¹ Nasi isibusiso uMose , umuntu kaNkulunkulu , abusisa ngaso abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, engakafi; wathi: ² UJehova wavela eSinayi , wabaphumela evela eSeyiri , wanyampuza entabeni yasePharanu , weza ephuma ezigidini zendawo engcwele ; ngakwesokunene sakhe kwavutha umlilo. ³ Yebo, uyazithanda izizwe , bonke abangcwele bakhe basesandleni sakho ; bahlala ngasezinyaweni zakho, bamukele okwamazwi akho. ⁴ UMose wasiyaleza umthetho, ifa lenhlangano kaJakobe. ⁵ Waba yinkosi eJeshuruni , lapho izinhloko zabantu zazibuthene , zonke izizwe zakwa-Israyeli zindawonye. ⁶ Makaphile uRubeni, angafi; amadoda akhe abe ngumumo omkhulu. ⁷ Nalokhu wathi ngoJuda : Yizwa, Jehova, izwi likaJuda , umlethe kubantu bakubo; izandla zakho mazimlwele, ube lusizo kwabamelene naye. ⁸ NgoLevi wathi : AmaThumimi nama -Urimi akh o akuye othembekileyo wakho, owamvivinya eMasa, owaphikisana naye ngasemanzini aseMeriba, ⁹ owathi ngoyise nangonina : Angibabonanga, angabavuma futhi abafowabo , angabazi abantwana bakhe , ngokuba baliqaphele izwi lakho , bagcina isivumelwano sakho. ¹⁰ Bafundisa uJakobe izahlulelo zakho , no-Israyeli umthetho wakho ; babeka impepho phambi kwamakhala akho , nomnikelo oshiswa wonke e -altare lakho. ¹¹ Busisa, Jehova, amandla akhe, uyamukele imisebenzi yezandla zakhe; sicila ukhalo lwabo abamvukelayo, nolwabamzondayo, ukuba bangaphindi bavuke. ¹² NgoBenjamini wathi : Othandiweyo kaJehova uyakuhlal a elondwa nguye ; uyamsibekela usuku lonke, ahlale phakathi kwamahlombe akhe. ¹³ NgoJosefa w athi: Izwe lakhe malibusiswe nguJehova ngamagugu asezulwini, nangamazolo, nangotwa olwenabileyo phansi, ¹⁴ nangamagugu ezithelo zelanga, nangamagugu ezinhlamvu zenyanga, ¹⁵ nangezinto ezinqabileyo zezintaba zamandulo , nangamagugu amagquma angunaphakade, ¹⁶ nangamagugu omhlaba nokugcwala kwawo, nangentando enhle yowahlala esihlahleni; isibusiso masifike ekhanda likaJosef a nasokhakhayini lowahlukaniswa nabafowabo. ¹⁷ Izibulo lenkunzi yakhe liludumo lwakhe , nezimpondo zenyathi ziyizimpondo zakhe ; uyakuqhubukusha ngazo izizwe zonke ekugcineni komhlaba; zinjalo izigidi zakwa -Efrayimi, zinjalo izinkulungwane zakwaManase. ¹⁸ NgoZebuloni wathi: Yenama, Zebuloni, ekuphumeni kwakho, nawe Isakare, ematendeni akho. ¹⁹ Bayakubizela izizwe entabeni , bahlabele khona imihlatshe lo yokulunga; ngokuba bayakumunca inala yezilwandle , nengcebo ethukusiweyo yesihlabathi. ²⁰ NgoGadi wathi: Makabusiswe owandisa uGadi: uhlezi njengengonyamakazi, udwengula ingalo nokhakhayi. ²¹ Wazikhethela isabelo sokuqala , ngokuba sasigodliwe lapho isabelo somahluleli; wahamba nezinhloko zabantu , wafeza ukulunga kukaJehova , nezahlulelo zakhe kanye no-Israyeli. ²² NgoDani wathi : UDani uyibhongo lengonyama , elixhumayo, liphuma eBashani. ²³ NgoNafetali wathi : Nafetali, wanelisiwe ngomusa , ugcwele isibusiso sikaJehova: yidla wena intshonalanga neningizimu. ²⁴ Ngo-Asheri wathi: U-Asheri makabusiswe phezu kwabantwana , amukeleke kubafowabo, acwilise unyawo lwakhe emafutheni. ²⁵ Imigoqo yakho iyakuba ngeyensimbi neyethusi, nanjengezinsuku zakho oba njalo amandla akho. ²⁶ Akakho ofana noNkulunkulu , Jeshuruni, okhwela izulu ukuyokusiza , nomkhathi ngokuphakama kwakhe. ²⁷ UNkulunkulu wasendulo uyisiphephelo , nangaphansi zikhona izingalo ezingunaphakade; wazixosha izitha phambi kwakho, wathi: Chitha. ²⁸ U-Israyeli usehlezi e londekile; umthombo kaJakobe wahlukene wodw a ezweni lamabele nelewayini; yebo, amazulu akhe aconsisa amazolo. ²⁹ Ubusisiwe wena Israyeli ; ngubani ofana nawe , isizwe esisindisiwe nguJehova oyisihlangu sosizo lwakho , oyinkemba yakho ephakanyisiweyo. Izitha zakho ziyakuzithobela wena, unyathele izindawo zabo eziphakemeyo.