uAshere, unyana weshumi kaYakobi noZilipa. Inkcazo yobuntu obubini. IbalilokuqalalikaJekyllkunyeneHyde. Ukuze ufumane inkcazelo yoMthetho weMbuyekezo awayeza kuyonwabela uEmerson,bonaiVesiyama-27.
1 Incwadi ka-Ashere, awayithetha koonyanabakhe,ngomnyakawekhulu elinamancimabinianesihlanuwobomi bakhe.
2 Ke kaloku wathi kubo, nakuba ebesaphila, nyana baka-Ashere, baphulaphuleni uyihlo, ndinixelele konkeokuthetyeemehlwenikaYehova.
3 UThixo ubanike oonyana babantu iindlela ezimbini: iintsilelo ezimbini, iintlobo ezimbini zezenzo, neentsilelo ezimbini,nemibaemibini.
4Ngokokezonkeizintozimingambini, enyephezukomnye.
5 Kuba kukho iindlela ezimbini zokulungileyo nokubi, esinezimbo zombiniezifubenizethuezicalulayo.
6 Ukuba ke umphefumlo uthe wakholwa kukulunga, zonke izenzo zawo zisebulungiseni; kwaye ukuba sithesonasiyaguqukakwaoko.
7 Kuba iingcinga zabo zimiliselwe ebulungiseni, bebutshitshisa ububi, bubhukuqa kwaoko ububi, businyothuleisono.
8 Ke ukuba lutyekele entweni embi, zonke izenzo zalo zisebubini; naxa
lisebenza okulungileyo, uya kuligqwethalibembi.
9 Kuba xa lithe laqalisa ukwenza okulungileyo,uselóbubikuye,ekubeni ubutyebibokutyekelabuzelengumoya ongendawo.
10 Umntu ngamazwi angathi ancede okulungileyokokubi;keyonaihambo yakheikhokelelaebubini.
11 Kukho indoda engenanceba kolilungiselelayo ithuba layo ebubini; Le nto ke ithetha ukuba ngamacala amabini,kodwakebububibonke.
12 Kwaye kukho umntu omthandayo owenza okubi, kuba ebanyula ukufa ebubiningenxayakhe.kwayemalunga noku kucacile ukuba ihlamba imiba emibini, kodwa iyonke ingumsebenzi ongendawo.
13 Nakuba enothando okunene, uba ngongendawo oyigubungelayo into embingenxayegamaelilungileyo;
14 Omnye uyaba, wenza ngobugqwetha,uyaphanga,uyaqhatha, azeabenemfesanekwabasweleyo;
15 Omqhathayo ummelwane wakhe umngcikiva uThixo, ufunga uPhezukonke,nobabalaabaziintsizana; uYehova uwutshitshisile umyalelo kaYehova, uqumba, noko ke uyabaphumzaabaziintsizana.
16 Wenze inqambi umphefumlo, alalise umzimba; Okunene uyabulala abaninzi, abe nemfesane kwa abambalwa;
17 Omnye uyakrexeza, ahenyuze, asukeangazidli,xaathewazila,wenza okubi; kanti ke, nokuba kungendawo kwakhe kugqithisele umthetho, enze imithetho;
18 Abantu abanjalo bayimivundla; zihlambulukile, njengazozithegqiphu uphuphu,kodwaziziinqambi;
19 Kuba uThixo emacwecweni emithethouthewenjenjalo.
20Kodwanina,bantwanabam,musani ukunxibaubusoobubiniobufananobo, obokulunga nobobubi; kodwa namathela ekulungeni kodwa, kuba uThixo ulikhaya lakhe kubo, banqwenelwangabantu.
21Kekubalekeniokungendawo;Kuba ababuso bamacala omabini àbakhonzi bakaThixo,bakhonzaezaboiinkanuko, ukuze bathande ukukholisa abantu abanjengabo.
22 Kuba abantu abalungileyo, bantliziyo inye, bacinga ukuba basonwa kabini, bangamalungisa phambikoThixo.
23 Kuba abaninzi ekubulaleni ongendawobenza imisebenzi emibini, kokulungileyo nokubi; kodwa yonke into ilungile, ngokuba ubuncolile, abutshabalalise.
24 Omnye umthiyile umntu onenceba nongendawo,nalowoukrexezayo,uzila ukudla;kwanaloontoinendawo-mbini, ke wona umsebenzi uphela ulungile, ngokuba ulandela umzekelo weNkosi,
ngokungakunanzanga okulungileyo kokubi.njengentoentlengokwenene.
