1 Wayesethatha uSofari waseNahama, wathi:
2 “Awayikuphendulwa amazwi amaningi kangaka na?Umuntu oliphoshophosho angathethelelwa na?
3 Ukugavuza kwakho kuthulisa abantu na?Nalapho ukloloda,akakho ongakuhlaza na?
4 Ngokuba uthi:‘Ukufundisa kwami kulungile;ngimhlophe emehlweni akho.’
5 Sengathi uNkulunkulu angakhuluma,akuvulele izindebe zakhe,
6 akwazise izimfihlakalo zokuhlakanipha,ngokuba ukuqonda kwakhe kuninginingi,uze wazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu,ukuba kube kuhle kuwe,wenza ukuba ikhohlakale inxenye yecala lakho.
7 “Ungathola imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu na?Ungamfumana uSomandla kuze kube sekupheleleni kwakhe na?
8 Kuphakeme njengezulu -- ungenzani na?Kujulile kunendawo yabafileyo -- ungazini na?
9 Isilinganiso sakho side kunomhlaba,sibanzi kunolwandle.
10 Uma edlula, avalele,abizele ekwahluleleni,ngubani ongamkhalima na?
11 Ngokuba uyabazi abantu ababi;lapho ebona ukona, akayikukunaka na?
12 Umuntu oyize uyakuba nengqondo,nxa ithole lembongolo yasendle lizalwa libe ngumuntu.
13 “Uma ulungisa inhliziyo yakho,welulele izandla zakho kuye;
14 uma udedisele kude ukona okusesandleni sakho,ungahlalisi ububi ematendeni akho,
15 khona uyakuphakamisa ubuso bakho ungenamahloni,uqine, ungesabi.
16 Ngokuba uyakukhohlwa ukuhlupheka kwakho,ukukhumbule kunjengamanzi adlulileyo.
17 Ukuphila kwakho kuyakusa kunemini;noma kuhlwa, kuyakuba njengokusa nje.
18 Uyakuba nokwethemba,ngokuba ithemba likhona;uyakuphendla,ulale ngokulondeka.
19 Uyakulala, ungethuswa muntu;abaningi bayakuzincengela kuwe.
20 Kepha amehlo ababi ayakufiphala;abayikuba nandawo yokuphephela;ithemba labo liyakuba ngukuphuma komphefumulo.”