IZAGA 27

₁Ungazigabisi ngolwakusasa,

ngokuba awukwazi okungavela ngosuku.

₂Makakudumise omunye, kungabingumlomo wakho,

kube-ngumfokazi, kungabi-yizindebe zakho.

₃Itshe liyasinda nesihlabathi sinzima,

kepha ukukhathaza kwesiwula kuyasinda kunakho kokubili.

₄Ulaka lulunya nentukuthelo iyisikhukhula,

kepha ngubani ongema phambi komhawu na?

₅Ukusola okusobala kungcono

kunothando olufihliweyo.

₆Amanxeba othandayo athembekile,

kepha ukwanga kwesitha kuyachichima.

₇Umphefumulo osuthiyo uyanengwa yizinyosi,

kepha emphefumulweni olambileyo konke okubabayo kumnandi.

₈Njengenyoni esuka ibaleka esidlekeni sayo,

unjalo umuntu obalekele indawo yakhe.

₉Amafutha nempepho kuyathokozisa inhliziyo;

bunjalo ubumnandi bomuntu ngokululeka ngenhliziyo.

₁₀Ungashiyi umngane wakho nomngane kayihlo,

ungangeni endlini yomfowenu ngosuku lwengozi yakho;

ungcono umakhelwane oseduze kunomfowenu okude.

₁₁Ndodana yami, hlakanipha, uthokozise inhliziyo yami

ukuba ngiphendule ongisolayo.

₁₂Oqondileyo uyabona ububi, acashe,

kepha abangenalwazi badlula nje, bahlupheke ngakho.

₁₃Thatha ingubo yoyisibambiso somfokazi,

umbambe abe-yisibambiso omela abezizwe.

₁₄Obusisa umngane wakhe ngezwi elikhulu, evuka ekuseni,

kuyakubalelwa kuye ukuthi kuyisiqalekiso.

₁₅Ukuconsa okunganqamukiyo ngosuku lwemvula

nowesifazane oxabanayo kuyafana.

₁₆Omvimbela yena uvimbela umoya;

isandla sakhe sokunene sihlangana namafutha nje.

₁₇Insimbi ilola insimbi,

nomuntu ubuso bomunye.

₁₈Olonda umkhiwane uyakudla izithelo zawo,

nolinda inkosi yakhe uyakudunyiswa.

₁₉Njengasemanzini ubuso bubhekana nobuso,

injalo inhliziyo yomuntu kumuntu.

₂₀Indawo yabafileyo nokubhubha akusuthi,

namehlo omuntu awasuthi.

₂₁Ukhamba lokuncibilikisela lungolwesiliva, nesithando ngesegolide,

nomuntu unjengodumo lwakhe.

₂₂Noma ugqula isiwula ngembokodwe etsheni lokusila phakathi komqhazulo,

ubuwula baso abuyikusuka kuso.

₂₃Yazi nokwazi ukuma kwezimvu zakho,

ubeke inhliziyo yakho emihlambini yakho.

₂₄Ngokuba ingcebo ayiyikuhlala kuze kube-phakade;

umqhele uyahlala izizukulwane ngezizukulwane na?

₂₅Lapho utshani bumuka, nohlaza lubonakala,

nemifino yezintaba ibuthwa,

₂₆kukhona izimvu zokuba wembathe,

nezimpongo ukuba zibe-yintengo yomhlaba.

₂₇Kuyakuba-khona ubisi lwezimbuzi

olwanele ukudla kwakho nokudla kwendlu yakho,

nokuphila kwamantombazana akho.