¹ Amazwi kaLemuweli, inkosi yaseMasa, awafundiswa ngunina. ² Yini, ndodana yami , yini, ndodana yesizalo sami , yini, ndodana yezithembiso zami, na? ³ Unganiki a besifazane 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 ngokulung a, 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 ukudl a 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 zak he 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.