¹ Ungazigabisi ngolwakusasa, ngokuba awukwazi okungavela ngosuku. ² Makakudumise omunye , kungabi ngumlomo wakho , kube ngumfokazi , kungabi yizindebe zakho. ³ Itshe liyasinda nesihlabathi sinzima , kepha ukukhathaza kwesiwula kuyasinda kunakho kokubili. ⁴ Ulaka lulunya nentukuthelo iyi sikhukhula, kepha ngubani ongema phambi komhawu na? ⁵ Ukusola okusobala kungcono kunothando olufihliweyo. ⁶ Amanxeba othandayo athembekile, kepha ukwanga kwesitha kuyachichima. ⁷ Umphefumulo osuthiyo uyanengwa yizinyosi , kepha emphefumulweni olambileyo konke okubabayo kumnandi. ⁸ Njengenyoni esuka ibaleka esidlekeni sayo, unjalo umuntu obalekele indawo yakhe. ⁹ Amafutha nempepho kuyathokozisa inhliziyo ; bunjalo ubumnandi bomuntu ngokululeka ngenhliziyo. ¹⁰ Ungashiyi umngane wakho nomngane kayihlo , ungangeni endl ini yomfowenu ngosuku lwengozi yakho ; ungcono umakhelwane oseduze kunomfowenu okude. ¹¹ Ndodana yami, hlakanipha, uthokozise inhliziyo yam i ukuba ngiphendule ongisolayo. ¹² Oqondileyo uyabona ububi , acashe, kepha abangenalwazi badlula nje , bahlupheke ngakho. ¹³ Thatha ingubo yoyisibambiso somfokazi, umbambe abe yisibambiso omela abezizwe. ¹⁴ Obusisa umngane wakhe ngezwi elikhulu , evuka ekuseni , kuyakubalelwa kuye ukuthi kuyisiqalekiso. ¹⁵ Ukuconsa okunganqamukiyo ngosuku lwemvul a nowesifazane oxabanayo kuyafana. ¹⁶ Omvimbela yena uvimbela umoya ; isandla sakhe sokunene sihlangana namafutha nje. ¹⁷ Insimbi ilola insimbi, nomuntu ubuso bomunye. ¹⁸ Olonda umkhiwane uyakudla izithelo zawo , nolinda inkosi yakhe uyakudunyiswa. ¹⁹ Njengasemanzini ubuso bubhekana nobuso , injalo inhliziyo yomuntu kumuntu. ²⁰ Indawo yabafileyo nokubhubha akusuthi, namehlo omuntu awasuthi. ²¹ Ukhamba lokuncibilikisela lungolwesiliva , nesithando ngesegolide , nomuntu unjengodumo lwakhe. ²² Noma ugqula isiwula ngembokodwe etsheni lokusila phakathi komqhazulo, ubuwula baso abuyikusuka kuso. ²³ Yazi nokwazi ukuma kwezimvu zakho , ubeke inhliziyo yakho emihlambini yakho. ²⁴ Ngokuba ingcebo ayiyikuhlala kuze kube phakade ; umqhele uyahlala izizukulwane ngezizukulwane na? ²⁵ Lapho utshani bumuka, nohlaza lubonakala, nemifino yezintaba ibuthwa, ²⁶ kukhona izimvu zokuba wembathe , nezimpongo ukuba zibe yintengo yomhlaba. ²⁷ Kuyakuba khona ubisi lwezimbuz i olwanele ukudla kwakho nokudla kwendlu yakho, nokuphila kwamantombazana akho.