UMika
7:1 Athi ke mna! kuba ndisuke ndaba njengokuhlanganiswa kweziqhamo zasehlotyeni, njengaxa bekuhlanganiselwe iziqhamo zasehlotyeni
Akukho sihloko sakudliwa, akukho sihloko sakudliwa;
banqwenela iziqhamo zokuqala.
7:2 Olungileyo utshabalele emhlabeni, akukho uthe tye
bonke bephela balalela igazi; bazingela elowo eyakhe
umntakwethu ngomnatha.
7:3 Ukuze izandla zabo zozibini benze ububi, sibuza umlawuli
umgwebi ufuna umvuzo; omkhulu yena uthetha owakhe
umnqweno wobutshijolo;
7:4 Oyena ubalaseleyo kubo nqwa nokhula, oyena uthe tye ubukhali ngaphezu kokhula
iyeza imini yababoniseli bakho, yokuvelelwa kwakho; ngoku kuyakwenzeka
ukudideka kwabo.
7:5 Musani ukukholosa ngomhlobo, musani ukukholosa ngamakholwa;
iingcango zomlomo wakho kulowo ulele esifubeni sakho.
7:6 Ngokuba unyana umenza isidenge uyise, intombi isukela phezulu kuye
unina, umolokazana kuninazala; iintshaba zomntu
ngamadoda endlu yakhe.
7:7 Mna ke ndiya kuqwalasela kuYehova; ndiya kulindela kuThixo wam
usindiso: uya kundiva uThixo wam.
7:8 Musa ukundivuyelela, lutshaba lwam; xa ndi
hlala emnyameni, uYehova ube kukukhanya kum.
7:9 Ukujala kukaYehova ndiya kukuthwala, kuba ndonile kuye
ade andithethelele etyaleni lam, andilungisele;
ndikhuphele ekukhanyeni, ndibubone ubulungisa bakhe.
7:10 Ke utshaba lwam luya kubona, lugutyungelwe kukudana
besithi kum, Uphi na uYehova uThixo wakho? amehlo am aya kubona
uya kunyathelwa njengodaka lwezitrato.
7:11 Ngemini yokwakhiwa kweendonga zakho, ummiselo ke lowo
ukuba kude.
7:12 Ngaloo mini baya kuza kuwe bevela eAsiriya nasezweni;
Imizi enqatyisiweyo, ithabathele enqabeni ide ise kuwo uMlambo, ise elwandle
elwandle, bethabathela entabeni baye entabeni.
7:13 Kuya kuba senkangala elizweni, ngenxa yabemi
kuyo ngenxa yeziqhamo zezenzo zabo.
7:14 Baluse abantu bakho ngentonga yakho, emhlambini welifa lakho, abahleliyo
Ehlathini phakathi kweKarmele, madle eBhashan
nelaseGiliyadi njengakwimihla yamandulo.
7:15 Ndiya kukubonisa ngokweemini zokuphuma kwakho ezweni laseYiputa
kuye izinto ezimangalisayo.
7:16 Iintlanga ziya kubona, zibudanele ubugorha bazo bonke;
zibeka isandla emlonyeni, iindlebe zazo ziya kuba zizithulu.
7:17 Zosuka zikhothe uthuli njengeenyoka;
ziya kunkwantya kuYehova uThixo wethu;
zoyike ngenxa yakho.
7:18 Ngubani na onguThixo onjengawe, oxolela ubugwenxa, adlule ebugwenxeni?
lukreqo lwamasalela elifa lakhe? Akawugcini umsindo wakhe
ngonaphakade, ngokuba ethanda inceba.
7:19 Wobuya abe nemfesane kuthi; uya kusihlangula
ubugwenxa; uzilahlele zonke izono zabo enzulwini yoNdikhoyo
ulwandle.
7:20 Uya kumnika uYakobi inyaniso, umnike uAbraham inceba
wafunga koobawo kususela kwimihla yamandulo.