IzAga 7 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Izaga 7

¹ Ndodana yami, gcina amazwi ami, ugcine imiyalo yami kuwe.

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

³ Kubophe eminweni yakho, ukulobe esibhebheni senhliziyo yakho.

⁴ Yisho ekuhlakanipheni ukuthi: ‘Ungudadewethu; futhi ubize ukuqonda ngokuthi isihlobo sakho.

⁵ Ukuze zikuvikele kowesifazana ongaziwayo, kowemzini othophayo ngamazwi akhe.

⁶ Ngokuba efasiteleni lendlu yami ngalunguza ohlakeni lwami,

⁷ Bheka, phakathi kwabangenalwazi ngabona phakathi kwabasha insizwa engenangqondo.

⁸ Dlula esigcawini eduze negumbi lakhe; wahamba waya endlini yakhe.

⁹ Kuhwalala, kusihlwa, kumnyama kumnyama;

¹⁰ Bheka, kwamhlangabeza owesifazane, embethe isifebe, enobuqili enhliziyweni;

¹¹ (Ulukhuni, unenkani, izinyawo zakhe azihlali endlini yakhe;

¹² Manje ungaphandle, manje usezitaladini, futhi uqamba amanga futhi ucupha emamagumbini onke.)

¹³ Ngakho wambamba, wamanga, wathi kuye ngobuso obunamahloni:

¹⁴ Nginemihlatshelo yokubonga kanye nami; namuhla ngigcwalise izifungo zami.

¹⁵ Ngalokho ngaphuma ukukuhlangabeza, ngabudinga ubuso bakho, ngakuthola;

¹⁶ Umbhede wami ngawuhlobisa ngezindwangu ezibaziweyo, ngelineni elicolekileyo laseGibithe.

¹⁷ Ngawufaka amakha umbhede wami ngemure, inhlaba nesinamoni.

¹⁸ Wozani sisuthiseke ngothando kuze kuse; asiziduduze ngothando.

¹⁹ Ngenxa yokuthi indoda enhle ayikho ekhaya, inohambo olude endleleni yayo.

²⁰ Wathatha isikhwama semali wahamba naye futhi uzobuyela ekhaya ngosuku olumisiwe.

²¹ Ngenkulumo yakhe enhle kakhulu wamenza wanengwa, ngokuthopha kwezindebe zakhe wamphoqa.

²² Ugijima masinyane emva kwakhe njengenkabi iyiswa ekuhlatshweni, nanjengesiwula ukuqondisa izinduku;

²³ Umcibisholo uze ungene esibindini sakhe; njengenyoni igijimela ogibeni, ingazi ukuthi kungenxa yomphefumulo wayo.

²⁴ Manje, bantwana, ngilaleleni, nilalele amazwi omlomo wami.

²⁵ Inhliziyo yakho mayingantengantenga ngezindlela zakhe, ungaduki emikhondweni yakhe.

²⁶ Ngokuba waphonsa phansi abaningi abalimele, yebo, amadoda amaningi anamandla abulawa nguye.

²⁷ Indlu yakhe iyindlela eya endaweni yabafileyo, eyehlela emakamelweni okufa.