17 “Ungafisi indlu yomunye umuntu. Ungafisi umfazi womunye umuntu,+ noma isigqila sakhe noma isigqilakazi sakhe noma inkomo yakhe noma imbongolo yakhe nanoma yini engeyomunye umuntu.”+

4 Ngenxa yalokho u-Ahabi wangena endlini yakhe, enyukubele futhi edangele ngenxa yezwi uNabhoti umJizreyeli ayelikhulumile kuye, lapho ethi: “Ngeke ngikunike ifa lokhokho bami.” Khona-ke walala phezu kokhukho lwakhe wagcina ubuso bakhe bufulathele,+ akazange asidle isinkwa.

15 Khona-ke yathi kubo: “Hlalani nivulé amehlo futhi niqaphe yonke inhlobo yokuhaha,+ ngoba ngisho nalapho umuntu enensada ukuphila kwakhe akuveli ezintweni anazo.”+

7 Khona-ke, sizothini? Ingabe uMthetho uyisono?+ Kwangathi kungelokothe kube njalo! Ngempela ngabe angisazanga isono+ ukube kwakungengenxa yoMthetho; futhi, ngokwesibonelo, ngabe angikwazanga ukuhaha+ ukube uMthetho wawungashongo ukuthi: “Ungahahi.”+