12 Lapho isikhulu siyakulungisa umnikelo wesihle, umnikelo wokushiswa neminikelo yokuthula ibe ngumnikelo wesihle kuJehova, siyakuvulelwa isango elibheke ngasempumalanga, silungise umnikelo waso wokushiswa neminikelo yaso yokuthula njengokwenza kwaso ngosuku lwesabatha, bese siphuma; nalapho sesiphumile, isango liyakuvalwa.
13 “ ‘Uyakulungisa iwundlu elinomnyaka munye elingenasici libe ngumnikelo wokushiswa kuJehova imihla ngemihla, ulilungise ekuseni njalo.
14 Uyakuwulungisela umnikelo wempuphu ekuseni njalo, inxenye yesithupha ye-efa* nenxenye yesithathu yehini* lamafutha ukugcoba impuphu ecolekileyo, kube ngumnikelo wempuphu kuJehova njalonjalo ngesimiso esiphakade.
15 Bayakulungisa-ke iwundlu, nomnikelo wempuphu, namafutha ekuseni njalo, kube ngumnikelo wokushiswa imihla yonke.
16 “ ‘Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Uma isikhulu sinika enye yamadodana aso isipho, kuyifa layo, yimfuyo yayo ngokobufa.
17 Kepha uma sinika enye yezinceku zaso isipho sasefeni laso, siyakuba ngesayo kuze kube semnyakeni wokukhululeka, bese sibuyela esikhulwini; kepha ifa laso liyakuba ngelamadodana aso.
18 Isikhulu asiyikuthatha efeni labantu ukubaphuca imfuyo yabo; sithatha emfuyweni yaso siyakuwanika amadodana aso ifa ukuze abantu bami bangahlukani, kube yilowo nalowo nemfuyo yakhe.’ ”