rĩathani
- commandment, law. Commandment. A divine or authoritative order, decree, or law, especially religious law or moral instruction.
Example: Rĩu nĩrĩo rĩathani rĩrĩa inene, na rĩa mbere. (This is the greatest and the first commandment.); Mũrutani, rĩathani rĩrĩa inene watho-inĩ nĩ rĩrĩkũ? (“Teacher, For the devout Jew all the commandments were to be kept with equal care, but there is evidence of preoccupation in Jewish sources with the question put to Jesus. which commandment in the law is the greatest?”)