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₁Kuyakuthi lapho usufikile ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona libe-yifa lakho ukuba ulidle, wakhe kulo,

₂uthathe ulibo lwezithelo zonke zomhlaba olubuthayo ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona, ulufake eqomeni, uye endaweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ayakuyikhetha ukuba igama lakhe lihlale kuyo.

₃Uyakuya kumpristi oyakuba-khona ngalezozinsuku, uthi kuye: Ngiyabika namuhla kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ukuthi sengifikile ezweni uJehova alifungela obaba ukusinika lona.

₄Umpristi uyakuthatha iqoma esandleni sakho, alibeke phansi phambi kwealtare likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.

₅Wena uyakuphendula, uthi phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho: Ubaba wayengumAramu ozulayo, wehlela eGibithe, wagogobala khona nabantu abayingcosana; waba-yisizwe khona, esikhulu, nesinamandla, nesiningi;

₆abaseGibithe basiphatha kabi, basihlupha, basithwesa ubugqili obulukhuni;

₇sase sikhala kuJehova uNkulunkulu wawobaba, uJehova walizwa izwi lethu, wabona ukuhlupheka kwethu, nomshikashika wethu, nokucindezelwa kwethu;

₈uJehova wasikhipha eGibithe ngesandla esinamandla nangengalo eyeluliweyo, nangezenzo ezesabekayo nezinkulu, nangezibonakaliso, nangezimangaliso,

₉wasiletha kulendawo, wasinika lelizwe, izwe elivamé ubisi nezinyosi.

₁₀Manje-ke, bheka, sengilethile ulibo lwezithelo zomhlaba onginiké wona wena-Jehova; besewukubeka phansi phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukhuleke phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho,

₁₁wename ngakho konke okuhle uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunikile khona wena nendlu yakho, wena nomLevi, nomfokazi ophakathi kwakho.

₁₂Lapho uqedile ukuthatha okweshumi kwezithelo zakho ngomnyaka wesithathu ongumnyaka wokweshumi, usumniké uLevi khona, nomfokazi, nentandane, nomfelokazi ukuba badle phakathi kwamasango akho, basuthe,

₁₃uyakuthi phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho: Ngikhiphile izinto ezingcwele endlini yami, ngamnika zona uLevi, nomfokazi, nentandane, nomfelokazi njengayo yonke imiyalo ongiyalé ngayo; angiweqanga nowodwa wemiyalo yakho, futhi angiyikhohlwanga.

₁₄Angikudlanga ekulileni kwami, angisusanga-lutho ngingcolile, anginikelanga ngakho kofileyo; ngilalele izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wami, ngenzile njengakho konke ongiyalé ngakho.

₁₅Bheka phansi usezindlini zakho ezingcwele ezulwini, ubusise abantu bakho uIsrayeli nomhlaba osiniké wona njengokufunga kwakho kobaba, izwe elivamé ubisi nezinyosi.

₁₆Namuhla uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakuyala ukwenza lezizimiso nezahlulelo; ngalokho wozigcina, uzenze ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho.

₁₇Umqinisele namuhla uJehova ukuthi uyakuba-nguNkulunkulu wakho, uhambe ezindleleni zakhe, ugcine izimiso zakhe, nemiyalo yakhe, nezahlulelo zakhe, nililalele izwi lakhe;

₁₈uJehova ukuqinisele namuhla ukuthi uyakuba-yisizwe senzuzo yakhe njengokukwethembisa kwakhe, ugcine yonke imiyalo yakhe,

₁₉ukuze akuphakamise phezu kwazo zonke izizwe azenzileyo ngokubongwa, nangegama, nangodumo, ube-yisizwe esingcwele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho njengokusho kwakhe.