1 “Umuntu ozelwe ngowesifazaneimihla yakhe mifushane,igcwele ukuyaluza.
2 Uyavela njengembali, abune;ubaleka njengethunzi, angemi.
3 Konje uvulela onjalo amehlo akho,ungingenise ekwahluleweni nawe, na?
4 Ngubani ongaveza okuhlambulukileyo kukhookungcolileyo na?Kakho noyedwa.
5 Uma imihla yakhe inqunyiwe,umumo wezinsuku zakhe ukuwe,ubekile umkhawulo wakhe,aze angadluli,
6 ungambheki, aphumule,ukuze athokoze ngosuku lwakhe njengomqashwa.
7 “Ngokuba kukhona ithemba emthini:uma unqunywa, ungabuye uhlume,nehlumela lawo aliyikuphela.