UDuteronomi 8:7-14

Ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho useyakungenisa ezweni elihle, izwe elinemifudlana yamanzi, nemithombo, nezinzulu eziphuphuma ezigodini nasezintabeni, izwe likakolweni, nelebhali,* nelemivini, nelemikhiwane, nelamapomegranati,* izwe leminqumo enamafutha, nelezinyosi, izwe lapho uyakudla khona isinkwa kungekho kuswela; awuyikudinga lutho; izwe elimatshe alo ayinsimbi, nelizintaba zalo ungemba kuzo ithusi. “Uyakudla usuthe, umbonge uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ngezwe elihle akunike lona. Xwaya, funa ukhohlwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ngokungagcini imiyalo yakhe, nezahlulelo zakhe, nezimiso zakhe engikuyala ngakho namuhla, funa lapho usudlile wasutha, nalapho usuwakhile izindlu ezinhle, wahlala kuzo, kwandile izinkomo zakho nezimvu zakho, kwandile nesiliva lakho negolide lakho, kwandile konke onakho, inhliziyo yakho bese yiphakama, ukhohlwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhipha ezweni laseGibithe, indlu yobugqila