Ngakho uyakuwugcina lo mthetho ngesikhathi sawo iminyaka ngeminyaka.

noma lapho indoda ifikelwa ngumoya wesik hwele, ibe nesikhwele ngomkayo; khona iyakumbeka owesifazane phambi kukaJehova , umpristi agcine wonke lo mthetho kuye.

Ngaphesheya kweJordani ezweni lakwaMowabi uMose waqala ukuchasisela lo mthetho ngokuthi:

Yisiphi isizwe esikhulu esinezimiso nezahlulelo ezilungile njengawo wonke lo mthetho engiwubeka phambi kwenu namuhla na?

Kuyakuthi nxa ehlala esihlalweni sobukhosi sombuso wakhe, uyakuzilobela impinda yalo mthetho encwadini ngokuthatha kuleyo ekubapristi bamaLevi;

ulobe kuwo amazwi onke alo mthetho , nxa usuwelile ukuba ungene ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona , izwe elivame ubisi nezinyosi njengokukwethembisa kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyihlo.

Uyakuloba ematsheni onke amazwi alo mthetho, uwaqophisise kahle.

Makaqalekiswe ongawaqinisi amazwi alo mthetho ukuba awenze . Bonke abantu bayakusho ukuthi: Amen.

Uma ungaqapheli ukuwenza onke amazwi alo mthetho alotshiwe kule ncwadi ukuba ulesabe igam a lakhe elidumisekayo nelesabekayo elithi UJEHOVA UNKULUNKULU WAKHO,

Konke ukugula nazo zonke izifo okungalotshiwe encwadini yalo mthetho , lokho uJehova uyakukukhweza phezu kwakho, uze ubhujiswe.

Izimfihlakalo zingezikaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, kepha okwambuliweyo kungokwethu nokwabantwana bethu kuze kube phakade ukuba siwenze onke amazwi alo mthetho.

UMose waloba lowo mthetho, wabanika wona abapristi, amadodana kaLevi, ababethwala umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova namalunga onke akwa- Israyeli.

lapho wonke u -Israyeli efike ukubonakala phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho endaweni ayakuyikhe tha, wofunda lo mthetho phambi kuka-Israyeli wonke ezindlebeni zakhe.

Butha abantu , amadoda, nabesifazane, nabantwana, nomfokazi wakho ophakathi kwamasango akho ukuba bezwe , bafunde, bamesabe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, baqaphele ukuwenza onke amazwi alo mthetho,

Kwathi lapho uMose eseqedile ukuloba amazwi alo mthetho encwadini aze aphela,

wathi kubo: Bekani inhliziyo yenu kuwo onke amazwi engiwafakazela kini namuhla, eniyakuyala ngawo abantwana benu ukuba baqaphele ukuwenza amazwi onke alo mthetho.

Kepha abaJuda bamphendula bathi : Sinomthetho thina ; ngalo mthetho ufanele ukufa, ngokuba ezenzile iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

nobumnene, nokuzithiba. Akukho mthetho omelana nokunjalo.