1 UJehova wakhuluma kuMose entabeni yaseSinayi, wathi:
2 “Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi kubo: ‘Nxa nifika ezweni engininika lona, izwe liyakumgcinela uJehova isabatha.
3 Iminyaka eyisithupha uyakulima insimu yakho, iminyaka eyisithupha uyakuthena isivini sakho, ubuthe izithelo zaso,
4 kepha ngomnyaka wesikhombisa kuyakuba khona isabatha lokuphumula okuzothileyo kwezwe, isabatha kuye uJehova; awuyikulima insimu yakho, ungatheni isivini sakho.