Duteronomi

Isahluko 26

“Kuyakuthi lapho usufikile ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona libe yifa lakho ukuba ulidle, wakhe kulo,
2 uthathe ulibo lwezithelo zonke zomhlaba olubuthayo ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona, ulufake eqomeni, uye endaweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ayakuyikhetha ukuba igama lakhe lihlale kuyo.
3 Uyakuya kumpristi oyakuba khona ngalezo zinsuku, uthi kuye: ‘Ngiyabika namuhla kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ukuthi sengifikile ezweni uJehova alifungela obaba ukusinika lona.’
4 Umpristi uyakuthatha iqoma esandleni sakho, alibeke phansi phambi kwe-altare likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.
5 Wena uyakuphendula, uthi phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho: ‘Ubaba wayengumAramu ozulayo, wehlela eGibithe, wagogobala khona nabantu abayingcosana; waba yisizwe khona, esikhulu, nesinamandla, nesiningi;
6 abaseGibithe basiphatha kabi, basihlupha, basithwesa ubugqili obulukhuni;
7 sase sikhala kuJehova uNkulunkulu wawobaba, uJehova walizwa izwi lethu, wabona ukuhlupheka kwethu, nomshikashika wethu, nokucindezelwa kwethu;
8 uJehova wasikhipha eGibithe ngesandla esinamandla nangengalo eyeluliweyo, nangezenzo ezesabekayo nezinkulu, nangezibonakaliso, nangezimangaliso,
9 wasiletha kule ndawo, wasinika leli zwe, izwe elivame ubisi nezinyosi.
10 Manje-ke, bheka, sengilethile ulibo lwezithelo zomhlaba onginike wona wena Jehova;’ bese wukubeka phansi phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukhuleke phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho,
11 wename ngakho konke okuhle uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunikile khona wena nendlu yakho, wena nomLevi, nomfokazi ophakathi kwakho.
12 “Lapho uqedile ukuthatha okweshumi kwezithelo zakho ngomnyaka wesithathu ongumnyaka wokweshumi, usumnike uLevi khona, nomfokazi, nentandane, nomfelokazi ukuba badle phakathi kwamasango akho, basuthe,
13 uyakuthi phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho: ‘Ngikhiphile izinto ezingcwele endlini yami, ngamnika zona uLevi, nomfokazi, nentandane, nomfelokazi njengayo yonke imiyalo ongiyale ngayo; angiweqanga nowodwa wemiyalo yakho, futhi angiyikhohlwanga.
14 Angikudlanga ekulileni kwami, angisusanga lutho ngingcolile, anginikelanga ngakho kofileyo; ngilalele izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wami, ngenzile njengakho konke ongiyale ngakho.
15 Bheka phansi usezindlini zakho ezingcwele ezulwini, ubusise abantu bakho u-Israyeli nomhlaba osinike wona njengokufunga kwakho kobaba, izwe elivame ubisi nezinyosi.’
16 “Namuhla uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakuyala ukwenza lezi zimiso nezahlulelo; ngalokho wozigcina, uzenze ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho.
17 Umqinisele namuhla uJehova ukuthi uyakuba nguNkulunkulu wakho, uhambe ezindleleni zakhe, ugcine izimiso zakhe, nemiyalo yakhe, nezahlulelo zakhe, nililalele izwi lakhe;
18 uJehova ukuqinisele namuhla ukuthi uyakuba yisizwe senzuzo yakhe njengokukwethembisa kwakhe, ugcine yonke imiyalo yakhe,
19 ukuze akuphakamise phezu kwazo zonke izizwe azenzileyo ngokubongwa, nangegama, nangodumo, ube yisizwe esingcwele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho njengokusho kwakhe.”