USirakhi 4

₁Mntanami, ungamemuki ompofu isinkwa sakhe sokuphila, ungamlindisi isikhathi eside elambile. ₂Ungamhlukumezi olambile futhi ungamcunuli ontulayo. ₃Ungenezeli izinhlupheko kohluphekayo; ungephuzi nokumnika usizo. ₄Ungenqabi ukulalela isikhalo sohluphekileyo futhi ungafulatheli ompofu. ₅Ungamfihleli amehlo odingayo noma umnike isizathu sokukuqalekisa, ₆ngokuba uma ekuqalekisa esebuhlungwini bomphefumulo, uMdali uyowuzwa umkhuleko wakhe. ₇Zenzele udumo emhlanganweni uzithobe kwabakhulu kunawe. ₈Mlalele ompofu nxa ekhuluma nawe, umphendule ngenhlonipho lapho ekubingelela. ₉Yophula ocindezelwe kumcindezeli, futhi ukhiphe isinqumo ngobuqotho. ₁₀Yiba nguyise wezintandane, nomyeni kunina wazo, ngalokho Ophezukonke wokubiza ngendodana yakhe, uyokuthanda ngothando olukhulu, olwedlula olukanyoko.

₁₁Ukuhlakanipha kufundisa abantwana, kunike usizo kwabakudingayo. ₁₂Othanda khona, uthanda ukuphila; labo abavuka bakufune, bayogcwaliswa ngentokozo. ₁₃Obambelela kukho uyozuza udumo; kuthi isibusiso sikaNkulunkulu sibe naye noma kuphi lapho engena khona. ₁₄Okhonza ukuhlakanipha, ukhonza oNgcwele, futhi neNkosi iyabathanda labo abakuthandayo. ₁₅Lowo okulalelayo uyokwehlulela izizwe, nalowo onamathela kukho uyohlala ephephile. ₁₆Ukuhlakanipha kuyoba yifa lakhe nelesizukulwane, uma nje ehlala ethembekile. ₁₇Ngokuba ekuqaleni kuyakumchushisa ezindleleni eziyizigwegwe, kwehlisele phezu kwakhe ukwesaba okukhulu. Ukuqondisa kwakho kuyakuba nesihluku esikhulu, kuthi imithetho yakho ibe yisivivinyo esinzima kuye, aze akwethembe impilo yakhe yonke. ₁₈Khona-ke kuyakubuyela kuye, kumlethele injabulo futhi kumambulele izimfihlo zakho. ₁₉Uma ephambuka ehlubuka, kuyakumshiya, kumshiye obhukwini.

₂₀Lindela isikhathi esifanele, uqaphele okubi futhi ungazinyezi, ₂₁ngokuba kukhona ukuzehlisa okuholela esonweni, nokuzehlisa okuletha udumo nomusa. ₂₂Ungancethezi uze uthengise ngobuzibulo bakho noma uzinyeze ngendlela elimaza isithunzi sakho. ₂₃Ungakuyeki ukukhuluma ngesikhathi esifaneleyo, ₂₄ngokuba ukuhlakanipha kubonakaliswa ngokukhuluma, nokufundiswa kugqanyiswa ngamazwi akhulunywayo. ₂₅Ungamelani neqiniso, kodwa yiba namahloni ngokungazi kwakho. ₂₆Ungabi namahloni okuvuma izono zakho, futhi ungazami ukuphambana nomfula ungenisa. ₂₇Ungavumi ukuba yisenabelo sesithutha, noma ongaconsi phansi konamandla. ₂₈Lwela iqiniso kuze kube sekufeni, neNkosi uNkulunkulu iyokulwela. ₂₉Ungabi ngungqa-phambili ekukhulumeni, zibe zingabonakali izenzo. ₃₀Ungazenzi ibhubesi emzini wakho noma uziphakamise phakathi kwezisebenzi zakho. ₃₁Ungahlali nesandla esikhangezile kodwa bese sivaleka uma sekufanele uphe.