1“Ungarhatjhi iindaba ezimamala. Ungazibandakanyi nesikhohlakali ngokuba ngufakazi wobukhohlakali. 2Ungalandeli inengi bona nenze ubumbi. Nawufakaza emlandwini ungahlanakeli ubulungiswa ngokulandela inengi. 3Ungagwebi ochakileko ngokumzamela.
4“Lokha nawuhlangana nekomo namkha udumbana olahlekileko wesitha sakho, mrage umbuyisele kiso. 5Lokha nawubona udumbana waloyo okuhloyileko arabhalaliswe mthwalwakhe, ungamdluli anjalo, kodwana msize.
6“Ungahlanakeli ubulungiswa nawugweba umlandu womuntu ochakileko. 7Ungayengwa bufakazi bamala nawugwebako ngombana ungahle ukhuphe isigwebo sokubulawa konganamlandu nolungileko. Angeze ngamlisa umgwebi okhohlakeleko. 8Ungalingi wamukele ukufunjathiswa ngombana ukufunjathiswa kuphophaza ohlolisisako, kwenze abaneqiniso babe bakhohlisi.
9“Ningagandeleli isikhonzi; niyayazi ihliziyo yesikhonzi ngombana nani gade niziinkhonzi enarheni yeGibhide.
10“Uzakutjala bewuvune amasimakho iminyaka esithandathu, 11kodwana emnyakeni wekhomba uzawaphumuza, uwalise abe mraga ukuze abadududu bekhenu bakghone ukugoma amakhikhizela. Abawatjhiyileko azakudliwa ziinlwana zommango. Wenze soneso nangesidiribe sakho nesivande sakho se-oliva.
12“Yenza umsebenzakho amalanga asithandathu. Elangeni lekhomba uphumule ukuze kuphumule nekomakho nodumbanakho bese indodana yekhobokakazi lakho nesikhonzi esikusebenzelako nabo bakhokhe ummoya.
13“Yelelani koke engikutjho kini; ningabizi amabizo wabosingazimu; niwakhafule nemilonyenenu.
14“Ningenzele umnyanya kathathu ngomnyaka. 15Yenzani umnyanya wesiKwa esinganaNgumelo njengombana nginiyalile. Nizagoma isikwa esinganangumelo amalanga alikhomba ngesikhathi esibekiweko ngenyanga ka-Abibi ngombana leyo yinyanga enaphuma ngayo eGibhide. Kungabi nomuntu ozakuvela phambi kwami amkhonoze. 16Gidingani umnyanya wesiVuno okumnyanya womkhiqizo womsebenzenu walokho enikutjele emasimini. Nigidinge umnyanya wokuButhelela ekupheleni komnyaka lokha nanibuthelela iinthelo zomsebenzenu emasimini. 17Boke abaduna benu bazakuvela phambi kwakaSomnini uSomandla kathathu ngomnyaka.
18“Ingumelo ingeze yabandakanywa neengazi zomhlabelo. Godu ungalisi amafutha wemihlabelo yeminyanyami ahlale bekuse ungakawatjhisi.
19“Letha njalo imikhiqizo yokuthoma yehlabathakho endaweni ecwengileko kaSomnini uZimakho.
“Ungapheki imbuzana ngebisini lakanina.”
UZimu uthembisa ukusindisa ama-Israyeli
20“Qalani, ngithumela ingilozi phambi kwenu bona ineluse endleleni beyinise endaweni enginilungiselele yona. 21Ziqapheleni ngombana iphakathi kwenu; nilalele ilizwi layo, ningalwi nayo. Naningayilaleliko angeze yaqolela imitjhapho yenu ngombana ngimi okhuluma kiyo.
22“Kodwana lokha naniyilalelisisa kuhle bese nenza koke engithi nikwenze, khona-ke ngizakuba sisitha sezitha zenu ngibe mjamelani ebajamelanini benu.
23“Lokha ingilozami nayikhamba phambi kwenu bese iningenisa kuma-Amori, amaRhithi, amaPerizi, amaKanana, amaRhivi namaJebusi bese ngiyawabhubhisa, 24ningakhothameli abosingazimu bawo begodu ningabalotjhi. Ningenzi izinto ngendlelabo kodwana nibaphelise nya beniphadlhe namatjabo akhethekileko. 25Lotjhani uSomnini uZimenu. Mina ngizakubusisa isikwa namanzenu bengisuse izifo phakathi kwenu. 26Akunamfazi ozakubuya endleleni namkha abe yinyumba enarhenenu; ngizanandisela ipilo. 27Ngizathumela ukwesaba kwami phambi kwenu bese ngihlangahlanganisa boke abantu eniqabene nabo ngenze zoke izitha zenu zinibaleke. 28Godu ngizakuthumela abonondovu phambi kwenu, baqotjhe amaRhivi, amaKanana namaRhithi phambi kwenu. 29Izizwezi angeze ngaziqotjha phambi kwenu ngamnyaka munye ngombana inarha izasala inganamuntu bese iinlwana zommango ziyanda zinivukele. 30Kodwana ngizaziqotjha kancani kancani phambi kwenu, kufikela lapha nanda khona benithathe inarha. 31Ngizabeka imikhawulwenu ukusuka elwandle lomGaba ukuya elwandle lamaFilista nokusuka erhalawumbeni ukuya eYufrathe. Iye, ngizanikela abahlali benarha ezandleni zenu bese nina niyabagijimisa. 32Ningenzi isivumelwano nabo namkha nabosingazimu babo. 33Bangahlali enarhenenu ngombana bazanenza none phambi kwami lokha nanilotjha abosingazimu babo. Lokho kuzakuba sisifu kini.”
