IZA­GA

Iza­ga zi­lo­si­zo

1Iza­ga zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lia;

2 ukwa­zi inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­la­ywab, uku­qe­di­si­sa ama­zwic oku­qe­di­si­sad,

3 ukwe­mu­ke­la uku­la­ya kwe­nhla­ka­ni­phoe, uku­lu­nga, le­sa­hlu­le­lo, lo­ku­qo­ndaf;

4 uku­ni­ka aba­nge­la­lwa­zig inhla­ka­ni­phoh, ija­ha ulwa­zi le­ngqo­ndo.

5 Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uza­ku­zwa, andi­sei uku­fu­ndaj, lo­qe­di­si­sa­yo uza­zu­zak ize­lu­le­kol,

6 uku­qe­di­si­sam isa­ga lo­mze­ke­li­son, ama­zwi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, la­ma­li­bho aboo.

Ize­lu­le­ko ku­ma­ja­ha

7 Ukwe­sa­ba iNko­si ku­yi­ku­qa­la ko­lwa­zip; izi­thu­tha zi­ya­de­le­la inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­la­ywaq.

8 Ndo­da­na ya­mir, zwa­na uku­la­ya ku­ka­yi­hlos, unga­wu­de­li umla­yo ka­nyo­kot;

9 ngo­ba kuza­ku­ba ngu­mqhe­le wo­mu­sa ekha­nda la­kho, le­mi­ga­xou enta­nye­ni ya­khov.

10 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, uba izo­ni zi­ku­hu­ga, unga­vu­miw.

11 Uba zi­si­thi: Ha­mba la­thi, siye­ca­tha­me­la iga­zix, si­ca­tshe­le onge­la­ca­la ku­nge­la­si­za­thoy;

12 si­ba­gi­nye be­phi­laz nje­nge­ngcwa­baa, ye­bo, ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo, nje­nga­be­hle­la ego­di­nib.

13 Si­za­tho­la yo­nke impa­hla eli­gu­gu, si­gcwa­li­se izi­ndlu ze­thu nge­mpa­ngo.

14 Pho­se­la inka­tho ya­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­thu; so­nke si­be le­si­khwa­ma se­ma­li si­nye.

15 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, unga­ha­mbi la­zo endle­le­ni; unqa­nde unya­wo lwa­kho emkho­ndwe­ni wa­zoc.

16 Ngo­ba inya­wo za­zo zi­gi­ji­me­la ebu­bi­ni, zi­pha­ngi­sa uku­chi­tha iga­zid.

17 Isi­bi­li, imbu­le le­ndla­le­lwa ize pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo alo­ba yi­yi­phi inyo­nie.

18 La­la­ba ba­ca­tha­me­la iga­zi la­bof, ba­ca­tshe­le imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­bog.

19 Zi­nja­lo indle­la za­khe wo­nke ozu­za inzu­zo ngo­ku­pha­ngah; itha­tha impi­lo ya­ba­ni­ni­yoi.

Inhla­ka­ni­pho iya­me­me­za

20 Uku­Hla­ka­ni­pha ku­ya­me­me­za nga­pha­ndle, ku­khu­pha ili­zwi la­kho emi­da­nge­nij.

21 Ku­ya­me­me­za enda­we­ni eqa­ka­the­ki­le­yo yo­ku­xo­ko­ze­la, eku­nge­ne­ni kwa­ma­sa­ngo; emzi­ni ku­tsho ama­zwi akhok

22 ku­si­thi: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni, li­na eli­nge­la­lwa­zi, li­tha­nda uku­nga­bi la­lwa­zil, la­ba­klo­lo­da­yo be­zi­fi­se­la uku­klo­lo­dam, le­zi­phu­ku­phu­ku zi­zo­nda ulwa­zin?

23 Phe­ndu­ke­la­ni eku­khu­ze­ni kwa­mi; kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­thu­lu­le­lao umo­ya wa­mi ki­ni, ngi­la­zi­se ama­zwi amip.

24 Ngo­ba ngi­bi­zi­leq, ko­dwa la­lar; nge­lu­li­le isa­ndla sa­mi, ko­dwa ka­kho ona­nza­yo;

25 la­de­le­la so­nke ise­lu­le­ko sa­mis, ka­li­vu­ma­nga uku­khu­za kwa­mit;

26 mi­na-ke ngi­za­hle­ka uku­chi­the­ka kwe­nuu, ngi­klo­lo­de eku­fi­ke­ni ko­kwe­sa­ba kwe­nuv,

27 eku­fi­ke­ni ko­kwe­sa­ba kwe­nu nje­nge­si­phe­pho, lo­ku­chi­the­ka kwe­nu ku­fi­ka nje­nge­si­vu­ngu­za­ne, la­pho ubu­hlu­ngu lo­si­zi ku­le­hle­law.

28 Kho­na ba­za­ngi­bi­za, ko­dwa ka­ngi­yi­ku­sa­be­lax; ba­za­ngi­di­ngi­si­sa, ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­ngi­tho­lay.

29 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ba­be­zo­nda ulwa­ziz, be­nga­khe­tha­nga ukwe­sa­ba iNko­sia.

30 Ka­ba­vu­ma­nga ise­lu­le­ko sa­mib, be­de­le­la ko­nke uku­khu­za kwa­mic.

31 Nga­kho ba­za­ku­dla okwe­si­the­lo se­ndle­la ya­bod, ba­su­thi­swe nga­ma­ce­bo aboe.

32 Ngo­ba uku­hle­hla kwa­ba­nge­la­lwa­zi ku­za­ba­bu­la­la, lo­ko­nwa­ba kwe­zi­phu­ku­phu­ku ku­za­ba­bhu­bhi­saf.

33 Ko­dwa ongi­la­le­la­yo uza­hla­la evi­ke­le­ki­leg, onwa­be ekwe­sa­be­ni oku­bih.

Umvu­zo we­nhla­ka­ni­pho

2Ndo­da­na ya­mi, uba use­mu­ke­la ama­zwi amia, ugci­ne ku­we imi­la­yo ya­mibc,

2 uku­thi we­nze indle­be ya­kho ila­le­le inhla­ka­ni­pho, utho­bi­se inhli­zi­yo ya­kho eku­qe­di­si­se­nid,

3 ye­bo, uba ukha­le­la uku­qe­di­si­sa, ukhu­phe­le ili­zwi la­kho eku­zwi­si­se­nie,

4 uba uku­di­nga nje­nge­si­li­vaf, uku­phe­nye nje­nge­zi­mpa­hla ezi­li­gu­gu ezi­fi­hli­we­yog,

5 kho­na uza­qe­di­si­sa uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si, utho­le ulwa­zi lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh.

6 Ngo­ba iNko­si ini­ka inhla­ka­ni­pho; ulwa­zi lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa ku­ve­la emlo­nye­ni wa­yoi.

7 Iya­ba­be­ke­laj aba­qo­tho inhla­ka­ni­pho eqo­thok; iyi­si­hla­ngu ku­bol aba­ha­mba ngo­ku­qo­ndam,

8 uku­gci­na indle­la ze­sa­hlu­le­lon; iza­lo­ndo­lo­za indle­la za­ba­ngcwe­le ba­yoo.

9 Kho­na uza­qe­di­si­sap uku­lu­nga, le­sa­hlu­le­lo, lo­ku­qo­ndaq; yo­nke indle­la elu­ngi­le­yor.

10 La­pho inhla­ka­ni­pho iza­nge­na enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, lo­lwa­zi lu­be mna­ndi emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­kho;

11 ingqo­ndos iza­ku­gci­na, uku­qe­di­si­sa ku­ku­lo­ndo­lo­zet;

12 uku­ko­phu­la endle­le­ni embi, emu­ntwi­ni okhu­lu­ma izi­nto ezi­pha­mbe­ne­you;

13 aba­tshi­ya indle­la zo­bu­qo­tho, uku­ze ba­ha­mbe nge­ndle­la zo­bu­mnya­mav;

14 aba­tho­ko­za ngo­kwe­nza oku­biw, be­ja­bu­la eku­pha­mbu­ke­ni ko­mu­bix;

15 aba­ndle­la za­bo zi­pha­mbe­ney, be­go­bi­le emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­boz;

16 uku­ko­phu­laa ko­we­si­fa­za­na we­mzi­nib, ko­we­zi­zwecd okho­hli­sa nga­ma­zwi akhee;

17 otshi­ya umnga­ne wo­bu­tsha ba­khe, ekho­hlwa isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khef;

18 ngo­ba indlu ya­khe itsho­ne­la eku­fe­nig, le­mi­kho­ndo ya­kheh emi­mo­ye­ni efi­le­yoi.

19 Bo­nke aba­nge­na ku­ye ka­ba­yi­ku­bu­ya, nja­lo ka­ba­yi­ku­fi­nye­le­la endle­le­ni ze­mpi­lo.

20 Uku­ze uha­mbe endle­le­ni ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo, ugci­ne imi­kho­ndo ya­ma­lu­ngi­sa.

21 Ngo­ba aba­qo­tho ba­za­hla­la eli­zwe­ni, la­ba­phe­le­le­yo ba­sa­le ku­loj;

22 ko­dwa aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ba­za­qu­nywa ba­su­swe eli­zwe­nik, la­ba­pha­mbe­ka­yo ba­da­tshu­lwe ba­su­swe ku­lol.

Ezi­nye ize­lu­le­ko ema­ja­he­ni

3Ndo­da­na ya­mi, unga­kho­hlwa umla­yo wa­mi, ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ka­yi­gci­ne imi­la­yo ya­mia.

2 Ngo­ba ye­nge­ze­le­la ku­we ubu­de be­zi­nsu­kub le­mi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo lo­ku­thu­lac.

3 Umu­sa lo­the­mbe­ko ka­ku­nga­ku­tshi­yid, ku­bo­phe­lee enta­nye­ni ya­khof, uku­bha­le esi­bhe­bhe­ni se­nhli­zi­yo ya­khog.

4 Nga­lo­kho uza­tho­la umu­sa lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa oku­hlehi eme­hlwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­ba­ntuj.

5 The­mba eNko­si­ni nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nkek, unge­ya­mi eku­qe­di­si­se­ni kwa­khol.

6 Ivu­me endle­le­ni za­kho zo­nkem, yo­na-ke iza­qo­ndi­sa imi­kho­ndo ya­khon.

7 Unga­bi ngo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akhoo; ye­sa­be iNko­sip, usu­ke ebu­bi­niqr.

8 Ku­za­ku­ba yi­kwe­la­tshwa kwe­nka­ba ya­kho, lo­ku­na­thwa­yo kwa­ma­tha­mbo akhos.

9 Hlo­ni­pha iNko­si nge­mfu­yo ya­kho, la­nge­zi­the­lo za­kho zo­ku­qa­la ze­si­vu­no sa­kho so­nket.

10 Kho­na izi­pha­la za­kho zi­za­gcwa­li­swa nge­na­la, le­zi­kha­me­lo za­kho ze­wa­yi­ni zi­phu­phu­me iwa­yi­ni eli­tshau.

11 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, unga­de­le­li uku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si, unga­ne­ngwa yi­ku­khu­za kwa­yov.

12 Ngo­ba iNko­si iya­mla­ya emtha­nda­yo, ye­bo, nje­ngo­yi­se indo­da­na atho­ko­za nga­yow.

13 Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntu o­tho­la inhla­ka­ni­pho, lo­mu­ntu o­zu­za uku­qe­di­si­sax.

14 Ngo­ba inzu­zo ya­kho ingco­no ku­le­nzu­zo ye­si­li­vay, lo­ku­tho­la­ka­la­yo kwa­kho ku­le­go­li­dez.

15 Ku­li­gu­gu eli­dlu­la ama­tshe ali­gu­gua, la­kho ko­nke onga­ku­fi­sa ka­ku­li­nga­ni­swa la­khob.

16 Ubu­de be­zi­nsu­ku bu­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho so­ku­ne­nec, kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­kho ino­tho lo­du­mod.

17 Izi­ndle­la za­kho zi­zi­ndle­la ze­nto­ko­zo, le­mi­kho­ndo ya­kho yo­nke iyi­ku­thu­lae.

18 Ku­yi­si­hla­hla se­mpi­lof kwa­ba­ku­ba­mba­yo, lo­ba­mbe­le­la ku­kho ubu­si­si­weg.

19 Nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho iNko­si ya­se­ke­la umhla­bahi; ya­mi­sa ama­zu­lu ngo­ku­qe­di­si­saj.

20 Ngo­lwa­zi lwa­yo izi­nzi­ki za­qhe­ke­zwak, la­ma­ye­zi atho­ntal ama­zo­lom.

21 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, ka­ku­nga­su­ki eme­hlwe­ni akhon; gci­na inhla­ka­ni­pho eqo­thoo le­ngqo­ndop.

22 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba yi­mpi­lo yo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khoq, le­si­sa enta­nye­ni ya­khor.

23 Kho­na uza­ha­mba indle­la ya­kho uvi­ke­le­ki­les, lo­nya­wo lwa­kho ka­lu­yi­ku­khu­be­kat.

24 Nxa ula­la pha­nsi, ka­wu­yi­kwe­sa­ba, ye­bo, uza­la­la, lo­bu­tho­ngo ba­kho bu­za­ku­ba mna­ndiu.

25 Unge­sa­bi uva­lo olu­ju­ma­yov, ku­mbe uku­chi­the­ka kwa­ba­bi nxa ku­fi­kaw.

26 Ngo­ba iNko­si iza­ku­ba se­the­mbe­ni la­kho, igci­ne unya­wo lwa­kho uku­ze lu­nga­ba­njwax.

27 Unga­go­dle­li umni­ni­kho oku­hley nxa ku­se­ma­ndle­ni esa­ndla sa­kho uku­kwe­nzaz.

28 Unga­thi ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho: Ha­mba, ubu­ye, ku­sa­sa ngi­za­ku­ni­ka; nxa ula­khoa.

29 Unga­ce­bi oku­bi ngo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho, ngo­ba ye­na uhla­la la­we evi­ke­le­ki­le.

30 Unga­phi­ki­sa­ni lo­mu­ntu ku­nge­la­si­za­tho, nxa enga­ko­na­ngab.

31 Unga­ha­wu­ke­li umu­ntu olo­bu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­ngu; unga­khe­thi le­yo­dwa ye­zi­ndle­la za­khec.

32 Ngo­ba opha­mbe­ne­yo uyi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­nid, ko­dwa imfi­hlo ya­yo ikwa­ba­qo­thoe.

33 Isi­qa­le­ki­so se­Nko­si si­se­ndli­ni yo­mu­bif, ko­dwa iya­wu­bu­si­sa umu­zi wa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yog.

34 Isi­bi­li, yo­na iya­be­yi­sah abe­yi­sa­yoi, ko­dwa ini­ka umu­sa kwa­ba­tho­be­ki­le­yo.

35 Aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa lo­du­mo, ko­dwa aba­yi­zi­thu­tha, isa­be­lo sa­bo si­li­hla­zo.

Inhla­ka­ni­pho ile­tha inzu­zo ethi­le

4Zwa­ni­ni, ba­ntwa­na ba­mi, umla­yo ka­yi­hloa, li­na­nze­le­le uku­ze la­zi uku­qe­di­si­sab.

2 Ngo­ba ngi­li­ni­ka imfu­ndi­so enhle, li­nga­wu­tshi­yi umla­yo wa­mic.

3 Ngo­ba be­ngi­yi­ndo­da­na ka­ba­ba, ngi­tha­mbi­led, ngi­nge­dwa pha­mbi ku­ka­ma­mae.

4 Wa­se­ngi­fu­ndi­sa wa­thi ki­mi: Inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ka­yi­ba­mbe­le­le ema­zwi­ni amif; gci­na imi­la­yo ya­mi, uphi­leg.

5 Zu­za inhla­ka­ni­phohi, uzu­zej uku­qe­di­si­sak, unga­kho­hlwa; unga­pha­mbu­ki ema­zwi­ni omlo­mo wa­mi.

6 Unga­ku­tshi­yi, nja­lo ku­za­ku­lo­ndo­lo­za; uku­tha­nde, nja­lo ku­za­ku­li­ndal.

7 Oko­ku­qa­la yi­nhla­ka­ni­phom; zu­za inhla­ka­ni­phon; la­nge­nzu­zo ya­kho yo­nke uzu­zeo uku­qe­di­si­sap.

8 Ku­khu­li­se, nja­lo ku­za­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa; ku­za­ku­ni­ka udu­moq nxa uku­go­nar.

9 Ku­za­ni­ka ikha­nda la­kho umqhe­le wo­mu­sas; ku­za­ku­le­the­la umqhe­le wo­du­mo.

10 Zwa­na, ndo­da­na ya­mi, we­mu­ke­le ama­zwi ami, le­mi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo iza­ku­ba mi­ne­ngi ku­wet.

11 Ngi­ku­fu­ndi­si­le endle­le­ni ye­nhla­ka­ni­pho; ngi­kwe­nze wa­nya­the­la emi­kho­ndwe­ni yo­bu­qo­thou.

12 Eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­kho inya­the­lo la­kho ka­li­yi­ku­fi­nye­zwav, nja­lo nxa ugi­ji­ma ka­wu­yi­ku­khu­be­kaw.

13 Ba­mbe­le­la eku­la­ywe­nix, ungaku­ye­ke­li; ku­gci­ne, ngo­ba ku­yi­mpi­lo ya­khoy.

14 Unga­nge­ni emkho­ndwe­ni wa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yoz, unga­ha­mbi endle­le­ni ya­ba­bia.

15 Iye­ke­le, unge­dlu­li nga­yob, pha­mbu­ka ku­yo, we­dlu­lec.

16 Ngo­ba ka­ba­la­li uba be­nge­nza­nga oku­bi; lo­bu­tho­ngo ba­bo bu­ya­su­swa uba be­nga­khu­be­ki­sa­nga mu­ntud.

17 Ngo­ba ba­dla isi­nkwa se­nko­hla­ka­lo, ba­na­the iwa­yi­ni lo­bu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­ngu.

18 Ko­dwa indle­la ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yoe inje­ngo­ku­kha­nya oku­kha­nya­yof, ku­qhu­be­ka ku­kha­nya ku­ze ku­be se­mi­ni enku­lug.

19 Indle­la ya­ba­bi inje­ngo­mnya­mah; ka­ba­zi uku­thi ba­za­khu­tshwa yi­nii.

20 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, la­le­la ama­zwi ami, ube­ke indle­be ya­kho eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwa­mij.

21 Ka­ku­nga­phu­nyu­ki eme­hlwe­ni akhok; uku­gci­ne pha­ka­thi kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­khol.

22 Ngo­ba ku­yi­mpi­lo kwa­ba­ku­tho­la­yo, le­mpi­lo enhle ye­nya­ma ya­bo yo­nkem.

23 Gci­na inhli­zi­yo ya­kho phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke oku­nga­gci­nwa, ngo­ba ku­ve­la ki­khon uku­phu­ma kwe­mpi­loo.

24 Su­sa ku­we uku­pha­mba­na ko­mlo­mop, lo­ku­pha­mbe­ka kwe­nde­be ku­su­se­le kha­tsha­na la­weq.

25 Ame­hlo akho ka­wa­kha­nge­le pha­mbi­li, le­nko­phe za­kho zi­qo­nde pha­mbi kwa­kho.

26 Li­nga­ni­sa umkho­ndo wo­nya­wo lwa­kho, uku­ze zo­nke indle­la za­kho zi­qi­ner.

27 Unga­pha­mbu­ke­li nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne ku­mbe nga­kwe­so­kho­hlos; upha­mbu­le unya­wo lwa­kho ebu­bi­nit.

Isi­xwa­yi­so esi­ma­ye­la­na lo­bu­fe­be

5Ndo­da­na ya­mi, la­le­la inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­mia, be­ka indle­be ya­kho eku­qe­di­si­se­ni kwa­mib,

2 uku­ze uqa­phe­le ingqo­ndoc, le­nde­be za­kho zi­gci­ne ulwa­zid.

3 Ngo­ba inde­be zo­we­si­fa­za­na we­mzi­nie zi­tho­nta ulu­ju, lo­mlo­mo wa­khe ubu­tshe­le­zi ku­la­ma­fu­thaf.

4 Ko­dwa uku­ci­na kwa­khe ku­ya­ba­bag nje­ngo­mhlo­nya­neh, ku­bu­kha­liij nje­nge­nke­mba esi­ka nhla­ngo­thi mbi­lik.

