UDuteronomi 7:6-11

Ngokuba uyisizwe esingcwele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho: uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ukukhethile ukuba ube yisizwe senzuzo yakhe phezu kwezizwe zonke ezisebusweni bomhlaba. “UJehova akanamathelanga kini, kanikhethanga ngokuba nanibaningi kunezinye izizwe, ngokuba naniyingcosana kunezizwe zonke, kepha ngokuba uJehova enithanda nangokuba ebeyakugcina isifungo asifungela oyihlo uJehova unikhiphile ngesandla esinamandla, wanihlenga endlini yezigqila esandleni sikaFaro inkosi yaseGibithe. Yazi-ke ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho unguNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu othembekileyo, ogcina isivumelwano nomusa nabamthandayo abagcina imiyalo yakhe kuze kube sezizukulwaneni eziyinkulungwane, abaphindisele abamzondayo ebusweni babo, ababhubhise; akayikulibala kuyena omzondayo, uyakumphindisela ebusweni bakhe. Ngalokho uyakugcina imiyalo, nezimiso, nezahlulelo engikuyala ngakho namuhla ukukwenza.