U-Eksodusi 20

1 UNkulunkulu wasekhuluma wonke la amazwi esithi:

2 NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyakukhupha elizweni leGibhithe, endlini yobugqili.

3 Ungabi labanye onkulunkulu phambi kwami.

4 Ungazenzeli isithombe esibaziweyo loba yiwuphi umfanekiso wokusemazulwini phezulu, loba wokusemhlabeni phansi, loba wokusemanzini ngaphansi komhlaba;

5 ungakukhothameli, ungakukhonzi; ngoba mina iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, nginguNkulunkulu olobukhwele, ngiphindisela ububi baboyise phezu kwabantwana, kuze kube sesizukulwaneni sesithathu lesesine sabangizondayo,

6 kodwa ngibenzela umusa abayizinkulungwane zabangithandayo lezabagcina imilayo yami.

7 Ungaliphathi ngeze ibizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho; ngoba iNkosi kayiyikumyekela engelacala ophatha ibizo layo ngeze.

8 Khumbula usuku lwesabatha, ukulugcina lube ngcwele.

9 Insuku eziyisithupha uzasebenza, uwenze wonke umsebenzi wakho;

10 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 Ngoba ngensuku eziyisithupha iNkosi yenza amazulu lomhlaba lolwandle lakho konke okukukho, yasiphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa; ngalokhu iNkosi yalubusisa usuku lwesabatha, yalungcwelisa.

12 Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko, ukuze insuku zakho zelulwe elizweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika lona.

13 Ungabulali.

14 Ungafebi.

15 Ungebi.

16 Unganiki ubufakazi bamanga ngomakhelwane wakho.

17 Ungafisi indlu kamakhelwane wakho, ungafisi umkamakhelwane wakho, lenceku yakhe, lencekukazi yakhe, lenkabi yakhe, lobabhemi wakhe, njalo loba yini ekamakhelwane wakho.

18 Bonke abantu basebebona imidumo lemibane lelizwi lophondo, lentaba ithunqa. Kwathi abantu bekubona bathuthumela, bema khatshana;

19 bathi kuMozisi: Khuluma wena lathi, njalo sizakuzwa; kodwa uNkulunkulu kangakhulumi lathi hlezi sife.

20 UMozisi wasesithi ebantwini: Lingesabi; ngoba uNkulunkulu ufikile ukuze alilinge, lokuze ukwesabeka kwakhe kube phambi kwenu, ukuze lingoni.

21 Abantu bema-ke khatshana; kodwa uMozisi wasondela emnyameni onzima lapho uNkulunkulu ayekhona.

22 INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Uzakutsho njalo kubantwana bakoIsrayeli uthi: Lina selibonile ukuthi ngikhulume lani ngisemazulwini.

23 Kaliyikwenza kanye lami onkulunkulu besiliva, njalo onkulunkulu begolide kaliyikuzenzela.

24 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 Kodwa uba ungenzela ilathi lamatshe, awuyikulakha ngamatshe abaziweyo; ngoba nxa uphakamisela kulo insimbi yakho yokubaza, uyalingcolisa.

26 Awuyikukhwela phezu kwelathi lami ngezikhwelo, ukuze ubunqunu bakho bungembulwa phezu kwalo.