Umsebenzi
31:1 Ndiwamisele amehlo am umnqophiso; Yini na ukuba ndicinge ngentombi?
31:2 Siyintoni na isabelo sikaThixo esivela phezulu? Liliphi na ilifa lelizwe
uSomandla ovela phezulu?
31:3 Asiyintshabalalo na kongendawo? nesohlwayo esingaqhelekanga kubo
abasebenzi bobutshinga?
31:4 Akaziboni na yena iindlela zam, Awabale onke amabanga am?
31:5 Ukuba ndithe ndahamba nochuku, Lwangxamela ukukhohlisa unyawo lwam;
31:6 Makandilinganise esikalini sobulungisa, akwazi uThixo ukugqibelela kwam.
31:7 Ukuba ukunyathela kwam kwathi gu bucala endleleni, Intliziyo yam yalandela eyam
amehlo, nokuba kuthe kwanamathela isisithe ezandleni zam;
31:8 Mandihlwayele, kudle omnye; Ewe, mayincothule nenzala yam
ngaphandle.
31:9 Ukuba ithe yalahlekiswa intliziyo yam ngumfazi, Ndalalela;
umnyango wommelwane wam;
31:10 Umkam makasilele omnye umntu, Kuthotywe abanye phezu kwakhe.
31:11 Ngokuba bubugqwirha obo; ewe, bubugwenxa obufanele ukohlwaywa ngabo
abagwebi.
31:12 Ngokuba ngumlilo odla use enzonzobileni, Ubuya kunyothule yonke into
ukwanda kwam.
31:13 Ukuba ndibe ndilahle ilungelo lomkhonzi wam nelomkhonzazana wam,
babambana nam;
31:14 Ndithini na ke, xa athe uThixo wesuka waphakama? Xa athe wandwendwela, yintoni na?
ndimphendule?
31:15 Lowo wandenzayo kwasesizalweni, akamenzanga na? akasibumbanga namnye
esibelekweni?
31:16 Ukuba bendibanqandile abasweleyo kwiminqweno yabo, Ukuba bendibabekile bona amehlo;
ukuba umhlolokazi uphelelwe;
31:17 Ndalidla ndedwa iqhekeza lam, Aladla iinkedama
yayo;
31:18 Kuba kwasebuncinaneni bam yakhuliswa nam, njengakuyise, ndaye ke nam
ndamkhaphela kwasesizalweni sikama;
31:19 Ukuba ndibe ndimbona otshabalalayo engenanto yokwambatha, Ihlwempu lingenanto
isigqubuthelo;
31:20 Ukuba abengandisikeleli amanqe akhe, Akafudumalanga ngamafutha
uboya beegusha zam;
31:21 Ukuba bendisiphakamisele isandla sam kwinkedama, Xa ndakubonayo uncedo lwam
esangweni:
31:22 Iya kuwa ingalo yam esixhantini sam, yaphuke ingalo yam
ukusuka ethambo.
31:23 Ngokuba ukunkwantya okuvela kuThixo kwaba kukunkwantya kum, nangenxa yakhe
ubungangamsha bendingakwazi ukunyamezela.
31:24 Ukuba bendenze igolide inqolonci yam, Ndathi kwecikizekileyo, Ungowam;
ukuzithemba;
31:25 Ukuba bendikuvuyela ukuba buninzi kobutyebi bam, Nokufumana kwesandla sam;
ufumene kakhulu;
31:26 Ukuba bendithe ndalibona ilanga liphumla, Nenyanga ihamba emhlophe;
31:27 Yawexulwa entsithelweni intliziyo yam, Wanga umlomo wam
isandla:
31:28 Nako oko ngekuba bubugwenxa phambi komgwebi;
Bamkhanyele uThixo waphezulu.
31:29 Ukuba bendikuvuyela ukutshabalala kondithiyileyo, noziphakamisayo;
nam ngokwam, xa wafunyanwa bububi;
31:30 Andiwuvumelanga umlomo wam, ukuba one, Ndiwucele ngentshwabulo umphefumlo wakhe;
31:31 Ukuba babengatsho abantu bentente yam, ukuthi, Akwaba besiphuma enyameni yakhe! thina
ayinakwaneliswa.
31:32 Ubengalali phandle umphambukeli, Ke mna ndizivulele iingcango zam;
umhambi.
31:33 Ukuba ndalugubungela ukreqo lwam njengoAdam, Ngokusithelisa ubugwenxa bam elukholweni lwam
esifubeni:
31:34 Ndoyika na ingxokolo eninzi?
Mna, ndathi cwaka, ndingaphumi emnyango?
31:35 Akwaba ebengandiva! Yabona, uSomandla angandilangazelela
ndiphenduleni, ondibhalele incwadi;
31:36 Okwenene, ndoyithwala ngesixhanti, Ndoyithi jize kum njengesithsaba.
31:37 Inani lamabanga am ndomxelela; bendiya kuhamba njengenkosana
kufuphi naye.
31:38 Ukuba umhlaba wam ubukhala ngam, Nemiqela yawo wenjenjalo
isikhalazo;
31:39 Ukuba ndithe ndadla iziqhamo zawo ngaphandle kwemali, nokuba ndalingisa iziqhamo zawo;
abanini bayo baphulukane nobomi babo:
31:40 Makuhlume imithana enamakhakakha esikhundleni sengqolowa, kunye nokhula endaweni yerhasi. I
amazwi kaYobhi aphelile.