Proverbs 2

Umvuzo wenhlakanipho

1Ndodana yami, uba usemukela amazwi ami a, ugcine kuwe imilayo yami b , c, 2ukuthi wenze indlebe yakho ilalele inhlakanipho, uthobise inhliziyo yakho ekuqedisiseni d, 3yebo, uba ukhalela ukuqedisisa, ukhuphele ilizwi lakho ekuzwisiseni e, 4uba ukudinga njengesiliva f, ukuphenye njengezimpahla eziligugu ezifihliweyo g, 5khona uzaqedisisa ukuyesaba iNkosi, uthole ulwazi lukaNkulunkulu h. 6Ngoba iNkosi inika inhlakanipho; ulwazi lokuqedisisa kuvela emlonyeni wayo i. 7Iyababekela j abaqotho inhlakanipho eqotho k; iyisihlangu kubo l abahamba ngokuqonda m, 8ukugcina indlela zesahlulelo n; izalondoloza indlela zabangcwele bayo o. 9Khona uzaqedisisa p ukulunga, lesahlulelo, lokuqonda q; yonke indlela elungileyo r. 10Lapho inhlakanipho izangena enhliziyweni yakho, lolwazi lube mnandi emphefumulweni wakho; 11ingqondo s izakugcina, ukuqedisisa kukulondoloze t; 12ukukophula endleleni embi, emuntwini okhuluma izinto eziphambeneyo u; 13abatshiya indlela zobuqotho, ukuze bahambe ngendlela zobumnyama v; 14abathokoza ngokwenza okubi w, bejabula ekuphambukeni komubi x; 15abandlela zabo ziphambene y, begobile emikhondweni yabo z; 16ukukophula aa kowesifazana wemzini ab, kowezizwe ac , ad okhohlisa ngamazwi akhe ae; 17otshiya umngane wobutsha bakhe, ekhohlwa isivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu wakhe af; 18ngoba indlu yakhe itshonela ekufeni ag, lemikhondo yakhe ah emimoyeni efileyo ai. 19Bonke abangena kuye kabayikubuya, njalo kabayikufinyelela endleleni zempilo. 20Ukuze uhambe endleleni yabalungileyo, ugcine imikhondo yamalungisa. 21Ngoba abaqotho bazahlala elizweni, labapheleleyo basale kulo aj; 22kodwa abakhohlakeleyo bazaqunywa basuswe elizweni ak, labaphambekayo badatshulwe basuswe kulo al.

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