IzAga 3 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Izaga 3

¹ Ndodana yami, ungakhohlwa umthetho wami; kepha inhliziyo yakho mayigcine imiyalo yami.

² Ngoba iyakwenezela kuwe ubude bezinsuku, nokuphila, nokuthula.

³ Ungaphelelwa umusa nokuthembeka; zibophe entanyeni yakho; kulobe esibhebheni senhliziyo yakho.

⁴ Kanjalo uyakufumana umusa nengqondo enhle emehlweni kaNkulunkulu nakubantu.

⁵ Thembela kuJehova ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho; futhi ungenciki kokwakho ukuqonda.

⁶ Mazi kuzo zonke izindlela zakho, futhi uyokwenza izindlela zakho ziqonde.

⁷ Ungabi ngohlakaniphileyo emehlweni akho; yesaba uJehova, udede ebubini.

⁸ Kuyakuba nempilo enkabeni yakho nomnkantsha wamathambo akho.

⁹ Dumisa uJehova ngempahla yakho nangolibo lwazo zonke izithelo zakho.

¹⁰ Ngakho iziphala zakho ziyakugcwala ngokuchichimayo, nezikhamo zakho zewayini zichichime ngewayini.

¹¹ Ndodana yami, ungadeleli ukulaya kukaJehova; ungadinwa ukusola kwakhe.

¹² Ngokuba uJehova uyamlaya amthandayo; njengoyise indodana athokoza ngayo.

¹³ Uyajabula umuntu othola ukuhlakanipha, nomuntu ozuza ukuqonda.

¹⁴ Ngokuba ukuthengiswa kwawo kuhle kunokuthengiswa kwesiliva, nenzuzo yalo kunegolide elihle.

¹⁵ Uyigugu ngaphezu kwamarubi, nakho konke ongakufisa akunakukufanisa nabo.

¹⁶ Ubude bezinsuku busesandleni sabo sokunene; nasesandleni sakhe sokhohlo ingcebo nodumo.

¹⁷ Izindlela zabo ziyizindlela zenjabulo, futhi zonke izindlela zabo ziwukuthula.

¹⁸ Kungumuthi wokuphila kwabakubambayo, babusisiwe bonke abakubambayo.

¹⁹ UJehova wawusekela umhlaba ngokuhlakanipha; ngesizathu walimisa izulu.

²⁰ Ngokwazi kwakhe utwa lwabhodlozwa, namafu aphephula amazolo.

²¹ Ndodana yami, ungazivumeli zisuke ebusweni bakho; gcina ukuhlakanipha okuhle neseluleko.

²² Kuyakuba-ngukuphila emphefumulweni wakho, nomusa entanyeni yakho.

²³ Khona-ke uyakuhamba endleleni yakho ngokulondeka, unyawo lwakho lungakhubeki.

²⁴ Lapho ulala, ungesabi; yebo, uyolala, futhi ubuthongo bakho buyoba mnandi.

²⁵ Ungakwesabi ukwesaba okuzumayo, nokubhujiswa kwababi lapho kufika.

²⁶ Ngokuba uJehova uyakuba yithemba lakho, agcine unyawo lwakho ekubanjweni.

²⁷ Ungagodleli okuhle kulabo okubafanele, uma kusemandleni esandla sakho ukwenza kanjalo.

²⁸ Ungasho kumakhelwane wakho ukuthi: ‘Hamba ubuye, kusasa ngizakukunika; uma unayo nawe.

²⁹ Ungaceli okubi ngomakhelwane wakho, ngokuba uhlala nawe elondekile.

³⁰ Ungaxabani nomuntu ngaphandle kwesizathu uma engonangalanga.

³¹ Ungamhawukeli umcindezeli, ungakhethi enye yezindlela zakhe.

³² Ngoba omubi uyisinengiso kuJehova, kodwa imfihlo yakhe ikulabo abalungileyo.

³³ Isiqalekiso sikaJehova sisendlini yomubi, kepha uyayibusisa indawo yokuhlala yabalungileyo.

³⁴ Impela uyabahleka abaklolodayo, kepha abathobekile ubapha umusa.

³⁵ Abahlakaniphileyo bayakudla ifa lodumo, kepha iziwula ziyihlazo.