UDutheronomi 14

1 Lingabantwana beNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu. Kaliyikuzisika, lingenzi impabanga phakathi laphakathi kwamehlo enu ngenxa yabafileyo.

You are the children of the Lord your God: you shall not make any baldness between you eyes for the dead.

2 Ngoba uyisizwe esingcwele eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho; leNkosi ikukhethile ukuthi ube yisizwe esikhethekileyo kuyo, ngaphezu kwezizwe zonke ezisebusweni bomhlaba.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord your God has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.

3 Ungadli loba yikuphi okunengekayo.

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

4 Yilezi inyamazana elingazidla: Inkabi, imvu, lembuzi,

These [are] the beasts which you shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;

5 indluzele, lomziki, lomziki olempondo ezilembaxambaxa, lembuzi yeganga, lomtshwayeli, lenkabi yeganga, legogo,

the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard.

6 layo yonke inyamazana edabula isondo, edabula okudabukileyo kube zinklagu ezimbili, eyetshisayo phakathi kwezinyamazana; leyo lingayidla.

Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud among beasts, these you shall eat.

7 Kodwa lezi kaliyikuzidla kuzo ezetshisayo, lakuzo ezidabula isondo elidabukileyo: Ikamela lomvundla lembila, ngoba ziyetshisa kodwa kazidabulanga isondo; zingcolile kini.

And these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to you.

8 Lengulube, ngoba idabula isondo kodwa kayetshisi; ingcolile kini. Lingadli okwenyama yazo, lingathinti izidumbu zazo.

And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, you shall not touch their dead bodies.

9 Lezi lingazidla kuzo zonke ezisemanzini: Zonke ezilempiko lamaxolo lingazidla.

And these you shall eat of all that are in the water, you shall eat all that have fins and scales.

10 Kodwa loba yikuphi okungelampiko lamaxolo lingakudli; kungcolile kini.

And all that have not fins and scales you shall not eat; they are unclean to you.

11 Zonke inyoni ezihlambulukileyo lingazidla.

You shall eat every clean bird.

12 Kodwa yilezi elingayikudla kuzo: Ukhozi lelinqe lengqungqulu edla inhlanzi,

And these of them you shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,

13 lomzwazwa, lohelwane, lelinqe ngohlobo lwalo,

and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it,

14 lalo lonke iwabayi ngohlobo lwalo,

15 lesikhova, lomandukulo, lenkanku, lokhozi ngohlobo lwalo,

and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant,

16 isikhova esincinyane, lesikhova esikhulu, lesikhova esimhlophe,

and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,

17 lewunkwe, lelinqe elikhulu, letshayamanzi,

and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,

18 lengabuzane, lehemu ngohlobo lwalo, lemvenduna, lolulwane.

and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.

19 Lazo zonke izibungu ezilempiko zingcolile kini; kazingadliwa.

All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; you shall not eat of them.

20 Zonke izinyoni ezihlambulukileyo lingazidla.

You shall eat every clean bird.

21 Lingabokudla langcuba; ungayinika owemzini ophakathi kwamasango akho ukuthi ayidle, loba uyithengise kowezizwe; ngoba uyisizwe esingcwele eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho. Ungapheki izinyane lembuzi ngochago lukanina.

You shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in your cities and he shall eat it, or you shall sell it to a stranger, because you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.

22 Uzanikela ngoqotho okwetshumi kwesithelo sonke senhlanyelo yakho, insimu ekuthelayo iminyaka ngeminyaka.

You shall tithe a tenth of all the produce of your seed, the fruit of your field year by year.

23 Njalo uzakudla phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, endaweni ezayikhetha ukuthi ibeke ibizo layo khona, okwetshumi kwamabele akho, okwewayini lakho elitsha, lokwamafutha akho, lamazibulo enkomo zakho lawezimvu zakho, ukuze ufunde ukuyesaba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho insuku zonke.

And you shall eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there; you shall bring the tithe of your corn and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.

24 Uba-ke indlela inde kakhulu kuwe, uze wehluleke ukukuthwala, ngoba ikhatshana kakhulu lawe indawo iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ezayikhetha ukuthi ibeke ibizo layo khona, lapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ikubusisile,

And if the journey be too far for you, and you are not able to bring them, because the place [is] far from you which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord your God will bless you;

25 uzakuguqula-ke kube yimali, ubophele imali esandleni sakho, uye endaweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ezayikhetha,

then you shall sell them for money, and you shall take the money in your hands, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.

26 uthenge ngaleyomali loba kuyini umphefumulo wakho okufisayo, izinkabi loba izimvu loba iwayini loba okunathwayo okulamandla, loba kuyini umphefumulo wakho okufisayo; udle khona phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, uthabe wena lendlu yakho.

And you shall give the money for whatever your soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or [you shall lay it out] on strong drink, or on whatever your soul may desire, and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice and your house,

27 LomLevi ophakathi kwamasango akho, ungamdeli, ngoba kalasabelo lelifa kanye lawe.

and the Levite that is in your cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with you.

28 Ekupheleni kweminyaka emithathu uzakhupha konke okwetshumi kwezithelo zakho ngalowomnyaka, ukugcine phakathi kwamasango akho.

After three years you shall bring out all the tithes of your fruits, in that year you shall lay it up in your cities.

29 LomLevi, lokhu engelasabelo lelifa kanye lawe, lowemzini, lentandane, lomfelokazi, abaphakathi kwamasango akho, bazakuza, badle, basuthe, ukuze iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ikubusise emsebenzini wonke wesandla sakho owenzayo.

And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in your cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works which you shall do.