UYOBI 14

₁“Hayi kambe umntu, intw' ezelwe ngumfazi!

Mifutshane imihla yakhe; izele ziinkathazo.

₂Uvela njengentyatyambo, akhawuleze abune;

uthi tshe oku kwesithunzi, aphel' emehlweni.

₃Uthi onjalo ke ungamgqala,

ude ume naye enkundleni umgwebe?

₄Ngaba ukhona na ongakhupha into ehlambulukileyo kwengahlambulukanga?

Unotshe, akukho namnye!

₅Kaloku imihla yakhe seyimisiwe,

nenani leenyanga zakhe liyaziwa nguwe;

kananjalo ke ummisele umda angenakuwutsiba.

₆Somyeka, ungabi samjonga,

akhe aphumle njengomqeshwa ogqibe umsebenzi wemini.

₇“Umthi xa ugawuliwe lisekhona ithemba ngawo;

awunakufa kuphele, usenokubuya uhlume amagqabi.

₈Noba ingakhula ibe ndala ingcambu yawo emhlabeni

nesiphunzi sawo sife apho simile khona,

₉uthi nje ukuba ukhe wasezela ukunyepha kwamanzi,

utsho uhlume, uvelise amasebe njengegatyana lomthi.

₁₀Ukanti ke yena umntu uyafa, iphel' intw' ibithethwa.

Ewe, uyafa aphel' emehlweni.

₁₁Njengokuba amanzi echibi ephela, namanzi omlambo esitsha ome;

₁₂nomntu ke unjalo, ulala phantsi angabuyi avuke.

Ibe ke soze aphinde avuke,

okanye ashukunyiswe kobo buthongo bakhe,

ade amazulu angabi sabikho.

₁₃“Akwaba ubungandifihla kwelo labafileyo

ide ithothe ingqumbo yakho,

uze ke undimisele ixesha oya kundikhumbula ngalo.

₁₄Ukuba ngaba ke umntu ufile, angabuya aphile?

Xa kunjalo ngendilinda yonke imihla yokubulaleka kwam,

lide lifike ixesha lokukhululeka kwam.

₁₅Ngewundibiza, ndisabele ke mna,

kuba wena ukulangazelela ukubona umsebenzi wezandla zakho.

₁₆Ngewuzibala izinyathelo zam,

ungaziqwalaseli noko iziphoso zam.

₁₇Zonke izikreqo zam ziya kuvalelwa engxoweni,

ubugqume ubugwenxa bam.

_18-19Kodwa wena uyalitshitshisa ithemba lomntu,

oku kweentaba ezidilikayo zivuthuluke,

oku kwamawa asunduziweyo angabi sabakho,

nditsho oku kwamanzi awadlayo amatye,

okwezandyondyo zemvula eziwukhukulisayo umhlaba.

₂₀Umntu umvikiva kube kanye, angabi sabikho;

uguqula ubuso bakhe, umgxothe.

₂₁Oonyana bakhe noba sebewongekile, akaqondi yena;

ukanti akaboni naxa sebehlazeka.

₂₂Kaloku into emdlayo yintlungu yesiqu sakhe,

abe ezililela yena buqu.”