5 Inya­wo za­khe ze­hle­la eku­fe­ni; izi­nya­the­lo za­khe zi­ba­mbe­le­la esi­ho­gwe­nil.

6 Hle­zi uli­nga­ni­se indle­la ye­mpi­lom, imi­kho­ndo ya­khen iya­zu­la­zu­lao, ka­na­nze­le­lip.

7 Nga­kho-ke, ba­ntwa­na, ngi­la­le­la­ni, li­nga­pha­mbu­ki ema­zwi­ni omlo­mo wa­miq.

8 De­di­se­la indle­la ya­kho kha­tsha­na la­ye, unga­so­nde­li emnya­ngo we­ndlu ya­khe;

9 hle­zi uni­ke­le udu­mo lwa­kho kwa­ba­nye, le­mi­nya­ka ya­kho ko­le­si­hlu­kur;

10 hle­zi abe­zi­zwe ba­zi­su­thi­se nga­ma­ndla akho, le­mi­tshi­ka­tshi­ka ya­kho ibe se­ndli­ni yo­we­zi­zwe­nis;

11 nja­lo ubu­bu­le eku­phe­le­ni kwa­kho, la­pho inya­ma ya­kho lo­mzi­mba wa­kho se­ku­dli­wet;

12 nja­lo uthi: Ngi­ku­zo­nde nja­ni uku­la­ywau, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­de­le­la uku­khu­zwav!

13 Ka­ngi­zwa­nga-ke ili­zwi la­ba­fu­ndi­si ba­mi; ka­ngi­be­ka­nga indle­be za­mi kwa­ba­ngi­fu­ndi­sa­yo!

14 Nga­pho­sa nga­ba ebu­bi­ni bo­nke pha­ka­thi kwe­ba­ndla le­nhla­nga­now.

15 Na­tha ama­nzi emgo­di­ni wa­kho, le­mi­fu­la ephu­ma pha­ka­thi ko­mtho­mbo wa­khox.

16 Imi­tho­mbo ya­kho ichi­the­ke pha­ndley, izi­fu­la za­ma­nzi emi­da­nge­niz.

17 Ka­ku­be ngo­kwa­kho we­dwa, ku­nga­bi ngo­kwa­be­zi­zwe­ni ka­nye la­we.

18 Umtho­mbo wa­kho ka­wu­bu­si­swea; utho­ko­zeb ngo­mfa­zi wo­bu­tsha ba­khoc;

19 impa­la etha­nde­ka­yo ka­khu­lu, le­go­go eli­bu­ke­ka­yod; ama­be­le akhee ka­wa­ku­su­thi­se so­nke isi­kha­thif, uzu­le otha­ndwe­ni lwa­khe ko­ku­phe­la.

20 Ku­nga­ni-ke, ndo­da­na ya­mi, uzu­le ko­we­si­fa­za­na we­mzi­nig, ugo­ne isi­fu­ba so­we­mzi­nih?

21 Ngo­ba indle­la zo­mu­ntui zi­pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo eNko­sij; nja­lo iya­li­nga­ni­sak yo­nke imi­kho­ndo ya­khel.

22 Eza­khe izi­pha­mbe­kom zi­za­ba­mba omu­bi, aba­njwe zi­nta­mbo ze­so­no sa­khen.

23 Ye­na uza­ku­fa ngo­ku­nga­la­ywao, le­bu­khu­lwi­ni bo­bu­thu­tha ba­khe uza­du­hap.

Izi­xwa­yi­so ezi­ma­ye­la­na le­zi­ba­mbi­so lo­bu­vi­la lo­kwe­nza oku­bi

6Ndo­da­na ya­mi, uba uyi­si­ba­mbi­so so­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khoa, wa­tsha­ye­la owe­zi­zwe isa­ndla sa­khob,

2 uthi­ywe nga­ma­zwi omlo­mo wa­kho, uba­njwe nga­ma­zwi omlo­mo wa­khoc.

3 Ye­nza lo­khu kha­the­si, ndo­da­na ya­mi, uzo­phu­le, lo­khu use­sa­ndle­ni si­ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho; ha­mba, uzi­tho­be, umnce­ngi­si­se uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khod.

4 Unga­ni­ki ame­hlo akho ubu­tho­ngoe, lo­ku­wo­ze­la enko­phe­ni za­khof.

5 Uzo­phu­le nje­ngo­mzi­ki esa­ndle­ni so­mzi­nge­li, la­nje­nge­nyo­ni esa­ndle­ni so­mthi­yi we­nyo­nig.

6 Ya­nah ebu­nyo­nywe­nii, vi­laj, ubo­ne indle­la za­bo, uhla­ka­ni­phek.

7 Obu­thil, bu­nge­la­mkho­khe­lim, indu­na, lo­mbu­sin,

8 bu­lu­ngi­sa isi­nkwa sa­bo ehlo­boo, bu­bu­the uku­dla kwa­bo esi­vu­nwe­nip.

9 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni, vi­la, ule­le? Uza­vu­ka ni­ni ebu­tho­ngwe­ni ba­khoq?

10 Ubu­tho­ngo obu­nci­nya­ners, uku­wo­ze­la oku­nci­nya­ne, uku­so­nga iza­ndla oku­nci­nya­ne uku­thi ula­let,

11 be­se­bu­si­za ubu­ya­nga ba­kho nje­nge­si­ha­mbi, le­nswe­lo ya­kho nje­ngo­mu­ntu ole­si­hla­nguuv.

12 Umu­ntu ka­Bhe­li­ya­li, umu­ntu okho­hla­ke­le­yow, oha­mba lo­mlo­mo opha­mbe­ne­yox,

13 afi­ce ame­hlo akhe, akhu­lu­me nge­nya­wo za­khe, afu­ndi­se nge­mi­nwe ya­khey,

14 uku­pha­mbu­ka ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khez, uce­ba oku­bi nge­si­kha­thi so­nke, epho­se­la ingxa­ba­noa.

15 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ingo­zi ya­khe iza­fi­ka ma­si­nya­ne, ahle ephu­keb, ku­ze ku­nga­bi le­se­la­phoc.

16 Le­zi­zi­nto ezi­yi­si­thu­pha iNko­si iya­zi­zo­ndad; ye­bo, ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zi­yi­zi­ne­ngi­so emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­khee:

17 Ame­hlo apha­ke­me­yo, uli­mi olu­qa­mba ama­ngaf, le­za­ndla ezi­chi­tha iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­lagh,

18 inhli­zi­yo ece­bai ama­ce­bo ama­bij, inya­wo ezi­pha­ngi­sa uku­gi­ji­me­la ubu­bikl,

19 umfa­ka­zi wa­ma­nga opha­fu­za izi­nko­hli­som, lo­pho­se­la ingxa­ba­no pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­za­lwa­nen.

Isi­xwa­yi­so ma­ye­la­na lo­bu­fe­be

20 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, gci­na umla­yo ka­yi­hloo, unga­ku­de­li uku­fu­ndi­sa ku­ka­nyo­kop.

21 Ku­bo­phe­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho nja­loq, ku­bo­phe­ler enta­nye­ni ya­khos.

22 Eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­kho ku­za­ku­kho­khe­lat, eku­la­le­ni kwa­khou ku­ku­lo­ndo­lo­ze, le­ku­vu­ke­ni kwa­kho kho­na ku­khu­lu­me la­wev.

23 Ngo­ba umla­yo uyi­si­ba­new, lo­ku­fu­ndi­sa ku­yi­ku­kha­nyax, lo­ku­khu­za ko­ku­la­ya ku­yi­ndle­la ye­mpi­loy,

24 uku­ze ku­ku­gci­ne emfa­zi­ni omu­bi, ema­zwi­ni aye­nga­yoz oli­mi lo­we­si­fa­za­na we­mzi­nia.

25 Unga­lo­yi­si ubu­hle ba­khe enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khob; anga­ku­tha­thi nge­nko­phe za­khec.

26 Ngo­ba nge­nxa yo­mfa­zi o­yi­si­phi­ngid unga­fi­ka ece­zwi­ni lwe­si­nkwae, lo­mfa­zi wo­mu­ntu uzi­nge­laf umphe­fu­mu­lo oli­gu­gug.

27 Ka­mbe, umu­ntu anga­pha­thah umli­loi esi­fu­be­ni sa­khej, le­zi­gqo­ko za­khe zi­nga­tshi?

28 Umu­ntu anga­ha­mba phe­zu kwa­ma­la­hle avu­tha­yok, le­nya­wo za­khe zi­nga­tshi yi­nil?

29 Unja­lo onge­na ku­mka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe; wo­nke omthi­nta­yo ka­yi­ku­ba msu­lwam.

30 Ka­ba­li­de­le­li ise­la, nxa li­se­ba uku­thi li­gcwa­li­sen umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­lo, ngo­ba li­la­mbi­leo.

31 Uba li­tho­lwap, li­hla­wu­laq ku­phi­ndwe ka­si­kho­mbi­sar, li­ni­ka yo­nke impa­hla ye­ndlu ya­lo.

32 Ofe­ba lo­we­si­fa­za­na uswe­la ingqo­ndo; owe­nza lo­khu ngu­ye ochi­tha umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khes.

33 Uza­tho­la uku­tsha­ywa le­si­gco­no, le­hla­zo la­khe ka­li­yi­kwe­su­lwa.

34 Ngo­ba ubu­khwe­le bu­lu­la­ka lo­mu­ntut; nga­kho ka­yi­ku­ba la­si­ha­wu ngo­su­ku lwe­mpi­ndi­se­lou.

35 Ka­yi­ku­na­nza lo­ba yi­yi­phi inhla­wu­lo, ka­yi­ku­vu­ma la­nxa usa­ndi­sa isi­pho.

Ubu­qi­li bo­we­si­fa­za­na omu­bi

7Ndo­da­na ya­mi, gci­na ama­zwi amia, uzi­be­ke­le imi­la­yo ya­mib.

2 Gci­na imi­la­yo ya­mic, uphi­led, lo­mthe­tho wa­mi nje­nge­nhla­mvu ya­me­hlo akhoe.

3 Uku­bo­phe­le emi­nwe­ni ya­khof, ku­bha­le esi­bhe­bhe­ni se­nhli­zi­yo ya­khog.

4 Uthi ku­nhla­ka­ni­pho: Ungu­da­de­we­thu; ubi­ze uku­qe­di­si­sa ngo­ku­thi yi­si­hlo­bo sa­khoh;

5 uku­ze ku­ku­gci­ne ku­mfa­zi we­mzi­nii, ko­we­si­fa­za­na we­mzi­ni oye­nga­yo nga­ma­zwi akhej.

6 Ngo­ba ewi­ndi­ni le­ndlu ya­mik, nge­mi­nxi­bo ye­wi­ndi nga­lu­ngu­za pha­ndlel,

7 nga­se­ngi­bo­na pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­nge­la­lwa­zim, nga­na­nze­le­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­tsha ija­ha eli­swe­le ingqo­ndon,

8 li­se­dlu­la esi­ta­la­de­nio ece­le­ni kwe­ngo­nsi ya­khep, li­nya­the­la endle­le­ni ye­ndlu ya­khe,

9 ku­si­hlwa, nge­nta­mba­ma yo­su­kuq, ebu­su­ku obu­mnya­ma, lo­mnya­mar.

10 Kha­nge­la-ke, owe­si­fa­za­na wa­li­hla­nga­be­za, le­se­mba­tho se­wu­le, elo­bu­qi­li nge­nhli­zi­yos.

11 Lo wa­ye­lo­msi­ndot, eyi­si­qho­lou; inya­wo za­khe ka­zi­hla­li endli­ni ya­khev.

12 Kha­the­si upha­ndle, abe­se­si­ba ezi­ta­la­de­ni, eca­tha­ma ku­yow yo­nke ingo­nsix.

13 Ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­li­ba­mba, wa­la­nga, wa­qi­ni­sa ubu­so ba­khe, wa­thi ku­lo:

14 Imi­hla­tshe­lo ye­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la iki­miy; la­mu­hla se­ngi­bha­de­le izi­fu­ngo za­miz.

15 Nga­kho-ke ngi­phu­mi­le uku­ku­hla­nga­be­za, ngi­di­ngi­si­se ubu­so ba­kho; ngi­ku­tho­li­lea.

16 Nge­ndle­le umbhe­da wa­mi nge­ze­ndla­lob, nga­ma­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lu ale­mi­ba­la­ba­la ave­la eGi­bhi­thec.

17 Ngi­fa­fa­zi­le umbhe­da wa­mid nge­mu­re*e, izi­nhla­baf, le­ki­na­mo­ni*g.

18 Wo­za, si­zi­da­ki­se ngo­tha­ndo ku­ze ku­se, si­zi­tho­ko­zi­se ngo­tha­ndo olu­khu­lu.

19 Ngo­ba indo­da ka­yi­kho endli­ni ya­yo, iha­mbi­le uha­mbo kha­tsha­nah.

20 Ithe­the isa­ka le­ma­li esa­ndle­ni sa­yo; ngo­su­ku lwe­nya­nga egcwe­le­yo iza­ku­za endli­ni ya­yoi.

21 Wa­li­hu­ga ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­mfu­ndi­so ya­khej, wa­li­vu­mi­sa nge­nku­lu­mo za­khe ezi­nce­nga­yok.

22 La­hle la­mla­nde­la nje­nge­nka­bi isi­ya eku­hla­tshwe­ni, la­nje­nge­si­phu­ku­phu­ku si­si­ya eku­je­zi­swe­ni eso­ngwe­ni le­nqa­ga­la;

23 uze umtsho­ko uhla­be isi­bi­ndi sa­lo, nje­nge­nyo­ni ipha­ngi­se­la esi­fwi­ni, inga­zi uku­thi si­me­le­ne le­mpi­lo ya­yol.

24 Kha­the­si-ke, ba­ntwa­na, ngi­zwe­nimn, li­la­le­le ama­zwi omlo­mo wa­mio.

25 Inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ka­yi­nga­pha­mbu­ke­li endle­le­ni za­khe; unga­du­hi emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­khep.

26 Ngo­ba uba­wi­se­le pha­nsi aba­ne­ngi aba­li­me­le­yo, la­bo bo­nke aba­bu­le­we­yo ba­khe ba­ne­ngiq.

27 Indlu ya­khe izi­ndle­la ze­si­ho­gor, eze­hle­la ema­ka­me­lwe­ni oku­fas.

Uku­du­nyi­swa kwe­nhla­ka­ni­pho

8Inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­yi­me­me­zi yi­niab, lo­ku­qe­di­si­sac ku­khu­phe ili­zwi la­khod?

2 Engqo­nge­ni ye­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, nga­se­ndle­le­ni, pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­ndle­la ku­mie.

3 Ece­le­ni kwa­ma­sa­ngofg, entu­be­ni yo­mu­zi, e­ku­nge­neni kwe­mi­nya­ngo ku­ya­me­me­za ka­khu­lu ku­thihi:

4 Ki­ni, ma­do­da, ngi­ya­me­me­za, le­li­zwi la­mi li­se­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­ntu.

5 Li­na eli­nge­la­lwa­zij, qe­di­si­sa­ni inhla­ka­ni­phok; la­ni zi­thu­tha, qe­di­si­sa­ni nge­nhli­zi­yo.

6 Zwa­ni­ni, ngo­ba ngi­za­khu­lu­ma izi­nto zo­bu­kho­sil, lo­ku­vu­la kwe­nde­be za­mi ku­za­ku­ba yi­ku­qo­ndam.

7 Ngo­ba umlo­mo wa­min ukhu­lu­ma iqi­ni­soo, le­nko­hla­ka­lo iyi­si­ne­ngi­so ende­be­ni za­mi.

8 Wo­nke ama­zwi omlo­mo wa­mi ase­ku­lu­nge­ni; ka­ku­kho oku­tshi­le­ki­le­yop lo­ku­go­bi­le­yo ku­woq.

9 Wo­nke aqo­ndi­le ku­lo­wo oqe­di­si­sa­yo, alu­ngi­le ku­la­bo aba­tho­la ulwa­zir.

10 Ye­mu­ke­la­ni uku­fu­ndi­sa kwa­mi, ha­tshi isi­li­va, lo­lwa­zi ku­le­go­li­de eli­khe­the­ki­le­yos.

11 Ngo­ba inhla­ka­ni­pho ingco­not ku­la­ma­tshe ama­hleu, la­kho ko­nke oku­fi­se­ka­yo ka­ku­la­ku­li­nga­ni­swa la­yov.

12 Mi­na nhla­ka­ni­pho ngi­hla­la lo­ku­qe­di­si­saw, ngi­tho­la ulwa­zi la­ma­ce­box.

13 Ukwe­sa­ba iNko­siy ku­yi­ku­zo­nda ubu­biz; uku­zi­gqa­ja, lo­ku­zi­qhe­nya, le­ndle­la embia, lo­mlo­mo wo­ku­pha­mbe­ka ngi­ya­ku­zo­ndab.

14 Ise­lu­le­ko nge­sa­mic, le­nhla­ka­ni­pho eqo­thod; ngi­yi­ku­qe­di­si­sa; ama­ndla nga­wa­mie.

15 Nga­mi ama­kho­si aya­bu­saf, la­ba­bu­si ba­mi­sa uku­lu­ngag.

16 Nga­mi izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ya­bu­sa, le­zi­khu­lu, bo­nke abe­hlu­le­li bo­mhla­ba.

17 Mi­na ngi­ya­tha­nda aba­ngi­tha­nda­yoh, la­la­bo aba­ngi­di­ngi­si­sa­yo ba­za­ngi­tho­laij.

18 Ino­tho lo­du­mo ku­ki­mikl, ino­tho eqhu­be­ka­yom lo­ku­lu­ngan.

19 Isi­the­lo sa­mi si­ngco­noo ku­le­go­li­dep, le­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yoq, lo­ku­tho­la­ka­la­yo kwa­mir ku­le­si­li­va esi­khe­the­ki­le­yos.

20 Ngi­ha­mba endle­le­ni yo­ku­lu­nga, pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­kho­ndo ye­sa­hlu­le­lo;

21 uku­thi nge­nze aba­ngi­tha­nda­yo ba­dle ili­fa le­mfu­yo; ngi­gcwa­li­se izi­pha­la za­bo.

22 INko­sit, nga­ba nge­ya­you, nga­ba yi­ku­qa­la kwe­ndle­la ya­yovw, nga­pha­mbi kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­yo ye­ndu­lox.

23 Nga­mi­swa kwa­se­pha­ka­de­niy, ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni, ku­su­ke­la ema­ndu­lo omhla­baz.

24 Ku­nga­ka­bi kho­na izi­nzi­kia ngase­ngi­ze­lweb, inga­ka­bi kho­na imi­tho­mbo enzi­ma nga­ma­nzi.

25 Inta­ba zi­nga­ka­mi­swac, ku­nga­ka­bi kho­na ama­qa­qad, ngase­ngi­ze­lwee.

26 Inga­ka­we­nzi umhla­ba le­mi­ma­ngo, lo­ku­qa­la kwe­ntu­li zo­mhla­baf.

27 La­pho ilu­ngi­sa ama­zu­lu nga­ngi­kho­na­phog; la­pho imi­sa umkha­thih nga­phe­zu kwe­nzi­kii;

28 la­pho imi­sa ama­ye­zi nga­phe­zu­lu; la­pho iqi­ni­sa imi­tho­mbo ye­nzi­kij;

29 la­pho imi­se­la ulwa­ndlek umngce­le wa­lol uku­ze ama­nzi ange­qi umla­yo wa­yo; la­pho imi­sam izi­se­ke­lo zo­mhla­ban;

30 kho­na nga­ngi­se­du­ze la­yoo nje­ngo­wa­khu­li­swa yi­yop, ngi­zi­nto­ko­zo zayo usu­ku ngo­su­kuq, ngi­tho­ko­za pha­mbi kwa­yo nga­so so­nke isi­kha­thir,

31 ngi­dla­las eli­zwe­ni lo­mhla­ba wa­yot, le­nto­ko­zo za­miu zi­se­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­ntuv.

32 Nga­kho-ke, ba­ntwa­na ba­mi, ngi­zwe­niw; ngo­ba ba­bu­si­si­we a­ba­gci­na indle­la za­mix.

33 Zwa­ni­ni uku­la­ya, li­hla­ka­ni­phey, li­ngaku­de­liz.

34 Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntua ongi­zwa­yob, ali­nde insu­ku nge­nsu­ku ema­sa­ngwe­ni ami, ali­nde emi­gu­ba­zi­ni ye­mi­nya­ngo ya­mi.

35 Ngo­ba ongi­tho­la­yoc utho­la impi­lod, azu­ze umu­sa eNko­si­ni.

36 Ko­dwa owo­na ki­mie wo­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khef; bo­nke aba­ngi­zo­nda­yog ba­tha­nda uku­fah.

Inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­bu­thu­tha

9Inhla­ka­ni­pho enku­lu ya­khe indlu ya­yoa, iba­ze insi­ka za­yob ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sac.

2 Ihla­be oku­hla­tshwa­yo kwa­yod, ixu­ba­ni­se iwa­yi­ni la­yoe, fu­thi ya­lu­ngi­sa ita­fu­la la­yof.

3 Ithu­me ince­ku­ka­zi za­yog, iya­me­me­zah engqo­nge­ni ze­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zo­mu­zi zi­si­thii:

4 Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onge­la­lwa­zi? Ka­phe­ndu­ke­le la­phaj; oswe­le ingqo­ndo, ithi ku­yekl:

5 Wo­za­ni, li­dle okwe­si­nkwa sa­mim, li­na­the okwe­wa­yi­ni e­ngili­xu­ba­ni­si­le­yon.

6 Ye­ke­la­ni aba­nge­la­lwa­zio li­phi­lep, li­ha­mbe ngo­ku­qo­nda nge­ndle­la yo­ku­qe­di­si­saq.

7 Oso­la isi­klo­lo­di uzi­zu­ze­la ihla­zo, lo­khu­za okho­hla­ke­le­yo u­zizu­ze­la isi­ci.

8 Unga­so­li isi­klo­lo­di, hle­zi si­ku­zo­nder; so­la ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, nja­lo uza­ku­tha­ndas.

9 Ni­ka ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, nja­lo uza­ku­ba lo­khu ehla­ka­ni­pha; fu­ndi­sa olu­ngi­le­yo, nja­lo uza­kwa­ndi­sa uku­fu­ndat.

10 Uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si ku­yi­ku­qa­la kwe­nhla­ka­ni­phou, lo­lwa­zi lwa­ba­ngcwe­le lu­yi­ku­qe­di­si­sav.

11 Ngo­ba nga­mi insu­ku za­kho zi­za­kwa­ndi­swaw, le­mi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo ye­nge­ze­le­lwe ku­wex.

12 Uba uhla­ka­ni­phi­ley, uza­ku­ba uzi­hla­ka­ni­phe­lez; uba uklo­lo­da, uza­ku­thwa­la we­dwaa.

13 Owe­si­fa­za­na oyi­si­thu­thab ulo­msi­ndoc, ka­la­ngqo­ndo, ka­zi lu­thod.

14 Ngo­ba uhla­la emnya­ngo we­ndlu ya­khe, esi­hla­lwe­ni, e­nda­weni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zo­mu­zie,

15 uku­bi­za aba­dlu­la­yo nge­ndle­la, aba­ha­mba be­qo­ndi­le emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­bo, esi­thif:

16 Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onge­la­lwa­zi? Ka­phe­ndu­ke­le la­phag; lo­swe­le ingqo­ndo, uthi ku­yeh:

17 Ama­nzi ebi­we­yo amna­ndi, le­si­nkwa se­nsi­tha si­ya­hla­bu­sai.

18 Ko­dwa ka­zi uku­thi aba­fi­le­yo ba­la­pho; aba­nxu­si­we­yo ba­khe ba­se­nzi­ki­ni ye­si­ho­gojk.

Iza­ga zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

10Iza­ga zi­ka­So­lo­mo­nia.

Indo­da­na ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo itho­ko­zi­sa uyi­seb, ko­dwa indo­da­na eyi­si­thu­thac ilu­si­zi ku­ni­nad.

2 Ino­tho ye­nko­hla­ka­lo ka­yi­si­zi lu­thoe, ko­dwa uku­lu­nga ko­phu­la eku­fe­nifg.

3 INko­si ka­yi­ye­ke­lih umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­lu­ngi­le­yo ula­mbei, ko­dwa isu­ndu­za isi­fi­so sa­ba­bij.

4 Ose­be­nza nge­sa­ndla esi­xe­ga­yo uba ngu­mya­ngakl, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­ba­khu­the­le­yo si­ya­no­thi­sam.

5 Ovu­na ehlo­bo uyi­ndo­da­na ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yon; ola­la ubu­tho­ngo obu­khu­lu nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­vu­nao uyi­ndo­da­na ethe­le­la ihla­zop.

6 Izi­bu­si­so zi­se­kha­nda lo­lu­ngi­le­yo, ko­dwa ubu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­nguq bu­si­be­ke­la umlo­mo wa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yor.

7 Uku­khu­nju­lwa ko­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­ngo­kwe­si­bu­si­sos, ko­dwa ibi­zo la­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo li­za­bo­lat.

8 Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo nge­nhli­zi­yo uye­mu­ke­la imi­la­yo, ko­dwa isi­thu­tha nge­nde­be si­za­wi­se­lwa pha­nsiu.

9 Oha­mba ngo­bu­qo­thov uha­mba evi­ke­le­ki­lew, ko­dwa opha­mbu­la indle­la za­khe uza­kwa­zi­wax.

10 Oci­yo­za ili­hlo uba­nga inka­tha­zoy, nja­lo isi­thu­tha nge­nde­be si­za­wi­se­lwa pha­nsiz.

11 Umlo­mo wo­lu­ngi­le­yoa ungu­mtho­mbo we­mpi­lob, ko­dwa ubu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­ngu bu­si­be­ke­la umlo­mo wa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yoc.

12 Inzo­ndo iba­nga ingxa­ba­no, ko­dwa utha­ndo lu­si­be­ke­la izi­pha­mbe­ko zo­nked.

13 Ende­be­ni zo­qe­di­si­sa­yo ku­tho­la­ka­la inhla­ka­ni­pho, ko­dwa into­nga inge­yo­mhla­na wo­swe­la ingqo­ndoe.

14 Aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­be­ke­le­la ulwa­zif, ko­dwa umlo­mo we­si­thu­tha use­du­ze le­nci­tha­ka­log.

15 Ino­tho yo­no­thi­le­yo ingu­mu­zi wa­ma­ndla akheh; ubu­ya­nga ba­ba­ya­nga bu­yi­nci­tha­ka­lo ya­boi.

16 Umse­be­nzi wo­lu­ngi­le­yo ngo­we­mpi­lo; inzu­zo yo­kho­hla­ke­le­yo nge­ye­so­noj.

17 Ogci­na uku­la­ywa use­ndle­leni ye­mpi­lo, ko­dwa ode­le­la uku­khu­zwa uba­nga uku­du­hak.

18 Osi­be­ke­la inzo­ndo ungo­we­nde­be za­ma­nga, lo­hle­ba­yo uyi­si­thu­thal.

19 Ebu­ne­ngi­ni ba­ma­zwi uku­pha­mbe­ka ka­ku­si­le­lim, ko­dwa othi­ba inde­be za­khe uhla­ka­ni­phi­len.

20 Uli­mi lo­lu­ngi­le­yo lu­yi­si­li­va esi­khe­the­ki­le­yo; inhli­zi­yo yo­kho­hla­ke­le­yo inje­nge­nto enci­nya­neo.

21 Inde­be zo­lu­ngi­le­yo zo­ndla aba­ne­ngi, ko­dwa izi­thu­tha zi­ya­fa ngo­ku­swe­la ingqo­ndop.

22 Isi­bu­si­so se­Nko­si so­na si­ya­no­thi­saq; nja­lo ka­ye­nge­zi usi­zi ku­sor.

23 Ku­nje­nge­nhle­ki­sa ko­yi­si­thu­thas ukwe­nza oku­bit; ku­nja­lo inhla­ka­ni­pho ku­mu­ntu wo­ku­qe­di­si­sa.

24 Lo­kho okho­hla­ke­le­yo akwe­sa­ba­yo ku­za­mfi­ke­lau, ko­dwa isi­lo­yi­so so­lu­ngi­le­yo si­za­ni­kwav.

25 Nje­ngo­kwe­dlu­la kwe­si­vu­ngu­za­new, unja­lo okho­hla­ke­le­yo kase­khox; ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yo uyi­si­se­ke­lo sa­pha­ka­dey.

26 Nje­nge­vi­ni­ga ema­zi­nywe­ni, la­nje­nge­ntu­thu eme­hlwe­ni, unja­lo oli­vi­la kwa­ba­mthu­mi­le­yo.

27 Uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si kwa­ndi­sa insu­kuz, ko­dwa imi­nya­ka ya­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo iza­fi­nye­zwaa.

28 Ithe­mba la­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo li­yi­nto­ko­zo, ko­dwa oku­li­nde­lwa­yo kwa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ku­za­bhu­bhab.

29 Indle­la ye­Nko­si iyi­nqa­ba ko­qo­thoc, ko­dwad iyi­nci­tha­ka­loef ku­be­nzi bo­bu­big.

30 Olu­ngi­le­yo ka­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywa la­pha­ka­deh, ko­dwa aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ka­ba­yi­ku­hla­la eli­zwe­nii.

31 Umlo­mo wo­lu­ngi­le­yoj ukhu­pha inhla­ka­ni­pho, ko­dwa uli­mi olu­pha­mbe­ne­yo lu­za­qu­nywak.

32 Inde­be zo­lu­ngi­le­yo zi­ya­zi oku­tho­ko­zi­sa­yol, ko­dwa umlo­mo wa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo izi­pha­mbe­ko.

11Isi­ka­li esi­kho­hli­sa­yo si­yi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa ili­tshe lo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa eli­phe­le­le­yo li­yi­nto­ko­zo ya­yoa.

2 Nxa ku­fi­ka uku­zi­gqa­ja, ku­fi­ka le­hla­zob; ko­dwa kwa­ba­tho­be­ki­le­yo ku­kho­na inhla­ka­ni­phoc.

3 Ubu­qo­tho ba­ba­qo­tho bu­za­ba­qo­ndi­sad, ko­dwa uku­pha­mbe­ka kwa­ba­pha­mbe­ka­yo ku­za­ba­bhu­bhi­sae.

4 Ino­tho ka­yi­si­zif ngo­su­ku lo­la­kag, ko­dwa uku­lu­nga ko­phu­la eku­fe­nih.

5 Uku­lu­nga kwa­ba­qo­tho ku­za­qo­ndi­sa indle­la ya­khe, ko­dwa okho­hla­ke­le­yo uza­ku­wa nge­nko­hla­ka­lo ya­khe.

6 Uku­lu­nga kwa­ba­qo­tho ku­za­bo­phu­lai, ko­dwa aba­pha­mbu­ka­yo ba­za­thu­njwa zi­nka­nu­ko za­boj.

7 Nxa umu­ntu okho­hla­ke­le­yo esi­fa, ithe­mba la­khe li­za­bhu­bhak, le­the­mba lo­la­ma­ndla li­ya­bhu­bhal.

8 Olu­ngi­le­yo ukhu­lu­lwa eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni, ko­dwa omu­bi unge­na enda­we­ni ya­khem.

9 Ngo­mlo­mo umze­nzi­si uchi­tha uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khen, ko­dwa ngo­lwa­zi aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­ya­khu­lu­lwao.

10 Nge­mpu­me­le­lo ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo umu­zi uya­tho­ko­za; le­ku­bhu­bhe­ni kwa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ku­le­nja­bu­lop.

11 Nge­si­bu­si­so sa­ba­qo­thoq umu­zi uya­pha­ka­nyi­swar, ko­dwa ngo­mlo­mo wa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo uya­chi­the­kas.

12 Oswe­la ingqo­ndo ude­le­la uma­khe­lwa­net, ko­dwa umu­ntu oqe­di­si­sa­yo uya­zi­thu­le­la.

13 Oha­mba enye­ya we­mbu­la imfi­hla­ka­lo, ko­dwa othe­mbe­ki­le­yo ngo­mo­ya ufi­hla uda­ba.

14 La­pho ku­nge­khou ize­lu­le­ko aba­ntu ba­ya­wav; ko­dwa uku­khu­lu­lwa ku­se­bu­ne­ngi­ni ba­be­lu­le­kiw.

15 Oba yi­si­ba­mbi­so so­we­zi­zwe uza­hlu­phe­ka ngo­ku­bi; ko­dwa ozo­nda uku­tsha­ya iza­ndla uvi­ke­le­ki­lex.

16 Owe­si­fa­za­na olo­mu­sa uba­mba udu­moy, la­ba­la­ma­ndla ba­ba­mba ino­thoz.

17 Umu­ntu olo­mu­sa we­nze­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe oku­hlea, ko­dwa ole­si­hlu­ku ukha­tha­za inya­ma ya­kheb.

18 Okho­hla­ke­le­yo we­nza umse­be­nzi we­nko­hli­so, ko­dwa ohla­nye­la uku­lu­nga ulo­mvu­zo we­qi­ni­soc.

19 Nje­ngo­ba uku­lu­nga ku­ngo­kwe­mpi­lod, ku­nja­lo ozi­nge­la oku­bi ku­ngo­ko­ku­fa kwa­khee.

20 Aba­pha­mbe­ne­yo nge­nhli­zi­yo ba­yi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­nif, ko­dwa aba­qo­tho nge­ndle­lag ba­yi­nto­ko­zo ya­yoh.

21 Isa­ndla esa­ndle­ni omu­bi ka­yi­ku­ye­ke­lwa uku­je­zi­swai, ko­dwa inza­lo ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo iza­phe­phaj.

22 Uli­so­ngo le­go­li­de empu­mu­lwe­ni ye­ngu­lu­bek owe­si­fa­za­na obu­ke­ka­yo opha­mbu­ka engqo­ndwe­nil.

23 Isi­fi­so sa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo si­ngo­ku­hle ku­phe­la; ithe­mba la­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo lu­la­kam.

24 Ku­kho­nan ohla­ka­za­yo, ku­be ka­nti oku­ne­ngi ku­ye­nge­zwao; lo­go­dla okwe­dlu­la oku­fa­ne­le­yo, ko­dwa ku­ngo­ko­ku­swe­lap.

25 Umphe­fu­mu­lo obu­si­sa­yoq uza­khu­lu­pha­li­swar, lo­the­le­la­yo uza­the­le­lwa la­yes.

26 Ogo­dla ama­be­le, aba­ntu ba­za­mqa­le­ki­sat; ko­dwa isi­bu­si­so si­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwe­kha­nda lo­the­ngi­sa­yo.

27 Odi­ngi­si­sa oku­hle, udi­nga umu­sau; ko­dwa odi­nga oku­bi, ku­za­ku­za ku­yev.

28 Othe­mba ino­tho ya­khe ye­na uza­ku­waw, ko­dwa aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­za­hlu­max nje­nga­ma­hla­mvuy.

29 Ole­tha inka­tha­zo emzi­ni wa­khe uza­ku­dla ili­fa lo­mo­ya, le­si­thu­tha si­za­ku­ba yi­nce­ku yo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo nge­nhli­zi­yoz.

30 Isi­the­lo so­lu­ngi­le­yoa si­yi­si­hla­hla se­mpi­lob, lo­zu­za imi­phe­fu­mu­lo uhla­ka­ni­phi­lec.

31 Kha­nge­la, olu­ngi­le­yo uza­vu­zwa emhla­be­ni; ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni omu­bi le­so­nid!

12Otha­nda uku­la­ywa utha­nda ulwa­zi; ko­dwa ozo­nda uku­khu­zwaa uyi­si­thu­thab.

2 Olu­ngi­le­yo uzu­za umu­sa eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa umu­ntu wa­ma­ce­bo ama­bi iya­mla­hlac.

3 Umu­ntu ka­yi­ku­mi­swa yi­bu­bi, ko­dwa impa­nde ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yod ka­yi­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywae.

4 Umfa­zi okhu­tha­le­la oku­lu­ngi­le­yo ungu­mqhe­le we­ndo­da ya­khef, ko­dwa oya­ngi­sa­yog unje­ngo­ku­bo­la ema­tha­nje­ni ayoh.

5 Imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo ilu­ngi­le; ize­lu­le­ko za­ba­bi zi­yi­nko­hli­soi.

6 Ama­zwi aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo nga­wo­ku­ca­tha­me­la iga­zij, ko­dwa umlo­mo wa­ba­qo­tho uza­bo­phu­lak.

7 Aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yol ba­ya­chi­thwa, ba­nga­be be­sa­ba kho­nam; ko­dwa indlu ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo iza­ku­man.

8 Umu­ntu uza­du­nyi­swa ngo­kwe­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kheo, ko­dwa opha­mbe­ke nge­nhli­zi­yo uza­ku­ba ngo­wo­ku­de­le­lwa.

9 Ode­le­le­ka­yo ele­si­se­be­nzi ungco­no ku­lo­zi­hlo­ni­pha­yo aswe­le uku­dlap.

10 Olu­ngi­le­yo una­nze­le­la impi­lo ye­si­fu­yo sa­kheq, ko­dwa izi­ha­wu za­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo zi­yi­lu­nyar.

11 Oli­ma insi­mu ya­khes uza­su­tha ngo­ku­dlat, ko­dwa ozi­nge­lau izi­nto ezi­yi­zev uswe­la ingqo­ndow.

12 Okho­hla­ke­le­yo ufi­sa impa­ngo ya­ba­bix, ko­dwa impa­nde ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo iya­hlu­may.

13 Eku­pha­mbe­ke­ni kwe­nde­be ku­lo­mji­bi­la wo­mu­biz, ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yo uza­phu­ma enka­tha­zwe­nia.

14 Umu­ntub uza­su­tha ngo­ku­lu­ngi­le­yoc nge­si­the­lo so­mlo­mod, lo­mvu­zo we­za­ndla zo­mu­ntu uza­bu­yi­se­lwa ku­yee.

15 Indle­la ye­si­thu­tha ilu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni aso, ko­dwa ola­le­la ise­lu­le­ko uhla­ka­ni­phi­lef.

16 Isi­thu­tha, intu­ku­the­lo ya­so ya­zi­wa ngo­su­ku; ko­dwa ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ufi­hla ihla­zog.

17 Ophe­fu­mu­la iqi­ni­so wa­zi­sa uku­lu­ngah, ko­dwa umfa­ka­zi wa­ma­nga inko­hli­soi.

18 Ku­kho­naj opha­hlu­kak nje­ngo­ku­hla­ba kwe­nke­mbal, ko­dwa uli­mi lwe­zi­hla­ka­ni­phi lu­yi­ku­si­li­sam.

19 Inde­be ye­qi­ni­so iza­mi­swa pha­ka­de, ko­dwa uli­mi lwa­ma­nga lu­ngo­lo­mzu­zu njen.

20 Inko­hli­so ise­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­ba­ce­ba oku­bi, ko­dwa abe­lu­le­ki bo­ku­thu­la ba­le­nto­ko­zoo.

21 Lo­ku­ko­dwa oku­bi ka­ku­yi­ku­be­hle­la aba­lu­ngi­le­yo, ko­dwa aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ba­gcwe­le ubu­bip.

22 Inde­be za­ma­ngaq zi­yi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­nirs, ko­dwa abe­nza iqi­ni­so ba­yi­nto­ko­zo ya­yo.

23 Umu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ufi­hla ulwa­zit, ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ye­zi­thu­tha ime­me­ze­la ubu­thu­thau.

24 Isa­ndla sa­ba­khu­the­le­yo si­za­bu­savw, ko­dwa ama­vi­lax aza­ku­ba yi­zi­bha­lway.

25 Uku­kha­tha­ze­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni yo­mu­ntu ku­ya­yi­tho­bi­saz, ko­dwa ili­zwi eli­hle li­ya­yi­tho­ko­zi­saab.

26 Olu­ngi­le­yo ungu­mho­li ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, ko­dwa indle­la ya­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo iya­ba­du­hi­sa.

27 Oli­vi­la ka­yi­ko­sa inya­ma­za­na ya­khe ayi­zi­nge­le­yoc, ko­dwa impa­hla yo­mu­ntu okhu­the­le­yo ili­gu­gud.

28 Endle­le­ni yo­ku­lu­nga ku­le­mpi­lo, le­ndle­le­ni yo­mkho­ndo ka­ku­la­ku­fa.

13Indo­da­na ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ila­le­la uku­la­ya ku­ka­yi­se, ko­dwa isi­de­le­li ka­si­la­le­li uku­khu­zwaa.

2 Umu­ntu uza­ku­dla oku­hle oku­ve­la esi­the­lwe­ni so­mlo­mob, ko­dwa umphe­fu­mu­lo we­zi­pha­mbu­ki ubu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­nguc.

3 Olo­ndo­lo­za umlo­mo wa­khe ugci­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khed, ko­dwa ovu­la inde­be za­khe zi­be ba­nzi uza­ku­ba le­nci­tha­ka­loe.

4 Umphe­fu­mu­lo we­vi­la uya­fi­sa, ko­dwa ka­ku­la­lu­thof; ko­dwa umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­khu­the­le­yog uya­khu­lu­pha­li­swah.

