UEKSODUSI 20

₁UNkulunkulu wakhuluma onke lawamazwi, wathi:

₂NginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhipha ezweni laseGibithe, indlu yobugqila.

₃Ungabi-nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami.

₄Ungazenzeli izithombe ezibaziweyo, namfanekiso wokusezulwini ngaphezulu, nowokusemhlabeni phansi, nowokusemanzini phansi komhlaba;

₅ungazikhothameli, ungazikhonzi, ngokuba mina-Jehova uNkulunkulu wakho nginguNkulunkulu onomhawu, ngihambela ububi bawoyise kubantwana kuso isizukulwane sesithathu nesesine sabangizondayo,

₆kepha ngibenzela umusa abayizinkulungwane abangithandayo, bagcine imiyalelo yami.

₇Ungaliphathi ngeze igama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ngokuba uJehova akayikumyeka oliphatha ngeze igama lakhe.

₈Khumbula usuku lwesabatha, ulungcwelise.

₉Izinsuku eziyisithupha uyakusebenza, uwenze wonke umsebenzi wakho;

₁₀kepha usuku lwesikhombisa luyisabatha likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho; awuyikusebenza-msebenzi ngalo, wena nendodana yakho, nendodakazi yakho, nenceku yakho, nencekukazi yakho, nezinkomo zakho, nomfokazi osemzini wakho;

₁₁ngokuba ngezinsuku eziyisithupha uJehova wenza izulu nomhlaba, nolwandle, nakho konke okukukho, waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa; ngalokho uJehova walubusisa usuku lwesabatha, walungcwelisa.

₁₂Yazisa uyihlo nonyoko, ukuze izinsuku zakho zibe-zinde ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona.

₁₃Ungabulali.

₁₄Ungaphingi.

₁₅Ungebi.

₁₆Ungafakazi amanga ngomakhelwane wakho.

₁₇Ungafisi indlu yomakhelwane wakho; ungafisi umfazi womakhelwane wakho, nenceku yakhe, nencekukazi yakhe, nenkabi yakhe, nembongolo yakhe, nokunye okomakhelwane wakho.

₁₈Bonke abantu babona ukuduma nokunyazima kombani, nezwi lecilongo, nentaba ithunqa; kwathi abantu sebebonile, bathuthumela, bema kude.

₁₉Bathi kuMose: Khuluma wena kithi, sizwe; kepha uNkulunkulu makangakhulumi kithi, funa sife.

₂₀UMose wayesethi kubantu: Ningesabi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uzé ukuba anivivinye, ukumesaba kube-semehlweni enu, ukuze ningoni.

₂₁Abantu bema kude; uMose wasondela ebumnyameni obunzima, lapho ekhona uNkulunkulu.

₂₂UJehova wayesethi kuMose: Yisho kanje kubantwana bakwaIsrayeli, uthi: Nibonile nani uqobo ukuthi ngikhulumile kini ngisezulwini.

₂₃Aniyikwenza-lutho olungaphandle kwami; onkulunkulu besiliva nawonkulunkulu begolide aniyikuzenzela bona.

₂₄Wongenzela ialtare lomhlabathi, unikele phezu kwalo iminikelo yakho yokushiswa neminikelo yakho yokuthula, izimvu zakho nezinkomo zakho; ezindaweni zonke lapho ngilenza ukuba likhunjulwe khona igama lami, ngiyakuza kuwe, ngikubusise.

₂₅Uma ungenzela ialtare ngamatshe, awuyikulakha ngamatshe abaziweyo, ngokuba uma uphakamisela kulo ingwedo yakho, ulingcolisile.

₂₆Awuyikukhwela ealtare lami ngezikhwelo, funa kwambulwe ubunqunu bakho.