25 Omnye akanqweneli kuwubona umhla olungileyo kunye nabo bangenawo, hleze awenze inqambi umzimba wakhe, ahlambele umphefumlo wakhe; oku, kwakhona, ubusokabini,kodwayonkeilungile.
26 Kuba abanjalo bafana nexhama nexhamakazi, kuba ngokwasendle babonakala beyinqambi, bahlambulukile kanye; ngokuba behamba ngokuzondelela uYehova, bazikhwebule kwinto ayithiyileyo uThixo, ayithiyileyo imithetho yakhe, ayithiyileyoimithethoyakhe;
27 Niyabona ke, bantwanana, ukuba abantu ababini+ ezintweni zonke, omnye nxamnye nomnye, omnye ufihlakele kwenye: ebutyebini kufihlwe ukubawa, ebunxileni, eburheletyweni,eburheletyweni.
28 Ukufa ke kukhokelela ebomini, ukucukucezwa kozuko, ubusuku nemini,ubumnyamabubekukukhanya; Kwayezonkeizintoziphantsikwemini, izinto zobulungisa phantsi kobomi, izinto ezingezozabulungisa phantsi kokufa; ngako oko nobomi obungunaphakadebulindeleukufa.
29 Kungenokuthiwa inyaniso ibubuxoki, okanye ubulungisa bububuxoki; kuba yonke inyaniso iphantsi kokukhanya, njengokuba zonkeizintoziphantsikoThixo.
30 Zonke ezi zinto, ke ngoko, ndazicikida ebomini bam, kwaye
andizange ndiphambuke enyanisweni yeNkosi, kwaye ndayiphengulula imiyalelo yOsenyangweni, ndihamba ngokwamandla am onke ndinobuso obunyendisiyakokokulungileyo..
31 Nani ke, bantwanana, yilumkeleni imithetho yeNkosi, niyinyamekele inyaniso.
32 Kuba abo babuso bambaxa banetyala lesono; ngokuba besenza okubi,bekholiswangabobakwenzayo, belandela oomoya abalahlekisayo, nokulwanabantu.
33Yenzani,kengoko,bantwanabam, niwugcine umthetho weNkosi, nize ninganikeli inyameko ebubini ngokulungileyo;kodwakhangelanioko kulungileyo ngenene, niyigcine kuyo yonke imithetho yeNkosi, nihambe kuyo,niphumlekuyo.
34Kubaiziphelozokugqibelazabantu zibonakalisa ubulungisa babo okanye intswela-bulungisa, xa bedibana neengelosizeNkosinezikaSathana.
35 Kuba xa umphefumlo uthe wahlukananentlungu,uyathuthunjelwa ngumoya ombi, osebenza ezinkanukweni nasemisebenzini engendawo.
36 Kodwa ukuba unoxolo ngovuyo udibana nengelosi yoxolo, kwaye imkhokelelakubomiobungunaphakade.
37 Bantwana bam, musani ukuba njengeSodom,yonayonayoizithunywa zeNkosi,yatshabalalangonaphakade.
38 Kuba ndiyazi okokuba niya kona, nize ninikelwe ezandleni zeentshaba zenu; ilizwe lenu kube senkangala, ziphanziswe iingcwele zenu, nichithachitheke emagumbini omane omhlaba.
39Niyakubayintoengentoentsatsheni, emkayonjengamanzi.
40 Ade Osenyangweni alivelele ihlabathi,ezenjengomntu,adle,asele, ayaphuleintlokoyenambaemanzini.
41 Yena uya kusindisa uSirayeli, neentlanga zonke, Ethetha uThixo emntwini.
42 Kungoko nani ke, bantwanana, zixeleleni ezi zinto abantwana benu, ukuzeningamthobeli.
43 Kuba ndiyazi ukuba niya kuba ngabangevayo okunene, nenze okunene ningahloneli Thixo, ningawunyamekeliumthethokaThixo, nise imiyalelo yabantu, wonakaliswe ngokungendawo.
44 Niya kuchithwachizwa ke ngoko, njengoGadi nanjengoDan, abazalwana bam, ukuze ningawazi amazwe enu, nezizwe,nolwimilwenu.
45 Kodwa iNkosi iya kunihlanganisa ngokholongencebayayo,nangenxakaAbraham,noIsake,noYakobi.
46 Akuba ezithethile ezi zinto kubo, wabawisela umthetho esithi, NdingcwabelenieHebron.
47Walalake,wafa,eyingwevuenkulu.
48Benzakeoonyanabakhenjengoko wabawisela umthetho ngako; bamthwala, bamsa eHebron, bamngcwabelakooyise.