Leviticus (22/27)  

1. I Nkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
2. Tshono kuAroni lakumadodana akhe ukuthi bazehlukanise lezinto ezingcwele zabantwana bakoIsrayeli abangingcwelisela zona, ukuze bangangcolisi ibizo lami elingcwele; ngiyi Nkosi.
3. Tshono kibo uthi: Loba nguwuphi umuntu ezizukulwaneni zenu owenzalo yenu yonke osondela ezintweni ezingcwele, abantwana bakoIsrayeli abazingcwelisela i Nkosi, nxa ukungcola kwakhe kuphezu kwakhe, lowomuntu uzaqunywa asuke phambi kwami. Ngiyi Nkosi.
4. Ngulowo lalowo owenzalo kaAroni, ongumlephero, loba olokugobhoza, kangadli ezintweni ezingcwele aze ahlambuluke. Lothinta lakuphi okungcoliswe yisidumbu, kumbe indoda okuphuma kuyo ubudoda bokuhlangana,
5. kumbe loba ngubani othinta loba yiyiphi into ehuquzelayo, angcoliswa yiyo, kumbe umuntu angcoliswa nguye, ngakho konke ukungcola kwakhe,
6. umuntu othinta lokhu uzakuba ngongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe, angadli okwezinto ezingcwele ngaphandle kokuthi ageze umzimba wakhe ngamanzi.
7. Nxa selitshonile ilanga uzahlambuluka; lemva kwalokho angadla okwezinto ezingcwele, ngoba kuyikudla kwakhe.
8. Ingcuba lokudatshuliweyo kangakudli ukuzingcolisa ngakho. Ngiyi Nkosi.
9. Ngakho bazagcina umlayo wami, ukuze bangathwali isono ngawo, bafele kuso, sebewungcolisile. Ngiyi Nkosi ebangcwelisayo.
10. Njalo kakho owemzini ozakudla into engcwele. Ohlala lompristi loyisisebenzi esiqatshiweyo kangadli into engcwele.
11. Kodwa uba umpristi ethenga umuntu eyintengo yemali yakhe, yena angadla okwayo, lozelwe emzini wakhe, bona bangadla okokudla kwakhe.
12. Lendodakazi yompristi, uba isiba ngeyendoda yemzini, yona kayingadli okomnikelo wezinto ezingcwele.
13. Kodwa indodakazi yompristi, nxa ingumfelokazi loba ingelahliweyo ingelanzalo, isibuyele emzini kayise njengebutsheni bayo, izakudla okokudla kukayise; kanti kakho owemzini ongadla kukho.
14. Njalo nxa umuntu esidla into engcwele ngokungazi, uzakwengezelela kuyo ingxenye yesihlanu yayo, anike umpristi into engcwele.
15. Njalo kabayikungcolisa izinto ezingcwele zabantwana bakoIsrayeli abaziphakamisela i Nkosi,
16. babenze bathwale ububi becala, lapho besidla izinto zabo ezingcwele; ngoba ngiyi Nkosi ebangcwelisayo.
17. I Nkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
18. Tshono kuAroni, lakumadodana akhe, lakubo bonke abantwana bakoIsrayeli, uthi kubo: Ngulowo lalowo owendlu kaIsrayeli, lowabezizweni koIsrayeli, ozanikela umnikelo wakhe ngezithembiso zabo zonke, langokweminikelo yabo yonke yesihle, abazayinikela e Nkosi ni kube ngumnikelo wokutshiswa,
19. ngenhliziyo yenu enhle, iduna elingelasici, elezinkomo, elezimvu, loba elembuzi.
20. Linganikeli loba ngakuphi okulesici kukho, ngoba kakuyikwemukeleka kini.
21. Umuntu, nxa enikela-ke umhlatshelo weminikelo yokuthula e Nkosi ni wesithembiso esikhethekileyo loba womnikelo wesihle, enkomeni loba ezimvini, kumele uphelele ukuze wemukeleke, kungabi lasici kuwo.
22. Eziyiziphofu, kumbe ezephukileyo, kumbe eziyizilima, kumbe ezilensumpa, kumbe eziloqweqwe, kumbe ezilamathumba, linganikeli lezi e Nkosi ni, futhi linganikeli kulezi umnikelo owenziwe ngomlilo e Nkosi ni phezu kwelathi.
23. Kodwa inkunzi loba imvu elesitho eselulekileyo kumbe esidundubeleyo lingayinikela ibe ngumnikelo wesihle; kodwa kayiyikwemukeleka ukuba ngeyesithembiso.
24. Njalo linganikeli e Nkosi ni okuhluzukileyo kumbe okugxotshiweyo loba okudatshuliweyo loba okuqunyiweyo; lingakwenzi elizweni lakini.
25. Ngokuvela esandleni sowemzini linganikeli isinkwa sikaNkulunkulu wenu okuvela kuzo zonke lezi; ngoba ukonakala kwazo kukuzo, isici sikuzo, kaziyikwemukeleka kini.
26. I Nkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
27. Nxa kuzalwa inkunzi loba imvu loba imbuzi, izakuba ngaphansi kukanina insuku eziyisikhombisa. Njalo kusukela kusuku lwesificaminwembili njalo kusiya phambili izakwemukeleka ibe ngumnikelo, umnikelo owenzelwe i Nkosi ngomlilo.
28. Kodwa inkomokazi loba imvukazi lingayihlabi lomntwana wayo ngasuku lunye.
29. Njalo nxa lihlabela i Nkosi umhlatshelo wokubonga, lizawuhlaba ngokukhululeka kwenu.
30. Uzadliwa ngalolosuku, lingatshiyi okwawo kuze kube sekuseni. Ngiyi Nkosi.
31. Ngakho gcinani imilayo yami, liyenze. Ngiyi Nkosi.
32. Njalo lingalingcolisi ibizo lami elingcwele, kodwa ngizangcweliswa phakathi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli. Ngiyi Nkosi elingcwelisayo,
33. eyalikhupha elizweni leGibhithe ukuze ngibe nguNkulunkulu wenu. Ngiyi Nkosi.

  Leviticus (22/27)