Pro 22 | Ndebele | STEP | Ibizo elihle likhethekile kulenotho enengi; isisa esihle kulesiliva njalo kulegolide .

f27:12, 14:16

g27:12, 14:16

h 21:11

i 21:20; Hlab 112:3

j 15:19; Jobe 5:5

k 21:23, 24:12; 1 Joha 5:18

r 19:17; Luka 14:13,14

s Gen 21:9,10; Hlab 101:5

w21:12, 11:3

ac28:22, 21:5

ad4:20, 5:1

ak Zek 7:10; Eks 23:6

al Jobe 5:4; Hlab 94:5

am Jobe 31:21; Hlab 127:5

an 23:11; Hlab 12:5, 35:10, 68:5, 140:12; 1 Sam 24:15

ao Mal 3:8,9

ap 1:17, 18:9, 23:2, 24:8, 29:22; Gen 37:19

aw29:20, 26:12

ax Isa 16:5; Ezra 7:6

ay 25:6; 1 Kho 10:8

‏ Proverbs 22

1 Ibizo elihle ^a likhethekile kulenotho enengi; isisa esihle kulesiliva njalo kulegolide ^b.

2 Onothileyo lomyanga bayahlangana ^c; iNkosi ^d yabenza bonke ^e.

3 Ohlakaniphileyo ubona ububi acatshe ^f, kodwa abangelalwazi bayaqhubeka ^g babesebejeziswa ^h.

4 Umvuzo wokuthobeka lokwesaba iNkosi kuyinotho lodumo lempilo ⁱ.

5 Ameva lemijibila kusendleleni yabaphambeneyo ^j; ogcina umphefumulo wakhe uzakuba khatshana labo ^k.

6 Fundisa umntwana endleleni angahamba ngayo; ngitsho esemdala kayikuphambuka kuyo ^l.

7 Onothileyo ubusa abayanga, lomeboleki uyisigqili somebolekisi.

8 Ohlanyela ^m ukonakala ⁿ uzavuna ukuhlupheka ^o, lentonga yolaka lwakhe izaphela ^p.

9 Olelihlo elilokuhle yena uzabusiswa ^q, ngoba unikile okwesinkwa sakhe kumyanga ^r.

10 Xotsha isideleli, kuzaphuma lenkani ^s, yebo, ingxabano lehlazo kuzaphela ^t.

11 Othanda ukuhlanzeka kwenhliziyo ^u, ngenxa yesisa sendebe zakhe, inkosi ingumgane wakhe ^v.

12 Amehlo eNkosi alondoloza ulwazi, kodwa izachitha amazwi abangathembekanga ^w.

13 Ivila lithi: Kulesilwane ngaphandle; ngizabulawa phakathi kwezitalada ^x.

14 Umlomo wabesifazana bemzini ^y ungumgodi otshonayo ^z; lowo iNkosi emthukutheleleyo uzawela khona ^aa.

15 Ubuthutha bubotshelwe enhliziyweni yomntwana; uswazi lokuqondisa luzabususela khatshana laye ^ab.

16 Ocindezela umyanga ukwandisa alakho, opha onothileyo, isibili uzakuba ngoswelayo ^ac.

Amazwi abahlakaniphileyo

17 Beka indlebe yakho ^ad, uzwe amazwi abahlakaniphileyo ^ae, umise inhliziyo yakho elwazini lami ^af. 18 Ngoba kumnandi uba uwalondoloza emibilini yakho; azahlala elungile kanyekanye endebeni zakho ^ag. 19 Ukuze ithemba lakho libe seNkosini, ngikwazisile wona lamuhla, ngitsho wena ^ah. 20 Kangikubhalelanga yini izinto ezinhle kakhulu kuzeluleko lelwazini ^ai? 21 Ukukwazisa ukuqiniseka kwamazwi eqiniso, ukuze ubuyisele amazwi eqiniso kulabo abakuthumileyo ^aj.

22 Ungamphangi umyanga ngoba engumyanga ^ak, njalo ungamchobozi oswelayo ^al esangweni ^am. 23 Ngoba iNkosi izamela udaba lwabo ^an, iphange umphefumulo wababaphangayo ^ao. 24 Ungahlanganyeli lomuntu ololaka ^ap, ungahambisani lomuntu othukuthelayo, 25 hlezi ufunde indlela zakhe, wemukele umjibila emphefumulweni wakho. 26 Ungabi phakathi kwababambana izandla ^aq, phakathi kwabayizibambiso ^ar ngezikwelede ^as. 27 Uba ungelakho okokuhlawula, kungani ezathatha umbheda wakho ngaphansi kwakho ^at? 28 Ungatshedisi ^au isikhonkwane esidala somngcele, oyihlo abasenzayo ^av. 29 Uyambona yini umuntu ^aw oyingcitshi emsebenzini wakhe ^ax? Uzazimisa phambi kwamakhosi; kayikuzimisa phambi kwabantukazana ^ay.