1 Zwana ilizwi leli, wena ndlu ka-Israyeli, isililo lesi engisenzayo ngani:
2 “Iwile iNtombi u-Israyeli,
3 Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo Wobukhosi:
4 Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo endlini ka-Israyeli:
5 lingadingi iBhetheli,
6 Dingani uThixo liphile
7 Lina eliguqula ukulunga kube yibuhlungu,
8 Yena owenza iSilimela loMthala,
9 wehlisela incithakalo phezu kwenqaba atshabalalise
10 Liyamzonda okhuzayo emthethwandaba limeyise
11 Linyathezela umyanga limncindezele
12 Ngoba iziphambeko zenu ngiyazazi ukuthi zingaki
13 Ngakho ezikhathini ezinjalo umuntu ohlakaniphileyo uyazithulela,
14 Dingani okuhle, hatshi okubi,
15 Zondani okubi lithande okuhle;
16 Ngakho nanku okutshiwo yiNkosi, uThixo, uNkulunkulu uSomandla,
17 Kuzakuba lokulila ezivinini zonke,
18 Maye kini lina elilangazelela
19 Kuzafana lokuthi umuntu ubalekele isilwane
20 Usuku lukaThixo kaluyikuba ngumnyama na,
21 “Ngiyayizonda, ngiyayeyisa imikhosi yokholo lwenu;
22 Lanxa lingangilethela iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo
23 Sukani lomsindo wezingoma zenu!
24 Kodwa ukulunga kakugeleze njengamanzi,
25 Kanje wake wangilethela imihlatshelo leminikelo
26 Seliphakamise indawo yokukhonzela izithombe zenu,
27 Ngakho ngizalisa ekuthunjweni ngale kweDamaseko,”