6 Qinani nikhaliphe, ningaxhali, ningabi nayo nedyudyu. Kaloku uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ungakuni; soze arhoxe okanye anilahle.”
7 UMosis wabiza uYoshuwa, wathetha naye phambi kwawo onke amaSirayeli, wathi: “Qina ukhaliphe! Kaloku nguwe oza kukhokela aba bantu, uye kubadlisa ilifa labo kwelo lizwe uNdikhoyo wabathembisa ngalo ngesifungo ooyise-mkhulu.
8 NguNdikhoyo ngokwakhe oza kunikhokela, ahambe nani. Soze arhoxe, engasoze anilahle; ngoko ke yomelelani ningoyiki.”
9 Lo mthetho ke uMosis wawubhala, wawunikezela kubabingeleli bakwaLevi ababejongene netyesi yomnqophiso *kaNdikhoyo, ngokunjalo nakumadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli.
10 Wabayala wathi: “Njalo xa kuphela unyaka wesixhenxe, kusondela unyaka wokucinywa kwamatyala, lo mthetho mawufundwe kumsitho wamaphempe.
11 Mawufundelwe amaSirayeli xa ewonke mhla eze kunqula uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu kuloo ndawo yalathwe nguye.
12 Makuqokelelwe bonke abantu – amadoda, abafazi, nabantwana, ngokunjalo nabangeneleli abalapho phakathi kwenu – khon' ukuze bawuve, bafunde ukumhlonela uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu, bazithobele bazenze ngondileko iimfundiso zalo mthetho.