1 “Hayi kambe umntu, intw' ezelwe ngumfazi!Mifutshane imihla yakhe; izele ziinkathazo.
2 Uvela njengentyatyambo, akhawuleze abune;uthi tshe oku kwesithunzi, aphel' emehlweni.
3 Uthi onjalo ke ungamgqala,ude ume naye enkundleni umgwebe?
4 Ngaba ukhona na ongakhupha into ehlambulukileyo kwengahlambulukanga?Unotshe, akukho namnye!
5 Kaloku imihla yakhe seyimisiwe,nenani leenyanga zakhe liyaziwa nguwe;kananjalo ke ummisele umda angenakuwutsiba.
6 Somyeka, ungabi samjonga,akhe aphumle njengomqeshwa ogqibe umsebenzi wemini.
7 “Umthi xa ugawuliwe lisekhona ithemba ngawo;awunakufa kuphele, usenokubuya uhlume amagqabi.
8 Noba ingakhula ibe ndala ingcambu yawo emhlabeninesiphunzi sawo sife apho simile khona,
9 uthi nje ukuba ukhe wasezela ukunyepha kwamanzi,utsho uhlume, uvelise amasebe njengegatyana lomthi.
10 Ukanti ke yena umntu uyafa, iphel' intw' ibithethwa.Ewe, uyafa aphel' emehlweni.
11 Njengokuba amanzi echibi ephela, namanzi omlambo esitsha ome;
12 nomntu ke unjalo, ulala phantsi angabuyi avuke.Ibe ke soze aphinde avuke,okanye ashukunyiswe kobo buthongo bakhe,ade amazulu angabi sabikho.
13 “Akwaba ubungandifihla kwelo labafileyoide ithothe ingqumbo yakho,uze ke undimisele ixesha oya kundikhumbula ngalo.
14 Ukuba ngaba ke umntu ufile, angabuya aphile?Xa kunjalo ngendilinda yonke imihla yokubulaleka kwam,lide lifike ixesha lokukhululeka kwam.
15 Ngewundibiza, ndisabele ke mna,kuba wena ukulangazelela ukubona umsebenzi wezandla zakho.
16 Ngewuzibala izinyathelo zam,ungaziqwalaseli noko iziphoso zam.
17 Zonke izikreqo zam ziya kuvalelwa engxoweni,ubugqume ubugwenxa bam.
18-19 Kodwa wena uyalitshitshisa ithemba lomntu,oku kweentaba ezidilikayo zivuthuluke,oku kwamawa asunduziweyo angabi sabakho,nditsho oku kwamanzi awadlayo amatye,okwezandyondyo zemvula eziwukhukulisayo umhlaba.
20 Umntu umvikiva kube kanye, angabi sabikho;uguqula ubuso bakhe, umgxothe.
21 Oonyana bakhe noba sebewongekile, akaqondi yena;ukanti akaboni naxa sebehlazeka.
22 Kaloku into emdlayo yintlungu yesiqu sakhe,abe ezililela yena buqu.”