5 Olu­ngi­le­yo uya­li­zo­nda ili­zwi la­ma­nga; ko­dwa omu­bi uze­nza abe le­vu­mba, uthe­le­la ihla­zo.

6 Uku­lu­nga ku­li­ndai oqo­tho endle­le­nij, ko­dwa inko­hla­ka­lo ichi­tha iso­nik.

7 Ku­kho­na ozi­tsha­ya ono­thi­le­yo, ka­nti ka­la­lu­thol; ozi­tsha­ya ongu­mya­nga, ka­nti u­no­thi­le ka­khu­lum.

8 Inhla­wu­lo ye­mpi­lo yo­mu­ntu yi­no­tho ya­khen, ko­dwa umya­nga ke­zwa uku­khu­zwao.

9 Uku­kha­nya kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­ya­tho­ko­zap, ko­dwa isi­ba­ne sa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo si­za­ci­tshwaq.

10 Uku­zi­gqa­ja ku­ve­za ingxa­ba­no ku­phe­la, ko­dwa inhla­ka­ni­pho ikwa­ba­lu­le­ki­we­yor.

11 Ino­tho etho­la­ka­la ngo­ku­yi­ze iza­phu­ngu­ka, ko­dwa obu­the­le­la nge­sa­ndla uyaya­ndi­sas.

12 Ithe­mba eli­phu­za­yo li­gu­li­sa inhli­zi­yo, ko­dwa isi­fi­so esi­za­yot si­yi­si­hla­hla se­mpi­lou.

13 Ode­le­lav ili­zwi ye­na uza­chi­thwaw, ko­dwa owe­sa­ba umla­yo ye­na uza­vu­zwax.

14 Imfu­ndi­so yo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ingu­mtho­mbo we­mpi­loy, uku­thi asu­kez emi­ji­bi­le­ni yo­ku­faab.

15 Uku­qe­di­si­sa oku­hlecd ku­ni­ka umu­sae, ko­dwa indle­la ya­ba­pha­mbu­ka­yo ilu­khu­ni.

16 Wo­nke ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo we­nza ngo­lwa­zi, ko­dwa isi­thu­tha si­cha­ya ubu­thu­thaf.

17 Isi­thu­nywa esi­kho­hla­ke­le­yo si­we­la ebu­bi­ni, ko­dwa isi­thu­nywa esi­the­mbe­ki­le­yog si­yi­ku­si­li­sah.

18 Ubu­ya­nga le­hla­zo ngo­kwa­lo­woi oye­ke­la uku­fu­ndi­swaj, ko­dwa ona­nze­le­la uku­khu­zwa uza­du­nyi­swak.

19 Isi­fi­so ese­nzi­we­yo si­mna­ndi emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni, ko­dwa ku­yi­si­ne­ngi­so ezi­thu­the­ni uku­phe­ndu­ka ebu­bi­nil.

20 Oha­mba la­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uza­hla­ka­ni­pha, ko­dwa umnga­ne we­zi­thu­tha uza­ku­ba mu­bi1.

21 Ubu­bi bu­za­zi­nge­la izo­nim, ko­dwa aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­za­vu­zwa ngo­ku­hlen.

22 Olu­ngi­le­yo uza­be­nza aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­dle ili­fao, ko­dwa ino­tho ye­so­ni ibe­ke­lwa olu­ngi­le­yop.

23 Uku­dla oku­ne­ngiq ku­se­ngqa­thwe­ni ya­ba­ya­ngar, ko­dwa ku­kho­na oku­khu­khu­lwas ngo­ku­nga­bi lo­kwa­hlu­le­lat.

24 Ogo­dla uswa­zi lwa­khe uzo­nda indo­da­na ya­kheu, ko­dwa oyi­tha­nda­yo uya­yi­di­nga ma­si­nya­ne nge­si­je­zi­sov.

25 Olu­ngi­le­yo uya­dla ku­ze ku­su­the umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe, ko­dwa isi­su sa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo si­za­swe­law.

14Wo­nke owe­si­fa­za­na ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoa uya­ya­kha indlu ya­khebc, ko­dwa oyi­si­thu­tha uya­yi­di­li­za nge­za­ndla za­khed.

2 Oha­mbae ngo­bu­qo­tho ba­khe we­sa­ba iNko­sif, ko­dwa opha­mbe­ne nge­ndle­la za­khe uya­yi­de­le­lagh.

3 Emlo­nye­ni we­si­thu­tha ku­le­nto­nga yo­ku­zi­gqa­jai, ko­dwa inde­be za­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo zi­ya­ba­gci­naj.

4 La­pho oku­nge­kho izi­nka­bi kho­na umko­lo uhla­nze­ki­lek, ko­dwa ku­le­si­vu­no esi­ne­ngi nga­ma­ndla enka­bi.

5 Umfa­ka­zi othe­mbe­ki­le­yo ka­qa­mbi ama­ngal, ko­dwa umfa­ka­zi wa­ma­nga upha­fu­za ama­ngamn.

6 Ode­le­la­yo udi­nga inhla­ka­ni­pho, ko­dwa ka­yi­khoo; ko­dwa ulwa­zi lu­lu­la ko­qe­di­si­sa­yop.

7 Su­ka pha­mbi ko­mu­ntu oyi­si­thu­tha, nxa unga­yi­ku­na­nze­le­la ku­ye inde­be zo­lwa­ziq.

8 Inhla­ka­ni­pho yo­kha­li­phi­le­yo yi­ku­qe­di­si­sa indle­la ya­khe, ko­dwa ubu­thu­tha be­zi­thu­tha bu­yi­nko­hli­so.

9 Izi­thu­thar zi­ya­klo­lo­da nge­so­nos, ko­dwa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­qo­tho ku­lo­mu­sat.

10 Inhli­zi­yo iya­zi uku­ba­ba kwa­yo ngo­kwa­yo, lo­we­mzi­ni ka­hla­nga­nye­li le­nto­ko­zo ya­yo.

11 Indlu ya­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo iza­chi­thwau, ko­dwa ithe­nte la­ba­qo­tho li­za­hlu­mav.

12 Ku­kho­na indle­la ebo­na­ka­la ilu­ngi­le emu­ntwi­niw, ko­dwa uku­phe­la kwa­yo zi­ndle­la zo­ku­faxy.

13 Le­ku­hle­ke­ni inhli­zi­yo ise­bu­hlu­ngwi­ni, lo­ku­phe­la kwa­le­yo­nto­ko­zoza lu­si­zib.

14 Ohle­hle­la nyo­va­ne nge­nhli­zi­yo uza­su­tha nge­zi­ndle­la za­khe, ko­dwa umu­ntu olu­ngi­le­yo uza­su­tha nga­ye ngo­kwa­khec.

15 Onge­la­lwa­zi ukho­lwa lo­nke ili­zwi, ko­dwa ole­ngqo­ndo una­nze­le­la uku­ha­mba kwa­khe.

16 Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uye­sa­bad, asu­ke ebu­bi­nie, ko­dwa isi­thu­tha si­ya­thu­ku­the­la, si­li­tsha­phaf.

17 Opha­ngi­sa uku­thu­ku­the­la we­nza ubu­thu­tha, lo­mu­ntu wa­ma­ce­bo ama­bi uza­zo­ndwag.

18 Aba­nge­la­lwa­zi ba­dla ili­fa lo­bu­thu­tha, ko­dwa aba­kha­li­phi­le­yo ba­za­thwa­la umqhe­le wo­lwa­zih.

19 Aba­bi ba­kho­tha­ma pha­mbi kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo, la­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ema­sa­ngwe­ni aba­lu­ngi­le­yo.

20 Umya­nga uzo­ndwa la­ngu­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, ko­dwa aba­tha­nda ono­thi­le­yo ba­ne­ngii.

21 Ode­le­la uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe uyo­naj, ko­dwa olo­mu­sa ku­ba­ya­nga ubu­si­si­wek.

22 Ka­ba­du­hi yi­ni aba­ce­ba oku­bil? Ko­dwa umu­sa le­qi­ni­so ngo­kwa­la­bo aba­ce­ba oku­hlem.

23 Ku­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka wo­nke ku­le­nzu­zo, ko­dwa inku­lu­mo ye­nde­be iba­nga inswe­lo ku­phe­lan.

24 Umqhe­le wa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uyi­no­tho ya­bo; ubu­thu­tha be­zi­thu­tha bu­yi­bu­thu­thao.

25 Umfa­ka­zi oqi­ni­si­le­yo uyo­phu­la imi­phe­fu­mu­lo, ko­dwa opha­fu­za ama­nga ungu­mkho­hli­sip.

26 Eku­ye­sa­be­ni iNko­si ku­le­the­mba eli­qi­ni­le­yo, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe ba­za­ku­ba le­si­phe­phe­loq.

27 Uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si ku­ngu­mtho­mbo we­mpi­lor, uku­su­ka emi­ji­bi­le­ni yo­ku­fas.

28 Lu­se­bu­ne­ngi­ni ba­ba­ntu udu­mo lwe­nko­si, ko­dwa ku­se­ku­swe­le­ke­ni kwa­ba­ntu uku­chi­the­ka ko­mbu­sit.

29 Ophu­za uku­thu­ku­the­la ulo­ku­qe­di­si­sa oku­khu­lu, ko­dwa opha­ngi­sa uku­zo­nda ukhu­li­sa ubu­thu­thau.

30 Inhli­zi­yo ephi­li­le­yov iyi­mpi­lo ye­nya­maw, ko­dwa umha­wux uyi­ku­bo­la kwa­ma­tha­mboy.

31 Oci­nde­ze­la umya­nga uthu­kaz uMe­nzi wa­khe, ko­dwa olo­mu­sa ko­swe­la­yo uya­mdu­mi­saab.

32 Okho­hla­ke­le­yo uwi­swa ebu­bi­ni ba­khec, ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yo ule­the­mba eku­fe­ni kwa­khed.

33 Inhla­ka­ni­pho ihla­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni yo­qe­di­si­sa­yoe, ko­dwa oku­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­thu­tha ku­ya­zi­wafg.

34 Uku­lu­nga ku­pha­ka­mi­sa isi­zwe, ko­dwa iso­no si­li­hla­zo eba­ntwi­nih.

35 Umu­sa we­nko­si use­nce­kwi­ni ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoi, ko­dwa intu­ku­the­lo ya­yo iza­ku­ba kwe­the­la ihla­zoj.

15Impe­ndu­lo etha­mbi­le­yo ibu­yi­se­la emu­va ula­kaa, ko­dwa ili­zwi eli­lu­khu­ni li­vu­sa intu­ku­the­lob.

2 Uli­mi lwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo lwe­nza ulwa­zi lu­be lu­hlec, ko­dwa umlo­mo we­zi­thu­tha uthu­lu­la ubu­thu­thad.

3 Ame­hlo eNko­si aku­yo yo­nke inda­wo, eqa­phe­la aba­bi la­ba­lu­ngi­le­yoe.

4 Uku­si­li­sa ko­li­mi ku­yi­si­hla­hla se­mpi­lof, ko­dwa uku­pha­mbe­ka ku­lo ku­yi­kwe­phu­ka emo­ye­nig.

5 Isi­thu­thah si­de­le­la uku­la­ya ku­ka­yi­sei, ko­dwa ona­nza uku­khu­zwaj uhla­ka­ni­phi­lek.

6 E­ndlini yo­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­le­no­tho ene­ngi, ko­dwa enzu­zwe­ni yo­mu­bi ku­le­nka­tha­zol.

7 Inde­be za­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo zi­ya­hla­ka­za ulwa­zi, ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ye­zi­thu­tham ka­yi­nja­lon.

8 Umhla­tshe­lo wa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo uyi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa umkhu­le­ko wa­ba­qo­tho uyi­nto­ko­zo ya­yoo.

9 Indle­la yo­kho­hla­ke­le­yo iyi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa itha­nda ozi­nge­la uku­lu­ngap.

10 Uku­je­zi­sa ku­bi ko­tshi­ya indle­laq; ozo­nda uku­khu­zwa uza­ku­far.

11 Isi­ho­go le­ntsha­ba­la­lo ku­pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sis; ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni inhli­zi­yo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntut!

12 Isi­de­le­li ka­si­tha­ndi osi­khu­za­yo, ka­si­yi kwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­you.

13 Inhli­zi­yo etho­ko­za­yov ye­nza ubu­so bu­ja­bu­lew, ko­dwa ngo­si­zi lwe­nhli­zi­yox umo­ya uya­da­bu­kay.

14 Inhli­zi­yo yo­qe­di­si­sa­yo idi­nga ulwa­zi, ko­dwa umlo­mo we­zi­thu­tha udla ubu­thu­thaz.

15 Zo­nke insu­ku zo­hlu­phe­ka­yo zi­mbi, ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo etho­ko­za­yo ili­di­li nja­lo­nja­loa.

16 Ku­ngco­no oku­nci­nya­ne ka­nye lo­kwe­sa­ba iNko­si ku­le­no­tho ene­ngi le­nka­tha­zo ka­nye la­yob.

17 Ku­ngco­noc isi­dlo se­mi­bhi­da la­pho oku­lo­tha­ndo kho­nad ku­le­nka­bi eno­ni­le­yo le­nzo­ndo ka­nye la­yoe.

18 Umu­ntu olo­la­kaf udu­ngu­la ingxa­ba­nogh, ko­dwa ophu­za uku­thu­ku­the­la uza­thu­li­sa ingxa­ba­noi.

19 Indle­la ye­vi­laj inje­ngo­tha­ngo lwa­me­vak, ko­dwa indle­la ya­ba­qo­tho ibu­the­le­lwe.

20 Indo­da­na ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo itho­ko­zi­sa uyi­se, ko­dwa umu­ntu oyi­si­thu­tha we­yi­sa uni­nal.

21 Ubu­thu­tha bu­yi­nto­ko­zo ko­swe­la ingqo­ndom, ko­dwa umu­ntu oqe­di­si­sa­yo uya­qo­ndi­sa uku­ha­mba kwa­khen.

22 Ama­qhi­nga ange­la­se­lu­le­ko aya­chi­the­kao, ko­dwa nga­be­lu­le­ki aba­ne­ngi aya­ku­map.

23 Umu­ntu ule­nto­ko­zo nge­mpe­ndu­lo yo­mlo­mo wa­khe; le­li­zwiq nge­si­kha­thi sa­lo, li­hle ka­nga­ka­na­nir.

24 Indle­la ye­mpi­lo ko­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo iya phe­zu­lu, uku­ze asu­ke esi­ho­gwe­ni pha­nsis.

25 INko­sit iza­di­li­za indlu yo­zi­gqa­ja­you, ko­dwa iza­mi­sav umngce­lew wo­mfe­lo­ka­zix.

26 Imi­ca­ba­ngo yo­mu­bi iyi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­niy, ko­dwa ama­zwi amna­ndi ahla­mbu­lu­ki­lez.

27 Opha­nga inzu­zo ukha­tha­za indlu ya­khea, ko­dwa ozo­nda izi­pho uza­phi­lab.

28 Inhli­zi­yo yo­lu­ngi­le­yo ina­ka­na uku­phe­ndu­lac, ko­dwa umlo­mo wa­ba­bi uthu­lu­la izi­nto ezi­mbid.

29 INko­si ikha­tsha­na la­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yoe, ko­dwa iye­zwa umkhu­le­ko wa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yof.

30 Uku­kha­nya kwa­me­hlo ku­tho­ko­zi­sa inhli­zi­yog, lo­da­ba olu­hleh lwe­nza ama­tha­mbo akhu­lu­pha­lei.

31 Indle­be ela­le­la uku­khu­zwa kwe­mpi­loj iza­hla­lak pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yol.

32 Owa­la uku­la­ywam we­yi­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khen, ko­dwa ola­le­la uku­khu­zwa uzu­za uku­qe­di­si­sa.

33 Uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si ku­yi­ku­fu­ndi­swa kwe­nhla­ka­ni­phoo, lo­ku­tho­be­ka kwa­ndu­le­la udu­mop.

16Umu­ntu ula­ma­ce­bo enhli­zi­yoa, ko­dwa impe­ndu­lo yo­li­mi ive­la eNko­si­nib.

2 Zo­nke indle­la zo­mu­ntuc zi­hla­nze­ki­le eme­hlwe­ni akhed, ko­dwa iNko­si ili­nga­ni­sa imi­mo­yaef.

3 Gi­qe­la eNko­si­ni imi­se­be­nzi ya­kho, la­ma­ce­bo akho aza­qi­ni­swag.

4 INko­si ize­nze­le ko­nkeh, lo­mu­bi la­ye usu­ku lo­bu­bii.

5 Wo­nke ozi­gqa­ja­yo nge­nhli­zi­yoj uyi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­nik; isa­ndla esa­ndle­ni, ka­yi­ku­ye­ke­lwa enga­je­zi­swa­ngal.

6 Ngo­mu­sa le­qi­ni­som iso­no si­ya­hla­wu­le­lwan, la­ngo­ku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si umu­ntu uya­su­ka ebu­bi­nio.

7 Nxa indle­la zo­mu­ntu zi­tho­ko­zi­sa iNko­si, iye­nza le­zi­tha za­khe zi­be lo­ku­thu­la la­yep.

8 Oku­lu­tshwa­na ka­nye lo­ku­lu­ngaq ku­ngco­no ku­lo­bu­ne­ngi be­nzu­zo enge­la­ku­lu­ngar.

9 Inhli­zi­yo yo­mu­ntu ice­ba indle­la ya­khes, ko­dwa iNko­si iqo­ndi­sa inya­the­lo la­khet.

10 Isi­nqu­mo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­se­nde­be­ni ze­nko­si; umlo­mo wa­yo ka­wu­yi­ku­pha­mbe­ka ku­sa­hlu­le­lou.

11 Isi­ka­liv le­si­li­nga­ni­so esi­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­ngo­kwe­Nko­siw; wo­nke ama­tshe oku­li­nga­ni­sax omgo­dla angu­mse­be­nzi wa­yoy.

12 Ku­yi­si­ne­ngi­so ema­kho­si­ni ukwe­nza oku­bi, ngo­ba isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­mi­swa ngo­ku­lu­ngaz.

13 Inde­be zo­ku­lu­nga zi­yi­nto­ko­zo ya­ma­kho­si; iya­tha­nda okhu­lu­ma izi­nto ezi­qo­ndi­le­yoa.

14 Ula­ka lo­mbu­si lu­yi­zi­thu­nywa zo­ku­fab, ko­dwa umu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uza­lu­thu­li­sac.

15 Eku­kha­nye­ni ko­bu­so be­nko­si ku­le­mpi­lod, lo­mu­sa wa­yo unje­nge­ye­zie le­zu­lu la­mu­vaf.

16 Ku­ngco­no ka­nga­ka­na­ni uku­zu­za inhla­ka­ni­phog ku­le­go­li­deh; lo­ku­zu­za uku­qe­di­si­sa ku­khe­thwa ku­le­si­li­vai.

17 Umgwa­qo omkhu­lu wa­ba­qo­thoj yi­ku­su­ka ebu­bi­nik; olo­ndo­lo­za umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe una­nze­le­la indle­la ya­khel.

18 Uku­zi­gqa­ja ku­qa­le­la uku­bhu­ji­swa, lo­ku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa ko­mo­ya ku­qa­le­la uku­wam.

19 Ku­ngco­no uku­tho­be­ka ngo­mo­ya ka­nye la­ba­mne­nen, ku­lo­kwa­be­la­na impa­ngo la­ba­zi­gqa­ja­yoo.

20 Opha­tha uda­ba nge­nhla­ka­ni­phop uza­tho­la oku­hleq; lo­the­mba eNko­si­ni uya­tha­bar.

21 Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo nge­nhli­zi­yo ku­thi­wa ngo­qe­di­si­sa­yo; lo­bu­mna­ndi be­nde­be ba­ndi­sa imfu­ndi­sos.

22 Uku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­ba­la­khot ku­ngu­mtho­mbo we­mpi­lou, ko­dwa uku­la­ya kwe­zi­thu­tha ku­yi­bu­thu­tha.

23 Ingqo­ndo yo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ye­nza umlo­mo wa­khe uhla­ka­ni­phev, iza­kwa­ndi­sa imfu­ndi­so ende­be­ni za­khew.

24 Ama­zwi amna­ndix alu­hla­nga lo­lu­juy, amna­ndi emphe­fu­mu­lwe­niz, ayi­mpi­li­so ema­tha­nje­nia.

25 Ku­kho­na indle­la ebo­na­ka­la iqo­ndi­le emu­ntwi­ni, ko­dwa uku­phe­la kwa­yo zi­ndle­la zo­ku­fab.

26 Indla­la yo­mtshi­ka­tshi­ki iya­zi­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­lac, ngo­ba umlo­mo wa­khe uya­mkhu­tha­zad.

