1 Amazwi kaLemuweli, inkosi yaseMasa, awafundiswa ngunina.
2 “Yini, ndodana yami,yini, ndodana yesizalo sami,yini, ndodana yezithembiso zami, na?
3 Unganiki abesifazane amandla akho,nezindlela zakho kwababhubhisa amakhosi.
4 “Akusikho okwamakhosi, Lemuweli,akusikho okwamakhosi ukuphuza iwayini,nokwababusi ukufisa uphuzo olunamandla,
5 funa baphuze, bakhohlwe izimiso,baguqule ukwahlulelwa kwabantwana bokuhlupheka.
6 Mnike obhubhayo uphuzo olunamandlanomunyu enhliziyweni iwayini.
7 Makaphuze akhohlwe ubumpofu bakhe,angabe esakhumbula usizi lwakhe.
8 “Sivulele isimungulu umlomo wakho,umele bonke abantwana abayizintandane.
9 Vula umlomo wakho,wahlulele ngokulunga,umele abahluphekayo nabampofu.”
10 Ngubani ongathola umfazi okhutheleyo na?Ngokuba inani lakhe lidlula kakhulu amarubi.*
11 Inhliziyo yendoda yakhe iyethemba kuye;ayiyikuswela inzuzo.
12 Uyayenzela okuhle, kungabi ngokubi,zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe.
13 Ufuna uboya bezimvu nefilakisi;*usebenza ngezandla ezivumayo.
14 Unjengemikhumbi yabathengi;ulanda kude ukudla kwakhe.
15 Uyavuka kuse sebusuku,aphe abendlu yakhe ukudlanamantombazana akhe imisebenzi yawo.
16 Ucabanga ngensimu, ayithenge;ngesithelo sezandla zakhe utshala isivini,
17 Uyabhinca okhalweni amandla;uyaqinisa izingalo zakhe.
18 Uyabona ukuthi ukuphatha kwakhe kunenzuzo;isibani sakhe asicimeki nasebusuku.
19 Uyabeka izandla zakhe othini lokuphotha izintambo,neminwe yakhe ibamba insimbi.
20 Ohluphekayo uyamvulela isandla sakhe,yebo, uzelulela abampofu izandla zakhe.
21 Akesatshiswa ngabendlu yakhe ngungqoqwane;ngokuba bonke abendlu yakhe bembathiswa okubomvu.
22 Uyazenzela izindwangu ezimbozayo;izambatho zakhe ziyilineni elicolekileyo nokububende.
23 Indoda yakhe iyaziwa emasangweni,lapho ihlezi namalunga ezwe.
24 Wenza izingubo zelineni,athengise ngazo,anikele kubathengi amabhande.*
25 Amandla nesithunzi kungukwembatha kwakhe;uhleka usuku oluzayo.
26 Uyawuvula umlomo wakhe ngokuhlakanipha,nomthetho womusa usolimini lwakhe.
27 Uyaqaphela okwenziwayo endlini yakhe,akadli isinkwa sobuvila.
28 Abantwana bakhe bayasukuma, bambusise;nendoda yakhe iyamdumisa ngokuthi:
29 “Baningi abafazi abakhutheleyo,kepha wena ubadlula bonke.”
30 Ubuhle buyinkohliso,nokubukeka kuyize,kepha owesifazane owesaba uJehova uyakudunyiswa.
31 Muphe ezithelweni zezandla zakhe,izenzo zakhe zimdumise emasangweni.