IzAga 30

₂“Impela ngiyisiwula kunabanye abantu,

anginakuqonda komuntu.

₃Angifundanga ukuhlakanipha,

ukuze ngazi oNgcwele.

₄Ngubani owenyukele ezulwini,

wabuye wehla na?

Ngubani oqoqele umoya ezandleni zakhe na?

Ngubani obophile amanzi engutsheni yakhe na?

Ngubani omisile yonke imikhawulo yomhlaba na?

Ngubani igama lakhe,

ngubani igama lendodana yakhe, uma ulazi, na?

₅“Onke amazwi kaNkulunkulu acwebile;

uyisihlangu kwabaphephela kuye.

₆Ungenezeli emazwini akhe,

funa akusole, ufunyanwe ungumqambimanga.

₇“Yizinto ezimbili engizicela kuwe:

unganginqabeli nazo, ngingakafi.

₈Dedisela kude nami okuyize namanga,

unganginiki ubumpofu nengcebo,

kepha ngiphe isinkwa engisimiselweyo,

₉funa ngisuthe, ngikuphike ngithi:

‘UJehova ungubani na’ ”

funa ngibe mpofu, ngebe,

ngilone igama likaNkulunkulu wami.

₁₀“Ungahlebi inceku enkosini yayo,

funa ikuthuke, ube necala.

₁₁“Kukhona isizukulwane esithuka uyise,

esingabusisi unina.

₁₂Kukhona isizukulwane esimhlophe emehlweni aso,

esingahlanzwanga ensileni yaso.

₁₃Kukhona isizukulwane yeka ukuzidla kwaso!

Nezinkophe zaso ziphakanyisiwe.

₁₄Kukhona isizukulwane esimazinyo aso ayizinkemba

namazinyo emihlathi angomese

bokuqeda abampofu emhlabeni,

nabaswelayo phakathi kwabantu.

₁₅“Umnyundu unamadodakazi amabili athi:

‘Siphe, siphe.’

“Kukhona izinto ezintathu ezingasuthi,

nezine ezingasho ukuthi: ‘Kwanele!’:

₁₆indawo yabafileyo,

nesizalo esiyinyumba,

nomhlaba ongasuthi ngamanzi,

nomlilo ongasho ukuthi: ‘Kwanele!’

₁₇“Iso eliklolodela uyise

nelidelela ukulalela unina

liyakukhishwa ngamagwababa angasemfuleni,

lidliwe ngamazinyane okhozi.

₁₈“Kukhona izinto ezintathu ezingahlula ngokumangalisa,

yebo, ezine engingazaziyo:

₁₉indlela yokhozi emoyeni,

nendlela yenyoka edwaleni,

nendlela yomkhumbi phakathi kolwandle,

nendlela yendoda entombini.

₂₀“Inje indlela yowesifazane ophingayo:

uyadla, abesesula umlomo wakhe,

athi: ‘Angenzanga isono.’

₂₁“Phansi kwezinto ezintathu umhlaba uyazamazama,

yebo, phansi kwezine ongezithwale:

₂₂phansi kwenceku ekubekweni kwayo inkosi,

nesiwula uma sisuthile ngokudla,

₂₃naphansi kwesaliwakazi ekuganeni kwaso,

nencekukazi ekulidleni ifa lenkosikazi yayo.

₂₄“Kukhona izinto ezine ezincane emhlabeni,

kepha zihlakaniphile kakhulu:

₂₅izintuthwane ziyisizwe esingenamandla,

kanti ziyalungisa ukudla kwazo ehlobo;

₂₆izimbila ziyisizwe esibuthakathaka,

kanti ziyakha izindlu zazo edwaleni;

₂₇izinkumbi azinankosi,

kanti ziyaphuma zonke ngamaviyo;

₂₈isibankwa ungasibamba ngezandla zombili,

kanti sisendlini yenkosi.

₂₉“Kukhona izinto ezintathu ezinyathela ngesizotha,

yebo, ezine ezihamba ngesithunzi:

₃₀ingonyama, iqhawe ezilwaneni;

ayihlehli nakusiphi;

₃₁nehhashi lempi kanye nempongo,

nenkosi phambi kwempi yayo.

₃₂“Uma wenzile ubuwula ngokuziphakamisa,

wacabanga okubi,

beka isandla emlonyeni wakho.

₃₃Ngokuba ukuphehla ubisi kuveza iphehlwa,

nokucindezelwa kwempumulo kuveza igazi;

kanjalo ukucindezela ulaka kuveza ukuxabana.”