IZAFOBE 27

₁Musa ukuqhayisa ngengomso,

kuba akuyazi loo mini ukuba iya kukuphathela ntoni na.

₂Yeka ibe ngomnye okuncomayo, ingabi ngowakho umlomo;

ewe, mayibe ngowasemzini, kungaphumi emilebeni yakho.

₃Amatye nesanti ngumthwalo onzima;

kodwa kona ukucatshukiswa sisityhakala luxanduva olungaphezulu.

₄Umsindo unenkohlakalo, ingqumbo sisiphango;

kodwa ke akakho onokumelana nobukhwele.

₅Akunani kwaisiluleko esisekuhleni

kunothando olufihlwayo.

₆Isihlobo sinyanisekile noba singade sikwenzakalise;

siyakugqitha ukwangiwa kaninzi lutshaba.

₇Umntu ohluthayo akabukhathalele nobusi,

kanti ke olambayo ukufumana kunencasa nokutya okukrakrayo.

₈Umntu okude nekhaya

unjengentaka elahlekene nendlu yayo.

₉Amafutha neziqholo zonwabisa intliziyo;

ke lona ulonwabo oluzuzwa kumhlobo ziingcebiso ezinyanisekileyo.

₁₀Ungaze wahlukane nezihlobo zakho, ungazilibali nezakowenu.

Xa usengxakini sukubalekela kumntakwenu –

isenokuba ngummelwane osondeleyo onokukunceda ngaphezulu komntakwenu okude.

₁₁Yoba luvuyo kum, mfo wam, ukuba uthe waba sisilumko;

ndotsho ndibe nako ukubaphendula abo bandigxekayo.

₁₂Umntu ondwebileyo uthi akuyibona ayicezele ingozi,

kanti ke yena ongaqiqiyo uphoseka kuyo enzakale.

₁₃Zithathe izambatho zomntu omele ityala londwendwe;

ewe, bambisa ngazo kuba umele umntu wasemzini.

₁₄Umntu okhahlela ummelwana wakhe ngemibuliso kwasekuseni

kusenokuba ngathi

uyamshwabulela.

₁₅Umfazi osoloko eqhwaya ingxabano

ufana namathontsi emvula engumvimbi.

₁₆Unjengomoya wona ungenakunqandwa,

nqwa namafutha wona angenako ukufunjathwa.

₁₇Iintsimbi ziyalolana;

ngokunjalo ke nezihlobo ziyakhuthazana.

₁₈Umntu owukhathaleleyo umthi womkhiwane uyawafumana amakhiwane,

nomntu oyibusayo inkosi yakhe uya kuwongwa.

₁₉Umfanekiso womntu emanzini ubonakalisa inkangeleko yakhe;

ngokunjalo nentliziyo yomntu ibonakalisa into ayiyo.

₂₀Ingcwaba nelabafileyo alize lihlúthe;

akwanjalo namehlo omntu.

₂₁Isiliva ivavanywa ngokuyinyibilikisa embizeni;

igolide ivavanywa ngokuyinyibilikisa kwiziko lomlilo;

ke yena umntu uvavanywa ludumo alufumana ebantwini.

₂₂Nokuba ungade usingqushe kunye nombona isityhakala,

soze ubukhuphe ubutyhakala baso.

₂₃Qinisekisa ukuba uyayazi imo yemfuyo yakho,

uyaluse ngononophelo imihlambi yakho.

₂₄Kaloku ubutyebi obu yinto edlulayo,

nesithsaba sobukhosi asihlali sihleli kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana.

₂₅Xa uyisikile ingca, wayenza ifulu,

lo gama enye isaqala ukuntshula,

nditsho xa utyani lwasezintabeni luhlanganisiwe,

₂₆impahla yokunxiba ungayenza ngoboya beegusha,

futhi uthengise iibhokhwe, ufumane ixabiso lentsimi.

₂₇Kwezi ziseleyo unganako ukusenga uyondle intsapho yakho,

ude uzibonelele nezicakazana zakho.