ngililalele ilizwi lenu kukho konke elakutsho kimi, sengibeke inkosi phezu kwenu. |
| 2. | Khathesi-ke, khangelani, inkosi iyahamba phambi kwenu; mina sengimdala, sengiyimpunga, khangelani, lamadodana ami akini; mina-ke ngihambile phambi kwenu kusukela ebutsheni bami kuze kube lamuhla. |
| 3. | Khangelani, ngi lapha; fakazani limelane lami phambi kwe Nkosi laphambi kogcotshiweyo wayo: Ngithethe inkabi kabani? Loba ngithethe ubabhemi kabani? Ngiqilibezele bani? Ngicindezele bani? Ngemukele kubani umvuzo wokuthengwa ukuze ngiphofuze amehlo ami ngawo? Njalo ngizakubuyisela kini. |
| 4. | Basebesithi: Kawusiqilibezelanga, kawusicindezelanga, njalo kawemukelanga lalutho esandleni samuntu. |
| 5. | Wasesithi kibo: I Nkosi ingumfakazi imelene lani logcotshiweyo wayo ungumfakazi lamuhla ukuthi kalitholanga lutho esandleni sami. Bathi: Ingumfazaki. |
| 6. | USamuweli wasesithi ebantwini: Kuyi Nkosi eyenza uMozisi loAroni, eyabenyusa oyihlo elizweni leGibhithe. |
| 7. | Khathesi-ke, manini njalo ngahlulelane lani phambi kwe Nkosi ngezenzo zonke ezilungileyo ze Nkosi eyazenza kini lakuboyihlo. |
| 8. | Lapho uJakobe esefikile eGibhithe, oyihlo bakhala e Nkosi ni, i Nkosi yasithuma oMozisi loAroni, abakhupha oyihlo eGibhithe, babenza bahlala kulindawo. |
| 9. | Sebeyikhohliwe i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wabo, yabathengisa esandleni sikaSisera induna yebutho leHazori, lesandleni samaFilisti, lesandleni senkosi yakoMowabi; basebesilwa bemelene labo. |
| 10. | Basebekhala e Nkosi ni bathi: Sonile, ngoba siyilahlile i Nkosi, sakhonza oBhali laboAshitarothi. Kodwa khathesi sophule esandleni sezitha zethu, sizakukhonza. |
| 11. | I Nkosi yasithuma uJerubali, loBhedani, loJefitha, loSamuweli, yalikhulula esandleni sezitha zenu inhlangothi zonke, laselihlala livikelekile. |
| 12. | Lapho libona ukuthi uNahashi inkosi yabantwana bakoAmoni yeza ukumelana lani, lathi kimi: Hatshi, kodwa inkosi izasibusa; kanti i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu yayiyinkosi yenu. |
| 13. | Khathesi-ke, khangelani, inkosi elayikhethayo, elayicelayo; khangelani-ke, i Nkosi imisile inkosi phezu kwenu. |
| 14. | Uba liyesaba i Nkosi liyikhonza lilalela ilizwi layo, lingawuvukeli umlomo we Nkosi, khona lina, lani kanye lenkosi ezabusa phezu kwenu lizalandela i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu. |
| 15. | Kodwa uba lingalilaleli ilizwi le Nkosi, kodwa livukela umlomo we Nkosi, isandla se Nkosi sizamelana lani, njengoba samelana laboyihlo. |
| 16. | Lakhathesi manini, libone linto enkulu i Nkosi ezayenza phambi kwamehlo enu. |
| 17. | Angithi lamuhla kuyisivuno sengqoloyi? Ngizakhala e Nkosi ni njalo izanika umdumo lezulu, ukuze lazi libone ukuthi ububi benu bukhulu elibenze emehlweni e Nkosi ngokuzicelela inkosi. |
| 18. | USamuweli wasekhala e Nkosi ni, i Nkosi yasinika umdumo lezulu mhlalokho; ngakho bonke abantu bayesaba kakhulu i Nkosi loSamuweli. |
| 19. | Bonke abantu basebesithi kuSamuweli: Khulekela izinceku zakho e Nkosi ni uNkulunkulu wakho, ukuze singafi; ngoba sengezelele ezonweni zethu zonke lobububi bokuzicelela inkosi. |
| 20. | USamuweli wasesithi ebantwini: Lingesabi; lina lenze bonke lobububi, kodwa lingaphambuki ekuyilandeleni i Nkosi, kodwa likhonze i Nkosi ngenhliziyo yenu yonke. |
| 21. | Njalo lingaphambuki ngoba linga landela izinto eziyize ezingasizi lutho ezingakhululiyo, ngoba ziyize. |
| 22. | Ngoba i Nkosi kayiyikubatshiya abantu bayo ngenxa yebizo layo elikhulu, ngoba i Nkosi yathokoza ukulenza libe ngabantu bayo. |
| 23. | Mina-ke kakube khatshana lami ukuthi ngone e Nkosi ni ngokuyekela ukulikhulekela; kodwa ngizalifundisa indlela enhle lelungileyo. |
| 24. | Kuphela yesabani i Nkosi, liyikhonze ngeqiniso ngenhliziyo yenu yonke, ngoba bonani okukhulu elenzele khona. |
| 25. | Kodwa uba liphikelela lisenza okubi, lina kanye lenkosi yenu lizachithwa. |
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