IDutheronomi 8:2-16

Uyoyikhumbula yonke indlela uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho akuhola ngayo le minyaka engama-40 ehlane ukuba akuthobise, akuvivinye, ukuze azi okusenhliziyweni yakho, ukuthi uyoyigcina yini imiyalo yakhe noma qha. Wakuthobisa, wakulambisa, wakupha ukuba udle imana obungayazi, nababengayazi ngisho okhokho bakho ukuze akwenze wazi ukuthi umuntu akaphili ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa ngakho konke okushiwo nguSimakade; yilokho umuntu aphila ngakho. Izingubo zakho azikugugelanga, nonyawo lwakho aluvuvukalanga kule minyaka engama-40. Uyokwazi enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi njengalokhu wonke umuntu eyiyala indodana yakhe, kanjalo uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho uyakuyala nawe. “Uyoyigcina imiyalo kaSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho, ngokuhamba ezindleleni zakhe nangokuba umesabe. Ngokuba uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho uzakukungenisa ezweni elihle, izwe elinemifudlana enamanzi, imithombo, namanzi aphuphuma ezinzulwini, ageleze ezigodini nasezintabeni, izwe likakolo nebhali, imivini nemikhiwane namahananadi, izwe leminqumo enamafutha noju, izwe lapho uyakudla khona isinkwa ungesweli lutho; awuyukudinga lutho; izwe elimatshe alo ayinsimbi, ezintabeni zalo uyakumba ithusi. “Uyakudla usuthe, umbonge uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho ngezwe elihle akunike lona. Qaphela, funa ukhohlwe nguSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho ungayigcini imiyalo yakhe, izehlulelo zakhe, nezimiso zakhe engikuyala ngakho namuhla. Funa lapho usudlile wasutha, nalapho usuwakhile izindlu ezinhle, wahlala kuzo, izinkomo zakho nezimvu zakho sekwandile, isiliva negolide lakho sekukuningi, sekwandile konke onakho, bese inhliziyo yakho iqhosha, umkhohlwe uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhipha eGibhithe, indlu yobugqila, wakuhola ehlane elikhulu nelesabekayo elinezinyoka ezinesihlungu nofezela nomhlabathi owomileyo, lapho kwakungekho manzi khona; wakuvezela amanzi edwaleni lensengetsha. Wakupha imana ehlane, okhokho bakho ababengayazi, ukuze akuthobise, akuvivinye, kuthi ekugcineni akwenzele okuhle.