Iimpukane Ezifileyo Kwioli
Amazwi ngokuncinci okufunekayo ukonakalisa okukhulu: iimpukane ezifileyo kwioli yomqholi, amakhoboka esemahasheni nabathetheli behamba ngeenyawo, isidenge esizithethela entshabalalweni. Ukuzola kudambisa umsindo womphathi; uphahla oluthothileyo nelizwi elinganyamekekanga egumbini lokulala, kokubini kuqala kancinci.
10 1Iimpukane ezifileyo zenza inuke ivuthe ioli yomqholi; ngokunjalo ubudenge obuncinane bubagqithile ubulumko nozuko. 2Intliziyo yesilumko ityekele ekunene kwaso, ke intliziyo yesidenge iya ekhohlo. 3Kwanaxa isidenge sihamba ngendlela, siswele ingqiqo, size sibabonise bonke abantu ukuba sisidenge. 4Ukuba umsindo womphathi uvuthe kuwe, uze ungasuki endaweni yakho, kuba ukuzola kudambisa amatyala amakhulu.
5Kukho ububi endibubonileyo phantsi kwelanga, uhlobo lwesiphoso esiphuma kumphathi: 6ubudenge bumiswa ezindaweni eziphakamileyo ezininzi, bahlale ezindaweni eziphantsi izityebi. 7Ndibonile amakhoboka ekhwele emahasheni, nabathetheli behamba ngeenyawo njengamakhoboka. 8Lowo embayo umhadi angeyela kuwo, nalowo ubhoboza udonga angalunywa yinyoka. 9Lowo oqhekeza amatye angalinyazwa ngawo, nalowo ocanda iinkuni usengozini ngazo. 10Ukuba izembe lithe buthuntu, kungalolwanga uhlangothi lwalo, umelwe kukusebenzisa amandla amaninzi; kodwa ubulumko buzisa impumelelo.
11Ukuba inyoka iluma ingekathakathwa, umthakathi akazuzi nto. 12Amazwi esilumko amzisela ubabalo, kodwa imilebe yesidenge iyasidla. 13Ukuqaleka kwamazwi akhe bubudenge, ukuphela kwentetho yakhe kukuphambana okukhohlakeleyo. 14Kanti isidenge siqhubeka sithetha. Akukho mntu waziyo okuzayo, kananjalo ngubani na onokumxelela umntu okuya kwenzeka emva kwakhe?
15Izidenge ziyazidinisa ngomsebenzi wazo, kuba azayazi nkqu indlela eya edolophini. 16Yeha, wena lizwe, xa ukumkani wakho engumntwana, nabathetheli bakho besidla kwakusasa. 17Unoyolo wena lizwe, xa ukumkani wakho engunyana wezinhanha, nabathetheli bakho besidla ngexesha elifanelekileyo—ukuze baqine, bangabi ziinkwenkwezi. 18Ngenxa yobuvila imiqadi iyaxonxa, nangenxa yezandla ezilayo indlu iyavuza. 19Isonka senzelwa intsini, newayini iyonwabisa ubomi, kwaye imali iphendula konke. 20Uze ungamqalekisi ukumkani nakwiingcinga zakho, uze ungaziqalekisi izityebi nakwigumbi lakho lokulala, kuba intaka yezulu ingawathwala amazwi akho, nesidalwa esinamaphiko singayixela into oyithethayo.