12. Nilapha ke khon' ukuze nifungiswe nibopheleleke kumnqophiso noNdikhoyo uThixo wenu,
13. ukuze uNdikhoyo animisele nibe ngabantu bakhe ncakasana, yena ke abe nguThixo wenu ngokwesithembiso sakhe nanjengoko wafungayo kooyihlo-mkhulu, uAbraham noIsake noYakobi.
14. Lo mnqophiso ke ngokunjalo nesi sifungo uNdikhoyo akasenzi nani kuphela,
15. koko usenza nabo bonke, nabangekhoyo apha namhlanje, ngokunjalo nani nina nimi phambi kwakhe namhlanje.
16. “Niyazi ukuba kwakunjani na kwelaseJiputa; futhi nisayikhumbula indlela esahamba ngayo sicanda kwimihlaba yezinye izizwe.
17. Nayibona nemifanekiso engamasikizi eyenziwe ngomthi, amatye, isiliva, negolide.
18. Lumkani ke hleze kubekho ndoda, mfazi, noba ngumzi, okanye isizwe kwezimi apha namhlanje, esiya kuthi simfulathele uNdikhoyo uThixo, sinqule *oothixo beentlanga. Ze niqiniseke ingaze ibekho phakathi kwenu ingcambu eyityhefu evelisa iziqhamo ezikrakra.
19. Xa umntu ololo hlobo athi akuyiva imiqathango yalo mnqophiso azikhohlise entliziyweni yakhe, athi: ‘Mna andinakuhlelwa nto; ndohlala eluxolweni noxa ndisenza ukuthanda kwam,’ into enjalo ingabangela ukuba kutshatyalaliswe konke nje, olungileyo nongendawo.
20. Ewe, uNdikhoyo akayi kuba natarhu kumntu onjalo. Ndaweni yaloo nto uya kucaphuka, uvuthe umsindo wakhe, zize zithi neziqalekiso ezibhaliweyo apha kule ncwadi zimgubungele, ade ke uNdikhoyo amcime igama kwelimiweyo.
21. UNdikhoyo uya kwenza umzekelo ngaye kuzo zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli, amhlisele izithwakumbe ngokweziqalekiso zomnqophiso obhalwe kule ncwadi yomthetho wakhe.
22. “Oonyana benu abaya kuvela emva kwenu, ngokunjalo neentlanga eziphuma kumazwe akude, ziya kusibona isithwakumbe nenkxwaleko ayihlisele ilizwe lenu uNdikhoyo.
23. Umhlaba uya kubharha, wambathiswe yisulfure netyuwa. Awuyi kuvelisa nto; akuyi kuntshula nokhula olu lwembala. Elo lizwe liya kuba njengeSodom neGomora, iAdama neZebhoyim, awathi ngenxa yengqumbo nomsindo wazitshabalalisa uNdikhoyo.
24. “Zonke iintlanga ziya kubuza zithi: ‘Kwakutheni ukuze uNdikhoyo awenjenje lo mhlaba? Wayekhathazwe yintoni ade abe nomsindo kangaka?’
25. Impendulo ke iya kuthi: ‘Kungenxa yokuba betyeshele umnqophiso ophakathi kwabo noNdikhoyo uThixo wooyise-mkhulu; mnqophiso lowo bângena kuwo ekubakhupheni kwakhe eJiputa.
26. Basuke banqula *thixo bambi ababengabazi ngaphambili, ababengavumelekile ukuba babanqule.