UDuteronomi 7 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UDuteronomi 7

¹ Lapho uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho esekungenise ezweni oya kulo ukulidla, esexoshile izizwe eziningi phambi kwakho, amaHeti, namaGirigashi, nama-Amori, namaKhanani, namaPherizi, namaHivi, namaJebusi, izizwe eziyisikhombisa. Mkhulu futhi unamandla kunawe;

² Lapho uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ezinikela phambi kwakho; kumelwe ubahlule futhi ubashaye ngesiqalekiso; Ungenzi isivumelwano nabo futhi ungabahawukeli.

³ Aniyikugana nabo; awuyikunika indodana yakhe indodakazi yakho, nendodakazi yakhe awuyikuthathela indodana yakho.

⁴ Ngokuba bayakuyisusa indodana yakho kimi, ikhonze abanye onkulunkulu; kanjalo intukuthelo kaJehova iyakuvuthela, anibhubhise masinyane.

⁵ Kodwa nansi indlela okufanele niziphathe ngayo; niyakudiliza ama-altare abo, nidilize izithombe zabo, nigawule iziqu zemithi yabo engcwele, nishise izithombe zabo ezibaziweyo ngomlilo.

⁶ Ngokuba uyisizwe esingcwele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho; uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ukukhethile ukuba ube yisizwe sakhe phezu kwezizwe zonke ezisemhlabeni.

⁷ UJehova akanithandanga, akanikhethanga, ngokuba naningaphezu kwezizwe zonke; ngoba wawumncane kunabo bonke abantu.

⁸ Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi iN kosi yalithanda, langoba igcine isifungo eyasifunga koyihlo, i Nkosi yalikhupha ngesandla esilamandla, yalikhulula endlini yobugqili, esandleni sikaFaro, inkosi yeGibhithe.

⁹ Yazi-ke ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho unguNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu othembekileyo, ogcina isivumelwano nomusa kwabamthandayo nabagcina imiyalo yakhe ezizukulwaneni eziyinkulungwane;

¹⁰ ubaphindisele abamzondayo ebusweni babo ukuba ababhubhise;

¹¹ Kumelwe ugcine imiyalo nezimiso nezahlulelo engikuyala ukuba uzenze namuhla.

Ukulalela kuyoholela ezithembisweni zikaNkulunkulu

¹² “Kuyakuthi, uma ulalela lezi zimiso, uzigcine, uzenze, uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakukugcinela isivumelwano nomusa akuthembisa oyihlo ngesifungo.

¹³ Futhi uzakunithanda, anibusise, andise; Iyakubusisa isithelo sesisu sakho, nesithelo sezwe lakho, nokolweni kwakho, newayini lakho, namafutha akho, nomkhiqizo wezinkomo zakho, nomhlambi wezimvu zakho, ezweni alifungela oyihlo ukukunika.

¹⁴ Uyakubusiswa ngaphezu kwezizwe zonke: akuyikubakho ndoda noma owesifazane oyinyumba phakathi kwenu noma phakathi kwezinkomo zenu.

¹⁵ UJehova uyakususa konke ukugula kuwe, nezifo ezimbi zaseGibithe ozaziyo aziyikwehlela phezu kwakho; kodwa izakubeka phezu kwabo bonke abalizondayo.

¹⁶ Kumelwe uqede zonke izizwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho azokusindisa zona; iso lakho aliyikubahawukela; ungakhonzi onkulunkulu bazo; ngoba kuzakuba lugibe kini.

¹⁷ Uma uthi enhliziyweni yakho: Lezi zizwe ziningi kunami; ngingaziphuca kanjani?

¹⁸ Ungabesabi, kepha khumbula kahle lokho uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akwenza kuFaro nakulo lonke iGibithe;

¹⁹ izilingo ezinkulu azibonayo amehlo akho, nezibonakaliso, nezimangaliso, nesandla esinamandla, nengalo eyeluliweyo uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akukhipha ngakho; kanjalo uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakwenza kuzo zonke izizwe ozesabayo.

²⁰ Futhi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyothumela iminyovu phakathi kwabo baze babhujiswe labo abasalayo abazifihlayo phambi kwakho.

²¹ Ungabesabi, ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho unawe, uNkulunkulu onamandla nowesabekayo.

²² UJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakuxosha lezo zizwe kancane kancane phambi kwakho; ungakudli masinyane, funa izilo zasendle zande phezu kwakho.

²³ Kepha uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakuzinikela kuwe, azibhubhise ngokuceka okukhulu, zize zibhujiswe.

²⁴ Uyakuwanikela amakhosi azo esandleni sakho, wena uchithe igama lawo phansi kwezulu; kakho ozakuma phambi kwakho uze ubabhubhise.

²⁵ Izithombe ezibaziweyo zonkulunkulu bazo niyozishisa ngomlilo; isiliva noma igolide elikuso, ungalifisi, ungazithatheli lona, funa ucushwe yilo; ngoba kuyisinengiso kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.

²⁶ Ungangenisi isinengiso endlini yakho, funa uqalekiswe njengaso; ngoba liyinto eqalekisiweyo.