Abantu abangakavunyelwa ehlanganweni kaSomnini
1Opatlazwe amahlwayi namkha oquntwe ubudoda akazukungena ehlanganweni kaSomnini.
2Umntwana wephandle akazukungena ehlanganweni kaSomnini, ngitjho nesizukulwaneni sakhe setjhumi akakho ozakungena ehlanganweni kaSomnini.
3Akunamu-Amoni namkha umuMowabi ozakungena ehlanganweni kaSomnini, ngitjho nesizukulwaneni setjhumi. Iye, akunamuntu womndenabo ozakungena ehlanganweni kaSomnini nini nanini, 4ngombana azange banihlangabeze ngesikwa namanzi nanisendleleni lokha nanibuya eGibhide. Godu baqatjha uBhiliyamu umsa kaBhewori ngePetora eMesopotamiya kobana anithuke. 5USomnini uZimenu azange alalele uBhiliyamu, kodwana waphendula isithukweso saba sibusiso kini ngombana uSomnini uZimenu uyanithanda. 6Epilwenenu yoke ningasekeli ukuthula kwabo nepumelelwabo.
7Ninganyenyi umEdomu ngombana ngumfowenu, ninganyenyi umGibhide ngombana nakhe naba ziinkhonzi enarheni yekhabo. 8Abantwana besizukulwana sabo sesithathu bangangena ehlanganweni kaSomnini.
Ukuhlanzeka kwekampa epini yama-Israyeli
9Naniyokulwa nezitha zenu bese nihlala ekampeni, zilondeni kikho koke okumbi. 10Nakube kunomuntu phakathi kwenu ongakahlambuluki ngebanga lokuzitsanyazela ebusuku, akaphumele ngaphandle kwekampa, angatjhideli eduze kwayo. 11Kodwana kuzakuthi ntambama, adude bese nakutjhinga ilanga angene-ke ngekampeni.
12Yibani nendawana ngaphandle kwekampa lapha nizazithumela khona. 13Niphathe ingembo eenkhalini zenu enizakwemba ngayo umgodi nanizithumako bese naniqedako nidibizese uthuvi benu lobo, 14ngombana uSomnini uZimenu ukhamba phakathi kwenu ekampeni kobana anisindise abe anikele izitha zenu phambi kwenu. Ngalokho ikampenu kumele ihlanzeke ukuze uSomnini angakhambi abona ameswe wenu bese uyanifulathela.
Imihlobohlobo yemithetho
15Lokha ikhoboka nalibalekele kini ningalibuyiseli kumninilo, 16alihlale nani, libe phakathi kwenu, endaweni elizayikhetha hlangana namadorobhenu, lapha lithanda khona, ningaligandeleli.
17Kungabi nesitjhatjha sendawo ecwengileko emadodakazini nemadodaneni wakwa-Israyeli. 18Ningalethi ikokhelo yengwadla namkha umrholo wenja ngekumbeni kaSomnini uZimenu kobana kukhokhelwe nanyana ngisiphi isifungo ngombana kokubili lokho kusinyenyiso kuSomnini uZimenu.
19Ungathi nawuboleka umfowenu imali, okugonywako namkha nanyana yini ebolekwako, umbize inzalo. 20Nakumqhamuka wona ungawubiza inzalo nawuwubolekako, kodwana umfowenu ungambizi inzalo nawumbolekako ukuze uSomnini uZimakho akubusise kikho koke okwenzako enarheni eningena kiyo bona niyithumbe. 21Lokha nawenza isithembiso kuSomnini uZimakho, ungadosi iinyawo nakumele usiphethe ngombana ngambala uSomnini uZimakho uzasifuna kuwe begodu kuzakuba sisono nawungasiphethiko. 22Kodwana nawungathembisiko, akuzukuba sisono kuwe. 23Okuthembise ngomlomakho, kulonde bewukwenze ngombana isithembisweso usenze kuSomnini uZimakho ngokuthanda kwakho.
24Lokha nawuya esidiribeni somunye umuntu, ungagoma usuthe amadiribe, kube ngendlela ofuna ngayo, kodwana ungaphathi umphako. 25Lokha nawungena esimini yekoroyi yomunye umuntu, ungakha iinqwambi ngesandla, kodwana ungayigwebi ngesegere.
