IZaga 27

₁Ungazigabisi ngekusasa,

ngoba awazi ukuthi usuku lukuphatheleni.

₂Mawutuswe ngomunye,

kungabi ngowakho umlomo;

kube ngumfokazi,

hhayi izindebe zakho.

₃Itshe liyasinda

nesihlabathi sinzima,

kodwa ukuchukuluza kwesiwula

kusinda ukwedlula kokubili.

₄Ulaka lungulunya

nentukuthelo iyisikhukhula,

kepha ngubani ongema phambi komhawu na?

₅Ukusola okusobala kungcono

kunothando olufihliweyo.

₆Amanxeba adalwe ngumngani anokwemukeleka

kunokwanga okuningi kwesitha.

₇Umphefumulo osuthi uyacikwa wuju,

kodwa emphefumulweni olambileyo,

ngisho okubabayo imbala, kumnandi.

₈Njengenyoni esuka ibaleka esidlekeni sayo,

unjalo umuntu obalekele indawo yakhe.

₉Amafutha namakha kuyayithokozisa inhliziyo,

kodwa umphefumulo

udabukiswa yinhlupheko.

₁₀Ungamlahli umngani wakho noma okayihlo;

ungabalekeli endlini yomfowenu ngosuku lwenhlekelele.

Ungcono umakhelwane oseduze

kunesihlobo esihlala kude.

₁₁Ndodana yami, hlakanipha,

uthokozise inhliziyo yami

ukuze ngiphendule ongisolayo.

₁₂Ohlakaniphile uyabubona ububi, acashe,

kodwa abangenalwazi bayaqhubeka,

bese beyajeziswa.

₁₃Thatha ingubo yalowo oyisibambiso somfokazi,

umbambe abe yisibambiso omela abezizwe.

₁₄Obusisa umakhelwane ngokubanga umsindo

evuka ekuseni,

kuyobalelwa kuye, kube yisiqalekiso.

₁₅Owesifazane obeleselayo ufana nemvula engumvimbi.

₁₆Ukumvimba kufana nokuvimba umoya,

nokubamba amafutha.

₁₇Insimbi ilola enye insimbi,

nomuntu usizwa ngabanye.

₁₈Olonda umkhiwane uyakudla izithelo zawo;

novikela inkosi yakhe, uyakuhlonishwa.

₁₉Njengamanzi ekhombisa ubuso,

injalo nenhliziyo yomuntu komunye.

₂₀Indawo yabafileyo nokubhubha akusuthi,

namehlo omuntu awasuthi.

₂₁Ukhamba lokuncibilikisela lungolwesiliva,

nesithando somlilo singesegolide;

kanjalo umuntu unjengodumo lwakhe.

₂₂Noma ungasigqula esigqulweni isiwula,

usisile ngembokodo etsheni,

kepha ubuwula baso abuyukusuka kuso.

₂₃Yazi nokwazi ukuma kwezimvu zakho,

ubeke inhliziyo yakho emihlanjini yakho.

₂₄Ngokuba ingcebo ayiyukuhlala

kuze kube phakade;

nomqhele uyakuhlala yini

izizukulwane ngezizukulwane na?

₂₅Lapho utshani bushabalala, kuhluma obusha,

bese kukhiwa imifino ezintabeni,

₂₆izimvu zingezokuba

wembathe, nezimbuzi ukuba

zibe yintengo yensimu.

₂₇Kuyakuba khona ubisi lwezimbuzi olwanele,

ukuba lube ukudla kwakho

nokudla kwendlu yakho,

kwamantombazana akho.