UDutheronomi 32

¹“Lalelani, we mazulu, ngizakhuluma,

²Akuthi imfundiso yami inethe njengezulu

³Ngizaliphakamisa ibizo likaThixo.

⁴UliDwala, imisebenzi yakhe iphelele,

⁵Sebenze okubi phambi kwakhe;

⁶Yiyonale na indlela yokubonga kwenu uThixo,

⁷Khumbulani insuku zakudala;

⁸Kwathi oPhezukonke esephe izizwe ilifa lazo,

⁹Ngoba isabelo sikaThixo ngabantu bakhe,

¹⁰Wamfica elizweni eliyinkangala,

¹¹njengokhozi lunyakazisa isidleke salo,

¹²Nguye yedwa uThixo owamkhokhelayo;

¹³Wamkhweza engqongeni yelizwe

¹⁴lezankefu langochago oluvela emihlambini yenkomo leyezimvu;

¹⁵UJeshuruni wazimuka watshakala;

¹⁶Bambangela ubukhwele ngabonkulunkulu babo bezizweni

¹⁷Benza imihlatshelo kuwo amadimoni, wona angasiNkulunkulu,

¹⁸Walihlamukela iDwala, elinguyihlo;

¹⁹UThixo wakubona lokhu wabafulathela

²⁰‘Ngizabufihla ubuso bami kubo,’ watsho uThixo,

²¹Bangenza ngaba lobukhwele ngalokho okwakungasinkulunkulu

²²Ngoba umlilo usulunyathiswe yikuthukuthela kwami,

²³Ngizabehlisela izigigaba,

²⁴Ngizabathumela inkengane eqeda amandla,

²⁵Ezindleleni inkemba izabaswelisa abantwana,

²⁶Ngithe ngizabachitha

²⁷kodwa ngesaba ukweyisa kwesitha,

²⁸Bayisizwe esingelangqondo,

²⁹Ngabe kodwa bahlakaniphile njalo bezwisise lokhu,

³⁰Kungenzeka njani ukuthi umuntu oyedwa axotshane lenkulungwane,

³¹Ngoba elabo idwala alinjengelethu iDwala,

³²Iwayini labo livela esivinini saseSodoma

³³Iwayini labo liyibuthi bezinyoka,

³⁴‘Kambe lokhu angikugodlanga na

³⁵Ukuphindisela ngokwami; ngizabuyisela.

³⁶UThixo uzakwahlulela abantu bakhe,

³⁷Uzakuthi: ‘Kanti bangaphi onkulunkulu babo,

³⁸onkulunkulu abadla amafutha emihlatshelo yabo

³⁹Angithi liyazibonela ukuthi Mina ngiNguye!

⁴⁰Ngiphakamisela isandla sami ezulwini ngithi:

⁴¹nxa ngilola inkemba yami ephazimayo

⁴²Imitshoko yami izagava igazi,

⁴³Jabulani, lina zizwe, kanye labantu bakhe,

⁴⁴UMosi weza loJoshuwa indodana kaNuni wethula wonke amazwi engoma le abantu bonke besizwa.

⁴⁵UMosi wathi eqeda ukuwethula lamazwi phambi kwabo bonke abako-Israyeli,

⁴⁶wathi kubo, “Alondolozeni ezinhliziyweni zenu wonke lamazwi engiwethule phambi kwenu ngesifungo lamuhla, ukuze libe lakho ukubalaya abantwabenu ukuba bawalalele ngonanzelelo amazwi alo umthetho.

⁴⁷Akusimazwi alula nje kini, ayikuphila kwenu. Ngala amazwi lizaphila isikhathi eside elizweni eselingena kulo lichapha uJodani ukuba lilithathe libe ngelenu.”

⁴⁸Ngalolosuku uThixo watshela uMosi wathi,

⁴⁹“Khwela uye okhahlamba lwezintaba zase-Abharimi eNtabeni yaseNebho kwelamaMowabi, ngaphetsheya kweJerikho, ukuze ubone iKhenani, ilizwe engilinika abako-Israyeli ukuba balithathe libe ngelabo.

⁵⁰Phezu kwaleyontaba okhwele phezu kwayo uzakufa umbelwe uye kubokhokho bakho njengoba u-Aroni laye wafela entabeni yaseHori wembelwa kwabakibo.

⁵¹Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi lina lobabili lalahla ithemba lenu kimi phambi kwabako-Israyeli emachibini aseMeribha Khadeshi, eNkangala yaseZini langenxa yokuthi alizange lime ngobungcwele bami phambi kwabako-Israyeli.

⁵²Ngenxa yalokho, ilizwe uzalibonela kude, awusoze ungene elizweni esengilinika abako-Israyeli ukuba bangene kulo.”