Isifungo sikaYobhi sentliziyo ehlambulukileyo
UYobhi uphetha ngesifungo, evula ubomi bakhe into nganye: akukho nkanuko, akukho buxoki, akukho kwala sigwebo sesicaka, akukho kudla yedwa ngexa inkedama ilambile, akukho kuthemba golide. Uyasityobela aze afune incwadi yetyala. Aze amazwi akhe asuke aphele nje.
31 1“Ndenza umnqophiso namehlo am; ngaba bendingathini na ke ukuyijonga intombi? 2Kaloku sisiphi na isabelo ebendingasifumana kuThixo phezulu, leliphi na ilifa kuSomandla osenyangweni? 3Asiyonhlekele na eyabangalungisiyo, nentshabalalo eyabo benza okungendawo? 4Akaboni na iindlela zam, awabale onke amanyathelo am?
5“Ukuba ndiphile ngobuxoki, waza unyawo lwam lwangxamela inkohliso, 6makandilinganise ngezikali ezinyanisileyo, aze uThixo azi ubuqotho bam, 7ukuba amanyathelo am aphamba endleleni, yaza intliziyo yam yalandela amehlo am, nokuba kukho ichaphaza elinamathele ezandleni zam, 8mandihlwayele ke, adle omnye, kuncothulwe oko kundintshulelayo.
9“Ukuba intliziyo yam yalukuhlwa ngumfazi, ndaza ndalalela emnyango wommelwane wam, 10makamkhonzele omnye umfazi wam, balale naye abanye. 11Kuba oko bekuya kuba lulwaphulo-mthetho olulihlazo, isono esifanele umgwebo; 12kuba ngumlilo otshisa use kwiNtshabalalo, obuya kulutshisa lonke uvuno lwam.
13“Ukuba ndajika isigwebo sesicaka sam esiyindoda nesibhinqa, xa safika nesikhalo ngam, 14ndiya kuthini na ke xa uThixo esuka? Xa endibizela ekuphenduleni, ndiya kumphendula ntoni na? 15Akenzanga na lowo wandenzayo esizalweni naso isicaka sam? Akenzanga na lowo mnye thina sobabini esizalweni?
16“Ukuba ndabalela amahlwempu oko bebekusweleka, okanye ndenza amehlo omhlolokazi aphela, 17okanye ndadla ndedwa ukudla kwam, kodwa inkedama ingenanto, 18nangona kwasebuncinaneni bam ndayikhulisa njengokuba benza uyise, kananjalo kwasesizalweni sikama ndamkhokela umhlolokazi, 19ukuba ndabona mntu utshabalale ngenxa yokuswela ingubo, nokuba lihlwempu elingenasigubungelo, 20ukuba ubuncwane bakhe bonke abundisikelelanga ngokumfudumeza ngoboya bempahla yam emfutshane, 21ukuba ndaphakamisela isandla sam enkedameni, ngokuba ndibubonile ubuncedo bam enkundleni, 22malincothuke igxalaba lam elukakayini lwalo, yaphuke nengalo yam elungqinibeni lwayo. 23Kuba intlekele evela kuThixo yayiluqhiphulo-mbilini kum, ndaza phambi kobungangamsha bakhe andaba nako nto.
24“Ukuba ndayenza igolide yaba yinqolonci yam, okanye ndathi kwegolide ecikizekileyo: Wena uyinqaba yam, 25ukuba ndagcoba ngokuba butyebi bam baba bukhulu, nokuba isandla sam sazuza kungaka, 26ukuba ndakhangela ilanga xa likhazimla, nokuba yinyanga ihamba ngobungangamsha, 27yaza intliziyo yam yalukuhlwa ngasese, saza isandla sam saziphephezelela ngomanga ekunquleni, 28nako oku bekuya kuba sisono esifanele umgwebo, kuba bendiya kuba ndinganyanisanga kuThixo phezulu.
29“Ukuba ndavuya ngokutshabalala kwalowo wayendithiyile, nokuba ndagcoba xa wehlelwa bububi, 30andizange ndivume ukuba umlomo wam wone ngokumbizela isiqalekiso emphefumlweni wakhe, 31ukuba amadoda endlu yam azange athi: ‘Ngubani na ongazange ahluthe etafileni yakhe?’, 32akukho mphambukeli wakha walala esitratweni, kuba ndandizivulela umhambi iingcango zam. 33Ukuba ndizisibekele izono zam njengoko benza abanye, ndibufihla ubugwenxa bam entliziyweni yam, 34ngenxa yokuba ndandisoyika kangaka isihlwele, nendelo yezizwe yayindothusa, ndathi cwaka, andaphuma phandle.
35“Akwaba bekukho obendivayo! Nalu uphawu lwam, makandiphendule uSomandla! Makabhale ityala lakhe ummangaleli wam! 36Inene, bendiya kuthwala lona egxalabeni lam, ndilibophelele kum njengesithsaba. 37Bendiya kumxelela inani lamanyathelo am onke; ndisondele kuye njengesikhulu.
38“Ukuba umhlaba wam ukhalile ngam, nemifolo yawo ililile kunye, 39ukuba ndizidle iziqhamo zawo ngaphandle kwentlawulo, ndaza ndawubulala umphefumlo wabaniniwo, 40makuvele imithana enameva endaweni yengqolowa, neenkunzane endaweni yerhasi.” Aphelile amazwi kaYobhi.
