- Ke ukuba kubi emehlweni enu ukumkhonza uNdikhoyo, khethani ngoku, ukuba nokhonza bani na nina, phakathi koothixo baseMesopotami booyihlo noothixo bama-Amori enimi kumhlaba wawo. Kodwa mna kunye nomzi wam, siya kukhonza uNdikhoyo.
- “Yahlukanani ke nazo ezo zithixo zasemzini ninazo,” watsho uYoshuwa, “nize ke nizinikele ngomxhelo wonke kuNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli.”
- Bathi abantu kuYoshuwa: “Thina sokhonza uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu, siphulaphule ilizwi lakhe.”
Izihloko ezinxulumeneyo
Izithixo
Bantwana bam, zilumkeleni izithixo!...
Ukukhonza
Ngoko ke, mawethu athandekayo...
Usapho
Le miyalelo ndikunika yona...
Ukulandela
Ewe, hambani ngokwemimiselo yonke...
Intliziyo
Eyona nto emawuyilondoloze ngaphezu...
Ukusulungekiswa
Xa ke kanti, mawethu...
Ivesi yeBhayibhile yosuku
Wena Thixo, unguThixo wam, ndithe swi nguwe.Umphefumlo wam uyakulangazelela.
Ndihlala ndizula-zula ndikufuna;
ndinxanele wena oku komhlaba obharhileyo.