1. Ngawo la amasiko oya kuwabeka phambi kwabo:
2. Xa uthe wazuza ikhoboka elingumHebhere, lókhonza iminyaka ibe mithandathu; lithi kowesixhenxe liphume likhululekile, lingahlawulelwanga.
3. Ukuba lithe leza lodwa, lophuma lodwa; ukuba belithe leza liyindoda enomfazi, umkalo wophuma nalo.
4. Ukuba ke inkosi yalo ithe yalizekela umfazi, walizalela oonyana, nokuba ziintombi: umfazi lowo nabantwana balo boba ngabenkosi yalo, liphume lona lodwa.
5. Ukuba lithe eli khoboka, Ndiyayithanda inkosi yam, nomkam, nabantwana bam, andiyi kuphuma ndikhululekile:
6. inkosi yalo leyo yolisondeza kuThixo, ilisondeze elucangweni, nokuba kusemgubasini, ilithumbuse indlebe ngenyatyhowa inkosi yalo, liyikhonze ngonaphakade.
7. Xa ke umntu athe wathengisa ngentombi yakhe, yaba likhobokazana, mayingaphumi ngokokuphuma kwamakhoboka lawo.
8. Ke ukuba ithe ayayikholisa inkosi yayo, ebizimisele yona, yoyivumela ukuba ikhululwe ngentlawulelo; ke ayiyi kuba nagunya lakuthengisa ngayo kubantu bolunye uhlanga, ukuba iyitshìnizele.
9. Ukuba ithe yayimisela unyana wayo, yothi iyenze ngokwesiko leentombi zonke.
10. Ukuba ithe yamzekela omnye umfazi, mayingakunciphisi ukudla kwayo, nezambatho zayo, nokubalelwa kwayo.
11. Ukuba ayithanga izenze ezo zinto zontathu, mayiphume ingahlawulelwanga mali.
12. Othe wabetha umntu wafa, naye wobulawa afe.
13. Ke lowo ubengenanzondo, yanguThixo omqubisanise nesandla sakhe, ndokumisela indawo aya kusabela kuyo.
14. Xa ke umntu athe wagabadela ngakummelwane wakhe, wambulala ngobuqhophololo: uze umsuse nasesibingelelweni sam, afe.
15. Othe wabetha uyise, nokuba ngunina, wobulawa afe.
16. Othe weba umntu, nokuba uthengise ngaye, nokuba ufunyenwe esandleni sakhe, wobulawa afe.
17. Othe watshabhisa uyise, nokuba ngunina, wobulawa afe.
18. Xa athe abambana amadoda, yaza enye yambetha ummelwane wakhe ngelitye, nokuba kungengqindi, àkafa, wesuka walala ngendlu:
19. ukuba uthe wavuka, wahamba phandle esimelela: mayingabi natyala leyo yambethayo, kodwa yomnika indleko yexesha lakhe, imphilise aphile.
20. Xa athe umntu wabetha isicaka sakhe, nokuba sisicakakazi sakhe ngentonga, safa ngesandla sakhe: sophindezelwa ngenene.