23 Umuntfu lotibambako kuko konkhe lakushoko uyatiphephisa etinhluphekweni.
Simakadze, beka umlindzi emlonyeni wami; ungeluse, ngingakhulumi lutfo ngemawala.
Kukhuluma lokunyenti kubanga kona, ngako umuntfu lohlakaniphile uyawabamba emavi akhe.
Umuntfu ubanjwa tinkhulumo takhe letimbi; kodvwa lolungile uyasindza enhluphekweni.
Umuntfu lobamba lulwimi lwakhe ulondvolota kuphila kwakhe; yebo, umuntfu lokhulumela futsi ulandza kuhlupheka.
Bantfu labalungile bahamba ngendlela lekugegako lokubi, ngekwenta loko basuke baphephisa timphilo tabo.
Lulwimi lunemandla ekuphila newekufa; labo labatsandza kulusebentisa bayakudla titselo talo.
Umuntfu locabanga kutsi uyakholwa, abe angalubophi lulwimi lwakhe, uyatikhohlisa enhlitiyweni yakhe, nekukholwa kwalowo muntfu kulite.