1. Nasi isibusiso uMose, umuntu kaNkulunkulu, abusisa ngaso abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, engakafi; wathi:
2. “UJehova wavela eSinayi,wabaphumela evela eSeyiri,wanyampuza entabeni yasePharanu,weza ephuma ezigidini zendawo engcwele;ngakwesokunene sakhe kwavutha umlilo.
3. Yebo, uyazithanda izizwe,bonke abangcwele bakhe basesandleni sakho;bahlala ngasezinyaweni zakho,bamukele okwamazwi akho.
4. UMose wasiyaleza umthetho,ifa lenhlangano kaJakobe.
5. Waba yinkosi eJeshuruni,lapho izinhloko zabantu zazibuthene,zonke izizwe zakwa-Israyeli zindawonye.
6. “Makaphile uRubeni, angafi;amadoda akhe abe ngumumo omkhulu.”
7. Nalokhu wathi ngoJuda:“Yizwa, Jehova, izwi likaJuda,umlethe kubantu bakubo;izandla zakho mazimlwele,ube lusizo kwabamelene naye.”
8. NgoLevi wathi:“AmaThumimi nama-Urimi* akhoakuye othembekileyo wakho,owamvivinya eMasa,owaphikisana naye ngasemanzini aseMeriba,
9. owathi ngoyise nangonina: ‘Angibabonanga,’angabavuma futhi abafowabo,angabazi abantwana bakhe,ngokuba baliqaphele izwi lakho,bagcina isivumelwano sakho.
10. Bafundisa uJakobe izahlulelo zakho,no-Israyeli umthetho wakho;babeka impepho phambi kwamakhala akho,nomnikelo oshiswa wonke e-altare lakho.
11. Busisa, Jehova, amandla akhe,uyamukele imisebenzi yezandla zakhe;sicila ukhalo lwabo abamvukelayo,nolwabamzondayo, ukuba bangaphindi bavuke.”
12. NgoBenjamini wathi:“Othandiweyo kaJehova uyakuhlalaelondwa nguye;uyamsibekela usuku lonke,ahlale phakathi kwamahlombe akhe.”
13. NgoJosefa wathi:“Izwe lakhe malibusiswe nguJehovangamagugu asezulwini, nangamazolo,nangotwa olwenabileyo phansi,