Proverbs 7
1 Ndodana yami, gcina amazwi ami, uzilondele imiyalelo yami.
2 Gcina imiyalelo yami, uphile, nemfundiso yami, njengenhlamvu yeso lakho.
3 Kubophele eminweni yakho, ukulobe esibhebheni senhliziyo yakho.
4 Yisho kukho ukuhlakanipha uthi: “Wena ungudadewethu,” ubize ukuqonda, ukubize ngokuthi yisihlobo sakho,
5 ukuze kukuvikele kowesifazane ondindayo, nakowezizwe onamazwi athophayo.
6 Ngisefasiteleni lendlu yami, ngalunguza ngekhethini lami,
7 ngabona phakathi kwabangenalwazi, ngabona phakathi kwabasha insizwa engenakuqonda,
8 idlula emgwaqweni eduze negumbi lakhe, ibheke ngasendlini yakhe;
9 kwasekuhwelela kusihlwa, esigayegayeni sobusuku nobumnyama.
10 Bheka, owesifazane wamhlangabeza egqokise okwesifebe, ezembozile.
11 Uyaphishaphisheka akanakuthula; izinyawo zakhe azivumi ukuhlala endlini yakhe,
12 manje usesemigwaqweni, nanguya esesezigcawini, uyacutha emajikeni wonke.
13 Uyayibamba, uyayiqabula, engenamahloni, uthi kuyo:
14 “Namuhla ngiyenzile iminikelo yokuthula; ngazigcwalisa izithembiso zami.
15 Ngakho-ke ngiphumile ngizokuhlangabeza, ngizofuna ubuso bakho, manje sengikutholile.
16 Umbhede wami wendlalwe ngezindwangu zokwemboza, nelineni laseGibhithe elinemishu.
17 Umbhede wami ngiwufafaze ngemure, ngenhlaba nangekinamona.
18 Woza sizanelise ngothando kuze kuse; sijabule ngokuthandana.
19 Indoda yami ayikho ekhaya; ithathe uhambo olude.
20 Ithathe isikhwama semali ngesandla; iyoze ibuye ekhaya ngokudilingana kwenyanga.”
21 Uyiphambukisa ngamazwi akhe amaningi ahehayo; uyiyenga ngokuthopha kwezindebe zakhe.
22 Iyamlandela masinyane njengenkabi iya ekuhlatshweni nanjengenyamazane ingena esihibeni;
23 uze umcibisholo uhlabe esibindini sayo; isheshela ogibeni njengenyoni, ingazi ukuthi lubekelwe ukuphila kwayo.
24 Ngakho-ke bantwana, ngizweni, nilalele amazwi aphuma emlonyeni wami.
25 Inhliziyo yakho mayingaphambukeli ezindleleni zakhe, ungahambi emikhondweni yakhe.
26 Ubawisile abaningi, bafa; ubulele izindimbane.
27 Indlu yakhe iyindlela eqonde endaweni yabafileyo, eyehlela emakamelweni okufa.