UDutheronomi 24
1 Uba indoda ithatha umfazi, imgane, kuzakuthi nxa engatholi umusa emehlweni ayo, ngoba ifice kuye into elihlazo, kayimbhalele incwadi yesehlukaniso, ifake esandleni sakhe, imkhuphe endlini yayo.
“When a man takes a wife and has married her, and it has been, if she does not find grace in his eyes (for he has found nakedness in her of anything), then he has written a writing of divorce for her, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house;
2 Nxa esephumile endlini yayo, angahamba, ayekuba ngowenye indoda.
when she has gone out of his house, and has gone and been another man’s,
3 Uba lindoda elandelayo imzonda, imbhalele incwadi yesehlukaniso, iyifake esandleni sakhe, imkhiphe endlini yayo; loba lindoda elandelayo isifa ebimthethe waba ngumkayo,
and the latter man has hated her, and written a writing of divorce for her, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dies, who has taken her to himself for a wife,
4 indoda yakhe yokuqala eyamkhiphayo ingemthathe futhi abe ngumkayo, emva kokuba esengcolisiwe; ngoba kuyisinengiso phambi kweNkosi. Ngakho kawuyikwenza ilizwe lone iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika lona ukuba yilifa.
her former husband who sent her away is not able to return to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she has become defiled; for it [is] an abomination before YHWH, and you do not cause the land to sin which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.
5 Nxa indoda ithethe umfazi omutsha kayiyikuphuma impi, futhi kayiyikuphathiswa laloba yiwuphi umsebenzi; izakuba sekhaya ikhululekile umnyaka owodwa ukuze ithokozise umkayo emthetheyo.
When a man takes a new wife, he does not go out into the host, and [one] does not pass over to him for anything; he is free at his own house [for] one year, and his wife, whom he has taken, he has made glad.
6 Kakungabi khona ozathatha ilitshe lokucholela loba imbokodo ukuze kube yisibambiso; ngoba uthatha impilo ibe yisibambiso.
No one takes millstones and rider in pledge, for it [is one’s] life he is taking in pledge.
7 Uba umuntu eficwa eseba umuntu kubafowabo ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli, amphathe njengesigqili kumbe amthengise, lelosela lizakufa. Ngalokhu uzakhupha ububi phakathi kwakho.
When a man is found stealing a person from his brothers, from the sons of Israel, and has tyrannized over him and sold him, then that thief has died, and you have put away evil out of your midst.
8 Qaphela esifeni sobulephero, ukunanzelelisisa wenze njengakho konke abapristi abangamaLevi abakufundisa khona; njengalokhu ngabalaya, nanzelelani ukukwenza.
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; you observe to do as I have commanded them;
9 Khumbula lokho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyakwenza kuMiriyamu endleleni ekuphumeni kwenu eGibhithe.
remember that which your God YHWH has done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.
10 Nxa useboleka umakhelwane wakho ulutho, ungangeni endlini yakhe ukuthi uthathe isibambiso sakhe.
When you lift up a debt of anything on your brother, you do not go into his house to obtain his pledge;
11 Uzakuma phandle, lomuntu omebolekayo akukhuphele isibambiso phandle.
you stand at the outside, and the man on whom you are lifting [it] up is bringing out the pledge to you at the outside.
12 Njalo uba umuntu engumyanga, ungalali lesibambiso sakhe;
And if he is a poor man, you do not lie down with his pledge;
13 uzabuyisela lokubuyisela isibambiso kuye lapho ilanga litshona, ukuze alale ngesembatho sakhe, akubusise; lalokho kuzakuba yikulunga kuwe phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.
you certainly give back the pledge to him at the going in of the sun, and he has lain down in his own raiment and has blessed you; and it is righteousness to you before your God YHWH.
14 Ungacindezeli inceku eqhatshiweyo engumyanga leswelayo, ingowabafowenu loba ingowezizweni oselizweni lakini phakathi kwamasango akho.
You do not oppress a hired worker, poor and needy, of your brothers or of your sojourner who is in your land within your gates;
15 Uzanika iholo layo ngosuku lwayo, lelanga kalingatshoni phezu kwalo, ngoba ingumyanga, ibeke inhliziyo yayo kulo; ukuze ingakhali eNkosini ngawe, njalo kube yisono kuwe.
you give his hire in his day, and the sun does not go in on it, for he [is] poor, and he is supporting his life on it, lest he cries against you to YHWH, and it has been sin in you.
16 Oyise kabayikubulawa ngenxa yabantwana, labantwana kabayikubulawa ngenxa yaboyise; ngulowo lalowo uzabulawa ngenxa yesakhe isono.
Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers—they are each put to death for his own sin.
17 Ungaphambuli isahlulelo sowemzini lentandane; ungathathi isembatho somfelokazi sibe yisibambiso;
You do not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take the garment of a widow in pledge;
18 kodwa ukhumbule ukuthi wawuyisigqili eGibhithe, leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho yakuhlenga khona; ngakho ngiyakulaya ukuthi wenze lolulutho.
and you have remembered that you have been a servant in Egypt, and your God YHWH ransoms you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
19 Nxa uvuna isivuno sakho ensimini yakho, ukhohlwe isithungo ensimini, ungabuyeli ukusithatha; sizakuba ngesowemzini, esentandane lesomfelokazi; ukuze iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ikubusise emsebenzini wonke wezandla zakho.
When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in a field, you do not return to take it; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, so that your God YHWH blesses you in all the work of your hands.
20 Nxa uvuthuza isihlahla sakho somhlwathi, ungayihlola izingatsha emva kwakho; kuzakuba ngokowemzini lokwentandane lokomfelokazi.
When you beat your olive, you do not examine the branch behind you; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
21 Nxa usuvunile izithelo zesivini sakho, ungakhothozi emva kwakho; kuzakuba ngokowemzini lokwentandane lokomfelokazi.
When you cut your vineyard, you do not glean behind you; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow;
22 Uzakhumbula ukuthi wawuyisigqili elizweni leGibhithe; ngakho ngiyakulaya ukwenza lolulutho.
and you have remembered that you have been a servant in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.”
