IZaga 27

27 ¹Ungaziqhayisi ngengomuso, ngokuba awazi ukuthi usuku luyakulethani. ²Makakudumise omunye umuntu, hhayi umlomo wakho; owemzini, hhayi izindebe zakho. ³Itshe linzima nesihlabathi singumthwalo, kodwa intukuthelo yesiwula inzima kunakho kokubili. ⁴Ulaka lunonya nentukuthelo iyakhukhula, kodwa ngubani ongema phambi komhawu? ⁵Ukusolwa obala kungcono kunothando olufihlakele. ⁶Amanxeba omngane athembekile, kodwa ukwanga kwesitha kuyinkohliso. ⁷Osuthile unyathela ikhekheba loju, kodwa kolambile nokubabayo kumnandi. ⁸Indoda eduka kwelayo ikhaya injengenyoni eduka esidlekeni sayo. ⁹Amafutha nempepho kujabulisa inhliziyo, nobumnandi bomngane buvela eselulekweni esiphuma enhliziyweni. ¹⁰Ungamshiyi umngane wakho nomngane kayihlo, ungayi endlini yomfowenu mhla wehlelwa yinhlekelele; ungcono umakhelwane oseduze kunomfowenu okude. ¹¹Hlakanipha, ndodana yami, wenze inhliziyo yami ijabule, ukuze ngikwazi ukuphendula lowo ongiklolodelayo. ¹²Oqondayo ubona ingozi acashe, kodwa ongenalwazi uyaqhubeka ahlawuliswe. ¹³Thatha ingubo yalowo oyisibambiso sowezizwe; uyigcine ibe yisibambiso lapho esenzela owesifazane wezizwe. ¹⁴Obusisa umakhelwane wakhe ngezwi elikhulu ekuseni kakhulu, lokho kuyakuthathwa njengesiqalekiso. ¹⁵Umfazi othanda ukuxabana unjengamanzi aconsa njalonjalo ngosuku lwemvula. ¹⁶Ukumvimba kunjengokuvimba umoya, noma ukuphatha amafutha ngesandla sokunene. ¹⁷Insimbi ilola insimbi, nomuntu ulola omunye. ¹⁸Onakekela umkhiwane uyakudla izithelo zawo, nolinda inkosi yakhe uyakuhlonishwa. ¹⁹Njengoba amanzi ebonisa ubuso, kanjalo inhliziyo ibonisa umuntu. ²⁰Ithuna neNcithakalo akusuthi, namehlo omuntu awasuthi. ^a a v20 IShiyoli yindawo yabafileyo; i-Abhadoni yindawo yencithakalo — ndawonye zifanekisa indlala engasuthiseki. ²¹Imbiza yokunyibilikisa ngeyesiliva nesithando ngesegolide, umuntu uvivinywa ngendumiso ayitholayo. ²²Noma ungagqula isiwula esigqulweni ngomgqulo, kanye namabele, ubuwula bakhe ngeke bumuke kuso. ²³Yazi kahle isimo semihlambi yakho, unake ngokucophelela imihlambi yakho yezinkomo. ²⁴Ngokuba ingcebo ayihlali kuze kube phakade, nomqhele awuhlaleli zizukulwane zonke. ²⁵Lapho utshani sebuphelile kuvela okusha, nemifino yezintaba isibuthiwe, ²⁶amawundlu ayakukunika izingubo zakho, nezimbuzi ziyakunika intengo yensimu; ²⁷kuyakuba khona ubisi lwezimbuzi olwanele ukudla kwakho, ukudla kwabendlu yakho, nokondla izincekukazi zakho.