UYobhi 24

¹Yini na ukuba kungabekwa maxesha nguSomandla? Yini na ukuba abamaziyo bangaziboni iimini zakhe?

²Kushenxiswa imilimandlela; Kuphangwa imihlambi, yaluswe.

³Kuqhutywa kumkiwe ne-esile lenkedama, Kubanjiswe ngenkomo yomhlolokazi.

⁴Kugilwa amahlwempu endleleni, Bazimele ndawonye abaziintsizana belizwe.

⁵Khangela, njengamaesile asendle entlango, Baphuma ngomsebenzi wabo, befuna kwakusasa into yokudla; Inkqantosi sisonka sabantwana kubo.

⁶Esisimini bavuna ukutya kwabo, Babhikice esidiliyeni songendawo.

⁷Balala ze bengenangubo, Abananto yokuzigubungela engqeleni,

⁸Bayanetha sisiphango seentaba; Bancathama ngeliwa, bengenandawo yakuzimela.

⁹Kuhluthwa ebeleni iinkedama, Koniwe abaziintsizana.

¹⁰Bahamba ze, bengenangubo; Bathwala izithungu, belambile.

¹¹Phakathi kweendonga zabaya bakhama ioli, Baxovula ezixovulelweni zewayini, benxaniwe noko.

¹²Emizini kugula amadoda, Nomphefumlo wabangxwelerhiweyo uyakhala; Kanti uThixo akathi bubuhilihili.

¹³Ngabo abo bagwilika ekukhanyeni; Abanakwazana neendlela zako, Abahlali ezingqushwini zako.

¹⁴Kusathi qhiphu ukusa, kuvuka isihange, Sibulale iintsizana namahlwempu; Ebusuku sibe njengesela.

¹⁵Iliso lomkrexezi ligcine ungcwalazi; Uthi, Akukho liso liya kundalama, Anxibe isigqubuthelo ebusweni.

¹⁶Bagqobhoza izindlu emnyameni; Emini bayazivalela, Abazani nokukhanya.

¹⁷Ngokuba ubumnyama obuthe shinyi bukukuza kokusa kubo bonke; Ngokuba bazana nokhwankqiso lobumnyama obuthe shinyi.

¹⁸Bayakhawuleza phezu kwamanzi; Sitshabhisiwe isabelo sabo ehlabathini; Abasasingi endleleni yesidiliya.

¹⁹Amanzi ekhephu ahluthwa ngumqwebedu nakukubalela; Aboni bahluthwa lelabafileyo.

²⁰Sibalibele isizalo; iimpethu ziyabamunya, Ababi sakhunjulwa; Baphulwe ke njengomthi ubugqwetha.

²¹Bamphanga kakubi oludlolo, ongazalanga; Abangamenzelanga okulungileyo umhlolokazi.

²²Wolula imihla yeembalasane ngamandla akhe, Ziphakame bezise zibuncamile ubomi.

²³Uzinika inkoloseko, zayame, Amehlo akhe abe phezu kweendlela zazo,

²⁴Ziphakame: kube mzuzwana zingabikho. Zithe ngqu, zibuthiwe njengabanye bonke, Zinqanyulwe njengesikhwebu sengqolowa.

²⁵Ukuba kanti akunjalo, ngubani na owondenza othetha amanga, Akwenze into engento ukuthetha kwam?