16 Kutfukutsela kwesilima kusheshe kubonakale; kodvwa umuntfu lohlakaniphile uyayitsalalisela inhlamba.
Silima siyafa sibulawe tinhlungu tekutfukutsela kwaso, nemona uyababulala labanengcondvo yebuntfwana.
Inzondo ibanga kucabana; kodvwa lutsandvo lusibekela tonkhe tono.
Fakazi lowetsembekile ukhuluma bufakazi lobuliciniso; kodvwa fakazi lonemanga wandzisa emanga.
Inhlitiyo yemuntfu lonekucondza ilikhaya lenhlakanipho; kodvwa ayatiwa enhlitiyweni yetilima.
Kuhlakanipha kungumtfombo wekuphila kulabo labanako; kodvwa kubulima kwetama kufundzisa silima.
Umuntfu lotsetselelako angaphindziseli uhlumelelisa lutsandvo; kodvwa lolibala kukhuluma ngaleyo ndzaba wehlukanisa ngisho bangani labetsembene.
Umuntfu lowehluleka kutibamba ufanana nelidolobha lelibhidlikelwe tindvonga talo.
Litje limatima, nesihlabatsi siyasindza, ungeke ukwetfwale; kodvwa kucansulwa silima kukwengca konkhe.
Silima siyabonakalisa nase sitfukutsele; kodvwa lohlakaniphile uyatibamba angatibonakalisi.
Bazalwane bami labatsandzekako, khumbulani naku: Ngulowo nalowo muntfu akasheshe kuva, ephute kukhuluma, ephute nekutfukutsela;