17 Akubon' ukuba uyazithetha ezo ndawo, badaniswa bonke abachasene naye; zathi zonke izihlwele zavuya ngazo zonke izinto ezizukileyo ezenziwa nguye.
18 Wayesithi ke, Bufana nantoni na ubukumkani bukaThixo? Ndiya kubufanisa nantoni na?
19 Bufana nokhozo lwemostade, awaluthabathayo umntu, waluphosa emyezweni wakhe; lwahluma lwaba ngumthi omkhulu, zathi iintaka zezulu zahlala emasebeni awo.
20 Wabuya wathi, Ndiya kubufanisa nantoni na ubukumkani bukaThixo?
21 Bufana negwele, awalithabathayo umfazi, walifihla ezilinganisweni zozithathu zomgubo, wada wabiliswa uphela.
22 Waye ecanda kwimizi ngemizi, nemizana, efundisa, esinga eYerusalem.
23 Ke kaloku wathi othile kuye, Nkosi, bambalwa na abo basindiswayo?