Ilizwe elihle
1“Niyabona ke, le miyalelo ndininike yona namhlanje ze niyithobele kangangoko, khon' ukuze niphile nande, ningene kwelo lizwe wabathembisa ngalo ngesifungo uNdikhoyo ooyihlo. 2Ngamana aningeyilibali indlela anikhokele ngayo uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu kolu hambo lude kangaka ukucanda intlango, kula mashumi mane eminyaka, enifundisa intobeko, enilinga khon' ukuze aqonde ukuba niza kuyithobela kusini na imiyalelo yakhe! 3Wanithoba eniyekela ngendlela, waza kananjalo wanipha *imana, kutya oko naningakwazi, nina ngokunjalo nooyihlo-mkhulu. Le nto ke wayenza kuba efuna niqonde nazi ukuba ubomi bomntu abuxhomekanga kutyeni kuphela, koko buxhomekeke kuwo onke amazwi kaNdikhoyo. 4Kula mashumi mane eminyaka impahla yakho yokunxiba zange iguge, kananjalo neenyawo zakho zange zidumbe.
5“Qondani kaloku nizikise ukuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uyaniqeqesha njengomzali eqeqesha abantwana bakhe. 6Ngoko ke yithobeleni imiyalelo kaNdikhoyo uThixo wenu, nihambe ngeendlela zakhe, nimhlonele. 7Kaloku ngoku uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uningenisa kwilizwe elihle kunene, ilizwe lemifula ebaleka amanzi, ilizwe elinemithombo, ilizwe eligqabhuka imisinga yamanzi ezintlanjeni nasezindulini. 8Lilizwe lengqolowa, irhasi, iidiliya, amakhiwane, iirharnati, amafutha omnquma, nobusi. 9Elo ke lilizwe lentlutha; soze niswele nto khona. Ilitye lakhona liyintsimbi, ukanti kwiinduli zalo ningavula imigodi yekopolo. 10Kwelo lizwe niya kutya nihluthe, nibulele nidomboze kuNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ngenxa yelo lizwe lihle kunene aniphe lona.”
Isilumkiso
11“Niyabona ke ze ningamlibali *uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ngokuthi ningayithobeli le miyalelo, nale migaqo, ngokunjalo nale mimiselo ndininika yona namhlanje. 12Xa senixhamla intlala-kahle, ninayo yonke into eniyifunayo, senizakhele izindlu ezintle, 13nemfuyo yenu isanda ngokunjalo nesiliva negolide nako konke eninako kuvumile, 14ze ningakhukhumali, nimlibale uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu owanihlangula ebukhobokeni kwelaseJiputa. 15Kaloku yena wanikhokela kweso sithabazi sentlango eyoyikekayo, apho kwakukho iinyoka ezinobuhlungu ndawonye noonomadudwane. Apho kanye kuloo nkangala ingenamanzi wanivelisela amanzi eliweni lenyengane. 16Kaloku apho entlango wanondla *ngemana, ukutya okwakungaziwa, kungazange kutyiwe nangooyihlo-mkhulu. Wanithoba ngokunilinga ngezo meko zinjalo, khon' ukuze ekugqibeleni anithamsanqele ngezinto ezintle! 17Nisenokuthetha nithi: ‘Obu butyebi sibufumene ngamandla nangobuchule bethu.’ 18Ngokutsho noba nilibele ukuba nguNdikhoyo uThixo wenu onithe jize ngobutyebi. Le nto ke uyenza kuba ezinzisa umnqophiso awawenzayo nooyihlo-mkhulu ngesifungo.
19“Mhlenikwezeni namlibala uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu, nalandela thixo bambi, nabahlonela nabakhonza, inene namhlanje mna ndiyalingqinela elithi niya kutshabalala niphele tu! 20Ke kaloku, ukuba animthobelanga uNdikhoyo, uya kunitshabalalisa, kwanjengokuba eza kuzitshabalalisa ezo zizwe ukungena kwenu kwelo lizwe.”
