Indlela Ebonakala Ilungile
Kugxile ekutheni abantu bahlulela kalula kangakanani ngokungeyikho, kubandakanya nabo uqobo. Kukhona indlela ebonakala ilungile kodwa iphele ekufeni, abangenalwazi bakholwa yinoma yini, futhi uhleko lungafihla ubuhlungu okungekho mfokazi obabelanayo. Uhlangothi lwakho lwezenhlalo lucijile: abampofu bayagwenywa ngisho ngomakhelwane babo.
14 1Owesifazane ohlakaniphile kunabo bonke uyayakha indlu yakhe, kodwa ubuwula buyidiliza ngezandla zawo siqu. 2Ohamba ngokuqotho uyamesaba uBaba wethu, kodwa onezindlela ezigwegwile uyamedelela. 3Umlomo wesiwula uyinduku yokuzidla kwaso, kodwa izindebe zabahlakaniphile ziyabavikela. 4Lapho kungekho zinkabi khona, umkhombe uhlala uhlanzekile, kodwa isivuno esiningi sivela ngamandla enkabi. 5Ufakazi othembekile akaqambi manga, kodwa ufakazi wamanga uphafuza amanga. 6Isideleli sifuna ukuhlakanipha singakutholi, kodwa ulwazi lufinyeleleka kalula koqondisisayo. 7Suka eduze kwesiwula, ngokuba ngeke uthole lwazi ezindebeni zaso. 8Ukuhlakanipha kwabaqondayo kuwukuqonda indlela yabo, kodwa ubuwula beziwula buyinkohliso. 9Iziwula ziyawudelela umnikelo wecala, kodwa phakathi kwabaqotho kukhona umusa. 10Inhliziyo iyakwazi ukubaba kwayo, futhi akekho owezizwe ohlanganyela entokozweni yayo. 11Indlu yababi iyakudilizwa, kodwa itende labaqotho liyakuchuma. 12Kukhona indlela ebonakala ilungile kumuntu, kodwa isiphetho sayo siyindlela yokufa. 13Ngisho nasekuhlekeni inhliziyo ingaba buhlungu, futhi isiphetho sentokozo singaba usizi. 14Ohlehlela emuva enhliziyweni uyakusuthiswa yizithelo zezindlela zakhe, kanti umuntu olungileyo uyakusuthiswa yizakhe. 15Ongenalwazi ukholwa yikho konke, kodwa oqondayo uyazicabangela izinyathelo zakhe. 16Ohlakaniphile uyesaba agweme okubi, kodwa isiwula asinakho ukuqaphela sizethemba ngokweqile. 17Umuntu othukuthela masinyane wenza ubuwula, kanti oceba amacebo amabi uyazondwa. 18Abangenalwazi badla ifa lobuwula, kodwa abaqondayo bethweswa umqhele wolwazi. 19Abantu ababi bayakhothama phambi kwabahle, nabangalungile emasangweni abalungileyo. 20Abampofu bayenyanywa ngisho nangomakhelwane babo, kodwa abacebile banabangane abaningi. 21Odelela umakhelwane wakhe uyona, kodwa ubusisiwe lowo onomusa kwabampofu. 22Abaceba okubi abaduki yini? Kodwa umusa nokwethembeka kungokwalabo abaceba okuhle. 23Kuwo wonke umsebenzi onzima kukhona inzuzo, kodwa ukukhuluma nje kuholela ebumpofini kuphela. 24Umqhele wabahlakaniphile uyingcebo yabo, kodwa ubuwula beziwula buzala ubuwula kuphela. 25Ufakazi oneqiniso usindisa imiphefumulo, kodwa ophafuza amanga ungumkhohlisi. 26Ekwesabeni uBaba wethu kukhona ukuzethemba okuqinileyo, futhi abantwana bakhe bayakuba nesiphephelo. 27Ukwesaba uBaba wethu kungumthombo wokuphila, kususa umuntu ezingibeni zokufa. 28Ubuningi babantu buyinkazimulo yenkosi, kodwa ngaphandle kwabantu isikhulu siyabhujiswa. 29Ophuza ukuthukuthela unokuqonda okukhulu, kodwa ulaka oluvuthayo luphakamisa ubuwula. 30Inhliziyo enokuthula inika umzimba ukuphila, kodwa umona ubolisa amathambo. 31Ocindezela abampofu uthuka uBaba wethu, uMenzi wabo, kodwa onomusa kwabaswele uyamhlonipha. a a v31 Ukona abampofu kuwukuthuka uBaba owabadala — wonke umuntu oswele uphethe isithunzi somsebenzi wezandla zakhe. 32Ababi bawiswa ububi babo, kodwa abalungileyo bathola isiphephelo ngisho nasekufeni. 33Ukuhlakanipha kuhlala enhliziyweni yoqondayo, kodwa ngisho naphakathi kweziwula kuyazazisa. 34Ukulunga kuphakamisa isizwe, kodwa isono siyihlazo kunoma yibaphi abantu. 35Umusa wenkosi uphezu kwenceku ehlakaniphile, kodwa ulaka lwayo luwela phezu kowenza ngehlazo.
