Exodus 2020ExodusThe covenant at SinaiNdebele Bible

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1. 1NDEUNkulunkulu wakhuluma amazwi wonke la wathi:BSBBSB: And God spoke all these words:
2. 2NDE“NginguThixo uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhupha eGibhithe, elizweni lobugqili.BSBBSB: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3. 3NDEUngabi labanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami.BSBBSB: You shall have no other gods before Me.
4. 4NDEUngazenzeli isithombe ngesimo saloba yini esezulwini phezulu loba phansi emhlabeni kumbe ngaphansi kwamanzi.BSBBSB: You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
5. 5NDEUngazikhothameli loba ukuzikhonza; ngoba mina Thixo uNkulunkulu wakho nginguNkulunkulu olobukhwele, ojezisa abantwana ngenxa yezono zabazali babo kuze kube yisizukulwane sesithathu lesesine salabo abangizondayo,BSBBSB: You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
6. 6NDEkodwa ngitshengisela uthando kuzizukulwane eziyinkulungwane zalabo abangithandayo njalo begcina imilayo yami.BSBBSB: but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7. 7NDEUngadlali ngebizo likaThixo uNkulunkulu wakho ngoba uThixo kayikumyekela olecala lokudlala ngebizo lakhe.BSBBSB: You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
8. 8NDEKhumbula usuku lweSabatha ngokulwenza lubengcwele.BSBBSB: Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
9. 9NDEOkwensuku eziyisithupha uzasebenza wenze yonke imisebenzi yakho,BSBBSB: Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10. 10NDEkodwa usuku lwesikhombisa luyiSabatha kuThixo uNkulunkulu wakho. Ngalo awuyikwenza loba yiwuphi umsebenzi, wena, loba indodana yakho, loba indodakazi yakho, loba inceku kumbe incekukazi yakho, loba izifuyo zakho loba isihambi esikwethekeleleyo emzini wakho.BSBBSB: but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
11. 11NDENgoba ngensuku eziyisithupha uThixo wenza amazulu lomhlaba, ulwandle lakho konke okukukho, kodwa waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa. Ngakho-ke walubusisa usuku lweSabatha walwenza lwaba ngcwele.BSBBSB: For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
12. 12NDEHlonipha uyihlo lonyoko ukuze impilo yakho ibende elizweni akunika lona uThixo uNkulunkulu wakho.BSBBSB: Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
13. 13NDEUngabulali.BSBBSB: You shall not murder.
14. 14NDEUngafebi.BSBBSB: You shall not commit adultery.
15. 15NDEUngantshontshi.BSBBSB: You shall not steal.
16. 16NDEUngafakazi amanga ngomakhelwane wakho.BSBBSB: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17. 17NDEUngahawukeli indlu kamakhelwane wakho. Ungahawukeli umfazi kamakhelwane wakho, loba inceku kumbe incekukazi yakhe, inkabi yakhe loba ubabhemi wakhe loba yini ekamakhelwane wakho.”BSBBSB: You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
18. 18NDEKwathi abantu besizwa umdumo bebona lombane, besizwa icilongo njalo bebona intaba ithunqa intuthu, bathuthumela ngokwesaba. Bema khatshana,BSBBSB: When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
19. 19NDEbathi kuMosi, “Khuluma kithi wena sizakulalela. Kodwa uNkulunkulu kangakhulumi kithi yena ngokwakhe ngoba singafa.”BSBBSB: “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
20. 20NDEUMosi wathi, “Lingesabi, uNkulunkulu uzelihlola ukuze limesabe lokuze lingoni.”BSBBSB: “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
21. 21NDEAbantu basala belokhu bemi bucwadlanyana, uMosi wangena phakathi komnyama waya lapho okwakuloNkulunkulu khona.BSBBSB: And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
22. 22NDEUThixo wathi kuMosi, “Tshela abantu bako-Israyeli uthi, ‘Lizibonele lina ngokwenu ukuthi ngikhulume lani ngisezulwini.BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
23. 23NDELingenzi onkulunkulu ukuba babekhona kanye lami; lingazenzeli onkulunkulu besiliva kumbe onkulunkulu begolide.BSBBSB: You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
24. 24NDENgakhelani i-alithari ngomhlabathi lenzele kulo umhlatshelo womnikelo wokutshiswa, leminikelo yobudlelwano, izimvu lembuzi kanye lenkomo zenu. Loba kungaphi lapho engizakwenza ibizo lami lihlonitshwe khona, ngizakuza kini ngilibusise.BSBBSB: You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
25. 25NDENxa lingakhela i-alithari ngamatshe, lingaze lawabaza lawomatshe ngoba lizalingcolisa nxa lingasebenzisa okokubaza kulo.BSBBSB: Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
26. 26NDELingaze laya e-alithareni lami ngezikhwelo funa ubunqunu benu bembulwe khona lapho.’ ”BSBBSB: And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’

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