Amahubo
37:1 Ungazithukutheli ngenxa yabenzi bokubi, futhi ungabi namhawu ngokumelene
abenzi bokubi.
37:2 Ngoba ngokushesha bayonqunywa njengotshani, futhi babune njengotshani
imifino.
37:3 Thembela kuJehova, wenze okuhle; kanjalo uyakuhlala ezweni, futhi
impela uyakondliwa.
37:4 Zithokozise ngoJehova, futhi uyokunika okufiswayo
inhliziyo yakho.
37:5 Nikela indlela yakho kuJehova; thembelani kuye; njalo uzaliletha
ukudlula.
37:6 Futhi uyoveza ubulungisa bakho njengokukhanya, futhi yakho
ukwahlulela njengemini.
37:7 Phumula kuJehova, futhi ulindele kuye, ungakhathazeki
lalowo ophumelelayo endleleni yakhe, ngenxa yomuntu oletha omubi
imishini ukuze kudlule.
37:8 Yeka ukuthukuthela, ushiye ukuthukuthela; ungakhathazeki nangayiphi indlela.
okubi.
37:9 Ngoba abenzi bokubi bayonqunywa, kodwa labo abamethembayo uJehova
bayakulidla ifa lomhlaba.
37:10 Ngoba kuseyisikhashana, futhi omubi ngeke abe khona
qaphela indawo yakhe, kepha ayiyikuba khona.
37:11 Kodwa abathobekileyo bayokudla ifa lomhlaba; futhi bayozithokozisa
ukuchichima kokuthula.
37:12 Omubi uceba ngokumelene olungileyo, futhi gnashed phezu kwakhe phezu kwakhe
amazinyo.
37:13 INkosi uyomhleka, ngoba uyabona ukuthi usuku lwakhe luyeza.
37:14 Ababi baye bahosha inkemba, futhi baye bagoba umnsalo wabo, ukuze baphonse
phansi abampofu nabaswelayo, nokubulala abakhuluma ngobuqotho.
37:15 Inkemba yabo iyongena ezinhliziyweni zabo, futhi iminsalo yabo kuyoba
ephukile.
37:16 Okuncane olungile anakho kungcono kunengcebo yabaningi
ababi.
37:17 Ngoba izingalo zababi ziyokwephulwa, kodwa uJehova usekela izikhali
olungileyo.
37:18 UJehova uyazazi izinsuku zabaqotho, futhi ifa labo liyoba
kuze kube phakade.
37:19 Ngeke babe namahloni ngesikhathi esibi, futhi ezinsukwini zendlala
bayakusutha.
37:20 Kodwa ababi bayoshabalala, futhi izitha zikaJehova ziyoba njengawo
amafutha amawundlu ayakudla; ziyakuqeda zibe yintuthu.
37:21 Omubi uyaboleka, futhi angabuyiseli, kodwa olungileyo uyabonisa
isihawu, futhi uyapha.
37:22 Ngoba ababusisiweyo nguye bazakudla ifa lomhlaba; nalabo abakhona
oqalekisiweyo nguye uyakunqunywa.
37:23 Izinyathelo zomuntu omuhle ziqondiswa nguJehova, futhi yena uyakujabulela
indlela yakhe.
37:24 Noma ewa, ngeke awiswe phansi, ngoba uJehova
uyamsekela ngesandla sakhe.
37:25 Kade ngimusha, futhi manje sengimdala; nokho angizange ngimbone olungileyo
eshiyiwe, nenzalo yakhe iphanza isinkwa.
37:26 Uhlala enesihe, futhi uyabolekisa; nenzalo yakhe ibusisiwe.
37:27 Deda kokubi, wenze okuhle; futhi uhlale kuze kube phakade.
37:28 Ngoba uJehova uthanda ukwahlulela, futhi akabashiyi abangcwele bakhe. kunjalo
ulondolozwe kuze kube phakade, kepha inzalo yababi iyakunqunywa.
37:29 Abalungile bayokudla ifa lomhlaba, futhi bayohlala kulo kuze kube phakade.
37:30 Umlomo olungileyo ukhuluma ukuhlakanipha, futhi ulimi lwakhe lukhuluma
ukwahlulela.
37:31 Umthetho kaNkulunkulu wakhe usenhliziyweni yakhe; izinyathelo zakhe aziyikushelela.
37:32 Omubi uyamqapha olungileyo, futhi ufuna ukumbulala.
37:33 UJehova ngeke amshiye esandleni sakhe, noma amlahle lapho ekhona
kwahlulelwa.
37:34 Lindela uJehova, futhi ugcine indlela yakhe, futhi uyokuphakamisa ukuba udle ifa
izwe: lapho ababi bechithwa, uyakukubona.
37:35 Ngimbonile omubi emandleni amakhulu, futhi ezisakaza njenge
isihlahla esiluhlaza.
37:36 Nokho wadlula, bheka, wayengasekho; yebo, ngamfuna, kodwa wakwazi.
angatholakali.
37:37 Qaphela umuntu ophelele, futhi ubheke oqotho, ngoba isiphetho salowo muntu
ukuthula.
37:38 Kodwa abaphambukayo bayobhujiswa kanyekanye: isiphetho ababi
lizaqunywa.
37:39 Kodwa insindiso yabalungileyo ivela kuJehova, uyinqaba yabo
ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka.
37:40 Futhi uJehova uyobasiza, futhi abakhulule
kwababi, ubasindise, ngokuba bethembele kuye.