18 Kodwana koke okuphuma ngemlonyeni kuvela ehliziyweni, ngilokho-ke okusilaphaza umuntu.
Emehlwenaso sizitjhaya khulu kobana singabona icala laso besilizonde.
Iimbhena zolungileko ziyakwazi okufaneleko, kodwana umlomo weenkhohlakali wazi okuphambeneko.
Ilimu labahlakaniphileko liphakamisa ilwazi, kodwana umlomo weendlhadlha uphuphuma ubudlhadlha.
Ihliziyo yolungileko ihlolisisa iimpendulo zayo, kodwana umlomo wabakhohlakeleko uphafuza ubumbi.
Kikho koke okulondako, yelusa khulu ihliziywakho, ngombana imuthombo wokuphila.
Isibhidlamnyanya esonakaleko sikhamba sikhuluma ikohliso,
Nina nzalo yeenyoka ndina, yini ehle eningayikhuluma nanikhohlakele kangaka? Ngambala okuvinyilika ekuphuphumeni kwehliziyo, umlomo ukukhuphela ngaphandle.
Akusikho okungena ngemlonyeni okusilaphaza umuntu; kodwana ngilokho okuphuma ngaphakathi kwakhe.”
Anazi bonyana nanyana yini okungena ngemlonyeni womuntu kuya ngesiswini, kubuye kuphume emzimbeni na?
Waraga wathi: “Okuphuma ngemuntwini ngikho okumenza abe ‘ngosilapheleko’.
Wathi kilo, ‘Ngizokugweba ngamagamakho wena khoboka elikhohlakeleko ndina. Angithi bewazi bonyana ngimumuntu olikhuni, ngithatha engingakakubeki, ngivune engingakakutjali?
Angithi ikulumo yabadala ithi, ‘Ziinkhohlakali zodwa ezenza ubukhohlakali’? Yeke mina angeze ngambeka isandla ubaba.