Izaga
22:1 Igama elihle lingcono ukukhethwa kunengcebo enkulu nomusa wothando
kunesiliva negolide.
22:2 Abacebile nabampofu bayahlangana ndawonye: UJehova ungumenzi wabo bonke.
22:3 Umuntu oqondileyo ubona ububi, futhi acashe, kodwa abangenalwazi
badlule, bajeziswe.
22:4 Ngokuzithoba nangokumesaba uJehova ingcebo, nodumo, nokuphila.
22:5 Ameva nezingibe kusendleleni yabaphambeneyo;
umphefumulo uyakuba kude nabo.
22:6 Khulisa umntwana ngendlela eyakuba ngeyakhe;
lingasuki kuyo.
22:7 Ocebile ubusa abampofu, nobolekayo uyisigqila somuntu
umbolekisi.
22:8 Ohlwanyela ububi uyovuna okuyize, futhi intonga yentukuthelo yakhe
izohluleka.
22:9 Lowo oneso elihle uyobusiswa; ngoba unika okungokwakhe
isinkwa kwabampofu.
22:10 Khipha isideleli, futhi umbango uzophuma. yebo, ukuxabana kanye
ihlazo liyakuphela.
22:11 Lowo othanda ukuhlanzeka kwenhliziyo, ngenxa yomusa wezindebe zakhe inkosi
uzakuba ngumngane wakhe.
22:12 Amehlo kaJehova alondoloza ukwazi, futhi uyawachitha amazwi
oweqa umthetho.
22:13 Ivila lithi: "Kukhona ingonyama ngaphandle; ngiyakubulawa esihogweni."
imigwaqo.
22:14 Umlomo wabesifazane abezizwe ungumgodi ojulile;
uJehova uyakuwa kulo.
22:15 Ubuwula buboshiwe enhliziyweni yomntwana; kodwa induku yokuqondisa
uyakuyixosha kuye.
22:16 Ocindezela abampofu ukuze andise ingcebo yakhe, futhi lowo ophayo
kwabacebileyo bayakuswela.
22:17 Beka indlebe yakho, uzwe amazwi ezihlakaniphi, ubeke indlebe yakho.
inhliziyo ukwazi kwami.
22:18 Ngoba kuyinto ejabulisayo, uma uwagcina phakathi kwakho; bazokwenza
ufakwe ezindebeni zakho.
22:19 Ukuze ithemba lakho libe kuJehova, Ngikwazisile namuhla kuwe.
nakuwe.
22:20 Angikubhalelanga yini okuhle kakhulu ngamacebo nangokwazi,
22:21 Ukuze ngikwazise isiqinisekiso samazwi eqiniso; lokho
ungaphendula amazwi eqiniso kwabathuma kuwe na?
22:22 Ungaphanga ompofu, ngoba empofu, futhi ungamcindezeli ohluphekayo
isango:
22:23 Ngoba uJehova uyomela udaba lwabo, futhi aphange umphefumulo walabo
wabamosha.
22:24 Ungenzi ubungane nomuntu othukuthele; uyakuba nomuntu othukuthele
ungahambi:
22:25 Hleze ufunde izindlela zakhe, futhi uthole ugibe umphefumulo wakho.
22:26 Ungabi omunye walabo abashaya izandla, noma labo abaqinisekisa
ngezikweletu.
22:27 Uma ungenalutho lokukhokha, kungani kufanele athathe umbhede wakho ngaphansi
wena?
22:28 Ungasusi isiqophamlando yasendulo, okuyinto oyihlo babeka.
22:29 Uyambona umuntu okhuthele emsebenzini wakhe? uyakuma phambi kwamakhosi;
akayikuma phambi kwabantu abangenacala.