UDUTERONOMI 24

₁Lapho umuntu ethatha umfazi, aganwe nguye, engasathandeki emehlweni akhe kodwa, lokhu efumanisile kuye okuthile okwenyanyekayo, uyakumlobela incwadi yesahlukaniso, amnike yona esandleni sakhe, amkhiphe endlini yakhe.

₂Nxa esephumile endlini yakhe, angahamba abe-ngowomunye umuntu.

₃Uma indoda yesibili imala, imlobele incwadi yesahlukaniso, imnike yona esandleni sakhe, imkhiphe endlini yayo, noma lendoda yesibili eyayimthathé abe-ngumkayo ifa,

₄indoda yakhe yokuqala eyamxoshayo mayingabuyi imthathe abe-ngumkayo emva kokuba esoniwe, ngokuba lokho kuyisinengiso phambi kukaJehova; awuyikwenza ukuba izwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona libe-yifa lakho lonakale.

₅Nxa umuntu ethatha umfazi omusha, akayikuphuma impi, anganikwa futhi umsebenzi noma yimuphi; uyakuhlala ekhululekile ekhaya umnyaka, athokozise umkakhe amthathileyo.

₆Akuyikubakho-muntu oyakuthatha itshe lokugaya noma imbokodwe kube-yisibambiso, ngokuba yena uthatha konke okuphilwa ngakho kube-yisibambiso.

₇Uma umuntu efunyanwa eba omunye wabafowabo babantwana bakwaIsrayeli, amphathe njengesigqila, noma athengise ngaye, lelosela liyakufa, ukhiphe kanjalo ububi phakathi kwakho.

₈Xwaya esifweni sochoko ukuba uqaphelisise, wenze njengakho konke abapristi bamaLevi abayakukufundisa khona; njengokubayala kwami anoqaphela ukwenze njalo.

₉Khumbula akwenzayo uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho kuMiriyamu endleleni ekuphumeni kwenu eGibithe.

₁₀Nxa utsheleka umakhelwane wakho utho, awuyikungena endlini yakhe ukulanda isibambiso sakhe.

₁₁Uyakuma ngaphandle, umuntu omtshelekayo uyakukukhiphela isibambiso phandle.

₁₂Uma engumuntu ompofu, ungalali nalokhu okuyisibambiso sakhe,

₁₃kepha uyakukubuyisela nokukubuyisela kuye ukushona kwelanga ukuba alale ngengubo yakhe, akubusise; lokho kuyakuba-kuwe ukulunga phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.

₁₄Awuyikucindezela inceku eqashiweyo empofu neswelayo, noma ingowabafowenu noma ingowabafokazi abasezweni lakini phakathi kwamasango akho;

₁₅uyakuyinika inkokhelo yayo ngosuku lwayo, ilanga lingakashoni phezu kwayo, ngokuba impofu, ibeka inhliziyo yayo kuyo, funa ikhale ngawe kuJehova, kube-yisono kuwe.

₁₆Oyise abayikubulawa ngenxa yabantwana, nabantwana abayikubulawa ngenxa yawoyise; yilowo nalowo uyakubulawa ngesakhe isono.

₁₇Awuyikuphendukezela ukwahlulelwa komfokazi noma okwentandane, ungathathi ingubo yomfelokazi ibe-yisibambiso,

₁₈kepha ukhumbule ukuthi wawuyisigqila eGibithe nokuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho wakuhlenga khona; ngalokho ngiyakuyala ukwenza lento.

₁₉Nxa uvuna isivuno sakho ensimini, ukhohliwe isithungu ensimini yakho, ungabuyeli ukusilanda, kepha asibengesomfokazi, nesentandane, nesomfelokazi ukuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akubusise emsebenzini wonke wezandla zakho.

₂₀Lapho uvuthuza umnqumo wakho, awuyikubukeza amagatsha, kepha akube-ngokomfokazi, nokwentandane, nokomfelokazi.

₂₁Nxa ubutha okwesivini sakho, awuyikukhothoza ngasemuva, kepha akube-ngokomfokazi, nokwentandane, nokomfelokazi.

₂₂Wokhumbula ukuthi wawuyisigqila ezweni laseGibithe; ngalokho ngiyakuyala ukwenza lento.