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.