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.