IDuteronomi 26

¹Kothi, xa uthe wangena ezweni elo akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho ukuba libe lilifa, walihlutha, wema kulo:

²uthabathe inxenye yolibo lweziqhamo zonke zomhlaba oya kuzingenisa, ziphuma ezweni lakho akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho, uzibeke engobozini; uye kuloo ndawo uYehova uThixo wakho aya kuyinyulela, ukuba alibeke khona igama lakhe;

³uye kumbingeleli othe wakho ngaloo mihla, uthi kuye, Ndiyaxela namhla kuYehova uThixo wakho, ukuba ndingenile kulo ilizwe, awafungayo uYehova koobawo ukuba wosinika lona.

⁴Woyithabatha ke umbingeleli ingobozi esandleni sakho. ayibeke phantsi phambi kwesibingelelo sikaYehova uThixo wakho.

⁵Uze uphendule ke uthi phambi koYehova uThixo wakho, EbengumAram ochithakeleyo ubawo. Wehla waya eYiputa, waphambukela khona, ebantu bambalwa; waba luhlanga ke khona olukhulu olunamandla, oluninzi.

⁶Asiphatha kakubi amaYiputa, asicinezela, abeka umsebenzi onzima phezu kwethu.

⁷Sakhala kuYehova uThixo woobawo, waliphulaphula uYehova ilizwi lethu; wazibona iintsizi zethu, nokwaphuka kwethu, nokuxinwa kwethu.

⁸Wasikhupha uYehova eYiputa ngesandla esithe nkqi, nangengalo eyolukileyo, nangokoyikeka okukhulu, nangemiqondiso, nangezimanga;

⁹wasingenisa kule ndawo, wasinika eli lizwe, ilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi.

¹⁰Kaloku ke, nanku ndizise ulibo lweziqhamo zomhlaba lowo undinikileyo, Yehova. Uze uyibeke phantsi phambi koYehova uThixo wakho, uqubude phambi koYehova uThixo wakho;

¹¹uvuye nendlu yakho ezintweni zonke ezilungileyo akunikileyo uYehova uThixo wakho, wena, nomLevi, nomphambukeli ophakathi kwenu.

¹²Xa uthe wagqiba ukunikela isishumi sonke songeniselo lwakho ngomnyaka wesithathu, ongumnyaka wezishumi wamnika umLevi, nomphambukeli, nenkedama, nomhlolokazi, badla emasangweni akho, bahlutha:

¹³wothi phambi koYehova uThixo wakho, Ndiyikhuphe kwee tu into engcwele endlwini yam; kananjalo ndimnikile umLevi, nomphambukeli, nenkedama, nomhlolokazi, ngokomthetho wakho wonke ondiwiseleyo; andigqithanga emithethweni yakho, andilibalanga nto.

¹⁴Andidlanga nto kuyo esililweni sam, andikhuphanga nto kuyo ebunqambini bam, andinikanga nto yayo ngenxa yofileyo. Ndiliphulaphule ilizwi likaYehova uThixo wam, ndenza ngako konke andiwisele umthetho ngako.

¹⁵Vela ekhayeni lakho elingcwele emazulwini, uqondele, ubasikelele abantu bakho, amaSirayeli, nomhlaba lo usinikileyo, njengoko wafungayo koobawo, ilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi.

¹⁶Namhlanje uYehova uThixo wakho ukuwisele umthetho, ukuba uyenze le mimiselo nala masiko; uwagcine ke, uwenze ngentliziyo yakho yonke, nangomphefumlo wakho wonke.

¹⁷UYehova namhla umbangile wathi unguThixo kuwe, nokuba wena wohamba ngeendlela zakhe, uyigcine imimiselo yakhe, nemithetho yakhe, namasiko akhe, uliphulaphule izwi lakhe.

¹⁸NoYehova namhla unibangile nina, wathi ningabantu abayinqobo kuye, njengoko wathethayo kuni, ukuze niyigcine yonke imithetho yakhe;

¹⁹aniphakamise ngaphezu kweentlanga zonke azenzileyo, ukuba nibe yindumiso, negama, nendili; nibe ngabantu abangcwele kuYehova uThixo wenu, njengoko wakuthethayo.