Izaga
24:1 Ungabi namhawu ngabantu ababi, futhi ungabi nabo.
24:2 Ngoba inhliziyo yabo icabanga ukubhujiswa, futhi izindebe zabo zikhuluma okubi.
24:3 Indlu yakhiwa ngokuhlakanipha; futhi ngokuqonda kuyiyo
kusungulwe:
24:4 Futhi ngokwazi amakamelo uyogcwala zonke eziyigugu futhi
ingcebo emnandi.
24:5 Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo unamandla; yebo, umuntu onolwazi uyandisa amandla.
24:6 Ngoba ngeseluleko esihlakaniphile uyokwenza impi yakho, futhi ngobuningi
abeluleki kukhona ukuphepha.
24:7 Ukuhlakanipha kuphakeme kunesiwula, asiwuvuli umlomo waso esangweni.
24:8 Lowo oceba ukwenza okubi uyobizwa ngokuthi umuntu ononya.
24:9 Umcabango wobuwula uyisono, futhi udeleli uyisinengiso kuye
amadoda.
24:10 Uma udangala ngosuku losizi, amandla akho mancane.
24:11 Uma uyeka ukukhulula labo abadonselwa ekufeni, futhi labo
abalungele ukubulawa;
24:12 Uma uthi: "Bheka, besingakwazi; akenzi yena ozindlayo
inhliziyo ikucabangele? ogcina umphefumulo wakho akakwazi na?
Akayikubuyisela yilowo nalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe na?
24:13 Ndodana yami, yidla izinyosi, ngoba zilungile; kanye nekhekheba lezinyosi, okuyilo
imnandi ekunambitheni kwakho:
24:14 Ukwazi ukuhlakanipha kuyoba emphefumulweni wakho, lapho usutholile
yona, khona-ke kuyoba khona umvuzo, futhi ithemba lakho aliyikunqunywa
icishiwe.
24:15 O muntu omubi, ungaqapheli indawo yokuhlala yolungileyo; chitha
hhayi indawo yakhe yokuphumula:
24:16 Ngoba olungileyo angawa kasikhombisa, futhi avuke, kodwa omubi
uyowela ebubini.
24:17 Ungathokozi lapho isitha sakho siwa, futhi ungavumeli inhliziyo yakho ijabule
lapho ekhubeka.
24:18 Hleze uJehova akubone, kube kubi emehlweni akhe, abuyise ulaka lwakhe.
evela kuye.
24:19 Ungazithukutheleli abantu ababi, futhi ungabi namhawu ngabo
ababi;
24:20 Ngoba akukho umvuzo womuntu omubi; ikhandlela lababi
izokhishelwa ngaphandle.
24:21 Ndodana yami, yesaba uJehova nenkosi, futhi ungagxambukeli kubo
zinikezwa ukushintsha:
24:22 Ngoba inhlekelele yabo izovuka ngokuzumayo; futhi ngubani owaziyo ukubhujiswa kwabo
kokubili?
24:23 Lezi zinto nazo zingezabahlakaniphileyo. Akukuhle ukuhlonipha
abantu ekwahluleleni.
24:24 Lowo othi komubi, Wena ulungile; nguye abantu
isiqalekiso, izizwe ziyakunengwa nguye;
24:25 Kodwa labo abamkhuzayo kuyoba intokozo, futhi isibusiso esihle kuyoba
wozani phezu kwabo.
24:26 Yilowo nalowo uyakwanga izindebe zakhe onikeza impendulo efanele.
24:27 Lungisa umsebenzi wakho ngaphandle, futhi uzilungisele ngokwakho ensimini; futhi
emva kwalokho wakhe indlu yakho.
24:28 Ungabi ngufakazi ngomakhelwane wakho ngaphandle kwesizathu; futhi ningadukisi
ngezindebe zakho.
24:29 Ungasho ukuthi: ‘Ngiyakwenza kuye njengalokho enzile kimi;
umuntu ngokomsebenzi wakhe.
24:30 Ngadlula ensimini yevila, nasesivini somuntu ongenalutho.
yokuqonda;
24:31 Futhi, bheka, yonke ikhule imeva, futhi izimbabazane wawusibekele
ubuso bayo, nodonga lwayo lwamatshe lwalubhidliziwe.
24:32 Khona-ke ngabona, futhi kubhekwe kahle: Ngabheka phezu kwalo, futhi ngamukela
isiyalo.
24:33 Nokho ubuthongo kancane, ukozela kancane, ukusonga izandla kancane ukuze
lala:
24:34 Kanjalo ubumpofu bakho buyofika njengomhambi; nokuswela kwakho njenge
indoda ehlomile.