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1 Ekupheleni kweminyaka esixhenxe, uze wenze uyekelelo.
2 Nali ke isiko loyekelelo: Bonke ababoleki ababoleke ngesandla sabo, mabayiyekelele into abayiboleke ummelwane wabo, bangammemi ummelwane wabo ongumzalwana wabo; ngokuba kumenyezwe uyekelelo lukaYehova.
3 Ungammema owolunye uhlanga; ke into eyiyeyakho ekumzalwana wakho soyiyekelela isandla sakho.
4 Kodwa ke ze kungabikho hlwempu kuwe; ngokuba uYehova wokusikelela kakhulu ezweni elo, akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho ukuba libe lilifa, ulime;
5 ukuba uthe kodwa waliphulaphula ngenyameko izwi likaYehova uThixo wakho, wagcina ukuwenza wonke lo mthetho ndikuwiselayo namhla.
6 Ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho ukusikelele, njengoko wathethayo kuwe; woboleka iintlanga ezininzi ngezibambiso, ke wena akuyi kuboleka kuzo ngazibambiso. Wolawula iintlanga ezininzi, ke zona aziyi kukulawula.
7 Xa kuthe kwakho ihlwempu kuwe ebazalwaneni bakho, nokuba kukuliphi kumasango akho, ezweni lakho akunikayo uYehova, uThixo wakho, uze ungayenzi ingqoshomba intliziyo yakho, usivale isandla sakho kumzalwana wakho olihlwempu.
8 Uze usivule kakhulu isandla sakho kuye, umboleke into elingene ukuswela kwakhe aswele ngako.
9 Uze uzigcine kungabikho butshijolo entliziyweni yakho, uthi, Usondele umnyaka wesixhenxe, umnyaka woyekelelo; libe libi iliso lakho ngakumzalwana wakho olihlwempu, ungamniki nto; aze akhale ngawe kuYehova, ube nesono.
10 Uze umnike, ingabi mbi intliziyo yakho ekumnikeni kwakho; ngokuba ngenxa yale ndawo wokusikelela uYehova uThixo wakho emsebenzini wakho wonke, nasezintweni zonke osa isandla sakho kuzo.
11 Kuba alisayi kuza lingabikho ihlwempu phakathi kwelizwe elo; ngenxa yoko ndikuwisela umthetho, ndisithi, Sivule kakhulu isandla sakho kumzalwana wakho olusizana, olihlwempu lakho ezweni lakho.
12 Xa athe wazithengisa kuwe umzalwana wakho, umHebhere nokuba ngumHebherekazi, wakukhonza iminyaka emithandathu, womndulula ngomnyaka wesixhenxe ekhululekile kuwe.
13 Xa uthe wamndulula ekhululekile kuwe, uze ungamndululi elambatha.
14 Wompha umphe empahleni yakho emfutshane, nasesandeni sakho, nasesixovulelweni sakho; umnike into akusikelele ngayo uYehova uThixo wakho;
15 ukhumbule ukuba ube ulikhoboka ezweni laseYiputa, wakukhulula uYehova uThixo wakho; ngenxa yoko ndikuwisela umthetho ngale nto namhla.
16 Kothi, xa athe kuwe, Andimki kuwe; ngokuba ekuthanda wena nendlu yakho, ngokuba kulungile kuye ekuwe nje:
17 uthabathe ke inyatyhowa, umhlabe ngayo endlebeni iye kuma elucangweni, abe sisicaka kuwe ngonaphakade. Nakwisicakakazi sakho uze wenjenjalo.
18 Makunganqabi emehlweni akho ukumndulula kwakho ekhululekile kuwe; ngokuba kuwe unjengomqeshwa okuqeshwa kubini, ekukhonze iminyaka emithandathu nje: wokusikelela uYehova uThixo wakho ezintweni zonke ozenzayo.
19 Onke amazibulo athe azalwa ziinkomo zakho nayimpahla yakho emfutshane angamaduna, wowangcwalisa kuYehova uThixo wakho. Uze ungawasebenzisi amazibulo eenkomo zakho, ungawachebi amazibulo empahla yakho emfutshane.
20 Wowadlela phambi koYehova uThixo wakho iminyaka ngeminyaka, kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula uYehova, wena nendlu yakho.
21 Xa athe aba nesiphako, aziziqhwala, aziimfama, onke anesiphako esibi, uze ungawabingeleli kuYehova uThixo wakho.
22 Wowadlela emasangweni akho; oyinqambi nohlambulukileyo bofana ukuyidla into enjengebhadi nenjengexhama.
23 Ligazi lawo lodwa eningayi kulidla; woliphalazela emhlabeni njengamanzi.