Izaga
27:1 Ungazibongi ngekusasa; ngoba kawazi ukuthi usuku lunjani
veza.
27:2 Makadunyiswe omunye, kungabi owakho umlomo; isihambi, futhi
hhayi izindebe zakho siqu.
27:3 Itshe linzima, nesihlabathi sinzima; kepha ulaka lwesiwula lulukhulu
kunabo bobabili.
27:4 Ukuthukuthela kuyisihluku, futhi intukuthelo iwubuwula; kodwa ngubani ongema phambi kwakhe
umona?
27:5 Ukusola obala kungcono kunothando oluyimfihlo.
27:6 Athembekile amanxeba omngane; kodwa ukwanga kwesitha
onenkohliso.
27:7 Umphefumulo osuthi uyanengwa ikhekheba lezinyosi; kodwa emphefumulweni olambileyo konke okubabayo
imnandi into.
27:8 Njengenyoni ezulazula esidlekeni sayo, unjalo umuntu ozulazulayo
indawo yakhe.
27:9 Amafutha namakha kuyathokozisa inhliziyo; bunjalo ubumnandi bomuntu.
umngane ngeseluleko esiqotho.
27:10 Ungamshiyi umngane wakho nomngane kayihlo; futhi ungangeni
indlu yomfowenu ngosuku lwesigemegeme sakho, ngokuba ingcono kakhulu
umakhelwane oseduze kunomfowenu okude.
27:11 Ndodana yami, hlakanipha, futhi uthokozise inhliziyo yami, ukuze ngiphendule kuye
uyangithuka.
27:12 Umuntu ohlakaniphile ubona ububi, futhi acashe; kodwa elula
badlule, bajeziswe.
27:13 Thatha ingubo yakhe oyisibambiso somfokazi, umthathele isibambiso.
kowesifazane ongaziwa.
27:14 Lowo ubusisa umngane wakhe ngezwi elikhulu, evuka ekuseni
ekuseni, kuyakuthiwa isiqalekiso kuye.
27:15 Ukuconsa njalo ngosuku lwemvula kakhulu, nowesifazane ophikisanayo kukhona
ngokufanayo.
27:16 Noma ubani omfihlayo ufihla umoya, futhi ngamafutha ilungelo lakhe
isandla, esizivezayo.
27:17 Insimbi ilola insimbi; kanjalo umuntu ulola ubuso bomngane wakhe.
27:18 Ogcina umkhiwane uyodla izithelo zawo, kanjalo lowo
othembela enkosini yakhe uyakudunyiswa.
27:19 Njengasemanzini ubuso bubhekana nobuso, kanjalo inhliziyo yomuntu kumuntu.
27:20 Isihogo nokubhujiswa akugcwali; ngakho amehlo omuntu awasoze
anelisekile.
27:21 Njengekhanzi ngesiliva, nesithando ngegolide; kanjalo nendoda
udumo lwakhe.
27:22 Noma ungachoboza isiwula odakeni phakathi kukakolweni ngenhlaka.
nokho ubuwula bakhe abuyikusuka kuye.
27:23 Khuthalela ukwazi isimo semihlambi yakho, futhi ubheke kahle yakho
imihlambi.
27:24 Ngoba ingcebo ngeke kuze kube phakade, futhi umqhele uhlala kubo bonke
isizukulwane?
27:25 Utshani buvela, futhi utshani buvela, kanye nemifino
izintaba ziyabuthwa.
27:26 Amawundlu ngesambatho sakho, futhi izimpongo ziyintengo
inkambu.
27:27 Futhi uyakuba ubisi izimbuzi okwanele ukudla kwakho, ngokuba ukudla kwakho
indlu, nokondla amantombazana akho.