Isexwayiso Sikababa
Isixwayiso esiqondile ngokuphinga, silandelwa kuze kube sekugcineni: udumo olunikwe abezizwe, iminyaka echithekile, umzimba ophelelwe amandla, nendoda ethi sekwephuzile ukuthi yayikuzonda ukulaywa. Ukuphenduka kuhle. Thokoza ngonkosikazi wakho, wazi ukuthi uBaba wethu ubona yonke indlela.
5 1Ndodana yami, lalela ukuhlakanipha kwami; beka indlebe ekuqondeni kwami, 2ukuze ugcine ukuqonda okuhle, nezindebe zakho zilondoloze ulwazi. 3Ngokuba izindebe zowesifazane onqatshelwe zithontisa uju, nomlomo wakhe ubushelezi kunamafutha, 4kodwa ekugcineni umuncu njengobuthi, ucijile njengenkemba esika nhlangothi zombili. 5Izinyawo zakhe zehlela ekufeni; izinyathelo zakhe zibambelela endaweni yabafileyo. a a v5 IShiyoli: igama lesiHeberu elisho indawo yabafileyo — ithuna, izwe elingabonwayo elingaphansi. 6Akawunaki umkhondo wokuphila; izindlela zakhe ziyaduka, engakwazi lokho.
7Manje-ke, madodana ami, ngilaleleni, ningaphambuki emazwini omlomo wami. 8Yisa indlela yakho kude naye, ungasondeli emnyango wendlu yakhe, 9funa unikele udumo lwakho kwabanye, neminyaka yakho konesihluku, 10funa abafokazi basuthe ngamandla akho, nemishikashika yakho oyizuze ngokukhandleka iye endlini yowezizwe, 11ube usububula ekugcineni kwakho, lapho inyama yakho nomzimba wakho sekudliwe, 12uthi: “Hawu, ngangikuzonda kanjani ukuqondiswa, nenhliziyo yami yakudelela ukusolwa! 13Angilalelanga izwi labafundisi bami, angibekanga indlebe kwabangifundisayo. 14Ngaphose ngehlelwa yincithakalo ephelele phakathi kwebandla elibuthene.”
15Phuza amanzi asemgodini wakho wamanzi, amanzi agobhozayo asemthonjeni wakho. 16Kungani imithombo yakho ichichima ezitaladini, imifudlana yakho yamanzi ezinkundleni? 17Mayibe ngeyakho wena wedwa, ingahlukaniselwana nabafokazi. 18Mawubusiswe umthombo wakho, uthokoze ngomka wobusha bakho, 19insephe ethandekayo, imbabala enhle. Uthando lwakhe malukwanelise njalo; uhlale uthunjwe njalonjalo uthando lwakhe. 20Pho, ndodana yami, kungani uthunjwa ngowesifazane onqatshelwe, ugone umka wenye indoda?
21Ngokuba izindlela zomuntu ziphambi kwamehlo kaBaba wethu, uhlola yonke imikhondo yomuntu. 22Omubi ubanjwa yibubi bakhe siqu, uboshwe ngezintambo zesono sakhe. 23Uyakufa ngokuswela ukuqondiswa, aduke ngenxa yobuwula bakhe obukhulu.
