Deuteronomy 8
1 You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.
Yonke imithetho engikulaya yona lamuhla lizananzelela ukuyenza, ukuze liphile, lande, lingene lidle ilifa lelizwe, iNkosi eyalifungela oyihlo.
2 You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
Njalo uzakhumbula indlela yonke iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekukhokhele ngayo liminyaka engamatshumi amane enkangala, ukuze ikuthobise, ikuhlole, ukwazi okusenhliziyweni yakho, uba uzagcina imithetho yayo, loba hatshi.
3 He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the LORD’s mouth.
Yasikuthobisa, yakulambisa, yakudlisa imana owawungayazi, laboyihlo babengayazi, ukuze ikwazise ukuthi umuntu kaphili ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa ngakho konke okuphuma emlonyeni weNkosi umuntu uyaphila.
4 Your clothing did not grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
Izembatho zakho kaziguganga phezu kwakho, lonyawo lwakho kaluvuvukanga, le iminyaka engamatshumi amane.
5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
Ngakho yazi enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi njengendoda ilaya indodana yayo, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho iyakulaya.
6 You shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Ngakho uzagcina imithetho yeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukuhamba endleleni zayo, lokuyesaba.
7 For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
Ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ikungenisa elizweni elihle, ilizwe lezifula zamanzi, lemithombo lokujula okugobhoza ezihotsheni lezintabeni;
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
ilizwe lengqoloyi, lebhali, lezivini, lemikhiwa, lezithelo zepomegranati, ilizwe lezihlahla zemihlwathi zamafutha, loluju,
9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
ilizwe ozakudla kulo isinkwa kungekho ukusilela, ongayikuswela lutho kulo; ilizwe elilamatshe ayinsimbi, lelilezintaba elingagebha kuzo ithusi.
10 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.
Usudlile wasutha, uzabusisa iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngelizwe elihle ekunike lona.
11 Beware lest you forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;
Ziqaphele hlezi ukhohlwe iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngokungagcini imilayo yayo lezahlulelo zayo lezimiso zayo, engikulaya zona lamuhla.
12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them;
Hlezi lapho usudlile wasutha, usuwakhe izindlu ezinhle wahlala kuzo,
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
sekwandile inkomo zakho lezimvu zakho, lesiliva legolide kwakho sekwandile, lakho konke olakho sekwandile,
14 then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
inhliziyo yakho ibisiziphakamisa, ubusukhohlwa iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyakukhupha elizweni leGibhithe, endlini yobugqili,
15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
eyakukhokhela enkangala enkulu leyesabekayo, okwakulenyoka ezilokutshisa lezinkume lomhlabathi owomileyo, lapho okwakungelamanzi khona, eyakuvezela amanzi edwaleni lelitshe elilukhuni,
16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;
eyakudlisa imana enkangala, oyihlo ababengayazi, ukuze ikuthobise, lokuze ikuhlole, ikwenzele okuhle ekucineni kwakho,
17 and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”
ubususithi enhliziyweni yakho: Amandla ami lokuqina kwesandla sami kungizuzele linotho.
18 But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
Kodwa uzakhumbula iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ngoba yiyo ekunika amandla okuzuza inotho, ukuze iqinise isivumelwano sayo eyasifungela oyihlo njengalamuhla.
19 It shall be, if you shall forget the LORD your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.
Kuzakuthi-ke, nxa ukhohlwa lokukhohlwa iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ulandele abanye onkulunkulu, ubakhonze, ubakhothamele, ngiyalifakazela lamuhla ukuthi lizabhubha lokubhubha.
20 As the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish, because you would not listen to the LORD your God’s voice.
Njengezizwe iNkosi ezichithileyo phambi kwenu, ngokunjalo lizabhubha, ngoba lingalilalelanga ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.