27 Umu­ntu omu­bi uge­bha ubu­bi; le­nde­be­ni za­khe ku­lo­ku­nje­ngo­mli­lo otshi­sa­yoe.

28 Umu­ntu opha­mbe­ne­yo unge­ni­sa ingxa­ba­nofg, lo­nye­ya­yoh we­hlu­ka­ni­sa umnga­ne ose­du­zei.

29 Umu­ntu wo­bu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­nguj uhu­ga uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, amha­mbi­se nge­ndle­la enga­lu­nga­ngak.

30 Uva­la ame­hlo akhe uku­ce­ba izi­nto ezi­pha­mbe­ne­yol, elu­ma inde­be za­khe aqe­de ubu­bim.

31 Izi­mvu ze­kha­ndan zi­ngu­mqhe­le wo­du­mo; zi­tho­la­ka­la endle­le­ni yo­ku­lu­ngao.

32 Ophu­za uku­thu­ku­the­la ungco­no ku­le­qha­wepq, lo­bu­sa umo­ya wa­khe ku­lo­thu­mba umu­zi.

33 Inka­tho ipho­se­lwar etha­nga­zi­nis, ko­dwa isi­nqu­mo sa­yo so­nke si­ve­la eNko­si­nit.

17Uce­zu olo­mi­le­yo lo­ku­thu­la ka­nye la­lo lu­ngco­no ku­le­ndlu egcwe­le imi­hla­tshe­lo le­ngxa­ba­noa.

2 Ince­ku ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo iza­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­ndo­da­na eya­ngi­sa­yo, ye­hlu­ka­ni­se ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwe­ze­la­ma­nib.

3 Imbi­za yo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa nge­ye­si­li­va, le­si­tha­ndo nge­se­go­li­dec, ko­dwa iNko­si ihlo­la izi­nhli­zi­yod.

4 Ume­nzi wo­bu­bi ula­le­la inde­be ekho­hla­ke­le­yo; umqa­mbi­ma­nga ube­ka indle­be oli­mi­ni olu­chi­tha­yo.

5 Oklo­lo­de­la umya­nga uthu­kae uMe­nzi wa­khef; otho­ko­za enci­tha­ka­lwe­ni ka­yi­ku­ba msu­lwag.

6 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntwa­nah ba­ngu­mqhe­le wa­ba­da­lai, lo­du­mo lwa­ba­ntwa­na ngo­yi­se.

7 Inde­be elo­bu­ngcwe­thi ka­yi­si­fa­ne­la­nga isi­thu­thaj; ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni inde­be ya­ma­nga isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla.

8 Isi­pho si­yi­li­tshe eli­li­gu­guk eme­hlwe­ni aba­ni­ni­so; lo­ba nga­phi esi­phe­ndu­ke­la kho­na si­za­phu­me­le­lal.

9 Osi­be­ke­la isi­pha­mbe­ko udi­nga utha­ndom, ko­dwa ophi­nda­phi­nda uda­ba we­hlu­ka­ni­sa umnga­ne ose­du­zen.

10 Uku­khu­za ku­ya­ju­la ko­qe­di­si­sa­yo ku­lo­ku­tsha­ya isi­thu­tha ngo­ku­li­khu­luo.

11 Omu­bi udi­nga ubu­bi ku­phe­la, ko­dwa isi­thu­nywa esi­le­si­hlu­kup si­za­thu­nye­lwa ku­yeq.

12 Ka­ku­thi ibhe­re eli­fe­lwe yi­mi­dlwa­ne li­hla­nga­ne lo­mu­ntur, ko­dwa ha­tshi isi­thu­tha ebu­thu­the­ni ba­sos.

13 Ophi­ndi­se­lat oku­bi esi­khu­ndle­ni so­ku­hleu, ubu­bi ka­bu­yi­ku­su­ka endli­ni ya­khe.

14 Uku­qa­la kwe­nka­ni kunje­ngo­ku­vu­le­la ama­nzi; nga­kho ye­ke­la ingxa­ba­nov inga­ka­zi­ve­ziw.

15 Olu­ngi­si­sa omu­bix lo­la­hla olu­ngi­le­yo ba­yi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni, ngi­tsho bo­ba­bi­liy.

16 Ku­nga­ni ku­le­ma­li yo­ku­the­nga inhla­ka­ni­pho esa­ndle­ni se­si­thu­tha, lo­khu si­nge­la­ngqo­ndoz?

17 Umnga­ne uya­tha­nda nga­so so­nke isi­kha­thi, lo­mza­lwa­ne uza­le­lwa inhlu­phe­koa.

18 Umu­ntu oswe­la ingqo­ndo uya­ba­mba­na nge­za­ndlab uku­ba yi­si­ba­mbi­so pha­mbi ku­ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khec.

19 Otha­nda isi­pha­mbe­ko utha­nda inka­ni; opha­ka­mi­sa umnya­ngo wa­khe udi­nga uku­bhu­ji­swad.

20 Ole­nhli­zi­yo epha­mbe­ne­yo ka­tho­li oku­hle, lo­pha­mbe­ne ngo­li­mi uwe­la ebu­bi­ni.

21 Oza­la isi­thu­tha, si­za­ku­ba lu­si­zi ku­ye; lo­yi­se we­si­thu­tha ka­tho­ko­zie.

22 Inhli­zi­yo etho­ko­za­yo ye­nza ku­hle nje­ngo­mu­thif, ko­dwa umo­ya owe­phu­ki­le­yog wo­mi­sa ama­tha­mboh.

23 Omu­bi utha­tha isi­pho esi­fu­be­nii uku­pha­mbu­la izi­ndle­la ze­sa­hlu­le­loj.

24 Inhla­ka­ni­phok ipha­mbi ko­qe­di­si­sa­yol, ko­dwa ame­hlo esi­thu­tha ase­ku­ci­ne­ni ko­mhla­bam.

25 Indo­da­na eyi­si­wu­la ilu­si­zi ku­yi­sen, iyi­ku­ba­ba ko­wa­yi­za­la­yoo.

26 Uku­hla­wu­li­sap olu­ngi­le­yo la­kho ka­ku­lu­nga­ngaq, lo­ku­tsha­ya izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla nge­nxa yo­bu­qo­tho.

27 Owa­zi ulwa­zi ugo­dla ama­zwi akhe; umu­ntu oqe­di­si­sa­yo ulo­mo­ya opho­li­le­yor.

28 Isi­thu­tha esi­thu­le­yo la­so si­thi­wa si­hla­ka­ni­phi­le; ova­la inde­be za­khe uthi­wa uya­qe­di­si­sas.

18Oze­hlu­ka­ni­sa­yo udi­nga oku­lo­yi­se­ka­yo kwa­khe; ufo­hle­laa inhla­ka­ni­pho yo­nkeb.

2 Isi­thu­tha ka­si­tho­ko­zi eku­qe­di­si­se­ni, ko­dwa uku­ze inhli­zi­yo ya­so izi­ve­zec.

3 La­pho okho­hla­ke­le­yo esi­za, ku­za lo­ku­de­le­la, nja­lo ka­nye le­nhlo­ni, ihla­zo.

4 Ama­zwi omlo­mo wo­mu­ntud anga­ma­nzi azi­ki­le­yoe; umtho­mbo we­nhla­ka­ni­pho uyi­si­fu­la esi­go­bho­za­yof.

5 Ka­ku­lu­nga­nga ukwe­mu­ke­la ubu­so bo­kho­hla­ke­le­yog, uku­pha­mbu­la olu­ngi­le­yo ku­sa­hlu­le­loh.

6 Inde­be ze­si­thu­tha zi­nge­na enka­ni­ni, lo­mlo­mo wa­so ubi­za imi­vi­mvi­nyai.

7 Umlo­mo we­si­thu­tha uyi­ntsha­ba­la­lo ya­so, le­nde­be za­so zi­ngu­mji­bi­la wo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­soj.

8 Ama­zwi onye­ya­yo anje­nge­zi­bo­ndlok eze­hle­la ko­ku­nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­sul.

9 Lo­li­vi­la emse­be­nzi­ni wa­khe ungu­mfo­wa­bom wo­mchi­thin.

10 Ibi­zo le­Nko­si li­ngu­mpho­tsho­ngo oqi­ni­le­yo; olu­ngi­le­yo uza­gi­ji­me­la ku­wo ami­swe phe­zu­lu evi­ke­le­ki­leo.

11 Ino­tho ye­si­no­thi ingu­mu­zi wa­so oqi­ni­le­yop, la­nje­ngo­mtha­nga­la opha­ke­me­yo eku­ca­ba­nge­ni kwa­soq.

12 Ma­ndu­lo ko­ku­bhu­ji­swa inhli­zi­yo yo­mu­ntu iya­zi­pha­ka­mi­sar, nja­lo ma­ndu­lo ko­du­mo ku­lo­ku­tho­be­kas.

13 Ophe­ndu­la inda­ba enga­ke­zwa, ku­yi­bu­wu­la ku­ye, le­hla­zot.

14 Umo­ya wo­mu­ntu uza­se­ke­la uku­gu­la kwa­khe, ko­dwa umo­ya owe­phu­ki­le­yo, ngu­ba­ni onga­wu­thwa­lau?

15 Inhli­zi­yo yo­qe­di­si­sa­yo izu­za ulwa­zi, le­ndle­be ya­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo idi­nga ulwa­ziv.

16 Isi­pho so­mu­ntu si­ya­mvu­le­la ngo­ku­ba­nzi, si­mkho­khe­le­la pha­mbi kwa­ba­khu­luw.

17 Ongo­wo­ku­qa­la eca­le­ni la­khe ubo­na­ka­la elu­ngi­le, ko­dwa uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe ufi­ka amhlo­lex.

18 Inka­tho iqe­da izi­ngxa­ba­no, ye­hlu­ka­ni­se pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­la­ma­ndla.

19 Umza­lwa­ne owo­ni­we­yo we­dlu­la umu­zi oqi­ni­le­yo, le­ngxa­ba­no zi­nje­ngo­mgo­qo we­nqa­bay.

20 Isi­su so­mu­ntu si­ya­su­thi­swaz yi­zi­the­lo zo­mlo­mo wa­khe, uza­su­thi­swa yi­nzu­zo ye­nde­be za­khea.

21 Uku­fa le­mpi­lo ku­se­sa­ndle­ni so­li­mi; la­ba­lu­tha­nda­yo ba­za­ku­dla isi­the­lo sa­lob.

22 Otho­le umfa­zic utho­le oku­hled, uzu­ze umu­sae eNko­si­nif.

23 Umya­nga uya­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­nce­nga, ko­dwa isi­no­thi si­phe­ndu­la izi­nto ezi­lu­khu­nig.

24 Umu­ntu wa­ba­nga­ne aba­ne­ngi uza­chi­the­kah, ko­dwa ku­lo­mnga­nei ona­ma­the­la ku­le­se­la­ma­nij.

19Umya­nga oha­mba ngo­bu­qo­tho ba­khe ungco­noab ku­lo­pha­mbe­ne­yo ende­be­ni za­khe, nja­lo oyi­si­thu­thac.

2 Fu­thi umphe­fu­mu­lo onge­la­lwa­zi ka­wu­lu­nga­nga, lo­pha­ngi­sa­yo nge­zi­nya­wo uyo­nad.

3 Ubu­thu­tha bo­mu­ntu bu­pha­mbu­la indle­la ya­khee, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe iya­yi­thu­ku­the­le­la iNko­sif.

4 Ino­tho ye­nge­za aba­nga­ne aba­ne­ngig, ko­dwa umya­nga we­hlu­ka­ni­swa lo­mnga­ne wa­kheh.

5 Umfa­ka­zi wa­ma­nga ka­yi­ku­ye­ke­lwa enga­je­zi­swa­ngai, lo­pha­fu­za ama­ngaj ka­yi­ku­phu­nyu­kak.

6 Ba­ne­ngil aba­nce­nga umu­sa we­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlam; nja­lo wo­nke ungu­mnga­ne wo­mu­ntu we­zi­phon.

7 Bo­nke aba­za­lwa­ne bo­mya­nga ba­ya­mzo­ndao; ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni aba­nga­ne ba­khe be­si­ya kha­tsha­na la­yep; uxo­tsha­na la­bo nga­ma­zwi ko­dwa ka­batho­la­ka­liq.

8 Ozu­za ingqo­ndo utha­nda umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kher; una­nze­le­la uku­qe­di­si­sa uza­tho­la oku­hles.

9 Umfa­ka­zi wa­ma­nga ka­yi­ku­ye­ke­lwa enga­je­zi­swa­ngat, lo­pha­fu­zau ama­ngav uza­bhu­bhaw.

10 Uku­ta­ma­sax ka­ku­si­fa­ne­le isi­wu­lay; ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni uku­thi ince­ku ibu­se phe­zu kwe­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlaz.

11 Uku­qe­di­si­sa ko­mu­ntu ku­phu­zi­sa uku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­khe; lo­du­mo lwa­khe yi­kwe­dlu­la isi­pha­mbe­koa.

12 Ula­ka lwe­nko­si lu­nje­ngo­ku­bho­nga kwe­bho­ngo le­si­lwa­neb, ko­dwa umu­sa wa­yoc unje­nga­ma­zo­lo etsha­ni­nid.

13 Indo­da­na eyi­si­thu­tha iyi­nci­tha­ka­lo ka­yi­see; le­ngxa­ba­no zo­mfa­zif zi­yi­ku­tho­nta nja­lo­nja­log.

14 Umu­zi le­no­tho ku­yi­li­fa la­bo­ba­bah, ko­dwa umfa­zi ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uve­la eNko­si­nii.

15 Ubu­vi­laj bu­pho­se­la ebu­tho­ngwe­ni obu­khu­luk, lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo oli­vi­la uza­la­mbal.

16 Ogci­na umla­yo ugci­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khem; ode­le­la indle­la za­khe uza­ku­fan.

17 Ozwe­la umya­nga we­bo­le­ka iNko­sio; iza­mbha­da­la nge­se­nzo sa­khep.

18 La­ya indo­da­na ya­kho ku­se­le­the­mbaq, ko­dwa unga­lo­yi­si uku­fa kwa­yor.

19 Olo­la­ka olu­khu­lu uza­thwa­la inhla­wu­lo; ngo­ba nxa umo­phu­la uza­be lo­khu uqhu­be­ka ukwe­nza.

20 La­le­la ize­lu­le­ko, we­mu­ke­le imfu­ndi­so, uku­ze uhla­ka­ni­phe eku­ci­ne­ni kwa­khos.

21 Ku­la­ma­ce­bo ama­ne­ngi enhli­zi­ywe­ni yo­mu­ntut, ko­dwa ise­lu­le­ko se­Nko­siu so­na si­za­ku­mav.

22 Isi­lo­yi­so so­mu­ntu ngu­mu­sa wa­khe, nja­lo umya­nga ungco­no ku­lo­mu­ntu wa­ma­ngaw.

23 Uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si ku­ngo­kwe­mpi­lox; ngo­ba ola­kho uza­la­la ebu­su­ku esu­thiy; ka­yi­kwe­the­ke­le­lwa yi­bu­biz.

24 Ivi­la li­fi­hla isa­ndla sa­loab emga­nwi­nic, nja­lo ka­li­yi­ku­si­bu­yi­se­la emlo­nye­ni wa­lo.

25 Tsha­yad isi­de­le­lie onge­la­lwa­zi abe­se­kha­li­phaf; nja­lo khu­za oqe­di­si­sa­yo, uza­qe­di­si­sa ulwa­zig.

26 Ochi­tha uyi­se, axo­tshe uni­na, uyi­ndo­da­na ethe­le­la inhlo­ni ile­the ihla­zoh.

27 Ye­ke­la, ndo­da­na ya­mi, uku­la­le­la uku­la­ywa, uku­pha­mbu­ka ema­zwi­ni olwa­zi.

28 Umfa­ka­zi omu­bi ude­le­la isa­hlu­le­lo, lo­mlo­mo wa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ugi­nya ubu­bii.

29 Iza­hlu­le­lo zi­lu­ngi­se­lwe izi­de­le­lij, le­mi­vi­mvi­nyak umhla­na we­zi­thu­thal.

20Iwa­yi­nia li­yi­si­de­le­li; oku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla ku­lo­msi­ndob; nja­lo wo­nke odu­ha ku­kho ka­hla­ka­ni­pha­ngac.

2 Ukwe­sa­be­ka kwe­nko­si ku­nje­ngo­ku­bho­nga kwe­bho­ngo le­si­lwa­ned; oyi­thu­ku­the­li­sa­yo wo­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khee.

3 Ku­lu­du­mo emu­ntwi­ni uku­ye­ke­la inka­nif; ko­dwa so­nke isi­wu­la si­ya­zi­ve­zag.

4 Nge­nxa yo­bu­si­ka ivi­la ka­li­yi­ku­li­mah; nga­kho li­za­pha­nza esi­vu­nwe­nii, ko­dwa ku­nga­bi la­lu­thoj.

5 Ise­lu­le­ko enhli­zi­ywe­ni yo­mu­ntu sinje­nga­ma­nzi azi­ki­le­yok, ko­dwa umu­ntu oqe­di­si­sa­yo uza­si­khal.

6 Ine­ngi la­ba­ntu li­me­me­ze­la, lo­wo la­lo­wo uku­lu­nga kwa­khem, ko­dwa ngu­ba­ni onga­tho­la umu­ntu othe­mbe­ki­le­yon?

7 Olu­ngi­le­yo uha­mba ngo­bu­qo­tho ba­kheo; ba­bu­si­si­we aba­ntwa­na ba­khe emva kwa­khep.

8 Inko­si ehle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni se­sa­hlu­le­loq ihla­ka­za bo­nke ubu­bi nga­me­hlo ayor.

9 Ngu­ba­ni onga­this: Ngi­hla­nzi­le inhli­zi­yo ya­mi, ngi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le eso­nwe­ni sa­mit?

10 Ama­tshe ezi­li­nga­ni­so eze­hlu­ke­ne­yo, ama-e­fa* ehlu­ke­ne­yo, ku­yi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni, ye­bo ko­ku­bi­liu.

11 Lo­mntwa­na uya­za­zi­sa nge­ze­nzo za­khe, lo­ba umse­be­nzi wa­khe uhla­nze­ki­le ku­mbe lo­ba uqo­thov.

12 Indle­be ezwa­yo le­li­hlo eli­bo­na­yow, iNko­si ya­kwe­nza, ye­bo ko­ku­bi­lix.

13 Unga­tha­ndi ubu­tho­ngo, hle­zi ube ngu­mya­ngay; vu­la ame­hlo akhoz, usu­the isi­nkwaa.

14 Ku­bi, ku­bi, ku­tsho umthe­ngi; ko­dwa ese­ha­mbi­le abe­se­zi­nco­ma.

15 Ku­le­go­li­deb, lo­bu­ne­ngi ba­ma­tshe ali­gu­guc, ko­dwa inde­be zo­lwa­zi zi­ngu­mce­ci­so oli­gu­gud.

16 Tha­tha ise­mba­tho sa­khe oyi­si­ba­mbi­so so­we­mzi­nie, umba­mbe abe yi­si­ba­mbi­sofg sa­be­zi­zweh.

17 Isi­nkwa sa­ma­nga si­mna­ndi emu­ntwi­ni, ko­dwa emva kwa­lo­kho umlo­mo wa­khe uza­gcwa­li­swa ngo­khe­thei.

18 Imi­ca­ba­ngo uyi­mi­sa nge­se­lu­le­koj; nga­kho ye­nza impik nga­ma­qhi­nga ama­hlel.

19 Oha­mba­ha­mba enye­ya we­mbu­la imfi­hla­ka­lom; nga­kho unga­hla­nga­ni lo­kho­hli­sa nge­nde­be za­khen.

20 Othu­ka uyi­se lo­ba uni­nao, isi­ba­ne sa­khep si­za­ci­tshwaq ebu­mnya­me­ni obu­mnya­mar.

21 Ili­fa linga­pha­ngi­si­swa eku­qa­le­nis, ko­dwa uku­ci­na kwa­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­bu­si­swat.

22 Unga­thi: Ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la oku­biu; li­nde­la iNko­si, nja­lo iza­ku­si­ndi­sav.

23 Ama­tshe ezi­li­nga­ni­so eze­hlu­ke­ne­yo ayi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni, le­si­ka­li esi­kho­hli­sa­yo ka­si­lu­nga­ngaw.

