EYONQULO 18

₁*UNdikhoyo wayalela uMosis ₂ukuba axelele amaSirayeli athi: “Mna ndinguNdikhoyo uThixo wenu. ₃Sanukulandela imikhwa yabantu baseJiputa, apho benifudula nihlala khona, okanye eyabantu baseKanana, apho ndinisa khona ngoku. ₄Yithobeleni imithetho yam, nenze oko ndiniyalela kona. Ewe, ndim Ndikhoyo uThixo wenu. ₅Nize nihambe ngemimiselo nangemithetho endiza kuniwisela yona; xa niyithobela niya kuphila ngayo. Kutsho mna Ndikhoyo.”

₆UNdikhoyo ke wawisa le mithetho: “Makungabikho ndoda ihlangana nomntu ezalana naye. ₇Uze ungamhlazisi uyihlo ngokuhlangana nonyoko; linyala ukuhlangana nonyoko. ₈Uze ungahlazisi uyihlo ngokuhlangana naye nawuphi na kubafazi bakhe. ₉Ungaze uhlangane nodade wenu, nokuba yintombi kayihlo, nokuba yintombi kanyoko, nditsho nokuba ingakhulelanga kowenu. ₁₀Ungaze uhlangane nomzukulwana wakho; linyala elo. ₁₁Ungaze uhlangane nentombi yeqadi; ngudade wenu lowo. ₁₂Ungaze uhlangane nodade boyihlo ₁₃okanye unyokokazi. ₁₄Ungaze uhlangane nomka-yihlo-mncinci okanye kanyokolume. ₁₅Ungaze uhlangane nomolokazana wakho, ₁₆okanye umka-mntakwenu. ₁₇Ungaze uhlangane nentombi okanye umzukulwana womfazi owakha wahlangana naye; kaloku bayazalana naye. Into enjalo yintlondi. ₁₈Ungaze umenze umkakho udade bomkakho lo gama asaphilayo umkakho.

₁₉“Ungaze uhlangane nomfazi osexesheni, kuba ùya kuxabheleka ngokwenjenjalo. ₂₀Ungaze uhlangane nomfazi wenye indoda, kuba linyala loo nto. ₂₁Unganikezeli namnye umntwana wakho abe yinto yokwenzela *uMoleki idini, kuba loo nto inyelisa igama loThixo wakho. Nditsho mna Ndikhoyo. ₂₂Indoda mayingahlangani nenye indoda iyenze umfazi, kuba lisikizi elo. ₂₃Makungabikho ndoda okanye umfazi ohlangana nesilwanyana; loo ntlondi ilisikizi. ₂₄Ze ningazingcolisi ngezi ntlondi, kuba iintlanga zazixabhela ngenxa yezi zinto. Nditsho iintlanga ezazimi kulo mhlaba, ezi ngoku mna Ndikhoyo ndizikhuphayo kuwo ukuze kuhlale nina. ₂₅Iintlondi zazo zada zaxabhela nomhlaba lo, ngoku ke ndiwenze ukuba ubabukule abantu ababewumile. _26-27Bawenza la manyala onke, baza balingcolisa elo zwe; ke nina maze niwatyeshele. Nditsho kuni nonke, maSirayeli kunye nabangeneleli, kufuneka le miyalelo yam niyigcine, ₂₈khon' ukuze ningawuxabheli loo mhlaba ude unibukule njengoko wazibukulayo iintlanga ebezihlala kuwo ngaphambi kwenu. ₂₉Yazini ukuba uyasikwa ebantwini bakaNdikhoyo nabani na owenza la masikizi.”

₃₀“Thobelani imiyalelo yam,” utsho uNdikhoyo, “ningalinganisi imikhwa yabantu ababehlala apha ngaphambi kwenu. Ze ningazixabheli ngokwenza la manyala. Kutsho mna kaloku, Ndikhoyo, uThixo wenu.”