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| 1. | Ekupheleni kweminyaka esixhenxe, uze wenze uyekelelo. |
| 2. | Nali ke isiko loyekelelo: Bonke ababoleki ababoleke ngesandla sabo, mabayiyekelele into abayiboleke ummelwane wabo, bangammemi ummelwane wabo ongumzalwana wabo; ngokuba kumenyezwe uyekelelo lukaYehova. |
| 3. | Ungammema owolunye uhlanga; ke into eyiyeyakho ekumzalwana wakho soyiyekelela isandla sakho. |
| 4. | Kodwa ke ze kungabikho hlwempu kuwe; ngokuba uYehova wokusikelela kakhulu ezweni elo, akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho ukuba libe lilifa, ulime; |
| 5. | ukuba uthe kodwa waliphulaphula ngenyameko izwi likaYehova uThixo wakho, wagcina ukuwenza wonke lo mthetho ndikuwiselayo namhla. |
| 6. | Ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho ukusikelele, njengoko wathethayo kuwe; woboleka iintlanga ezininzi ngezibambiso, ke wena akuyi kuboleka kuzo ngazibambiso. Wolawula iintlanga ezininzi, ke zona aziyi kukulawula. |
| 7. | Xa kuthe kwakho ihlwempu kuwe ebazalwaneni bakho, nokuba kukuliphi kumasango akho, ezweni lakho akunikayo uYehova, uThixo wakho, uze ungayenzi ingqoshomba intliziyo yakho, usivale isandla sakho kumzalwana wakho olihlwempu. |
| 8. | Uze usivule kakhulu isandla sakho kuye, umboleke into elingene ukuswela kwakhe aswele ngako. |
| 9. | Uze uzigcine kungabikho butshijolo entliziyweni yakho, uthi, Usondele umnyaka wesixhenxe, umnyaka woyekelelo; libe libi iliso lakho ngakumzalwana wakho olihlwempu, ungamniki nto; aze akhale ngawe kuYehova, ube nesono. |
| 10. | Uze umnike, ingabi mbi intliziyo yakho ekumnikeni kwakho; ngokuba ngenxa yale ndawo wokusikelela uYehova uThixo wakho emsebenzini wakho wonke, nasezintweni zonke osa isandla sakho kuzo. |
| 11. | Kuba alisayi kuza lingabikho ihlwempu phakathi kwelizwe elo; ngenxa yoko ndikuwisela umthetho, ndisithi, Sivule kakhulu isandla sakho kumzalwana wakho olusizana, olihlwempu lakho ezweni lakho. |
| 12. | Xa athe wazithengisa kuwe umzalwana wakho, umHebhere nokuba ngumHebherekazi, wakukhonza iminyaka emithandathu, womndulula ngomnyaka wesixhenxe ekhululekile kuwe. |
| 13. | Xa uthe wamndulula ekhululekile kuwe, uze ungamndululi elambatha. |
| 14. | Wompha umphe empahleni yakho emfutshane, nasesandeni sakho, nasesixovulelweni sakho; umnike into akusikelele ngayo uYehova uThixo wakho; |
| 15. | ukhumbule ukuba ube ulikhoboka ezweni laseYiputa, wakukhulula uYehova uThixo wakho; ngenxa yoko ndikuwisela umthetho ngale nto namhla. |
| 16. | Kothi, xa athe kuwe, Andimki kuwe; ngokuba ekuthanda wena nendlu yakho, ngokuba kulungile kuye ekuwe nje: |
| 17. | uthabathe ke inyatyhowa, umhlabe ngayo endlebeni iye kuma elucangweni, abe sisicaka kuwe ngonaphakade. Nakwisicakakazi sakho uze wenjenjalo. |
| 18. | Makunganqabi emehlweni akho ukumndulula kwakho ekhululekile kuwe; ngokuba kuwe unjengomqeshwa okuqeshwa kubini, ekukhonze iminyaka emithandathu nje: wokusikelela uYehova uThixo wakho ezintweni zonke ozenzayo. |
| 19. | Onke amazibulo athe azalwa ziinkomo zakho nayimpahla yakho emfutshane angamaduna, wowangcwalisa kuYehova uThixo wakho. Uze ungawasebenzisi amazibulo eenkomo zakho, ungawachebi amazibulo empahla yakho emfutshane. |
| 20. | Wowadlela phambi koYehova uThixo wakho iminyaka ngeminyaka, kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula uYehova, wena nendlu yakho. |
| 21. | Xa athe aba nesiphako, aziziqhwala, aziimfama, onke anesiphako esibi, uze ungawabingeleli kuYehova uThixo wakho. |
| 22. | Wowadlela emasangweni akho; oyinqambi nohlambulukileyo bofana ukuyidla into enjengebhadi nenjengexhama. |
| 23. | Ligazi lawo lodwa eningayi kulidla; woliphalazela emhlabeni njengamanzi. |
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