Duteronomi
18 “Abaphristi abamaLevi nekoro yoke kaLevi angekhe banikelwe isabelo namkha bafumane ilifa nama-Israyeli. Bazokudla eminikelweni eyenziwe ngomlilo eya kuJehova ngombana balilifa lakhe.+ 2 Akukafuzi abe nelifa hlangana nabafowabo. UJehova ulilifa lawo njengombana awatjelile.
3 “Nakhu abantu okufuze bakulethe kubaphristi: Nanyana ngubani owenza umhlatjelo, kungaba ngewekunzi namkha wemvu, kufuze alethe kumphristi umkhono, imihlathi nomrhoru. 4 Kufuze nimnikele isivuno senu sokuthoma seenthoro, iwayini lenu elitjha, amafuthenu noboya enizoburhuna bokuthoma ezimvwini zenu.+ 5 UJehova uZimenu umkhethile yena namadodanakhe kizo zoke iinkoro zenu bona ahlale asebenzela abantu egameni lakaJehova.+
6 “Kodwana nange umLevi akhamba kwelinye lamadorobhenu lapha bekahlala khona+ akhanuke ukuyokuhlala endaweni uJehova ayikhethileko,*+ 7 angasebenza lapho egameni lakaJehova uZimakhe njengabo boke abafowabo, amaLevi asebenza lapho phambi kwakaJehova.+ 8 Uzokufumana ukudla okulingana nokwabanye,+ ngitjho nanyana afumene imali yezinto azithengisileko ezivela kibokhokho bakhe.
9 “Nawufika enarheni uJehova uZimakho akunikela yona, akukafuzi ulingise izinto ezinyenyisako ezenziwa ziintjhabezo.+ 10 Akungabi nomuntu hlangana nani owenza indodanakhe namkha indodakazakhe ibe mhlatjelo,*+ umuntu othukulako,+ owenza imilingo,+ umloyi,+ 11 nanyana ngubani osebenzisa imilingo bona alimaze abanye, obuza esangomeni+ namkha kumbikezeli wekusasa+ namkha nanyana ngubani obuza kwabafileko.+ 12 Nanyana ngubani owenza izintwezi uyanyenyisa kuJehova begodu uJehova uZimenu uyaziqotha iintjhabezi phambi kwenu ngebanga lezinto ezinyenyisakwezi. 13 Kufuze nibe msulwa phambi kwakaJehova uZimenu.+
14 “Iintjhaba eniyokuthatha iinarha zazo bona zibe ngezenu bezijayele ukulalela labo abenza imilingo+ nabathukulako+ kodwana uJehova uZimenu akanivumeli bona nenze izinto ezinjalo. 15 UJehova uZimu uzonivusela umphorofidi onjengami hlangana nabafowenu. Kufuze nimlalele.+ 16 Le yipendulo yesibawo enasenza kuJehova uZimenu eRhorebe ngelanga ebenihlangene ngalo+ lokha nanithi, ‘Ungangivumeli bona ngizwe ilizwi lakaJehova uZimami namkha ngibone umlilo omkhulu lo, bona ngingafi.’+ 17 UJehova wathi kimi, ‘Lokho abakutjhwileko kuhle. 18 Ngizobavusela hlangana nabafowabo umphorofidi onjengawe,+ ngizokufaka amezwami emlonyenakhe,+ uzobatjela koke engimyala ngakho.+ 19 Umuntu ongekhe alalele amezwami akhulunywa mphorofidi loyo ngegama lami ngizomjezisa.+
20 “‘Nanyana ngimuphi umphorofidi oziphakamisako okhuluma egameni lami ngingakamyali namkha okhuluma egameni labanye abozimu, kufuze abulawe.+ 21 Nange kwenzeka nicabange nithi: “Sizokwazi njani bona uJehova akakalikhulumi ilizweli?” 22 Lokha umphorofidi nakakhuluma egameni lakaJehova begodu lokho akukhulumileko kungenzeki, kutjho bona uJehova akakakhulumi amezwi lawo. Umphorofidi lo ukhulume ngombana aziphakamisa. Akukafuzi nimsabe.’