24 Izi­nya­the­lo zo­mu­ntu zi­ve­la eNko­si­ni; pho, umu­ntu anga­qe­di­si­sa nja­ni indle­la ya­khex?

25 Ku­ngu­mji­bi­la emu­ntwi­ni uku­gi­nya oku­ngcwe­ley, lo­ku­hlo­li­si­sa emva kwe­zi­fu­ngoz.

26 Inko­si ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ihla­ka­za aba­bia, ibu­yi­se­la ivi­li phe­zu kwa­bob.

27 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­mu­ntu uyi­si­ba­ne se­Nko­sic, si­hlo­li­si­sad wo­nke ama­ka­me­lo esi­sue.

28 Umu­sa le­qi­ni­so ku­ya­yi­gci­na inko­sif, ise­ke­la isi­hla­lo sa­yo so­bu­kho­si ngo­ku­lu­ngag.

29 Udu­mo lwe­ja­ha lu­nga­ma­ndla alo, lo­bu­kho­si ba­ba­da­la yi­zi­mvu ze­kha­ndah.

30 Imi­vi­mvi­nya ye­nxe­ba ihla­nza ubu­bii, ngo­ku­nja­lo izi­du­tshu­zoj za­ma­ka­me­lo esi­suk.

21Inhli­zi­yo ye­nko­si ise­sa­ndle­ni si­ka­Je­ho­va inje­nge­zi­fu­la za­ma­nzia; uyi­phe­ndu­le­la lo­ba nga­phi atha­nda kho­nab.

2 Yo­nke indle­la yo­mu­ntu ilu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni akhec, ko­dwa iNko­si ihlo­lad izi­nhli­zi­yoe.

3 Ukwe­nza uku­lu­nga le­sa­hlu­le­lo ku­khe­the­ki­le eNko­si­ni ku­lo­mhla­tshe­lof.

4 Uku­pha­ka­ma kwa­me­hlog, lo­ku­zi­gqa­ja kwe­nhli­zi­yoh, lo­ku­li­ma kwa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo, ku­yi­so­noi.

5 Imi­ca­ba­ngo yo­khu­the­le­yo ise­nzu­zwe­ni ku­phe­laj, ko­dwa eya­khe wo­nke opha­ngi­sa­yok ise­ku­swe­le­ni ku­phe­lal.

6 Ukwe­nza ino­tho ngo­li­mi lwa­ma­ngam ku­yi­zen eli­phe­phu­ka­yoo ela­la­bo aba­di­nga uku­fap.

7 Isi­hlu­ku sa­ba­bi si­za­ba­hu­du­la, ngo­ba be­sa­la ukwe­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yoq.

8 Indle­la yo­mu­ntu igo­bi­le nja­lo ile­ca­la, ko­dwa ohla­nze­ki­le­yo, umse­be­nzi wa­khe uqo­ndi­le.

9 Ku­ngco­no uku­hla­lar engo­nsi­ni yo­pha­hlas ku­la­lo­we­si­fa­za­na we­zi­nka­ni le­ndli­ni yo­ku­hla­nga­nye­lat.

10 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ulo­yi­sa ubu­bi; uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe ke­mu­ke­li umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akheu.

11 Nxa isi­de­le­liv si­je­zi­swa, umu­ntu onge­la­lwa­zi uya­hla­ka­ni­phaw; la­la­pho ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ela­ywa we­mu­ke­la ulwa­zix.

12 Olu­ngi­le­yo uya­na­nze­le­la indlu yo­kho­hla­ke­le­yoyz; uNku­lu­nku­lu uwi­se­la aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ebu­bi­nia.

13 Ogci­ka indle­be ya­khe eku­kha­le­ni ko­mya­nga, la­ye uza­kha­la anga­phe­ndu­lwab.

14 Isi­pho se­nsi­tha si­ya­de­di­sa intu­ku­the­loc, le­si­va­la­mlo­mo esi­fu­be­ni ula­ka olu­la­ma­ndlad.

15 Ku­yi­nto­ko­zo ko­lu­ngi­le­yo ukwe­nza uku­lu­nga, ko­dwa ku­lu­va­loe ku­be­nzi bo­bu­bif.

16 Umu­ntu odu­ha endle­le­ni yo­ku­qe­di­si­sa uza­hla­la eba­ndle­nig le­mi­mo­ya efi­le­yoh.

17 Otha­nda inja­bu­lo uza­ku­ba ngu­mya­nga; otha­nda iwa­yi­ni la­ma­fu­tha ka­yi­ku­no­thai.

18 Okho­hla­ke­le­yoj uyi­nhla­wu­le­lo yo­lu­ngi­le­yo, le­si­pha­mbe­ki esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­ba­qo­thok.

19 Ku­ngco­no uku­hla­la eli­zwe­ni eli­yi­nka­nga­la ku­la­lo­we­si­fa­za­na we­zi­ngxa­ba­no lo­la­kal.

20 Ku­kho­na imfu­yo elo­yi­se­ka­yom la­ma­fu­tha emzi­ni wo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yono, ko­dwa umu­ntu oyi­si­thu­tha uya­ku­gi­nyap.

21 Oxo­tsha­na lo­ku­lu­nga lo­mu­saq uza­tho­la impi­lo, uku­lu­nga, lo­du­mor.

22 Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ukhwe­la emzi­ni wa­ma­qha­we, adi­li­ze­le pha­nsi ama­ndla ethe­mba la­wos.

23 Ogci­na umlo­mo wa­khe lo­li­mi lwa­khet, ugci­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kheu ezi­nka­tha­zwe­niv.

24 Isi­de­le­li esi­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yo esi­zi­gqa­ja­yo li­bi­zo la­khe ose­be­nza ngo­la­ka lo­ku­zi­khu­khu­me­zaw.

25 Isi­lo­yi­so se­vi­la si­za­li­bu­la­la, ngo­ba iza­ndla za­lo zi­ya­la uku­se­be­nzax.

26 Usu­ku lo­nke li­lo­yi­sa isi­lo­yi­soy, ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yo uza­ku­pha, anga­go­dliz.

27 Umhla­tshe­lo wa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo uyi­si­ne­ngi­so; ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni nxa be­wu­le­tha nge­ce­bo eli­bia.

28 Umfa­ka­zi wa­ma­nga uza­bhu­bha, ko­dwa umu­ntu ola­le­la­yo uza­khu­lu­ma nja­lo­nja­lob.

29 Umu­ntu okho­hla­ke­le­yo we­nza lu­khu­ni ubu­so ba­khec, ko­dwa oqo­tho ye­na uya­na­nze­le­la indle­la ya­khed.

30 Ka­ku­la­nhla­ka­ni­pho, nja­lo ka­ku­la­ku­qe­di­si­sa, nja­lo ka­ku­la­se­lu­le­ko, oku­me­la­na le­Nko­sie.

31 Ibhi­za li­lu­ngi­se­lwa usu­ku lwe­mpif, ko­dwa uku­khu­lu­lwa ngo­kwe­Nko­sig.

22Ibi­zo eli­hlea li­khe­the­ki­le ku­le­no­tho ene­ngi; isi­sa esi­hle ku­le­si­li­va nja­lo ku­le­go­li­deb.

2 Ono­thi­le­yo lo­mya­nga ba­ya­hla­nga­nac; iNko­sid ya­be­nza bo­nkee.

3 Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ubo­na ubu­bi aca­tshef, ko­dwa aba­nge­la­lwa­zi ba­ya­qhu­be­kag ba­be­se­be­je­zi­swah.

4 Umvu­zo wo­ku­tho­be­ka lo­kwe­sa­ba iNko­si ku­yi­no­tho lo­du­mo le­mpi­loi.

5 Ame­va le­mi­ji­bi­la ku­se­ndle­le­ni ya­ba­pha­mbe­ne­yoj; ogci­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe uza­ku­ba kha­tsha­na la­bok.

6 Fu­ndi­sa umntwa­na endle­le­ni anga­ha­mba nga­yo; ngi­tsho ese­mda­la ka­yi­ku­pha­mbu­ka ku­yol.

7 Ono­thi­le­yo ubu­sa aba­ya­nga, lo­me­bo­le­ki uyi­si­gqi­li so­me­bo­le­ki­si.

8 Ohla­nye­lam uko­na­ka­lan uza­vu­na uku­hlu­phe­kao, le­nto­nga yo­la­ka lwa­khe iza­phe­lap.

9 Ole­li­hlo eli­lo­ku­hle ye­na uza­bu­si­swaq, ngo­ba uni­ki­le okwe­si­nkwa sa­khe ku­mya­ngar.

10 Xo­tsha isi­de­le­li, ku­za­phu­ma le­nka­nis, ye­bo, ingxa­ba­no le­hla­zo ku­za­phe­lat.

11 Otha­nda uku­hla­nze­ka kwe­nhli­zi­you, nge­nxa ye­si­sa se­nde­be za­khe, inko­si ingu­mga­ne wa­khev.

12 Ame­hlo eNko­si alo­ndo­lo­za ulwa­zi, ko­dwa iza­chi­tha ama­zwi aba­nga­the­mbe­ka­ngaw.

13 Ivi­la li­thi: Ku­le­si­lwa­ne nga­pha­ndle; ngi­za­bu­la­wa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­ta­la­dax.

14 Umlo­mo wa­be­si­fa­za­na be­mzi­niy ungu­mgo­di otsho­na­yoz; lo­wo iNko­si emthu­ku­the­le­le­yo uza­we­la kho­naa.

15 Ubu­thu­tha bu­bo­tshe­lwe enhli­zi­ywe­ni yo­mntwa­na; uswa­zi lo­ku­qo­ndi­sa lu­za­bu­su­se­la kha­tsha­na la­yeb.

16 Oci­nde­ze­la umya­nga ukwa­ndi­sa ala­kho, opha ono­thi­le­yo, isi­bi­li uza­ku­ba ngo­swe­la­yoc.

Ama­zwi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo

17 Be­ka indle­be ya­khod, uzwe ama­zwi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoe, umi­se inhli­zi­yo ya­kho elwa­zi­ni la­mif.

18 Ngo­ba ku­mna­ndi uba uwa­lo­ndo­lo­za emi­bi­li­ni ya­kho; aza­hla­la elu­ngi­le ka­nye­ka­nye ende­be­ni za­khog.

19 Uku­ze ithe­mba la­kho li­be se­Nko­si­ni, ngi­kwa­zi­si­le wo­na la­mu­hla, ngi­tsho we­nah.

20 Ka­ngi­ku­bha­le­la­nga yi­ni izi­nto ezi­nhle ka­khu­lu ku­ze­lu­le­ko le­lwa­zi­nii?

21 Uku­kwa­zi­sa uku­qi­ni­se­ka kwa­ma­zwi eqi­ni­so, uku­ze ubu­yi­se­le ama­zwi eqi­ni­so ku­la­bo aba­ku­thu­mi­le­yoj.

22 Unga­mpha­ngi umya­nga ngo­ba engu­mya­ngak, nja­lo unga­mcho­bo­zi oswe­la­yol esa­ngwe­nim.

23 Ngo­ba iNko­si iza­me­la uda­ba lwa­bon, ipha­nge umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­ba­ba­pha­nga­yoo.

24 Unga­hla­nga­nye­li lo­mu­ntu olo­la­kap, unga­ha­mbi­sa­ni lo­mu­ntu othu­ku­the­la­yo,

25 hle­zi ufu­nde indle­la za­khe, we­mu­ke­le umji­bi­la emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­kho.

26 Unga­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ba­mba­na iza­ndlaq, pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­yi­zi­ba­mbi­sor nge­zi­kwe­le­des.

27 Uba unge­la­kho oko­ku­hla­wu­la, ku­nga­ni eza­tha­tha umbhe­da wa­kho nga­pha­nsi kwa­khot?

28 Unga­tshe­di­siu isi­kho­nkwa­ne esi­da­la so­mngce­le, oyi­hlo aba­se­nza­yov.

29 Uya­mbo­na yi­ni umu­ntuw oyi­ngci­tshi emse­be­nzi­ni wa­khex? Uza­zi­mi­sa pha­mbi kwa­ma­kho­si; ka­yi­ku­zi­mi­sa pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu­ka­za­nay.

23Nxa uhla­le­la uku­dla le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla, qa­phe­li­sa lo­ku­qa­phe­li­sa oku­pha­mbi kwa­kho.

2 Ube­ke ingqa­mu emphi­nje­ni wa­kho uba uyi­si­mi­nziab.

3 Unga­fi­sic izi­bo­ndlo za­sode, ngo­ba zi­yi­ku­dla kwa­ma­nga.

4 Unga­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­li uku­no­thaf; phe­za eku­qe­di­si­se­ni kwa­khog.

5 Uza­ndi­zi­sa yi­ni ame­hlo akho ko­ku­nge­kho? Ngo­ba ku­za­ze­nze­la lo­ku­ze­nze­la izi­mpi­ko nje­ngo­kho­zi olu­pha­phe­la ema­zu­lwi­nih.

6 Unga­dli uku­dlai ko­le­li­hlo eli­bij, unga­fi­sik izi­bo­ndlo za­khelm.

7 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba eca­ba­ngi­le emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­khen, unja­lo. Uza­ku­thi: Dla­na una­the; ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ka­yi­la­weo.

8 Uce­zu olu­dli­le­yo uza­lu­hla­nzap, wo­ne ama­zwi akho amna­ndiq.

9 Unga­khu­lu­mi endle­be­ni zo­yi­si­thu­tha, ngo­ba uza­de­le­la inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­ma­zwi akhor.

10 Unga­tshe­di­si isi­kho­nkwa­ne esi­da­la so­mngce­le; unga­nge­ni ema­si­mi­ni ezi­nta­nda­nes;

11 ngo­ba uMhle­ngi wa­zo ula­ma­ndlat; ye­na uza­me­la uda­ba lwa­zo ku­weu.

12 Be­ka inhli­zi­yo ya­kho eku­fu­ndi­swe­ni, le­zi­ndle­be za­kho ema­zwi­ni olwa­ziv.

13 Unga­go­dle­li umntwa­naw isi­je­zi­sox; nxa umtsha­ya ngo­swa­zi ka­yi­ku­fay.

14 We­na uza­mtsha­ya ngo­swa­zi, ukhu­lu­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe esi­ho­gwe­niz.

15 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, uba inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ihla­ka­ni­phaa, inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iza­tho­ko­za, ye­bo eya­mib;

16 le­zi­nso za­mi zi­za­ja­bu­lac eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwe­nde­be za­kho izi­nto ezi­qo­ndi­le­yod.

17 Inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ka­yi­nga­ha­wu­ke­li izo­nie; ko­dwa ba­na ekwe­sa­be­ni iNko­si lo­nke usu­kuf.

18 Ngo­ba isi­bi­lig ku­kho­na umvu­zoh, lo­mli­nde­lo wa­kho ka­wu­yi­ku­qu­nywaij.

19 La­le­la we­na, ndo­da­na ya­mi, uhla­ka­ni­phek, uqo­ndi­sel inhli­zi­yo ya­kho endle­le­nim.

20 Unga­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­na­thi be­wa­yi­nino, pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­hwa­ba ze­nya­mapq.

21 Ngo­ba isi­da­kwar le­si­hwa­ba si­za­ku­ba ngu­mya­ngast, lo­ku­wo­ze­la ku­gqo­ki­sa ama­da­bu­da­buu.

22 La­le­la uyi­hlo owa­ku­za­la­yo, unga­mde­le­li unyo­ko ese­mda­lav.

23 The­nga iqi­ni­so, ungali­the­ngi­si; inhla­ka­ni­pho, le­mfu­ndi­so, lo­ku­qe­di­si­saw.

24 Uyi­se wo­lu­ngi­le­yo uza­tha­ba lo­ku­tha­ba; lo­za­la ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uza­tho­ko­za nga­yex.

25 Uyi­hlo lo­nyo­ko ka­ba­tho­ko­ze, lo­ku­ze­le­yo ka­tha­bey.

26 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, ngi­phe inhli­zi­yo ya­kho, la­me­hlo akho ka­wa­na­nze­le­le indle­la za­mi.

27 Ngo­ba iwu­le li­ngu­mgo­di otsho­na­yoz, lo­we­si­fa­za­na owe­mzi­nia ungu­mtho­mbo ongu­mci­ngob.

28 La­ye uca­tha­ma nje­ngo­mpha­ngi, andi­se aba­nga­the­mbe­ka­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntuc.

29 Ngu­ba­ni olo: Ma­ye? Ngu­ba­ni olo: Wo? Ngu­ba­ni ole­nka­ni? Ngu­ba­ni ole­si­li­lod? Ngu­ba­ni ola­ma­nxe­ba nge­zee? Ngu­ba­ni ola­me­hlo abo­mvuf?

30 Yi­la­bog aba­li­ba­la ewa­yi­ni­nih, yi­la­bo aba­ze­di­nga iwa­yi­ni eli­xu­tsha­ni­si­we­yoi.

31 Unga­kha­nge­li iwa­yi­ni, la­pho li­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa li­bo­mvu, nxa li­ni­ka umba­la wa­lo enko­mi­tshi­ni, li­ha­mba li­qo­ndi­lej.

32 E­ku­ci­nenik kwa­lo li­lu­ma nje­nge­nyo­kal, li­lu­me nje­nge­bu­lu­lum.

33 Ame­hlo akho aza­bo­na abe­si­fa­za­na be­mzi­nin, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho ikhu­lu­me izi­nto ezi­pha­mbe­ne­yoo.

34 Ye­bo, uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­la­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni yo­lwa­ndle, la­nje­ngo­la­la esi­hlo­kwe­ni se­nsi­ka yo­mkhu­mbip.

35 Ba­ngi­tsha­yi­leq, ka­ngi­zwa­ngar bu­hlu­ngu; ba­ngi­du­tshu­zi­les, ka­ngi­ku­na­nza­ngat. Ngi­za­vu­ka ni­ni? Ngi­phi­nde ngi­li­di­nge fu­thiu.

24Unga­bi la­mha­wu nga­ba­ntu aba­bia, unga­lo­yi­si uku­ba la­bob.

2 Ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­bo ice­ba udla­ke­lac, le­zi­nde­be za­bo zi­khu­lu­ma uhlu­phod.

3 Nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho indlu iya­khi­wae, la­ngo­ku­qe­di­si­sa iqi­ni­swef.

4 La­ngo­lwa­zi ama­ka­me­lo agcwa­li­swa nge­mpa­hla zo­nke ezi­li­gu­gu le­zi­mna­ndi.

5 Umu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ula­ma­ndla, lo­mu­ntu olo­lwa­zi uqi­ni­sa ama­ndlag.

6 Ngo­ba nge­ze­lu­le­ko ezi­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo unga­la­wu­la impi ya­khoh, lo­ku­khu­lu­lwa ku­se­bu­ne­ngi­ni ba­be­lu­le­kii.

7 Inhla­ka­ni­phoj enku­lu ipha­ke­me esi­wu­le­nik; esa­ngwe­ni ka­si­vu­li umlo­mo wa­sol.

8 Oce­ba ukwe­nza oku­bim, ba­za­mbi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­mni­ka­zi wa­ma­ce­bo ama­bin.

9 Umca­ba­ngo wo­bu­wu­la yi­so­no, le­si­de­le­li si­yi­si­ne­ngi­so emu­ntwi­nio.

10 Uba uzi­tshe­ngi­sa uxe­ga ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka, ama­ndla akho ma­nci­nya­ne1.

11 Bo­phu­le aba­si­wa eku­fe­nip, la­ba­ta­ta­li­ke­la eku­bu­la­we­ni, ku­nga­thi unga­ba­nqa­ndaq.

12 Uba usi­thi: Kha­nge­la be­si­nga­kwa­zir lo­khu; ohlo­la izi­nhli­zi­yo ye­na ka­yi­kuku­na­nze­le­la yi­nis? Olo­ndo­lo­za umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho ye­na ka­kwa­zit yi­ni? ngi­tsho ubu­yi­se­la emu­ntwi­ni nje­ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­kheu?

13 Dla­na ulu­ju, ndo­da­na ya­mi, ngo­ba lu­lu­ngi­lev, lo­hla­nga lo­lu­ju lu­mna­ndi elwa­nge­ni lwa­khow.

14 Lu­nja­lo ulwa­zi lwe­nhla­ka­ni­pho emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­khox; uba ulu­tho­la, ku­za­ku­ba lo­mvu­zoy, le­the­mba la­kho ka­li­yi­ku­qu­nywaz.

15 We­na okho­hla­ke­le­yo, unga­ca­tha­me­li umu­zi wo­lu­ngi­le­yo; unga­chi­thi inda­wo ya­khe yo­ku­phu­mu­laa.

16 Ngo­ba olu­ngi­le­yo uza­ku­wab ka­si­kho­mbi­sa, avu­kec fu­thi; ko­dwa aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yod ba­za­khu­be­ka ebu­bi­nie.

