Duteronomi 32

¹“Bekani indlebe nina mazulu, ngiyakukhuluma; umhlaba mawuzwe amazwi omlomo wami.

²Imfundiso yami iyakuconsa njengemvula, inkulumo yami ichiche njengamazolo, njengomkhizo ohlazeni, nanjengezihlambi etshanini,

³ngokuba ngiyakumemezela igama likaJehova: mnikeni uNkulunkulu wethu ubukhulu.

⁴“Uyidwala, umsebenzi wakhe uphelele, ngokuba zonke izindlela zakhe zingukulunga; unguNkulunkulu wokuthembeka ongenakonakala; ulungile, uqotho yena.

⁵“Bonile kuye; abasibo abantwana bakhe, kuyisici sabo; bayisizukulwane esiphambeneyo nesiyisigwegwe.

⁶UJehova nimvuza kanjalo nina bantu abayiziwula nabangahlakaniphile na? Akasiye uyihlo owakudala na? Wakwenza, wakubumba.

⁷“Khumbula izinsuku zasendulo, ubheke iminyaka yezizukulwane ngezizukulwane; buza kuyihlo, uyakukulandisa, nasemalungeni akho, akutshele.

⁸Lapho oPhezukonke wazinika izizwe ifa lazo, lapho wahlukanisa abantwana babantu, wamisa imikhawulo yezizwe njengokomumo wabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

⁹Ngokuba isabelo sikaJehova singabantu bakhe; uJakobe uyisiqephu sefa lakhe.

¹⁰“Wamfumana ezweni eliyihlane, nasoqwatheni lomkhulungwane kwahlongasibi, wamzungeza, wamnakekela, wamgcina njengenhlamvu yeso lakhe.

¹¹Njengokhozi olunyakazisa isidleke salo, lubhakuza phezu kwamazinyane alo, wawelula amaphiko akhe, wabathatha, wabathwala ngezimpaphe zakhe.

¹²UJehova yedwa wamhola, akwabakho unkulunkulu wabezizwe naye.

¹³“Wamkhwelisa ezindaweni eziphakemeyo zomhlaba, wadla izithelo zamasimu, wammuncisa izinyosi edwaleni, namafutha eweni lensengetsha,

¹⁴namangqanga ezinkomo, nobisi lwezimvu, namafutha amawundlu, nezinqama zohlobo lwaseBashani, nezimbuzi, namanoni omongo kakolweni; egazini lezithelo zomvini waphuza iwayini.

¹⁵“UJeshuruni wayesekhuluphala, wakhaba; usukhuluphele, uzimukile, uchachambile; wayesemshiya uNkulunkulu owamenza, walidelela iDwala lensindiso yakhe.

¹⁶Bamvusela umhawu ngawonkulunkulu babezizwe, bamthukuthelisa ngezinengiso.

¹⁷“Bahlabela amademoni angesibo onkulunkulu, onkulunkulu ababengabazi, onkulunkulu abasha, abasand'ukuqhamuka, ababengesatshwa ngoyihlo.

¹⁸IDwala elakuzalayo awusalinakekeli, ukhohliwe uNkulunkulu owakudalayo.

¹⁹“UJehova wakubona, wanengwa yibo, ngenxa yokuncokoloza kwamadodana akhe namadodakazi akhe.

²⁰Wayesethi: ‘Ngiyakubafihlela ubuso bami, ngibone ukugcina kwabo ukuthi kuyakuba yini; ngokuba bayisizwe esiphambeneyo, abantwana okungekho kubo ukukholwa.

²¹Bangivusele umhawu ngokungesiye uNkulunkulu, bangithukuthelisile ngamaze abo; ngiyakubavusela umhawu ngabangesiso isizwe, ngibathukuthelise ngesizwe esiyisiwula.

²²Ngokuba umlilo uphenjiwe entukuthelweni yami; uyasha kuze kube sendaweni yabafileyo engaphansi, uqede umhlaba nezithelo zawo, wokhele izisekelo zezintaba.

²³“ ‘Ngiyakubanqwabelela izinhlupheko, ngiqedele imicibisholo yami phezu kwabo.

²⁴Bayakuphela indlala, baqedwe ngukushisa komzimba, nayisifo esibuhlungu, ngibathumele amazinyo ezilwane, kanye nesihlungu sezikhasayo othulini.

²⁵Ngaphandle inkemba iyakwaphuca, ingebhe phakathi emakamelweni: izinsizwa nezintombi, oncelayo kanye nempunga.

