IZaga 6

6 ¹Ndodana yami, uma ubeke isibambiso somakhelwane wakho, uma uxhawulene nomfokazi ngesithembiso, ²uthiywe ngamazwi omlomo wakho, ubanjwe ngamazwi omlomo wakho. ³Yenza-ke lokhu, ndodana yami, uzikhulule, ngokuba manje usesandleni somakhelwane wakho: hamba, uzithobe, uncenge umakhelwane wakho. ⁴Unganiki amehlo akho ubuthongo, nezinkophe zakho ukozela. ⁵Zikhulule njengempunzi esandleni, njengenyoni esandleni somcuphi.

⁶Yiya entuthwaneni, wena vila; uqaphele izindlela zayo, uhlakaniphe. ⁷Noma ingenaso induna, umphathi, noma umbusi, ⁸ilungisa isinkwa sayo ehlobo, ibuthe ukudla kwayo ngesikhathi sokuvuna.

⁹Koze kube nini ulele lapho, wena vila? Uyakuvuka nini ebuthongweni bakho? ¹⁰Ubuthongo obuncane, ukozela okuncane, ukusonga izandla kancane ukuze uphumule, ¹¹bese ubumpofu bukwehlela njengesigebengu, nokuswela njengendoda ehlomile.

¹²Umuntu ongelusizo, indoda embi, uhambahamba ngenkulumo egwegwile, ¹³ucwayiza ngamehlo akhe, enze izimpawu ngezinyawo zakhe, akhombe ngeminwe yakhe, ¹⁴ngenhliziyo ephambene uceba okubi, ahlwanyele ukungezwani njalo; ¹⁵ngakho-ke inhlekelele iyakumehlela ngokuzumayo; ngomzuzwana uyakwaphuka kungabe kusaba nokwelashwa.

¹⁶Zikhona izinto eziyisithupha uBaba wethu azizondayo, eziyisikhombisa eziyisinengiso kuye: ¹⁷amehlo azidlayo, ulimi oluqamba amanga, nezandla ezichitha igazi elingenacala, ¹⁸inhliziyo eceba amacebo amabi, izinyawo eziphuthuma ukugijimela okubi, ¹⁹ufakazi wamanga ophefumula amanga, nalowo ohlwanyela ukungezwani phakathi kwabazalwane.

Amazwi Kayihlo, Isihlangu Sakho

²⁰Ndodana yami, gcina umyalo kayihlo, ungakushiyi ukufundisa kukanyoko. ²¹Kubophele enhliziyweni yakho njalonjalo; ukubophe entanyeni yakho. ²²Lapho uhamba, kuyakukuhola; lapho ulala, kuyakukulinda; lapho uvuka, kuyakhuluma nawe. ²³Ngokuba umyalo uyisibani, ukufundisa kuwukukhanya, nokusolwa kokuqondisa kuyindlela yokuphila, ²⁴ukuze kukugcine kowesifazane omubi, olimini olubushelelezi lwesiphingi.

²⁵Ungabukhanuki ubuhle bakhe enhliziyweni yakho, ungavumi akuthumbe ngezinkophe zakhe; ²⁶ngokuba intengo yesifebe iyisinkwa nje, kodwa owesifazane oganile uzingela ukuphila okuyigugu. ²⁷Umuntu angawuphatha yini umlilo esifubeni sakhe, izingubo zakhe zingasha? ²⁸Noma umuntu angahamba yini phezu kwamalahle avuthayo, izinyawo zakhe zingahangulwa? ²⁹Kunjalo-ke nalowo olala nomkamakhelwane wakhe; akekho omthintayo oyakuphunyuka engajezisiwe.

³⁰Abantu abalideleli isela uma lintshontsha ukuze lisuthise isisu salo lapho lilambile, ³¹kodwa uma libanjwa, liyakukhokha kasikhombisa; liyakunikela ngayo yonke impahla yendlu yalo. ³²Ophingayo akanangqondo; owenza lokho uyazibhubhisa. ³³Uyakuthola amanxeba nehlazo, ihlazo lakhe alinakwesulwa.

³⁴Ngokuba umona uyayithukuthelisa indoda, ngeke abe nasihawu ngosuku lwempindiselo. ³⁵Ngeke asamukele sinxephezelo; uyakwenqaba noma singakanani isifumbathiso.