1 Iwayini ngumgxeki; utywala yingxolo;umntu ohexiswa bubo akanabo ubulumko.
2 Ukumkani xa enomsindo nqwa nengonyama enengcwangu egragramayo;umntu omcaphukisayo ubeka ubomi bakhe emngciphekweni.
3 Umntu onesidima uyasicezela isiphithi-phithi;kanti ke sona isiyatha siyathanda ukuphemba uqhushululu.
4 Ivila alilimi ngexesha lokulima;ngoko ke ngexesha lokuvuna liyafuna lingazuzi nto.
5 Iingcinga zomntu zifana nequla elinzulu;ke yena umntu oqiqayo ukha ulutho kuzo.
6 Baninzi abantu abazincoma ukunyaniseka;kodwa ke ungamzuza phi umntu othembekileyo?
7 Umntu olilunga uphila ubomi obungenabala;bayathamsanqeleka abantwana bakhe abamlandelayo.
8 Ukumkani ohleli kwisihlalo sokugwebauhluza ububi bonke ngamehlo akhe.
9 Ngubani ongatshoyo athi:“Intliziyo yam ihlambulukile;ndinyulu, ndaye ndingenasono”?
10 Amatye okuveyisha anobuqhetseba nezilinganiso ezinegobe,zombini ezo zinto uyazicekisa uNdikhoyo.
11 Nditsho kwaumntwana waziwa ngokuziphatha kwakhe –zizinto azenzayo ezixela ukusulungeka nokuthi ngqo kwesimilo sakhe.
12 Indlebe evayo neliso elibonayo,zombini ezo zinto zenziwe nguNdikhoyo.
13 Sukuzinikela ebuthongweni hleze ube lihlwempu!Umntu ophaphamileyo akasweli kutya.
14 “Hayi bo, ayilunganga kwaphela,” utsho othengayo,kodwa asuke emke alilisele ngesisulu asifumeneyo!
15 Ikho igolide, ngokunjalo namatye amaninzi axabisekileyo;kanti ke eyona nto ixabisekileyo kukuthetha ulwazi.
16 Zithathe iimpahla zomntu omele ityala londwendwe;ewe, bambisa ngazo, kuba umele umntu wasemzini.
17 Ukutya okufunyenwe ngobuqhetseba kuhla kamnandi,kanti ke kamva kusuka kulumeze okomlomo ozele yintlabathi.
18 Xa ufuna ukuphumelela qokelela amacebo;ewe, cwangcisa uqokelele amacebo phambi kokuba uqhwaye imfazwe.
19 Umntu onolwimi uyawadiza amahlebo,ngoko ke sukudlelana nabantu abathetha gqitha.
20 Umntu othuka uyise noninaubomi bakhe busuka buthi pam njengesibane esicime kwisithoko-thoko sobumnyama.
21 Ilifa lisenokuzuzwa buphuthu-phuthu ekuqaleni,kodwa ekugqibeleni alingekhe likuzisele amathamsanqa.
22 Musa ukuthi: “Ndiya kuziphindezela ngenxa yobu bugwenxa.”Yekela kuNdikhoyo ibe nguye okuhlangulayo.
23 UNdikhoyo uyawacekisa amatye okulinganisa abunzima bungafaniyo;isikali sobuqhetseba asilunganga.
24 Umntu akanako ukuyiqonda indlela ayihambayo,kuba amabakala obomi bakhe axhomekeke kuNdikhoyo.
25 Kufana nomgibe emntwini xa enikezele ngento kuNdikhoyo buphuthu-phuthu,aze kamva acinge ngenye indlela ngezibhambathiso zakhe.
26 Ukumkani olumkileyo uyabahluza abantu abakhohlakeleyo,abanyhashe oku kwevili lokubhula.
27 Isazela somntu sisibane sikaNdikhoyo;ngaso uphicotha konke okufihlakeleyo ngaphakathi emntwini.
28 Ukumkani ukhuselwa kukunyaniseka nenceba;isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi sixhaswa bububele.
29 Isihomo samadoda amatsha ngamandla awo;kanti ke sona isithozela samadod' amakhulu zizimvi.
30 Imivumbo neenduma zahlukanisa umntu nobubi;ukubethwa kuhlambulula ububi obungaphakathi emntwini.