Exodus 20
1 God spoke all the following words:
UNkulunkulu wasekhuluma wonke la amazwi esithi:
2 “I am the Lord your God, who led you out of Egypt, out of the land of your slavery.
NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyakukhupha elizweni leGibhithe, endlini yobugqili.
3 You must not have any other gods except me.
Ungabi labanye onkulunkulu phambi kwami.
4 You must not make for yourself any kind of idol, whether in the form of anything in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters below.
Ungazenzeli isithombe esibaziweyo loba yiwuphi umfanekiso wokusemazulwini phezulu, loba wokusemhlabeni phansi, loba wokusemanzini ngaphansi komhlaba;
5 You must not bow down before them or worship them; for I am the Lord your God and I am passionately exclusive. I lay the consequences of the sin of those who hate me on their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons;
ungakukhothameli, ungakukhonzi; ngoba mina iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, nginguNkulunkulu olobukhwele, ngiphindisela ububi baboyise phezu kwabantwana, kuze kube sesizukulwaneni sesithathu lesesine sabangizondayo,
6 but I show trustworthy love to the thousands of generations who love me and keep my commandments.
kodwa ngibenzela umusa abayizinkulungwane zabangithandayo lezabagcina imilayo yami.
7 You must not use the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way, for the Lord will not forgive anyone who uses his name in a wrong way.
Ungaliphathi ngeze ibizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho; ngoba iNkosi kayiyikumyekela engelacala ophatha ibizo layo ngeze.
8 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Khumbula usuku lwesabatha, ukulugcina lube ngcwele.
9 You have six days to work and earn your living,
Insuku eziyisithupha uzasebenza, uwenze wonke umsebenzi wakho;
10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath to honor the Lord your God. On this day you must not do any work—not you, not your son or daughter, not your male slave or female slave or livestock, and not the foreigner who is staying with you.
kodwa usuku lwesikhombisa lulisabatha leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho; ungenzi loba yiwuphi umsebenzi ngalo, wena lendodana yakho lendodakazi yakho, inceku yakho lencekukazi yakho lezifuyo zakho lowemzini wakho ophakathi kwamasango akho.
11 For the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days, and then rested on the seventh day. That's why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Ngoba ngensuku eziyisithupha iNkosi yenza amazulu lomhlaba lolwandle lakho konke okukukho, yasiphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa; ngalokhu iNkosi yalubusisa usuku lwesabatha, yalungcwelisa.
12 Honor your father and mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko, ukuze insuku zakho zelulwe elizweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika lona.
13 You must not murder.
Ungabulali.
14 You must not commit adultery.
Ungafebi.
15 You must not steal.
Ungebi.
16 You must not give false evidence against others.
Unganiki ubufakazi bamanga ngomakhelwane wakho.
17 You must not desire to have anyone else's house. You must not desire to have their wife, or their male slave or female slave, or their ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to them.”
Ungafisi indlu kamakhelwane wakho, ungafisi umkamakhelwane wakho, lenceku yakhe, lencekukazi yakhe, lenkabi yakhe, lobabhemi wakhe, njalo loba yini ekamakhelwane wakho.
18 When all the people heard the thunder and the sound of the trumpet, and saw the lightning and the smoke from the mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off.
Bonke abantu basebebona imidumo lemibane lelizwi lophondo, lentaba ithunqa. Kwathi abantu bekubona bathuthumela, bema khatshana;
19 “You speak to us, and we'll listen,” they said to Moses. “But don't let God speak to us, or we'll die.”
bathi kuMozisi: Khuluma wena lathi, njalo sizakuzwa; kodwa uNkulunkulu kangakhulumi lathi hlezi sife.
20 Moses told them, “Do not be afraid, for God has only come to test you. He wants you to be in awe of him so that you don't sin.”
UMozisi wasesithi ebantwini: Lingesabi; ngoba uNkulunkulu ufikile ukuze alilinge, lokuze ukwesabeka kwakhe kube phambi kwenu, ukuze lingoni.
21 The people stood a long way off as Moses went over to the thick, dark cloud where God was.
Abantu bema-ke khatshana; kodwa uMozisi wasondela emnyameni onzima lapho uNkulunkulu ayekhona.
22 The Lord told Moses, “This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘You saw for yourselves that I spoke with you from heaven.
INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Uzakutsho njalo kubantwana bakoIsrayeli uthi: Lina selibonile ukuthi ngikhulume lani ngisemazulwini.
23 You must not make any idols of silver or gold to worship in addition to me.
Kaliyikwenza kanye lami onkulunkulu besiliva, njalo onkulunkulu begolide kaliyikuzenzela.
24 Make me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep, goats, and cattle. Wherever I decide to be worshiped, I will come to you and bless you.
Ngenzela ilathi lenhlabathi, unikele phezu kwalo iminikelo yakho yokutshiswa leminikelo yakho yokuthula, izimvu zakho lenkabi zakho. Kuyo yonke indawo lapho engilenza ibizo lami ukuthi likhunjulwe khona ngizakuza kuwe ngikubusise.
25 Now if you make an altar out of stones for me, you must not build it with cut stones, because if you use a chisel to cut the stone, you make it unholy.
Kodwa uba ungenzela ilathi lamatshe, awuyikulakha ngamatshe abaziweyo; ngoba nxa uphakamisela kulo insimbi yakho yokubaza, uyalingcolisa.
26 Also, you must not go up to my altar using steps, so your private parts are not seen.’”
Awuyikukhwela phezu kwelathi lami ngezikhwelo, ukuze ubunqunu bakho bungembulwa phezu kwalo.
