Proverbs 5
Isixwayiso esimayelana lobufebe
1Ndodana yami, lalela inhlakanipho yami a, beka indlebe yakho ekuqedisiseni kwami b, 2ukuze uqaphele ingqondo c, lendebe zakho zigcine ulwazi d. 3Ngoba indebe zowesifazana wemzini e zithonta uluju, lomlomo wakhe ubutshelezi kulamafutha f. 4Kodwa ukucina kwakhe kuyababa g njengomhlonyane h, kubukhali i , j njengenkemba esika nhlangothi mbili k. 5Inyawo zakhe zehlela ekufeni; izinyathelo zakhe zibambelela esihogweni l. 6Hlezi ulinganise indlela yempilo m, imikhondo yakhe n iyazulazula o, kananzeleli p. 7Ngakho-ke, bantwana, ngilalelani, lingaphambuki emazwini omlomo wami q. 8Dedisela indlela yakho khatshana laye, ungasondeli emnyango wendlu yakhe; 9hlezi unikele udumo lwakho kwabanye, leminyaka yakho kolesihluku r; 10hlezi abezizwe bazisuthise ngamandla akho, lemitshikatshika yakho ibe sendlini yowezizweni s; 11njalo ububule ekupheleni kwakho, lapho inyama yakho lomzimba wakho sekudliwe t; 12njalo uthi: Ngikuzonde njani ukulaywa u, lenhliziyo yami yadelela ukukhuzwa v! 13Kangizwanga-ke ilizwi labafundisi bami; kangibekanga indlebe zami kwabangifundisayo! 14Ngaphosa ngaba ebubini bonke phakathi kwebandla lenhlangano w. 15Natha amanzi emgodini wakho, lemifula ephuma phakathi komthombo wakho x. 16Imithombo yakho ichitheke phandle y, izifula zamanzi emidangeni z. 17Kakube ngokwakho wedwa, kungabi ngokwabezizweni kanye lawe. 18Umthombo wakho kawubusiswe aa; uthokoze ab ngomfazi wobutsha bakho ac; 19impala ethandekayo kakhulu, legogo elibukekayo ad; amabele akhe ae kawakusuthise sonke isikhathi af, uzule othandweni lwakhe kokuphela. 20Kungani-ke, ndodana yami, uzule kowesifazana wemzini ag, ugone isifuba sowemzini ah? 21Ngoba indlela zomuntu ai ziphambi kwamehlo eNkosi aj; njalo iyalinganisa ak yonke imikhondo yakhe al. 22Ezakhe iziphambeko am zizabamba omubi, abanjwe zintambo zesono sakhe an. 23Yena uzakufa ngokungalaywa ao, lebukhulwini bobuthutha bakhe uzaduha ap.
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