Deuteronomy (15/34)  

1. Ekupheleni kweminyaka yonke eyisikhombisa uzakwenza inkululeko.
2. Njalo le yindlela yenkululeko: Wonke umkweledisi oweboleka umakhelwane wakhe uzakhulula isikwelede; kayiku si bamba ngamandla kumakhelwane wakhe kumbe kumfowabo, ngoba kumenyezelwe inkululeko e Nkosi ni.
3. Kowezizweni uza si bamba ngamandla; kodwa lokho okwakho okukumfowenu isandla sakho sizakukhulula.
4. Kuphela, ngoba kakuyikuba lomyanga phakathi kwakho, ngoba i Nkosi izakubusisa lokukubusisa elizweni i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika lona ukuthi libe yilifa ukudla ilifa lalo,
5. kuphela uba ulalela lokulalela ilizwi le Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ugcine ukuyenza limithetho yonke engikulaya yona lamuhla.
6. Ngoba i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubusisa njengokukhuluma kwayo kuwe. Njalo uzakweboleka izizwe ezinengi, kodwa wena kawuyikweboleka kuzo; uzabusa izizwe ezinengi, kodwa wena kaziyikukubusa.
7. Uba kukhona phakathi kwakho umyanga ongomunye wabafowenu, kwelinye lamasango akho, elizweni lakho, i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika lona, ungenzi lukhuni inhliziyo yakho, ungamvaleli umfowenu ongumyanga isandla sakho,
8. kodwa uzamvulela lokumvulela isandla sakho, umeboleke lokumeboleka okwanela ukuswela kwakhe, lokho akuswelayo.
9. Ziqaphele hlezi kube khona ilizwi enhliziyweni yakho embi lisithi: Umnyaka wesikhombisa, umnyaka wenkululeko useduze; lelihlo lakho libe libi limelane lomfowenu ongumyanga, ukuze ungamniki, abesekhala ngawe e Nkosi ni, njalo kube yisono kuwe.
10. Umnike lokumnika, lenhliziyo yakho ingadani nxa umnika; ngoba ngenxa yalinto i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubusisa emsebenzini wonke wakho lakukho konke obeka kukho isandla sakho.
11. Ngoba umyanga kayikuphela phakathi kwelizwe. Ngakho ngiyakulaya ngithi: Uzamvulela kakhulu isandla sakho umfowenu, umyanga wakho, loswelayo wakho, elizweni lakho.
12. Uba umfowenu, umHebheru loba umHebherukazi, ethengiswa kuwe, akusebenzele iminyaka eyisithupha, ngakho ngomnyaka wesikhombisa uzamyekela ukuthi ahambe ekhululekile asuke kuwe.
13. Lalapho umyekela ukuthi ahambe ekhululekile esuka kuwe, ungamyekeli ukuthi ahambe engaphathanga lutho;
14. uzamnakekela lokumnakekela ezimvini zakho, lokwebala lokubhulela lakho, lokwesikhamelo sakho sewayini; ku lokho i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekubusise ngakho uzamupha.
15. Njalo uzakhumbula ukuthi wawuyisigqili elizweni leGibhithe, lokuthi i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho yakuhlenga. Ngalokho ngiyakulaya linto lamuhla.
16. Kodwa kuzakuthi, uba esithi kuwe: Kangiyikusuka kuwe, ngoba ethanda wena lendlu yakho, ngoba kulungile kuye elawe,
17. uzathatha usungulo, ubhobozele indlebe yakhe ngalo esivalweni, ukuze abe yisigqili sakho laphakade. Lakuso isigqilikazi sakho wenze njalo.
18. Kakungabi lukhuni emehlweni akho nxa umyekela ehamba ekhululekile kuwe; ngoba ngokuphindwe kabili kweholo lesiqatshwa ukusebenzele iminyaka eyisithupha. Ngakho i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubusisa kukho konke okwenzayo.
19. Wonke amazibulo azazalwa enkomeni zakho lezimvini zakho, amaduna, uzawangcwelisela i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho; kawuyikusebenza ngezibulo lejongosi lakho, futhi kawuyikugunda izibulo lezimvu zakho.
20. Phambi kwe Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho uzalidla, umnyaka ngomnyaka, endaweni i Nkosi ezayikhetha, wena lendlu yakho.
21. Kodwa uba kulesici kulo, liqhula, loba liyisiphofu, loba lilasiphi isici esibi, ungalihlabeli i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.
22. Uzalidla phakathi kwamasango akho, ongahlambulukanga lohlambulukileyo bazalidla bendawonye, njengomziki lanjengendluzele.
23. Kuphela igazi lalo ungalidli; ulichithele emhlabathini njengamanzi.

  Deuteronomy (15/34)