IZaga 19

19 ¹Ungcono umuntu ompofu ohamba ngobuqotho bakhe kunalowo onamazwi agwegwile oyisiwula. ²Futhi, isifiso esingenalwazi asilungile, nalowo osheshayo uyayiphosa indlela. ³Ubuwula bomuntu buyayona indlela yakhe, kodwa inhliziyo yakhe iyamthukuthelela uBaba wethu. ⁴Ingcebo yandisa abangane abaningi, kodwa ompofu uhlukaniswa nomngane wakhe. ⁵Ufakazi wamanga ngeke angajeziswa, nophefumula amanga ngeke aphunyuke. ⁶Abaningi bafuna umusa womuntu ophanayo, futhi wonke umuntu ungumngane walowo onikela ngezipho. ⁷Bonke abafowabo bomuntu ompofu bayamzonda; kakhulu kangakanani abangane bakhe bemgwema! Uyababiza, kodwa sebehambile. ⁸Ozuza ukuhlakanipha uthanda umphefumulo wakhe; ogcina ukuqonda uyakuthola okuhle. ⁹Ufakazi wamanga ngeke angajeziswa, nophefumula amanga uyakubhubha. ¹⁰Ukunethezeka akusifanele isiwula—ikakhulukazi inceku ukuba ibuse izikhulu. ¹¹Ukuqonda okuhle komuntu kumenza ephuze ukuthukuthela, futhi kuyinkazimulo yakhe ukungalinaki icala. ¹²Ulaka lwenkosi lunjengokubhonga kwengonyama, kodwa umusa wayo unjengamazolo otshanini. ¹³Indodana eyisiwula iyincithakalo kuyise, nokuxabana komfazi kuyikuconsa okungapheli. ¹⁴Indlu nengcebo kuyifa elivela kokhokho, kodwa umfazi ohlakaniphileyo uvela kuBaba wethu. ¹⁵Ubuvila buphonsa ebuthongweni obukhulu, nomuntu ovilaphayo uyakulamba. ¹⁶Ogcina umyalo ulondoloza ukuphila kwakhe; odelela izindlela zakhe uyakufa. ¹⁷Ophana kwabampofu ubolekisa kuBaba wethu, futhi uBaba wethu uyakumbuyekezela ngesenzo sakhe. ¹⁸Yala indodana yakho kusesekhona ithemba, ungabeki inhliziyo yakho ekubhujisweni kwayo. ¹⁹Umuntu onolaka olukhulu kumele ahlawule inhlawulo; ngokuba uma umophula, uyakuphinda futhi. ²⁰Lalela iseluleko wamukele ukuyalwa, ukuze uzuze ukuhlakanipha ezinsukwini ezizayo. ²¹Maningi amacebo enhliziyweni yomuntu, kodwa yiseluleko sikaBaba wethu esiyakuma. ²²Okufiswayo kumuntu uthando lwesivumelwano, futhi umuntu ompofu ungcono kunomqambimanga. ²³Ukwesaba uBaba wethu kuholela ekuphileni, nalowo onakho uphumula enelisekile, engathintwa yingozi. ²⁴Ivila lifaka isandla salo esitsheni, lingasibuyiseli nasemlonyeni walo. ²⁵Shaya isideleli, bese ongenalwazi efunda ukuqonda; khuza umuntu oqondayo, uyakuzuza ulwazi. ²⁶Owenza udlame kuyise axoshe unina uyindodana ebanga amahloni nehlazo. ²⁷Yeka ukulalela imfundiso, ndodana yami, bese uduka emazwini olwazi. ²⁸Ufakazi ongelusizo udelela ubulungiswa, nomlomo wababi ugwinya ububi. ²⁹Isijeziso silungiselelwe izideleli, nemivimbo emihlane yeziwula.