1UNkulunkulu wakhuluma wonke lawa mazwi, wathi:
2“NginguSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhipha eGibhithe, indlu yobugqila.
3Ungabi nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami.
4Ungazenzeli isithombe esibaziweyo, sanoma yini olusezulwini phezulu, noma olusemhlabeni phansi, noma olusemanzini phansi komhlaba.
5Ungazikhothameli, ungahungeki ukuba uzikhonze, ngokuba Mina Simakade uNkulunkulu wakho, nginguNkulunkulu onomhawu, ngihambela ububi bawoyise kubantwana, kuso isizukulwane sesithathu nesesine sabangizondayo,
6kepha ngibenzela umusa abayizinkulungwane balabo abangithandayo, bagcine imiyalelo yami.
7Ungaliphathi ngeze igama likaSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho, ngokuba uSimakade akayukumyeka angamjezisi oliphatha ngeze igama lakhe.
8Khumbula usuku lwesabatha, ulungcwelise.
9Uyosebenza ngezinsuku eziyisithupha, uwenze wonke umsebenzi wakho,
10kepha usuku lwesikhombisa luyisabatha likaSimakade, uNkulunkulu wakho; awuyukwenza msebenzi ngalo, wena nendodana yakho, indodakazi yakho, inceku yakho, incekukazi yakho, imfuyo yakho, nomfokazi ogogobele emzini wakho,
11ngokuba ngezinsuku eziyisithupha uSimakade wenza izulu nomhlaba, nolwandle, nakho konke okukukho, waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa, ngalokho uSimakade walubusisa usuku lwesabatha, walwehlukanisela ukuba lube ngcwele.
12Hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko ukuze izinsuku zakho zande ezweni, uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona.
13Ungabulali.
14Ungaphingi.
15Ungebi.
16Ungafakazi ngamanga ngomakhelwane wakho.
17Ungayifisi indlu yomakhelwane wakho; ungamfisi umfazi womakhelwane wakho, inceku yakhe, incekukazi yakhe, inkabi yakhe, imbongolo yakhe, noma yini kamakhelwane wakho.”
18Lapho bonke abantu bezwa ukuduma kwezulu, nombani, nokukhala kwecilongo, bebona nentaba ithunqa, bathuthumela, bamela kude.
19Bathi kuMose: “Khuluma wena nathi, siyakukulalela, kodwa uNkulunkulu makangakhulumi nathi, funa sife.”
20UMose wathi kubantu: “Ningesabi; uNkulunkulu uze ukuba anivivinye nokuba anifake uvalo ukuze ningoni.”
21Kepha abantu bamela kude, kwaba nguMose kuphela osondela efini elimnyama lapho uNkulunkulu wayekhona.
22USimakade wathi kuMose: “Uyakusho lokhu kubantu bakwa-Israyeli uthi: ‘Nizibonele ukuthi ngikhulume nani ngisezulwini.
23Aniyukuzenzela abanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami, onkulunkulu besiliva noma begolide aniyukuzenzela bona.
24Niyakungakhela i-althare ngomhlabathi, nenze phezu kwalo imihlatshelo yokushishwa neyokuthula, ngezimvu nezinkomo zenu, kuzo zonke izindawo lapho ngenza khona ukuba igama lami likhunjulwe, ngiyakuza nginibusise.
25Uma ningakhela i-althare lamatshe, aniyukulakha ngamatshe abaziweyo, ngokuba nilingcolisile ngamashizolo eniwasebenzise kulo.
26Awuyukwenyukela e-althare lami ngezitebhisi, funa kwambulwe ubunqunu bakho.’ ”