17 Unga­tho­ko­zi ngo­ku­wa kwe­si­tha sa­khof, le­ku­khu­be­ke­ni kwa­so inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ka­yi­nga­ja­bu­lig;

18 hle­zi iNko­si iku­bo­ne, ku­be ku­bi eme­hlwe­ni ayo, iphe­ndu­le ula­ka lwa­yo ilu­su­se ku­so.

19 Unga­zi­kha­tha­zi nge­nxa ya­be­nzi bo­bu­bih, unga­bi la­mha­wu nga­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yoi;

20 ngo­ba omu­bi ka­yi­ku­ba lo­mvu­zoj; isi­ba­ne sa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo si­za­ci­tshwak.

21 Ndo­da­na ya­mi, ye­sa­ba uJe­ho­va le­nko­si; unga­hla­nga­nye­li la­ba­gu­qu­gu­qu­ka­yol;

22 ngo­ba inci­tha­ka­lo ya­bo iza­vu­ka ma­si­nya­ne; nja­lo ngu­ba­ni owa­zi uku­chi­the­kam kwa­bo bo­ba­bi­lin?

Ama­nye ama­zwi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo

23 La­la nga­wa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo. Uku­na­ka ubu­so ku­sa­hlu­le­lo ka­ku­lu­nga­ngao.

24 Othi ko­kho­hla­ke­le­yo: We­na ulu­ngi­lep; aba­ntu ba­za­mqa­le­ki­sa, izi­zwe zi­za­mthu­ku­the­le­laq.

25 Ko­dwa ku­la­bo abamkhu­za­yo ku­za­ku­ba le­nto­ko­zo, le­si­bu­si­so esi­hle si­za­be­hle­la.

26 Ophe­ndu­la nga­ma­zwi aqo­ndi­le­yor uza­kwa­nga inde­be.

27 Lu­ngi­sa umse­be­nzi wa­kho nga­pha­ndle, uzi­lu­ngi­se­le­le wo­na ensi­mi­ni, emva kwa­lo­kho wa­khe indlu ya­khos.

28 Unga­bi ngu­mfa­ka­zi ume­le­ne lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho ku­nge­la­si­za­tho, ku­mbe ukho­hli­se nge­nde­be za­khot.

29 Unga­thi: Nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­khe ki­mi ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­ye; ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la emu­ntwi­ni nje­ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­kheu.

30 Nge­dlu­la ensi­mi­ni ye­vi­lav, le­si­vi­ni­ni so­mu­ntu oswe­le ingqo­ndow;

31 kha­nge­la-ke, ko­nke kwa­ku­mi­le ame­va, imba­ba­za­ne ya­yi­si­be­ke­le ubu­so ba­khox, lo­mtha­nga­la wa­kho wa­ma­tshe udi­li­ki­ley.

32 Mi­na-ke ngaku­kha­nge­la, ngaku­be­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi; ngaku­bo­na, nge­mu­ke­la imfu­ndi­soz.

33 Ubu­tho­ngo obu­nci­nya­ne, uku­wo­ze­la oku­nci­nya­ne, uku­so­nga iza­ndla oku­nci­nya­ne uku­thi ku­la­lwea,

34 be­se­bu­si­za ubu­ya­nga ba­kho nje­nge­si­ha­mbi, le­nswe­lo za­kho nje­ngo­mu­ntu ohlo­mi­le­yo.

Ezi­nye iza­ga zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

25La­le­zi yi­za­ga zi­ka­So­lo­mo­nia aba­ntu ba­ka­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da aba­zi­ko­pa­yob.

2 Ku­lu­du­mo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­fi­hla uda­bac, ko­dwa ku­lu­du­mo lwa­ma­kho­si uku­hlo­li­si­sa uda­bad.

3 Ama­zu­lu ngo­ku­pha­ka­ma, lo­mhla­ba ngo­ku­ju­la, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­ma­kho­si ka­ku­la­ku­hlo­li­si­swa.

4 Su­sae ama­nye­le esi­li­ve­ni, be­se­ku­phu­ma isi­tsha so­mnci­bi­li­ki­sif.

5 Su­sa okho­hla­ke­le­yo pha­mbi kwe­nko­sig, be­se­ku­qi­ni­swa isi­hla­lo sa­yo so­bu­kho­si ngo­ku­lu­ngah.

6 Unga­zi­qhe­nyi pha­mbi kwe­nko­si, nja­lo unge­mi enda­we­ni ye­zi­khu­lui;

7 ngo­ba ku­ngco­no ku­thi­we ku­we: Ye­nyu­ke­la nga­phaj, ku­lo­ku­thi we­hli­swe pha­mbi kwe­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla, ame­hlo akho asi­bo­ni­le­yok.

8 Unga­pha­ngi­si uku­phu­ma ukuya­phi­ki­sa­na, hle­zi we­nze ulu­tho eku­ci­ne­ni kwa­kho, la­pho uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho ese­ku­ya­ngi­si­lel.

9 Me­la uda­ba lwa­kho lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho, ko­dwa unga­ve­zi imfi­hlo yo­mu­nyem;

10 hle­zi oku­zwa­yo aku­ya­ngi­se, le­si­gco­no sa­kho si­nga­pha­mbu­kin.

11 Ili­zwi eli­khu­lu­nywe ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yoo linje­nga­ma-a­pu­la ego­li­dep ezi­tshe­ni ze­si­li­va ezi­ba­zi­we­yoq.

12 Iso­ngo le­go­li­der le­si­ce­ci­so se­go­li­de eli­hles ku­ngu­mkhu­zi ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yot endle­be­ni ezwa­you.

13 Isi­thu­nywa esi­the­mbe­ki­le­yo kwa­ba­si­thu­mi­le­yo si­nje­ngo­mqa­ndo we­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo ngo­su­ku lo­ku­vu­na, ngo­ba si­vu­se­le­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­ma­kho­si asov.

14 Umu­ntu ozi­qhe­nya nge­si­pho sa­ma­ngaw unje­nga­ma­ye­zi lo­mo­ya oku­nge­la­zu­lux.

15 Ngo­ku­be­ke­ze­layz umbu­si anga­vu­nyi­swaa, lo­li­mi olu­tha­mbi­le­yo lwe­phu­la itha­mbo.

16 Utho­li­le yi­ni ulu­ju? Dla­na okwe­ne­le we­nab, hle­zi ulu­dle ka­khu­lu, ulu­hla­nzec.

17 Unya­wo lwa­kho ka­lu­nga­va­mi endli­ni ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho, hle­zi aku­su­the aku­zo­nde.

18 Umu­ntu ofa­ka­za ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­ma­nga ngo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khed uyi­sa­gi­la le­nke­mbae lo­mtsho­ko obu­kha­lif.

19 Uku­the­mba onga­the­mbe­ka­nga ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kunje­nge­zi­nyo ele­phu­ki­le­yo, lo­nya­wo olwe­nye­le­yog.

20 Ohla­be­le­la izi­ngo­ma enhli­zi­ywe­ni eda­bu­ki­le­yoh unje­ngo­khu­pha ise­mba­tho ngo­su­ku lwa­ma­kha­zai, nje­nge­vi­ni­ga pha­ka­thi kwe­so­daj.

21 Uba oku­zo­nda­yo ela­mbi­le, umni­ke isi­nkwa adle, nja­lo uba omi­le, umni­ke ama­nzi ana­thek;

22 ngo­ba uza­be­ke­le­lal ama­la­hle omli­lo ekha­nda la­khe, le­Nko­si iza­ku­vu­zam.

23 Umo­ya we­nya­ka­tho ule­tha izu­lu, lo­li­mi lwe­mfi­hlo ubu­so obu­lo­la­kan.

24 Ku­ngco­no uku­hla­la engo­nsi­ni yo­pha­hlao ku­la­lo­we­si­fa­za­na we­zi­nka­ni le­ndli­ni yo­ku­hla­nga­nye­lap.

25 Umbi­ko omu­hle ove­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­naq unje­nga­ma­nzi aqa­nda­yo emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni owo­mi­le­yor.

26 Olu­ngi­le­yo oza­nya­za­nyi­swa­yo pha­mbi ko­kho­hla­ke­le­yos ungu­mtho­mbo odu­nge­ki­le­yo le­si­phe­thu eso­na­ke­le­yot.

27 Uku­dla ulu­ju olu­ne­ngi ka­ku­lu­nga­ngau; lo­ku­thi ba­di­nge udu­mo lwa­bo ka­ku­si­du­movw.

28 Umu­ntu onga­thi­nti umo­ya wa­khex unje­ngo­mu­zi ofo­hle­lwe­yo onge­la­mtha­nga­lay.

26Nje­nge­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo ehlo­bo la­nje­nge­zu­lu nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­vu­naa, ngo­ku­nja­lo udu­mob ka­lu­si­fa­ne­la­nga isi­thu­thac.

2 Nje­nge­nyo­ni eku­zu­la­zu­le­nid, nje­nge­nko­nja­ne eku­pha­phe­nie, ngo­ku­nja­lo isi­qa­le­ki­so ku­nge­la­si­za­tho ka­si­yi­ku­fi­kaf.

3 Isi­swe­pu nge­se­bhi­za, ito­mu nge­li­ka­ba­bhe­mig, lo­swa­zi ngo­lo­mhla­na we­zi­thu­thah.

4 Unga­phe­ndu­li isi­thu­tha ngo­ko­bu­thu­tha ba­so, hle­zi la­we ufa­na­ne la­soi.

5 Phe­ndu­la isi­thu­tha ngo­ko­bu­thu­tha ba­so, hle­zi si­be nge­si­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni asoj.

6 Othu­me­la ama­zwi nge­sa­ndla se­si­thu­tha, uqu­ma inya­wo, una­tha isi­hlu­kuk.

7 Imi­le­nze ye­si­qhu­li iya­le­nga­le­nga; si­nja­lo isa­ga emlo­nye­ni we­zi­thu­thal.

8 Nje­ngo­ku­bo­phe­la ili­tshe esa­vu­the­ni, unja­lo oni­ka udu­mo esi­thu­the­nim.

9 Nje­nga­me­va enyu­ka esa­ndle­ni se­si­da­kwan si­nja­lo isa­ga emlo­nye­ni we­zi­thu­thao.

10 Omkhu­lu owa­bu­mba ko­nkep uvu­za isi­thu­tha, avu­ze aba­dlu­la­yo.

11 Nje­nge­nja ebu­ye­la ema­hla­nzwe­ni ayoq ngo­ku­nja­lo isi­thu­tha si­phi­nda ubu­thu­tha ba­sor.

12 Uya­bo­na yi­ni umu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akhes? Ku­le­the­mba eli­khu­lu esi­thu­the­ni ku­la­yet.

13 Oli­vi­la uthiu: Ku­le­si­lwa­ne endle­le­ni; isi­lwa­ne si­se­zi­ta­la­de­niv.

14 Isi­va­lo si­phe­ndu­ka nga­ma­bha­nti aso, ngo­ku­nja­lo ivi­la embhe­de­ni wa­lo.

15 Ivi­la li­fi­hla isa­ndla sa­lo emga­nwi­ni, li­ya­vi­la­pha uku­si­bu­yi­se­la emlo­nye­ni wa­low.

16 Ivi­la li­hla­ka­ni­phi­le eme­hlwe­ni alox okwe­dlu­la aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­say aba­nga­phe­ndu­laz nge­nhla­ka­ni­phoa.

17 Odlu­la­yo enge­ne­la ingxa­ba­no enge­yi­si­yo eya­khe ungo­ba­mba indle­be ze­njab.

18 Nje­ngo­hla­nya olu­pho­sa izi­khu­ni ezi­vu­tha­yo, imi­tsho­ko, lo­ku­fa,

19 unja­lo umu­ntu okho­hli­sa uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, abe­se­si­thi: Ka­ngi­so­mi yi­ni?

20 Uba ku­nge­la­nku­ni umli­lo uya­ci­tsha; nja­lo uba ku­nge­la­ku­nye­ya, uku­xa­ba­na ku­ya­thu­lac.

21 Nje­nga­ma­la­hled ema­la­hle­ni avu­tha­yo, le­nku­ni emli­lwe­nie, unja­lo umu­ntu we­nka­ni ngo­wo­ku­ba­sa ingxa­ba­nof.

22 Ama­zwi onye­ya­yo anje­nge­zi­bo­ndlo eze­hle­la ko­ku­nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­sug.

23 Inde­be ezi­vu­tha­yo le­nhli­zi­yo embih ku­nga­ma­nye­le esi­li­vai ahu­qa ukha­mbaj.

24 Ozo­nda­yo uya­ze­nzi­sa nge­zi­nde­be za­khe, ko­dwa ufa­ka inko­hli­so nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khek.

25 La­pho ese­nza ili­zwi la­khe li­be nge­lo­mu­sa, unga­mkho­lwal, ngo­ba izi­ne­ngi­so ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zi­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khem.

26 Inzo­ndo isi­be­ke­lwa nge­nko­hli­so; ubu­bi ba­khe bu­za­kwe­mbu­lwan eba­ndle­nio.

27 Oge­bha­yo umgo­di uza­we­la ku­wop, lo­gi­qa ili­tshe, li­za­bu­ye­la ku­yeq.

28 Uli­mi lwa­ma­nga lu­zo­nda olu­ba­cho­bo­za­yo, lo­mlo­mo obu­tshe­le­zi use­be­nza inci­tha­ka­lo.

27Unga­zi­nco­mi ngo­su­ku lwa­ku­sa­saa, ngo­ba ka­wa­zi uku­thi usu­ku lu­za­za­la­nib.

2 Owe­mzi­ni ka­ku­du­mi­se, nja­lo ha­tshi umlo­mo wa­kho; owe­zi­zwe, nja­lo ha­tshi inde­be za­khoc.

3 Ili­tshe li­nzi­ma, le­tshe­be­tshe­be li­ya­si­nda, ko­dwa ula­ka lwe­si­thu­tha lu­nzi­ma ku­la­kho ko­ku­bi­lid.

4 Ula­ka lu­lo­lu­nya, le­ntu­ku­the­lo iyi­si­khu­khu­la; ko­dwa ngu­ba­ni onge­ma pha­mbi ko­mo­na?

5 Ku­ngco­no uku­khu­zwa ngo­ku­so­ba­la ku­lo­tha­ndo lwe­nsi­thae.

6 Ama­nxe­ba omnga­nef athe­mbe­ki­leg, ko­dwa ukwa­nga kwe­si­tha ku­ya­kho­hli­sa.

7 Umphe­fu­mu­lo osu­thi­yo unya­the­le­la pha­nsi uhla­nga lo­lu­juh, ko­dwa ku­mphe­fu­mu­lo ola­mbi­le­yo ko­nke oku­ba­ba­yo ku­mna­ndii.

8 Nje­nge­nyo­ni edu­ha isu­ka esi­dle­ke­ni sa­yo unja­lo umu­ntu odu­ha esu­ka enda­we­ni ya­khej.

9 Ama­fu­tha le­mpe­pha ku­tho­ko­zi­sa inhli­zi­yok; ku­nja­lo ubu­mna­ndi bo­mnga­ne wo­mu­ntu nge­nxa ye­se­lu­le­ko so­mphe­fu­mu­lol.

10 Unga­de­li umnga­ne wa­kho lo­mnga­ne ka­yi­hlom; nja­lo unga­nge­ni endli­ni yo­mfo­we­nu ngo­su­ku lwe­nci­tha­ka­lo ya­kho; ku­ngco­no uma­khe­lwa­ne ose­du­ze ku­lo­mfo­we­nu okha­tsha­nan.

11 Hla­ka­ni­pha, ndo­da­na ya­mio, utho­ko­zi­se inhli­zi­yo ya­mip, uku­ze ngi­be le­mpe­ndu­loq ko­ngi­so­la­yor.

12 Okha­li­phi­le­yo uya­bo­na ubu­bi aca­tshes, ko­dwa aba­nge­la­lwa­zi ba­ya­qhu­be­ka ba­je­zi­swet.

13 Tha­tha isi­gqo­ko so­yi­si­ba­mbi­so nge­nxa yo­we­mzi­ni, umtha­the­le isi­ba­mbi­so nge­nxa yo­we­si­fa­za­na we­zi­zweu.

14 Obu­si­sa umnga­ne wa­khe nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu evu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, ku­za­thi­wa yi­si­qa­le­ki­so ku­ye.

15 Uku­cho­phe­le­la ngo­su­ku lwe­zu­lu eli­qhu­be­ka­yo lo­we­si­fa­za­na oxa­ba­na­yo ku­ya­fa­na­nav.

16 Omfi­hla­yo ufi­hla umo­ya, la­ma­gco­bo ahla­nga­na le­sa­ndla sa­khe so­ku­ne­new.

17 Insi­mbi ilo­lwa nge­nsi­mbi; ngo­ku­nja­lo umu­ntu ulo­la ubu­so bo­mnga­ne wa­khe.

18 Olo­ndo­lo­za isi­hla­hla so­mkhi­wa uza­ku­dla isi­the­lo sa­so; lo­li­nda inko­si ya­khe uza­du­nyi­swax.

19 Nje­nge­ma­nzini ubu­so bu­se­bu­swe­ni, ngo­ku­nja­lo inhli­zi­yo yo­mu­ntu ise­mu­ntwi­ni.

20 Isi­ho­go le­nci­tha­ka­loy ka­ku­su­thiz, ngo­ku­nja­lo ame­hlo omu­ntua ka­wa­su­thi.

21 Imbi­za yo­ku­ce­nga nge­ye­si­li­va, le­si­tha­ndo nge­se­go­li­deb; ku­nja­lo umu­ntuc ngo­ko­ku­du­nyi­swa kwa­khed.

22 La­nxa ugi­ga isi­thu­thae ngo­mgi­gof engi­ge­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­ngqo­lo­yi, ubu­thu­tha ba­so ka­bu­yi­ku­su­ka ku­sog.

23 Ya­zi lo­kwa­zi isi­mo se­zi­mvu za­kho, be­ka inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ku­mi­hla­mbi ya­kho,

24 ngo­ba ino­tho ka­yi­si­ya­pha­ka­de; ku­mbe umqhe­le ube se­si­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni le­si­zu­ku­lwa­na yi­ni?

25 Utsha­ni bu­ya­su­swah, lo­hla­za lu­bo­na­ka­lei, ku­bu­thwe le­mi­bhi­da ye­zi­nta­baj.

26 Ama­wu­ndlu anga­we­zi­gqo­ko za­kho, le­zi­mpo­ngo zi­yi­nte­ngo ye­si­qi­ntik.

27 Ku­za­ku­ba lo­cha­go lwe­zi­mbu­zi olwa­ne­le uku­dla kwa­kho lo­ku­dla kwe­ndlu ya­kho le­mpi­lo ye­nce­ku­ka­zi za­khol.

28Aba­bi ba­ba­le­ka ku­nge­kho umzi­nge­li, ko­dwa aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­le­si­bi­ndi nje­nge­bho­ngo le­si­lwa­nea.

2 Nge­si­pha­mbe­ko se­si­zwe aba­bu­si ba­so ba­ne­ngib; ko­dwa ngo­mu­ntu olo­ku­qe­di­si­sa o­lo­lwa­zi uku­qo­nda kwa­so ku­ye­lu­lwac.

3 Umu­ntu ongu­mya­nga oci­nde­ze­la aba­ya­ngad uli­zu­lu eli­khu­khu­la­yo uku­ze ku­nga­bi lo­ku­dlae.

4 Aba­de­la umla­yo ba­du­mi­sa aba­bif, ko­dwa la­bo aba­gci­na umla­yo ba­lwa la­bog.

5 Aba­ntu aba­bi ka­ba­qe­di­si­si uku­lu­ngah, ko­dwa aba­di­nga iNko­si ba­qe­di­si­sa ko­nkei.

6 Ku­ngco­no umya­ngaj oha­mba ngo­bu­qo­tho ba­khekl ku­lo­pha­mbe­ne nge­zi­ndle­la la­nxa eno­thi­lem.

7 Ogci­na umla­yo uyi­ndo­da­na eqe­di­si­sa­yon, ko­dwa ozi­hla­nga­ni­sa le­zi­ga­ngi uya­ngi­sa uyi­seo.

8 Owa­ndi­sa ino­tho ya­khe nge­nza­lo la­nge­nzu­zop uyi­bu­the­laq olo­mu­sa ku­ba­ya­ngar.

9 Opha­mbu­la indle­be ya­khe eku­la­le­le­ni umla­yo, lo­mkhu­le­ko wa­khe uza­ku­ba yi­si­ne­ngi­sos.

10 Odu­hi­se­la aba­qo­tho endle­le­ni embi ye­na uza­we­la emgo­di­ni wa­khet, ko­dwa aba­qo­tho ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa lo­ku­hleu.

