Verse 1: “Lapho umuntu ethatha umfazi, aganwe nguye, engasathandeki emehlweni akhe kodwa, lokhu efumanisile kuye okuthile okwenyanyekayo, uyakumlobela incwadi yesahlukaniso, amnike yona esandleni sakhe, amkhiphe endlini yakhe.
Verse 2: Nxa esephumile endlini yakhe, angahamba abe ngowomunye umuntu.
Verse 3: Uma indoda yesibili imala, imlobele incwadi yesahlukaniso, imnike yona esandleni sakhe, imkhiphe endlini yayo, noma le ndoda yesibili eyayimthathe abe ngumkayo ifa,
Verse 4: indoda yakhe yokuqala eyamxoshayo mayingabuyi imthathe abe ngumkayo emva kokuba esoniwe, ngokuba lokho kuyisinengiso phambi kukaJehova; awuyikwenza ukuba izwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona libe yifa lakho lonakale.
Verse 5: “Nxa umuntu ethatha umfazi omusha, akayikuphuma impi, anganikwa futhi umsebenzi noma yimuphi; uyakuhlala ekhululekile ekhaya umnyaka, athokozise umkakhe amthathileyo.
Verse 6: “Akuyikubakho muntu oyakuthatha itshe lokugaya noma imbokodwe kube yisibambiso, ngokuba yena uthatha konke okuphilwa ngakho kube yisibambiso.
Verse 7: “Uma umuntu efunyanwa eba omunye wabafowabo babantwana bakwa-Israyeli, amphathe njengesigqila, noma athengise ngaye, lelo sela liyakufa, ukhiphe kanjalo ububi phakathi kwakho.
Verse 8: “Xwaya esifweni sochoko ukuba uqaphelisise, wenze njengakho konke abapristi bamaLevi abayakukufundisa khona; njengokubayala kwami anoqaphela ukwenze njalo.
Verse 9: Khumbula akwenzayo uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho kuMiriyamu endleleni ekuphumeni kwenu eGibithe.
Verse 10: “Nxa utsheleka umakhelwane wakho utho, awuyikungena endlini yakhe ukulanda isibambiso sakhe.
Verse 11: Uyakuma ngaphandle, umuntu omtshelekayo uyakukukhiphela isibambiso phandle.
Verse 12: Uma engumuntu ompofu, ungalali nalokhu okuyisibambiso sakhe,
Verse 13: kepha uyakukubuyisela nokukubuyisela kuye ukushona kwelanga ukuba alale ngengubo yakhe, akubusise; lokho kuyakuba kuwe ukulunga phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.
Verse 14: “Awuyikucindezela inceku eqashiweyo empofu neswelayo, noma ingowabafowenu noma ingowabafokazi abasezweni lakini phakathi kwamasango akho;
Verse 15: uyakuyinika inkokhelo yayo ngosuku lwayo, ilanga lingakashoni phezu kwayo, ngokuba impofu, ibeka inhliziyo yayo kuyo, funa ikhale ngawe kuJehova, kube yisono kuwe.
Verse 16: “Oyise abayikubulawa ngenxa yabantwana, nabantwana abayikubulawa ngenxa yawoyise; yilowo nalowo uyakubulawa ngesakhe isono.
Verse 17: “Awuyikuphendukezela ukwahlulelwa komfokazi noma okwentandane, ungathathi ingubo yomfelokazi ibe yisibambiso,
Verse 18: kepha ukhumbule ukuthi wawuyisigqila eGibithe nokuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho wakuhlenga khona; ngalokho ngiyakuyala ukwenza le nto.
Verse 19: “Nxa uvuna isivuno sakho ensimini, ukhohliwe isithungu ensimini yakho, ungabuyeli ukusilanda, kepha asibe ngesomfokazi, nesentandane, nesomfelokazi ukuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akubusise emsebenzini wonke wezandla zakho.
Verse 20: Lapho uvuthuza umnqumo wakho, awuyikubukeza amagatsha, kepha akube ngokomfokazi, nokwentandane, nokomfelokazi.
Verse 21: Nxa ubutha okwesivini sakho, awuyikukhothoza ngasemuva, kepha akube ngokomfokazi, nokwentandane, nokomfelokazi.
Verse 22: Wokhumbula ukuthi wawuyisigqila ezweni laseGibithe; ngalokho ngiyakuyala ukwenza le nto.