1. “Ungaze uhlwayele iindaba zolwimi. Sukuncedisana netshijolo ngokulingqinela ngobuxoki.
2. Sukuvuma ukona ngenxa yokukhukuliswa sisihlwele. Ungaze uyigqwethe inyaniso ngenxa yefuthe lesihlwele.
3. Sukuba negobe ngakwihlwempu xa kuthethwa ityala lalo.
4. “Xa ubhaqe inkomo okanye idonki yotshaba lwakho ilahleka, yithathe uyigoduse.
5. Ukuba ubona umntu okuthiyileyo eqhuba idonki ebuthisayo isoyiswa ngumthwalo, sukumyekela; mncedise niyivuse.
6. “Musa ukugqwetha umthetho xa kuthethwa ityala lehlwempu.
7. Bucezele ubuqhophololo bokutyhola umntu ongenatyala, ungabi sisizekabani sokufa kwelungisa elimsulwa, kuba iqhophololo ndiyaligweba.
8. Sukuvuma ukunyotywa, kuba unyobo luyamfamekisa, luwawexule amalungisa.
9. Ungamcinezeli umbhaceli. Kaloku uyazi ukuba kunjani na ukuba ngumbhaceli, kuba wawukhe wangumbhaceli kwelaseJiputa.”
10. “Amasimi akho walime uwavune iminyaka ibe mithandathu.
11. Ke ngowesixhenxe wayeke alale. Into evelayo kuwo yoba yeyamahlwempu; eseleyo ke ibe yeyeenyamakazi. Yoba seso nakwisidiliya nesinquma sakho.
12. “Sebenza iintsuku zibe ntandathu, kodwa ngolwesixhenxe ungawuphathi umsebenzi, ukuze izicaka nababhaceli ngokunjalo nemfuyo yakho ifumane ikhefu ihlaziyeke.
13. “Wanyamekele amazwi endiwathethileyo kuwe. Ungazinquli *izithixo, ungaze uzikhankanye nokuzikhankanya oku.”