Base bethi : UNkulunkulu wamaHeberu uhlangene nathi ; ake sihambe ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu , siye ehlane , sihlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, funa asehlele ngesifo nangenkemba.

Ngokuba ngase ngiselule isandla sami , ngakushaya wena nabantu bakho ngesifo, uze uchitheke emhlabeni,

Ngiyakubashaya ngesifo , ngibaphuce ifa , ngikwenze isizwe esikhulu nesinamandla kunabo.

wona lawo madoda aletha umbiko omubi ngezwe afa ngesifo phambi kukaJehova.

Abafile ngesifo babe yizinkulungwane eziyishumi nane namakhulu ayisikhombisa ngaphandle kwalabo abafa ngendaba kaKora.

UNathani wayesebuyela endlini yakhe . UJehova washaya ngesifo umntwana owazalelwa uDavide kumka-Uriya, wagula kakhulu.

U-Elisha esegula ngesifo afa ngaso, uJowashi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli wehlela kuye, wamkhalela wathi: Baba, Baba, nqola ka-Israyeli nabamahhashi bakhe!

UDavide wathi kuNkulunkulu : Akusimi yini owaya leza ukuba abantu babalwe na ? Yimina engonileyo ; ngenze kabi kakhulu, kepha lezi zimvu zenzeni na? Isandla sakho, Jehova Nkulunkulu wami , masibe phezu kwami naphezu kwendlu kababa , singabi phezu kwabantu bakho ukubashaya ngesifo. I-altare elisesibuyeni sika-Orinani

wena wehlelw e yisifo esikhulu , isifo sezibilini , ukuze izibilini zakho ziphume ngesifo ekuhambeni kwezinsuku.

Emva kwakho konke lokho uJehova wamshaya ezibilinini zakhe ngesifo esingenakwelashwa.

Kwathi ekuhambeni kwezinsuku ng esikhathi sokufika ekugcineni kweminyaka emibili , izibilini zakhe zaphuma kuye ngesifo sakhe , wafa ngobuhlungu obukhulu. Abantu bakhe abamshiselanga lutho njengokushiselwa kwawoyise.

Ngiyakubashaya abakhileyo k ulo muzi, abantu nezilwane; bayakufa ngesifo esikhulu.

Inxenye yesithathu yakho iyakufa ngesifo , baphele nangendlala phakath i kwakho; inxenye yesithathu iyakuwa ngenkemba nxazonke zakho , nenxenye yesithathu iyakuhlakazwa kuyo yonke imimoya , ngihoshe inkemba emva kwabo.

Okude uyakufa ngesifo, oseduze uyakuwa ngenkemba, oseleyo evinjezelwe uyakufa ngendlala, ngifeze kanjalo ukufutheka kwami kubo.

Uyakusho kanje kubo , uthi: Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova , ithi: Kuphila kwami, abasezincithakalweni, ngempela, bayakuwa ngenkemba , nosendle ngiyakumnika izilwane ukuba adliwe, nabasezinqabeni nasemihumeni bayakufa ngesifo.

Ngiyakumahlulela ngesifo nangegazi , nginise phezu kwakhe , namaviyo akhe, nabantu abaningi abanaye , imvula ekhukhulayo, namatshe esichotho, nomlilo, nesibabule.