11 Indo­da eno­thi­le­yo ihla­ka­ni­phi­le eme­hlwe­ni ayo, ko­dwa umya­nga oqe­di­si­sa­yo uza­yi­hlo­lav.

12 La­pho aba­lu­ngi­le­yo be­tho­ko­za, ku­le­nka­zi­mu­lo enku­luw; ko­dwa nxa aba­bi be­pha­ka­max, umu­ntu uya­di­ngway.

13 Osi­be­ke­la izi­pha­mbe­ko za­khe ka­yi­ku­phu­me­le­laza, ko­dwa ozi­vu­ma­yob azi­tshi­ye, uza­ha­wu­ke­lwac.

14 Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntu owe­sa­bad nja­lo­nja­loe, ko­dwa owe­nza inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ibe lu­khu­ni uza­we­la ebu­bi­nif.

15 Umbu­si okho­hla­ke­le­yo phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu aba­nga­ba­ya­ngag uyi­si­lwa­ne esi­bho­nga­yoh le­bhe­re eli­zi­nge­la­yoi.

16 Umbu­si oswe­le uku­qe­di­si­saj ko­nke wa­ndi­sa le­nci­nde­ze­lok; ozo­nda inzu­zo embi uza­kwe­lu­la insu­kul.

17 Umu­ntu oci­nde­ze­lwe li­ga­zi lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo uza­ba­le­ke­la emgo­di­ni; ka­ba­nga­mse­ke­lim.

18 Oha­mban ngo­bu­qo­tho uza­si­ndi­swao, ko­dwa opha­mbe­ne nge­ndle­la ezi­mbi­li uza­hle awep.

19 Oli­ma umhla­ba wa­khe uza­su­tha uku­dlaq, ko­dwa ola­nde­la aba­yi­ze uza­su­tha ubu­ya­ngar.

20 Umu­ntu wo­the­mbe­ko lo­nke uza­va­ma nge­zi­bu­si­so, ko­dwa opha­ngi­sa uku­no­tha ka­yi­ku­ba msu­lwas.

21 Uku­hlo­ni­pha ubu­so ka­ku­lu­nga­ngat, ngo­ba umu­ntu uza­ko­na nge­nxa yo­ce­zu lwe­si­nkwau.

22 Opha­ngi­sav uku­no­thaw ungu­mu­ntu ole­li­hlo eli­bix, nja­lo enga­zi uku­thi ubu­ya­nga bu­za­me­hle­lay.

23 Okhu­za umu­ntu uza­tho­la umu­sa emu­vaz okwe­dlu­la okho­hli­sa­yo ngo­li­mia.

24 Opha­nga uyi­se ku­mbe uni­na, athi: Aku­si­so isi­pha­mbe­ko; ungu­mnga­neb wo­mchi­thic.

25 Onga­su­thi­se­ki­yode udu­nga ingxa­ba­nof, ko­dwa othe­mba eNko­si­ni uza­khu­lu­pha­li­swag.

26 Othe­mba enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe uyi­si­thu­tha, ko­dwa oha­mba nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho uza­khu­lu­lwah.

27 Opha umya­ngai ka­yi­ku­swe­laj, ko­dwa ofi­hla ame­hlo akhe uza­ku­ba le­zi­qa­le­ki­so ezi­ne­ngik.

28 Nxa aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo be­pha­ka­nyi­swal, umu­ntu uya­ca­tsham, ko­dwa nxa be­bhu­bha, aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­ya­nda.

29Umu­ntu othi ekhu­zwa ka­ne­ngia aqi­ni­se inta­mob, uza­hle ephu­lwe, nja­lo ku­nga­bi la­ku­si­li­swac.

2 La­pho aba­lu­ngi­le­yo be­sa­nda, aba­ntu ba­ya­tho­ko­zad, ko­dwa la­pho okho­hla­ke­le­yo ebu­sa, aba­ntu ba­ya­bu­bu­lae.

3 Umu­ntu otha­nda inhla­ka­ni­pho utho­ko­zi­sa uyi­sef, ko­dwa ohla­nga­nye­la la­ma­wu­legh uchi­tha ino­thoi.

4 Inko­si iqi­ni­sa ili­zwe nge­sa­hlu­le­lo, ko­dwa umu­ntu we­zi­pho uya­li­chi­thaj.

5 Umu­ntu ola­li­sa ngo­li­mi uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khek we­ndla­le­la izi­nya­wo za­khe imbu­lel.

6 Esi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni so­mu­ntu omu­bi ku­lo­mji­bi­lam, ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yon uya­me­me­za nge­nja­bu­lo etho­ko­zao.

7 Olu­ngi­le­yo uya­lwa­zi uda­ba lwa­ba­ya­ngap; okho­hla­ke­le­yo ka­na­nze­le­li ulwa­ziq.

8 Aba­ntu aba­de­le­la­yo ba­ya­wu­thu­nge­la umu­zi, ko­dwa aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­de­di­sa ula­kar.

9 Umu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ema­nga­le­la­na lo­mu­ntu oyi­si­thu­thas, lo­ba elo­la­ka, lo­ba ehle­kat, ka­ku­la­ku­thu­lau.

10 Aba­ntu abo­me­le iga­zi ba­zo­nda ophe­le­le­yo, ko­dwa aba­qo­tho ba­di­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khev.

11 Isi­thu­tha si­khu­pha umo­ya wa­so wo­nkew, ko­dwa ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo uya­wu­thi­bax.

12 Umbu­si ola­le­la ama­zwi ama­nga, zo­nke izi­nce­ku za­khe zi­kho­hla­ke­le.

13 Umya­nga lo­mu­ntu we­nci­nde­ze­lo ba­ya­hla­nga­nay; iNko­si ikha­nyi­sa ame­hlo abo bo­ba­bi­liz.

14 Inko­si eya­hlu­le­la aba­ya­nga ngo­the­mbe­koa, isi­hla­lo sa­yo so­bu­kho­si si­za­mi­swa pha­ka­deb.

15 Uswa­zi lo­ku­khu­za ku­ni­ka inhla­ka­ni­phoc, ko­dwa umntwa­na oye­ke­le­lwa­yod uthe­le­lae uni­na inhlo­nif.

16 La­pho aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo be­sa­nda, isi­pha­mbe­ko si­ya­nda, ko­dwa aba­lu­ngi­le­yog ba­za­bo­na uku­wa kwa­boh.

17 La­ya indo­da­na ya­kho, iza­ku­phu­mu­zaij; ye­bo, iza­ni­ka izi­nja­bu­lo emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­khok.

18 La­pho oku­nge­la­mbo­no kho­na, aba­ntu ba­be­nga­ba­mbe­kil; ko­dwa ubu­si­si­we ogci­na umla­yom.

19 Ince­ku ka­yi­la­ywa nga­ma­zwi; la­nxa iqe­di­si­sa, ka­yi­yi­ku­phe­ndu­lan.

20 Uya­mbo­na yi­ni umu­ntu opha­ngi­sa nga­ma­zwi akheo? Ku­le­the­mba eli­ngco­no esi­thu­the­ni ku­la­yep.

21 Oto­to­za ince­ku ya­khe ku­su­ke­la ebu­ntwa­ne­ni, eku­ci­ne­ni iza­ku­ba yi­ndo­da­na ku­yeq.

22 Umu­ntu olo­la­ka uba­nga uku­xa­ba­nar, lo­mu­ntu ovu­tha intu­ku­the­lo wa­ndi­sa isi­pha­mbe­kos.

23 Uku­zi­gqa­ja ko­mu­ntu ku­za­me­hli­sat, ko­dwa olo­mo­ya otho­be­ki­le­yo uza­ba­mba udu­mou.

24 Owa­be­la­na le­se­la uzo­nda umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khev; uzwa isi­qa­le­ki­sow, anga­khu­lu­mix.

25 Ukwe­sa­ba aba­ntu ku­le­tha umji­bi­lay, ko­dwa othe­mba eNko­si­ni uza­be­kwa phe­zu­lu evi­ke­le­ki­lez.

26 Aba­ne­ngi ba­di­nga ubu­so bo­mbu­sia, ko­dwa isa­hlu­le­lo sa­lo­wo la­lo­wo si­ve­la eNko­si­nib.

27 Umu­ntu onga­lu­nga­nga uyi­si­ne­ngi­so kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo, ko­dwa oqo­tho endle­le­ni uyi­si­ne­ngi­so ko­kho­hla­ke­le­yoc.

Ama­zwi kaA­gu­ri

30Ama­zwi kaA­gu­ri indo­da­na ka­Ja­ke umMa­saa. Umu­ntu wa­thi kuI­thi­ye­li, kuI­thi­ye­li loU­kha­lib:

2 Isi­bi­lic, ngi­yi­si­thu­tha ku­lo­mu­ntu, ka­ngi­la­ku­qe­di­si­sa ko­mu­ntud.

3 Ka­ngi­fu­nda­nga inhla­ka­ni­phoe, ka­ngi­lwa­zi ulwa­zi lwa­ba­ngcwe­lef.

4 Ngu­ba­ni owe­nyu­ke­la ema­zu­lwi­ni nja­lo we­hlag? Ngu­ba­ni oqo­qe wa­fu­mba­tha umo­ya eza­ndle­ni za­kheh? Ngu­ba­ni ogo­qe­le ama­nzi ese­mba­thwe­nii? Ngu­ba­ni omi­se yo­nke imi­kha­wu­lo yo­mhla­baj? Li­ngu­ba­ni ibi­zo la­khe, le­bi­zo le­ndo­da­na ya­khe li­ngu­ba­nik, uba usa­zil?

5 Lo­nke ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­cwe­nge­ki­lemn; uyi­si­hla­ngu kwa­ba­phe­phe­la ku­yeop.

6 Unge­nge­ze­le­li ema­zwi­ni akheq, hle­zi aku­khu­ze, utho­lwe ungu­mqa­mbi­ma­ngar.

Umkhu­le­ko kaA­gu­ri

7 Zi­mbi­li izi­nto engi­zi­ce­le ku­we; unga­ngi­go­dle­li zo­na ngi­nga­ka­fis.

8 Su­sa kha­tsha­na la­mi ize la­ma­zwi ama­nga; unga­ngi­phi ubu­ya­nga lo­ba ino­tho; ungi­phe uku­dla kwe­sa­be­lo sa­mi.

9 Hle­zi ngi­su­the, ngiku­phi­ke ngi­thi: Ngu­ba­ni iNko­si? Ku­mbe hle­zi ngi­be ngu­mya­nga, ngi­ntsho­ntshet, ngi­tha­the nge­ze ibi­zo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­miu.

10 Unga­hle­bi ince­ku enko­si­ni ya­yo, hle­zi iku­thu­kev, ube le­ca­law.

11 Ku­le­si­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­thu­ka uyi­se, esi­nga­bu­si­si uni­nax;

12 isi­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni aso, ko­dwa esi­nga­hla­nju­lu­lwa­nga engce­ke­ze­ni ya­soy;

13 isi­zu­ku­lwa­na ome­hlo aso apha­ke­me ka­nga­ka, le­nko­phe za­so zi­pha­ka­nyi­si­wez;

14 isi­zu­ku­lwa­na oma­zi­nyo aso zi­nke­mbaa, le­si­ma­zi­nyo aso omhla­thi zi­ngqa­mub, zo­ku­dla aba­ya­nga emhla­be­ni, la­ba­swe­la­yo eba­ntwi­nic.

15 Umkha­za ula­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­bi­li athi: Pha­na, pha­na; le­zi­zo­nta­thu ka­zi­su­thid; ezi­ne ka­zi­tsho uku­thi: Kwa­ne­lee.

16 Ingcwa­baf, le­si­za­lo esi­yi­nyu­mba, umhla­ba o­nga­su­thi ama­nzi, lo­mli­lo o­nga­thi: Kwa­ne­leg.

17 Ili­hlo e­li­klo­lo­de­la uyi­seh, le­li­de­le­lai uku­la­le­la uni­naj, ama­wa­ba­yi esi­ho­tshak aza­li­ko­po­la, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ma­nqe ba­za­li­dlal.

18 Le­zi­zi­nto ezi­nta­thum zi­yi­si­ma­nga­li­so esi­khu­lu ki­min, ye­bo, ezi­ne engi­nga­za­zi­yoo:

19 Indle­la yo­kho­zi ema­zu­lwi­ni, indle­la ye­nyo­ka edwa­le­ni, indle­la yo­mkhu­mbi enhli­zi­ywe­ni yo­lwa­ndle, le­ndle­la ye­ja­ha ento­mbi­ni.

20 Inja­lo indle­la yo­we­si­fa­za­na oli­wu­le; udla, esu­le umlo­mo wa­khe, athi: Ka­nge­nza­nga isi­pha­mbe­ko.

21 Nge­nxa ye­zi­nto ezi­nta­thup umhla­ba uya­za­ma­za­maq, ye­bo, nge­nxa ye­zi­ne o­nge­zi­thwa­ler:

22 Nge­nxa ye­si­gqi­li nxa si­bu­sas, le­si­thu­tha nxa si­su­thi uku­dlat,

23 nge­nxa ye­sa­li­wa­ka­ziu nxa se­ndi­lev, le­nce­ku­ka­zi nxa iyi­ndla­li­fa ye­nko­si­ka­zi ya­yo.

24 Le­zi ezi­ne zi­nge­zi­nci­nya­ne zo­mhla­ba, ka­nti zi­hla­ka­ni­phi­le ze­nzi­we zi­hla­ka­ni­phe:

25 Ubu­nyo­nyo bu­yi­si­zwe esi­nge­la­ma­ndlaw, ka­nti bu­lu­ngi­sa uku­dla kwa­bo ehlo­box.

26 Imbi­la zi­yi­si­zwe esi­nge­la­ma­ndlayz, ka­nti zi­mi­sa indlu ya­zo edwa­le­nia.

27 Inte­the ka­zi­la­nko­sib, ka­nti zo­nke zi­phu­ma ze­hlu­ke­ne nga­ma­vi­yoc.

28 Umba­nkwa uba­mbe­le­la nge­za­ndla ezi­mbi­li, nja­lo use­zi­go­dlwe­ni ze­nko­si.

29 Le­zi ezi­nta­thu zi­nya­the­la ku­hled, ye­bo, ezi­ne zi­ha­mba ku­hlee:

30 Isi­lwa­ne esi­la­ma­ndla pha­ka­thi kwe­nya­ma­za­naf, esi­nge­yi­ku­bu­ye­la emu­va nge­nxa yo­bu­so lo­ba ngo­bu­ka­ba­nig;

31 inja ebhi­nce okha­lwe­ni, ku­mbe impo­ngo; le­nko­si ile­vi­yo la­ma­bu­tho.

32 Uba ube yi­si­thu­tha ngo­ku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa, nja­lo uba uce­be oku­bih, be­ka isa­ndla emlo­nye­nii.

33 Ngo­ba uku­phe­hlwa ko­cha­go ku­ve­za iphe­hla, lo­ku­ci­nde­ze­lwa kwe­mpu­mu­lo ku­ve­za iga­zi, lo­ku­ci­nde­ze­lwa kwe­ntu­ku­the­lo ku­ve­za ingxa­ba­no.

Ize­lu­le­ko inko­si ezi­ni­kwa ngu­ni­na

31Ama­zwi ka­Le­mu­we­lia inko­si ye­Ma­sa, uni­na amfu­ndi­sa wo­nab.

2 Ini, ndo­da­na ya­mic! Ini-ke, ndo­da­na ye­si­za­lo sa­mide! Ini-ke, ndo­da­na ye­zi­the­mbi­so za­mifg!

3 Unga­ni­ki ama­ndla akho kwa­be­si­fa­za­nah, ku­mbe izi­ndle­la za­kho eku­bhu­bhi­se­ni ama­kho­sii.

4 Ka­ku­si­kwa­ma­kho­sij, Le­mu­we­lik, ka­ku­si­kwa­ma­kho­si uku­na­tha iwa­yi­nil, ku­mbe okwe­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla uku­lo­yi­sa oku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndlam.

5 Hle­zi ana­the, akho­hlwe isi­mi­so, agu­qu­le isa­hlu­le­lo sa­wo wo­nke ama­do­da­na enhlu­phe­ko.

6 Pha­na oku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndlan ko­bhu­bha­yo, le­wa­yi­ni kwa­ba­ba­ba­yo emphe­fu­mu­lwe­nio.

7 Ka­na­the, akho­hlwe ubu­ya­nga ba­khe, anga­be esa­khu­mbu­la usi­zi lwa­khe.

8 Vu­le­la isi­mu­ngu­lu umlo­mo wa­kho, uda­ba lwa­bo bo­nke aba­mi­se­lwe inci­tha­ka­lop.

9 Vu­la umlo­mo wa­kho, wa­hlu­le­le ngo­ku­lu­ngaq, ume­le ilu­nge­lors lo­mya­nga lo­swe­la­yot.

Umfa­zi olu­ngi­le­yo

10 Ngu­ba­ni onga­tho­lau umfa­zi okhu­the­la oku­lu­ngi­le­yov? Ngo­ba inte­ngo ya­khe iye­dlu­la ka­khu­lu ama­tshe ama­hlew.

11 Inhli­zi­yo yo­mka­khe ithe­mba ku­ye, uku­ze anga­swe­li impa­ngo.

12 Ume­nze­la oku­hle, ha­tshi oku­bi, insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khe.

13 Udi­nga ubo­ya be­zi­mvu le­fi­la­ki­si, ase­be­nze nge­nja­bu­lo ye­za­ndla za­khex.

14 Ufa­na­na le­mi­khu­mbi yo­mthe­ngi­si; ule­tha uku­dla kwa­khe ku­ve­la kha­tsha­na.

15 Uvu­ka ku­se­se­bu­su­kuy, ani­ke indlu ya­khe uku­dlaz, le­sa­be­lo ku­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi za­khea.

16 Ana­ka­ne nge­nsi­mu ayi­zu­ze; nge­si­the­lo se­za­ndla za­khe ahla­nye­le ivi­nib.

17 Uya­bhi­nca ukha­lo lwa­khec nga­ma­ndla, aqi­ni­se inga­lo za­khed.

18 Uya­na­nze­le­la uku­thi uku­the­ngi­sa kwa­khe ku­hle; isi­ba­ne sa­khe ka­si­ci­tshi ebu­su­kue.

19 We­lu­le­la iza­ndla za­khe ku­lu­thi lo­ku­pho­tha, le­za­ndla za­khe zi­ba­mbe isi­go­do esi­le­zi­nta­mbof.

20 We­lu­le­la umya­ngag isa­ndla sa­kheh, elu­le­le iza­ndla za­khe ko­swe­la­yoi.

21 Ke­sa­bi ili­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo nge­nxa ya­be­ndlu ya­khe, ngo­ba bo­nke abe­ndlu ya­khe ba­gqo­ki­swe oku­bo­mvuj.

22 Uze­nze­la ize­mbe­sok; isi­gqo­ko sa­khe si­li­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yol le­li­yi­bu­be­ndem.

23 Umka­khen uya­zi­wa ema­sa­ngwe­nio, la­pho ehle­zi la­ba­da­la be­li­zwep.

24 We­nza ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lu, ali­the­ngi­seq; ani­ke umthe­ngi ibha­ntir.

25 Ama­ndla lo­du­mo ku­yi­si­gqo­ko sa­khes; uya­hle­ka ma­ye­la­na lo­su­ku olu­la­nde­la­yot.

26 Uvu­la umlo­mo wa­khe nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho; le­mfu­ndi­so yo­mu­sa ise­li­mi­ni lwa­khe.

27 Uqa­phe­la inha­mbo zo­mu­zi wa­khe; ka­dli isi­nkwa so­bu­vi­la.

28 Aba­ntwa­na ba­khe ba­ya­vu­ka ba­thi ubu­si­si­we, lo­mka­khe la­ye uya­mdu­mi­sa:

29 Ma­ne­ngi ama­do­da­ka­zi enze nge­nku­tha­lo, ko­dwa we­na we­nyu­ki­le phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nkeu.

30 Ubu­hle bu­yi­nko­hli­so, lo­ku­bu­ke­ka ku­yi­ze; owe­si­fa­za­na owe­sa­ba iNko­si ye­na uza­du­nyi­swav.

31 Mni­ke­ni oku­ve­la esi­the­lwe­ni se­za­ndla za­khe, le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­khe ka­yi­mdu­mi­se ema­sa­ngwe­ni.