IzAga 7

¹Ndodana yami, gcina amazwi ami, uzibekelele imiyalo yami.

²Gcina imiyalo yami, uphile, nomthetho wami njengenhlamvu yeso lakho.

³Yibophe eminweni yakho, uyilobe esibhebheni senhliziyo yakho.

⁴Yisho kukho ukuhlakanipha: “Ungudadewethu,” ubize ukuqonda ngokuthi owazana nawe,

⁵ukuze bakugcine kowesifazane ondindayo, kumfokazi owenza bushelezi amazwi akhe.

⁶Ngokuba efasiteleni lendlu yami ngalunguza eheleni lami,

⁷ngabheka phakathi kwabangenalwazi, ngabona phakathi kwabasha insizwa engenakuqonda,

⁸edlula esitaladini eduze negumbi lakhe. iya endleleni yendlu yakhe,

⁹sekuhwelela kusihlwa, esigayegayeni sobusuku nobumnyama.

¹⁰Bheka, isihlangabezwa ngowesifazane; izingubo zakhe zingezesifebe, enobuqili enhliziyweni.

¹¹Uyanyakaza engenakuthula; izinyawo zakhe azihlali endlini yakhe;

¹²manje usemigwaqweni, nangu usezigcawini, uqamekela emagumbini onke.

¹³Useyayibamba, uyayanga; uthwala amehlo, uthi kuyo:

¹⁴“Imihlatshelo yeminikelo yokuthula yayingifanele; namuhla sengigcwalisile izithembiso zami.

¹⁵Ngalokho ngiphumile ukukuhlangabeza ukuba ngifunisise ubuso bakho; sengikutholile.

¹⁶Ngendlele umbhede wami ngezindwangu zokumboza, nelineni elinemishwe laseGibithe.

¹⁷Ngifafazile umbhede wami ngemure, nangomhlaba, nangokinamona.

¹⁸Woza sizanelise ngothando kuze kuse, sijabule ngokuthandana.

¹⁹Ngokuba indoda yami ayikho ekhaya; ihambile uhambo olude;

²⁰yaphatha isikhwama semali ngesandla sayo; iyakubuyela ekhaya ngosuku lokuhlangana kwenyanga.”

²¹Uyamphambukisa ngamazwi akhe amaningi amahle; ngokuthopha kwezindebe zakhe uyamyenga.

²²Uyamlandela masinyane njengenkabi iya ekuhlatshweni nanjengamaketanga ehlela isiboshwa esiyisiwula,

²³umcibisholo uze uhlabe isibindi sakhe njengenyoni isheshela ogibeni, ingazi ukuthi lubekelwe ukuphila kwayo.

²⁴Ngalokho, bantwana, ngizweni, nilalele amazwi omlomo wami.

²⁵Inhliziyo yakho mayingaphambukeli ezindleleni zakhe, ungahambi emikhondweni yakhe.

²⁶Ngokuba uwisile phansi abaningi abalimeleyo; ababuleweyo bakhe bayisixuku esikhulu.

²⁷Indlu yakhe iyindlela eya endawemi yabafileyo, yehlela emakamelweni okufa.