IZAFOBE 6

₁Mfo wam, ukuba uthe wamela omnye umntu,

wabambana nomnye ngesandla,

₂waza ke ngaloo ndlela warhintyeleka ngamazwi omlomo wakho,

wavaleleka emgibeni ngenxa yesithembiso sakho,

₃nantsi ke into omawuyenze, nyana wam, ukuze ukhululeke ezandleni zommelwane wakho:

hamba uzithobe kuye,

umbongoze akukhulule.

₄Ewe, ungakhe ulale ungayenzanga loo nto,

ungaphumli nokuphumla oku.

₅Xelisa inxala elizihlangulayo esandleni somzingeli,

okanye intaka ephuncuka esandleni somthiyeli.

₆Yiya embovaneni, vilandini;

qwalasela indlela eziphethe ngayo, nawe ulumke.

₇Kaloku yona ayinankosi,

ingenamlawuli nankokheli,

₈kodwa nakuba injalo iyaxakeka ehlotyeni iqokelela umphako,

izilungiselela ukutya ngexesha lokuvuna.

₉Kodwa kodwa, vilandini, koda kube nini uthe tywa kuloo mandlalo?

Uya kuvuka nini kobo buthongo bakho?

₁₀Ulibele kukuthi: “Hayi noko, makhe ndithi qwaka, ndithi ntlithi kancinane,

khe ndisonge izandla, ndiphumle.”

₁₁Kambe ke bona ubuhlwempu nâbo bukuchwechwela njengomkhuthuzi.

Ewe, nantso ihambo-nzima isiza kukuhlasela oku kwendoda exhobileyo!

₁₂Ke yena umntu ohamba ejikeleza ethetha ezolwimi

ngungantweni wetshijolo.

₁₃Ewe, onjalo ungafika emana encwina amehlo,

egobhana nabanye, ekhomba ngaloo minwe yakhe.

₁₄Ngalo lonke ke elo xesha uqulunqa amayelenqe entliziyweni yakhe;

ewe, uyila ububi, aphembelele uqhushululu.

₁₅Kuthi kunjalo ke afunyanwe yinkxwaleko ngebhaqo,

atsho enzakale ngephanyazo, angabi nakunyangeka.

₁₆Zintandathu izinto azithiyileyo *uNdikhoyo;

gxebe, zisisixhenxe izinto ezilizothe kuye:

₁₇amehlo endelelo,

ulwimi oluxokayo,

izandla eziphalaza igazi elimsulwa,

₁₈intliziyo eceba amayelenqe,

iinyawo ezikhawuleza ukuquqela ebubini,

₁₉ingqina elixokayo liyigqwethe inyaniso,

nomntu ophembelela ingxabano phakathi kwabazalanayo.

₂₀Mfo wam, yithobele imimiselo oyinikwa nguyihlo,

ungazityesheli neziluleko zikanyoko.

₂₁Amazwi abo wamilisele engqondweni yakho nanini nanini,

uwagaxele abe sisihombo entanyeni yakho.

₂₂Ewe, la mazwi aya kukukhokela endleleni yakho,

abe ngumlindi wakho xa ulele,

aze athethe nawe xa uvukile.

₂₃Kaloku imiyalelo isisibane;

zona iziluleko zilukhanyiso;

ingqeqesho ekukhalimelayo ingundoqo wobomi.

₂₄Zizo ezinokukukhwebula kumfazi oziphethe kakubi,

zikuhlangule kumfazi wasemzini olwimi lugudileyo.

₂₅Sukunikezela umncwase ngenxa yobuhle bakhe;

sukumkhathalela nokuba selecela amehlo.

₂₆Ihenyukazi ungalithenga nangesonka,

kanti yena umkrexezikazi angakwenza uphulukane nobomi bakho.

₂₇Khawutsho! Uthi ungawufaka esifubeni sakho umlilo

ize impahla yakho ingatshi?

₂₈Uthi ungawanyathela amalahle avuthayo

zize zingatshi iinyawo zakho?

₂₉Kunjalo ke kumntu owambatha umka-mntu:

akukho namnye omchukumisayo oya kuba msulwa.

₃₀Aligxekwa kangako isela

xa lisiba kuba lilambile.

₃₁Noxa kunjalo lihlawuliswa kasixhenxe xa libanjiwe,

lithinjwe yonke impahla yendlu yalo.

₃₂Ke yena umntu okrexezayo ngathi ushiywe ziingqondo;

ewe, uyazibhubhisa yena ngokunokwakhe.

₃₃Isiqhamo salo msebenzi wakhe ziinduma nokuhlazeka;

futhi ke oko kuphoxeka kwakhe kuya kuhlala kungenakucinywa.

₃₄Kaloku indoda enobukhwele inengcwangu;

ithi ke apho iziphindezela khona ingabi nanceba.

₃₅Ewe, xa sele ikuloo meko ayiva zicengo,

kungekho nantlawulo iya kuyamkela noba ingakanani na.