IzAga 31 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

Amazwi kaLemuweli

¹ Amazwi kaLemuweli, inkosi yaseMasa, awafundiswa ngunina.

² “Yini, ndodana yami, yini, ndodana yesizalo sami, yini, ndodana yezithembiso zami, na?

³ Unganiki abesifazane amandla akho, nezindlela zakho kwababhubhisa amakhosi.

⁴ “Akusikho okwamakhosi, Lemuweli, akusikho okwamakhosi ukuphuza iwayini, nokwababusi ukufisa uphuzo olunamandla,

⁵ funa baphuze, bakhohlwe izimiso, baguqule ukwahlulelwa kwabantwana bokuhlupheka.

⁶ Mnike obhubhayo uphuzo olunamandla nomunyu enhliziyweni iwayini.

⁷ Makaphuze akhohlwe ubumpofu bakhe, angabe esakhumbula usizi lwakhe.

⁸ “Sivulele isimungulu umlomo wakho, umele bonke abantwana abayizintandane.

⁹ Vula umlomo wakho, wahlulele ngokulunga, umele abahluphekayo nabampofu.”

Ukudunyiswa kowesifazane okhutheleyo

¹⁰ Ngubani ongathola umfazi okhutheleyo na? Ngokuba inani lakhe lidlula kakhulu amarubi.*

¹¹ Inhliziyo yendoda yakhe iyethemba kuye; ayiyikuswela inzuzo.

¹² Uyayenzela okuhle, kungabi ngokubi, zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe.

¹³ Ufuna uboya bezimvu nefilakisi;* usebenza ngezandla ezivumayo.

¹⁴ Unjengemikhumbi yabathengi; ulanda kude ukudla kwakhe.

¹⁵ Uyavuka kuse sebusuku, aphe abendlu yakhe ukudla namantombazana akhe imisebenzi yawo.

¹⁶ Ucabanga ngensimu, ayithenge; ngesithelo sezandla zakhe utshala isivini,

¹⁷ Uyabhinca okhalweni amandla; uyaqinisa izingalo zakhe.

¹⁸ Uyabona ukuthi ukuphatha kwakhe kunenzuzo; isibani sakhe asicimeki nasebusuku.

¹⁹ Uyabeka izandla zakhe othini lokuphotha izintambo, neminwe yakhe ibamba insimbi.

²⁰ Ohluphekayo uyamvulela isandla sakhe, yebo, uzelulela abampofu izandla zakhe.

²¹ Akesatshiswa ngabendlu yakhe ngungqoqwane; ngokuba bonke abendlu yakhe bembathiswa okubomvu.

²² Uyazenzela izindwangu ezimbozayo; izambatho zakhe ziyilineni elicolekileyo nokububende.

²³ Indoda yakhe iyaziwa emasangweni, lapho ihlezi namalunga ezwe.

²⁴ Wenza izingubo zelineni, athengise ngazo, anikele kubathengi amabhande.*

²⁵ Amandla nesithunzi kungukwembatha kwakhe; uhleka usuku oluzayo.

²⁶ Uyawuvula umlomo wakhe ngokuhlakanipha, nomthetho womusa usolimini lwakhe.

²⁷ Uyaqaphela okwenziwayo endlini yakhe, akadli isinkwa sobuvila.

²⁸ Abantwana bakhe bayasukuma, bambusise; nendoda yakhe iyamdumisa ngokuthi:

²⁹ “Baningi abafazi abakhutheleyo, kepha wena ubadlula bonke.”

³⁰ Ubuhle buyinkohliso, nokubukeka kuyize, kepha owesifazane owesaba uJehova uyakudunyiswa.

³¹ Muphe ezithelweni zezandla zakhe, izenzo zakhe zimdumise emasangweni.