1. UJehova wakhuluma kuMose entabeni yaseSinayi, wathi:
2. “Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi kubo: ‘Nxa nifika ezweni engininika lona, izwe liyakumgcinela uJehova isabatha.
3. Iminyaka eyisithupha uyakulima insimu yakho, iminyaka eyisithupha uyakuthena isivini sakho, ubuthe izithelo zaso,
4. kepha ngomnyaka wesikhombisa kuyakuba khona isabatha lokuphumula okuzothileyo kwezwe, isabatha kuye uJehova; awuyikulima insimu yakho, ungatheni isivini sakho.
5. Amakhikhizela esivuno sakho awuyikuwavuna, nezithelo zomvini wakho ongatheniwe awuyikuzikha; kuyakuba ngumnyaka wokuphumula okuzothileyo kwezwe.