1UMosi wabiza woke ama-Israyeli wabeka kiwo ikulumo le:
Yizwani nina ma-Israyeli, iimiso nemithetho engiyikhulume kini namhlanje ukuze niyifunde beniyelele ukuyenza. 2USomnini uZimethu wenza isivumelwano nathi eRhorebe. 3USomnini azange enze isivumelwanesi nabobaba kodwana usenze nathi soke esilapha esisaphilako namhlanje. 4USomnini wakhuluma nani ubuso nobuso entabeni aphakathi komlilo, 5mina ngangijame hlangana noSomnini nani ngesikhatheso kobana ngimemezele kini ilizwi lakaSomnini ngombana gade nesaba ngebanga lomlilo; ngalokho azange nenyukele entabeni.
USomnini wathi:
6“Mina Somnini nginguZimakho owakukhupha enarheni yeGibhide ekumbeni yobukhoboka.
7Ungalotjhi abosingazimu, lotjha mina kwaphela.
8Ungazenzeli isithombesibazwa, namkha umfanekiso wananyana yini esezulwini phezulu namkha ephasini phasi nanyana ngemanzini ngaphasi kwephasi. 9Ungazikhothameli izintwezo, ungazilotjhi ngombana mina Somnini nginguZimakho. NginguZimu onesikhwele owehlisela isibetho sezono zaboyise phezu kwabantwababo besizukulwana sesithathu nesesine salabo abangenzi intandwami. 10Kodwana ukwethembeka kwami kuzakuhlala eenkulungwaneni zeenzukulwana zalabo abangikhathalelako nabalonda imiyalwami.
11Ungakhulumeli butjhilweni ngebizo lakaSomnini uZimakho ngombana uSomnini uzambeka umlandu loyo ophatha ibizo lakhe butjhilweni.
12Hlonipha ilanga leSabatha, ulilonde ngokucwenga njengombana uSomnini uZimakho akuyala. 13Sebenza amalanga asithandathu, wenze woke umsebenzakho; 14kodwana ilanga lekhomba liliSabatha, lahlukaniselwe uSomnini uZimakho. Mhlokho ungasebenzi ngitjho nakancani, wena, indodanakho nendodakazakho, ikhoboka nekhobokakazi lakho, ikomakho nodumbanakho, okutjho yoke ifuywakho namkha isikhonzi esihlala nawe; ukuze ikhoboka nekhobokakazi lakho liphumule njengawe. 15Ukhumbule bonyana gade ulikhoboka enarheni yeGibhide, uSomnini uZimakho wakukhupha lapho ngesandla esinamandla nangesiphanga sakhe. Ngalokho uZimakho wakuyala bonyana ugidinge ilanga leSabatha.
16Yazisa uyihlo nonyoko njengombana uyalwe nguSomnini uZimakho ukuze kwande amalangakho wokuphila nokobana izinto zikukhambele kuhle endaweni oyiphiwa nguSomnini uZimakho.
17Ungabulali umuntu.
18Ungahlobongi.
19Ungebi.
20Ungafakazi amala ngomunye umuntu.
21Ungakhanukeli umfazi womunye umuntu, ungafisi ikumbakhe, isimakhe, ikhoboka namkha ikhobokakazi lakhe, ikomakhe, udumbanakhe nanyana yini engeyomunye umuntu.”
22Amezwi lawo akhulunywa nguSomnini kiwo woke umkhambathi wenu entabeni aphakathi komlilo, elifini elimabhombo nelimnyama ngelizwi elikhulu begodu azange angezelele. Wawatlola emiqebethwini emibili wanginikela wona. 23Kwathi lokha nanizwa ilizwi phakathi kobumnyama, lokha intaba nayitjhako, natjhidela eduze kwami nazo zoke iinhloko zeenkoro zenu kanye nabaphathi benu 24nathi: “Qala uSomnini uZimethu usikhombise iphazimulo nobukhulu bakhe, nje-ke silizwile ilizwi lakhe lihlangana nomlilo, namhlanje sibone uZimu akhuluma nomuntu kodwana umuntu usaphila. 25Alo, thina sizakufelani? Umlilo omkhulu lo uzosiqothula; nange singabuya godu sizwe ilizwi lakaSomnini uZimethu, ngiqinisile ngithi sizokufa. 26Ngubani phakathi kwayo yoke inyama owakhe wezwa ilizwi lakaZimu ophilako likhuluma phakathi komlilo njengombana kwenzeka kithi, kodwana waphila? 27Tjhidela wena uzwe koke uSomnini uZimethu azokutjho, usitjele koke uSomnini uZimethu azokukhuluma nawe, thina-ke sizakulalela besenze.”
28Ngambala uSomnini wawezwa amezwi wenu lokha nanikhuluma nami, wathi kimi: “Ngiwezwile amezwi abantwaba abawakhulume kuwe; koke abakutjhwileko kuwe kulungile. 29Inga bangahlala banomkhumbulo onjalo wokobana bangesabe bebagcine yoke imiyalwami ngeenkhathi zoke ukuze izinto zibakhambele kuhle nabantwababo isiphelani! 30Khamba ufese ubatjele bonyana babuyele ematendenabo. 31Kodwana wena jama eduze namapha, ngizakutjela yoke imiyalo, iimiso nemithetho ozabafundisa yona kobana bayenze enarheni engibanikela yona njengelifa labo.”
32Ngalokho yelelani nenze koke uSomnini uZimenu aniyale ngakho; ningaphambukeli ngesigomeni namkha ngesinceleni. 33Nikhambe endleleni yoke uSomnini uZimenu aniyale ngayo ukuze niphile nokobana koke kunikhambele kuhle, niphile isikhathi eside enarheni enizayithumba.
