A Good Name

¹Igama elihle likhethekile kunengcebo enkulu, nomusa kunesiliva negolide.

²Abacebileyo nabampofu bahlangene; uJehova ungumenzi wabo bonke.

³Qqondileyo uyabona ububi, acashe, kepha abangenalwazi badlula nje, bahlupheke ngakho.

⁴Umvuzo wokuthobeka kokumesaba uJehova uyingcebo, nodumo, nokuphila.

⁵Ameva nezingibe kusendleleni yabaphambeneyo, kepha ogcina umphefumulo wakhe uyakudedela kude nakho.

⁶Khulisa umntwana ngendlela eyakuba ngeyakhe; kuyakuthi lapho esekhulile, angasuki kuyo.

⁷Isicebi sibusa phezu kwabampofu, nobolekayo uyisigqila somtshelekileyo.

⁸Ohlwanyela ububi uyakuvuna usizi, nenduku yolaka lwakhe iyakuphela.

⁹Oneso elimnene uyakubusiswa, ngokuba uyapha ompofu okwesinkwa sakhe.

¹⁰Xosha isideleli, besekuphuma ukuxabana, kuphele ukuphikisana nehlazo.

¹¹Othanda inhlanzeko ngenhliziyo nonomusa emlonyeni wakhe ungumngane wenkosi.

¹²Amehlo kaJehova anaka onokwazi, kepha uyachitha amazwi ombuluzayo.

¹³Ivila lithi: “Kukhona ingonyama ngaphandle; ngiyakubulawa phandle esigcawini.”

¹⁴Umlomo wowesifazane ondindayo ungumgodi ojulileyo; othukuthelelwayo nguJehova uyakuwela kuwo.

¹⁵Ubuwula buboshelwe enhliziyweni yomntwana, kepha induku yokulaya iyabudedisela kude naye.

¹⁶Ocindezela ompofu ukuba azandisele nophayo isicebi bayakuba ngabokuswela kuphela.

¹⁷Beka indlebe yakho, uzwe amazwi ezihlakaniphi, ubeke ukufundisa kwami enhliziyweni yakho.

¹⁸Ngokuba kumnandi, uma ukugcina phakathi kwakho, kubekwe kanyekanye ezindebeni zakho.

¹⁹Ukuba ithemba lakho libe kuJehova, ngikwazisile khona namuhla, yebo, wena.

²⁰Angithi ngilobile kuwe nangaphambili ngeziluleko nangokwazi,

²¹ukuze ngikwazise ukuthembeka kwamazwi eqiniso ukuba ubuyisele kwabakuthumileyo amazwi eqiniso, na?

²²Ungamphangi ompofu ngokuba empofu, ungamchobozi oswelayo esangweni,

²³ngokuba uJehova uyakumela indaba yabo, aphuce ababaphucayo umphefumulo wabo.

²⁴Ungabi ngumngane womuntu onolaka, ungahambi nomuntu onokufutheka,

²⁵funa ufunde izindlela zakhe, uthole ugibe lomphefumulo wakho.

²⁶Ungabi ngowabaxhawulanayo, nowabayizibambiso zezikwenetu;

²⁷uma kungekho ongakhokha ngakho, ubuyakususelwani umbhede wakho phansi kwakho na?

²⁸Ungasusi isikhonkwane esidala oyihlo abasimisileyo.

²⁹Uyambona umuntu ehlakaniphile emsebenzini wakhe na? Uyakuma phambi kwamakhosi, akayikuma phambi kwabantukazana nje.