Proverbs 2— 2020

¹Ndodana yami, uma ulalela amazwi ami, ugcine imithetho yami,

²wenze indlebe yakho ilalele ukuhlakanipha, nenhliziyo yakho ithambekele ekuqondeni;

³uma ukhala ngokuhlaziya, ulizwakalisa izwi lakho ngokuqonda;

⁴uma ukufuna njengesiliva ukufunisisa njengengcebo efihliweyo,

⁵khona uyakuqonda ukuthi kuyini ukumesaba uSimakade, uthole ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu.

⁶Ngokuba uSimakade uyokupha ukuhlakanipha, emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma ukwazi nokuqonda.

⁷Uyabela abaqotho impumelelo, uyisihlangu salabo abahamba ngokwethembeka.

⁸Uyabavikela labo abahamba ngokwendlela yezahlulelo zakhe,

⁹khona uyoqonda ukulunga, nokwehlulela neqiniso, nezindlela zonke ezinhle.

¹⁰Ngokuba ukuhlakanipha kuyongena enhliziyweni yakho, ukwazi kuthokozise umphefumulo wakho.

¹¹Amasu ayakukuvikela, ukuqonda kukugcine.

¹²Ukuhlakanipha kuyokophula endleleni yokubi, nakulabo abakhuluma okuphambene,

¹³abadela izindlela zobuqotho, bahambe ebumnyameni.

¹⁴Abathokozela ukwenza okubi, bakikizelele okuphambeneyo,

¹⁵abandlela zabo zigwegwile, nemikhondo yabo imazombezombe.

¹⁶Lokhu kuyokusindisa kowesifazane ondindayo, nakowezizwe omazwi akhe ayashelela,

¹⁷oshiya isithandwa sobusha bakhe, akhohlwe yisivumelwano noNkulunkulu wakhe.

¹⁸Ngokuba indlu yakhe iholela ekufeni, nezindlela zakhe emathunzini.

¹⁹Bonke abazisondeza kuye ababuyi, abafinyeleli emikhondweni yokuphila,

²⁰ukuze bahambe ezindleleni zabahle, bagcine izindlela zabalungileyo,

²¹ngokuba abaqotho bayakuhlala ezweni, abamsulwa basale kulo.

²²Kepha izikhohlakali ziyakunqunywa ezweni, nabangethembekile bayosishulwa kulo.