IDuteronomi 16

¹Yigcine inyanga enguAbhibhi, wenze ipasika kuYehova uThixo wakho; ngokuba wakukhupha ngenyanga enguAbhibhi uYehova uThixo wakho eYiputa ebusuku.

²Uze ubingelele ipasika kuYehova uThixo wakho, impahla emfutshane neenkomo, kuloo ndawo uYehova aya kuyinyulela ukuba alibeke kuyo igama lakhe.

³Uze ungadli nto inegwele kunye nayo; imihla yoba sixhenxe usidla izonka ezingenagwele kunye nayo, isonka seentsizi, ngokuba waphuma buphuthuphuthu ezweni laseYiputa; ukuze uwukhumbule umhla wokuphuma kwakho ezweni laseYiputa yonke imihla yokudla kwakho ubomi.

⁴Kuze kungabonwa gwele emideni yakho yonke imihla esixhenxe; ze kungabikho ntwana yanyama, oyibingelelayo ngokuhlwa ngosuku lokuqala, eba ngumbeko kude kuse.

⁵Akunako ukuyibingelela ipasika kulimbi isango, emasangweni akho akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho;

⁶ke kuloo ndawo uYehova uThixo wakho aya kuyinyulela ukulibeka kuyo igama lakhe, woyibingelela apho ipasika, ngokuhlwa, ukutshona kwelanga, ngexesha owaphuma ngalo eYiputa;

⁷uyose, uyidle, kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula uYehova uThixo wakho; ubuye kusasa, uye ezintenteni zakho.

⁸Wodla izonka ezingenagwele imihla emithandathu; ke ngomhla wesixhenxe yingqungquthela kaYehova uThixo wakho; uze ungenzi namnye umsebenzi.

⁹Uze uzibalele iiveki ezisixhenxe. Woqala ukuzibalela iiveki ezisixhenxe uthabathela ekulifakeni irhengqa engqoloweni ingekavunwa;

¹⁰wenze umthendeleko weeveki kuYehova uThixo wakho ngokomlinganiso wombingelelo wokuqhutywa yintliziyo wesandla sakho, uwunike njengokusikelelwa kwakho nguYehova uThixo wakho;

¹¹uvuye phambi koYehova uThixo wakho, wena, nonyana wakho, nentombi yakho, nesicaka sakho, nesicakakazi sakho, nomLevi ose. masangweni akho, nomphambukeli, nenkedama, nomhlolokazi ophakathi kwenu, kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyulela ukulibeka kuyo igama lakhe uYehova, uThixo wakho.

¹²Uze ukhumbule ukuba ube ulikhoboka eYiputa, uyigcine uyenze le mimiselo.

¹³Uze uzenzele umthendeleko weminquba imihla esixhenxe, wakukhova ukubutha okusesandeni sakho, nasesixovulelweni sakho;

¹⁴uvuye emthendelekweni wakho, wena, nonyana wakho, nentombi yakho, nesicaka sakho, nesicakakazi sakho, nomLevi, nomphambukeli, nenkedama, nomhlolokazi osemasangweni akho.

¹⁵Imihla yoba sixhenxe usenza umthendeleko kuYehova uThixo wakho, kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula uYehova; ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho uya kukusikela elungeniselweni lwakho lonke, nasemisebenzini yonke yezandla zakho, ube nokuvuya kuphele.

¹⁶Izihlandlo ezithathu ngomnyaka mayibonakale into yonke eyindoda ebusweni bukaYehova uThixo wakho, kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula; ngomthendeleko wezonka ezingenagwele, nangomthendeleko weeveki, nangomthendeleko weminquba. Makangabonakali ke engaphethe lutho ebusweni bukaYehova;

¹⁷elowo abonakale ngokupha kwesandla sakhe, ngokwentsikelelo kaYehova uThixo wakho akunikileyo.

¹⁸Wozimisela abagwebi nababhali emasangweni akho onke akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho, ngokwezizwe zakho, bagwebe abantu ngogwebo olulungileyo.

¹⁹Uze ungasijiki isigwebo, ungakhethi buso, ungamkeli sicengo; kuba isicengo esi simfamekisa amehlo ezilumko, siphenule iindawo zamalungisa.

²⁰Ubulungisa, ubulungisa obu, uze ubuphuthume, ukuze uphile, ulihluthe ilizwe elo akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho.

²¹Uze ungazigxumekeli Ashera wemithi, nokuba yiyiphi, ecaleni lesibingelelo sikaYehova uThixo wakho, ozenzela sona;

²²ungazimiseli simiso selitye, into ayithiyileyo uYehova uThixo wakho.