IzAga 27 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Izaga 27

¹ Ungazibongi ngekusasa; ngoba awazi ukuthi usuku luzolethani.

² Umuntu makakudumise, kungabi owakho umlomo; umfokazi hhayi izindebe zakho.

³ Itshe linzima nesihlabathi; kepha ulaka lwesiwula lunzima kunazo zombili.

⁴ Ukuthukuthela kuyisihluku, nolaka lulunya; kodwa ngubani ongema phambi komhawu?

⁵ Ukusolwa obala kungcono kunothando oluyimfihlo.

⁶ Athembekile amanxeba omngane; kepha ukwanga kwesitha kuyinkohliso.

⁷ Ogcwele umphefumulo wenyanya ikhekheba lezinyosi; kodwa emphefumulweni olambileyo konke okubabayo kumnandi.

⁸ Njengenyoni ezulazula esidlekeni sayo, unjalo umuntu oduka endaweni yakhe.

⁹ Amafutha nempepho kujabulisa inhliziyo, kanjalo ubumnandi bomngane womuntu kanye neseluleko esiqotho.

¹⁰ Ungamlahli umngane wakho nomngane kayihlo; ungangeni endlini yomfowenu ngosuku lwenhlekelele yakho, ngokuba umakhelwane oseduze ungcono kunomfowenu okude.

¹¹ Ndodana yami, hlakanipha, wenze inhliziyo yami ijabule, ukuze ngiphendule ongithukayo.

¹² Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo ubona okubi, akufihle; kodwa abangenalwazi baya phambili futhi bayajeziswa.

¹³ Thatha ingubo yakhe oyisibambiso somfokazi, uthathe kuye isibambiso ngowesifazane wezizwe.

¹⁴ Obusisa umngane wakhe ngezwi elikhulu, avuke ekuseni kakhulu, kuyakuthiwa isiqalekiso kuye.

¹⁵ Iconsi eliqhubekayo ngosuku lwemvula enkulu nowesifazane oxabanayo kuyafana.

¹⁶ Lowo omfihlayo ufihla umoya lamafutha esandla sakhe sokunene azikhaphelayo.

¹⁷ Insimbi ilola insimbi; kanjalo umuntu ulola ubuso bomngane wakhe.

¹⁸ Ogcina umkhiwane uyakudla isithelo sawo; kanjalo uyakudunyiswa olindela inkosi yakhe.

¹⁹ Njengoba ubuso emanzini buphendula ubuso, injalo inhliziyo yomuntu kumuntu.

²⁰ Indawo yabafileyo nokubhujiswa akugcwali; kanjalo amehlo omuntu awasuthi.

²¹ Njengekhanzi ngesiliva, nesithando ngegolide; unjalo umuntu ekudunyisweni kwakhe.

²² Ngisho noma uhlahlela isiwula odakeni phakathi kukakolweni ngokuhlatshwa, ubuwula baso abuyikusuka kuso.

²³ Khuthalela ukwazi isimo somhlambi wakho, uzinakekele kahle izinkomo zakho.

²⁴ Ngokuba ingcebo ayihlali phakade, nomqhele ungahlala ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane na?

²⁵ Kuvela utshani, kubonakale utshani obuthambile, nemifino yasezintabeni iyabuthwa.

²⁶ Amawundlu ayizingubo zakho, nezimbuzi ziyintengo yensimu.

²⁷ Kumelwe ube nobisi lwezimbuzi olwanele ukudla kwakho, nokudla kwendlu yakho nokondla izincekukazi zakho.