²⁶Bengiyakuthi: “Ngiyakubaphephula, ngiqede inkumbulo yabo kubantu,”

²⁷uma bengingesabi ukuncokoloza kwezitha, funa abamelene nabo baduke, funa bathi: “Isandla sethu siphakeme, uJehova akenzanga konke lokhu.” ’

²⁸“Ngokuba bayisizwe esimasu aso aphelile, akukho ukuqonda kubo.

²⁹Sengathi nga behlakaniphile ukuba bakuqonde lokho, bazindle ngokugcina kwabo.

³⁰Emunye angaxosha kanjani inkulungwane; ababili bangabhengula kanjani izinkulungwane eziyishumi, uma iDwala labo lingathengisanga ngabo, uJehova ebengabakhapheli, na?

³¹Ngokuba idwala labo alinjengeDwala lethu; nezitha zethu ziyakubona.

³²Ngokuba umvini wabo ungumvini waseSodoma nowamasimu aseGomora; izithelo zabo ziyizithelo zenyongo, amahlukuzo abo amunyu;

³³iwayini labo liyisihlungu sawodrako, lingubuthi obesabekayo bamabululu.

³⁴Lokho akubekelelwe kimina, kunamathelisiwe engcebeni yami na?

³⁵Ngeyami impindiselo nembuyiselo ngesikhathi sokushelela konyawo lwabo, ngokuba usuku lwabo lwengozi selusondele, izinto abazilungiselweyo ziyakuphuthuma.

³⁶“Ngokuba uJehova uyakubahlulela abantu bakhe, azihawukele izinceku zakhe, lapho ebona ukuthi amandla abo aphelile, kungekho omunye ovalelweyo noma okhululekileyo.

³⁷Uyakuthi: ‘Baphi onkulunkulu babo, idwala ababephephela kulo,

³⁸ababedla amanoni emihlatshelo yabo, beliphuza iwayini lomnikelo wabo wokuphuzwa, na? Mabavuke, banisize, babe yisivikelo senu.

³⁹“ ‘Bonani manje ukuthi mina, yebo, mina nginguye, akakho unkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami; mina ngiyabulala, besengiphilisa, ngilimazile, kepha ngiyakupholisa; akakho ongophula esandleni sami.

⁴⁰Ngokuba ngiyaphakamisela isandla sami ezulwini, ngithi: Mina ngiyaphila kuze kube phakade:

⁴¹uma ngilola inkemba yami ebenyezelayo, nesandla sami sibambelela ekwahluleleni, ngiyakubuyisela impindiselo kwabamelene nami, ngibaphindisele abangizondayo.’

⁴²“Ngiyakudakisa imicibisholo yami ngegazi, inkemba yami idle inyama, ngegazi lababuleweyo nelabathunjwa, kuqala kuwo amakhanda abaholi bezitha.

⁴³Yenanelani abantu bakhe nina zizwe, ngokuba uyakuphindisela igazi lezinceku zakhe, abuyisele impindiselo kwabamelene naye, enzele izwi lakhe nabantu bakhe ukubuyisana.”

⁴⁴UMose wafika wakhuluma onke amazwi aleli hubo ezindlebeni zabantu, yena noJoshuwa indodana kaNuni.

⁴⁵UMose eseqedile ukukhuluma onke lawa mazwi kubo bonke abakwa-Israyeli

⁴⁶wathi kubo: “Bekani inhliziyo yenu kuwo onke amazwi engiwafakazela kini namuhla, eniyakuyala ngawo abantwana benu ukuba baqaphele ukuwenza amazwi onke alo mthetho.

⁴⁷Ngokuba akusiyo into eyize kini; lokho kungukuphila kwenu, nangale nto niyakuzandisa izinsuku zenu ezweni eniwela iJordani ukuba ningene kulo ukulidla.”

⁴⁸UJehova wayesekhuluma kuMose ngalona lolo suku, ethi:

⁴⁹“Khuphukela entabeni yase-Abarimi, intaba yaseNebo esezweni lakwaMowabi, emalungana neJeriko, ulibheke izwe laseKhanani engibanika lona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuba libe yifa labo,

⁵⁰ufele kuleyo ntaba okhuphukela kuyo, ubuthelwe kubantu bakini, njengalokho u-Aroni umfowenu wafela entabeni yaseHori, wabuthelwa kubantu bakubo,

⁵¹ngokuba naphambuka kimi phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ngasemanzini aseMeriba laseKadeshi ehlane laseSini, lokhu ningangingcwelisanga phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

⁵²Uyakulibona izwe phambi kwakho, kepha awuyikungena khona, izwe engibanika lona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.”