Bambelela Ekuhlakanipheni
Ubaba obuka ngefasitela lakhe ulandisa akubonile. Insizwa engenangqondo ihamba ibheke endlini ethile ngokuhwalala, ihlangabezwe ngowesifazane osezenzile izinhlelo zakhe futhi owaziyo ukuthi umyeni wakhe akekho. Imlandela njengenkabi iya ekuhlatshweni.
7 1Ndodana yami, gcina amazwi ami, ubekelele imiyalo yami ngaphakathi kwakho.
2Gcina imiyalo yami uphile; ulinde imfundiso yami njengenhlamvu yeso lakho. 3Yibophe eminweni yakho; uyilobe esibhebheni senhliziyo yakho.
4Yithi ekuhlakanipheni: “Ungudadewethu,” ubize ukuqonda ngomngane wakho omkhulu, 5ukuze kukugcine kowesifazane owenqatshelwe, kowesifazane ongumfokazi onamazwi abushelezi.
6Ngokuba efasiteleni lendlu yami ngalunguza phansi ngohlaka lwami, 7ngabona phakathi kwabangenalwazi, ngaqaphela phakathi kwezinsizwa, insizwa engenangqondo, 8edlula emgwaqweni eduze nekhoneni lakhe, ethatha indlela eya endlini yakhe, 9kusihlwa, lapho usuku luphela, ebumnyameni basebusuku nasethunzini elimnyama.
10Bheka, owesifazane weza emhlangabeza, egqoke njengesifebe, enobuqili enhliziyweni yakhe. 11Unomsindo futhi uyadelela; izinyawo zakhe azihlali ekhaya. 12Khathi semgwaqweni, khathi sezinkundleni, ucathama kuwo wonke amakhona. 13Uyambamba amange, abesethi kuye ngobuso obungenamahloni:
14“Benginomnikelo wokuthula ekumele ngiwulethe; namuhla ngizifezile izithembiso zami. a a v14 Umnikelo wokuthula wawabelwana njengedili — usho ukuthi unokudla okulungele nesizathu sokugubha ekhaya. 15Ngakho ngiphumile ukuzokuhlangabeza, ngikufuna ngobukhuthali, manje ngikutholile. 16Umbhede wami ngiwendlele ngezingubo, ngelineni elinemibala elivela eGibhithe. 17Umbhede wami ngiwuqhole ngemure, nge-aloe, nangekhinamoni. 18Woza, asisuthe uthando kuze kuse; asizithokozise ngothando. 19Ngokuba umyeni wami akekho ekhaya; uhambe uhambo olude. 20Uthethe isikhwama semali wahamba nayo, ngeke abuye ekhaya kuze kube senyangeni egcwele.”
21Ngamazwi akhe onke ayengayo wamyengisisa; ngezindebe zakhe ezibushelezi wamhuga. 22Ngokushesha wamlandela, njengenkabi eya ekuhlatshweni, njengenyamazane engena ogibeni, 23kuze kube umcibisholo uhlaba isibindi sayo; njengenyoni endizela ogibeni, engazi ukuthi kuzomlahlekisela ukuphila kwakhe.
24Manje-ke, madodana ami, ngilaleleni, niqaphele kulokho engikushoyo. 25Inhliziyo yakho mayingaphambukeli ezindleleni zakhe; ungaduki emikhondweni yakhe. 26Ngokuba ubabhubhisile abaningi; ababuleweyo bakhe bayisixuku esikhulu. 27Indlu yakhe iyindlela eya engcwabeni, eyehlela emakamelweni okufa.
