More Proverbs of Solomon

¹Nalezi ziyizaga zikaSolomoni ezaphindwa ngamadoda kaHezekiya inkosi yakwaJuda.

²Kuludumo lukaNkulunkulu ukusitha into, kepha udumo lwamakhosi lungukuphenya indaba.

³Njengezulu ngokuphakama nomhlaba ngokujula, injalo inhliziyo yomuntu ngokuphenywa.

⁴Susa amanyela esiliveni, bese kuthi kuphumele umkhandi isitsha.

⁵Susa omubi phambi kwenkosi, bese kuthi isihlalo sayo sobukhosi siqiniswe ngokulunga.

⁶Ungaziphakamisi phambi kwenkosi, ungemi endaweni yabakhulu.

⁷Ngokuba kungcono ukuba kuthiwe kuwe: “Yenyuka lapha,” kunokuba wehliswe phambi kwesikhulu asesibonile amehlo akho.

⁸Ungasheshi ukuphuma ukuyophikisana ukuba ungazi ukuthi uyakwenze njani ekugcineni, lapho umakhelwane wakho ekuhlazisile.

⁹Mela indaba yakho nomakhelwane wakho, ungambuli imfihlakalo yomunye,

¹⁰funa okuzwayo akuhlazise, nodumo lwakho lungabuyi.

¹¹Izwi elikhulunywayo ngesikhathi esiyiso linjengama-apula asezitsheni zesiliva.

¹²Njengecici legolide nesivunulo segolide elicwengekileyo, unjalo umsoli ohlakaniphileyo endlebeni elalelayo.

¹³Njengokubanda kweqhwa ngosuku lokuvuna, sinjalo isithunywa esithembekileyo kosithumileyo, ngokuba siyahlumelela inkosi yaso.

¹⁴Njengamafu nomoya ngaphandle kwemvula kodwa, unjalo umuntu ozidumisa ngesipho angasiphiyo.

¹⁵Ngokubekezela kade isikhulu singavunyiswa, nolimi oluthambileyo luyaphula amathambo.

¹⁶Uma uthole izinyosi, yidla okwanele wena, funa udinwe, ubuye uhlanze.

¹⁷Unyawo lwakho malungavami endlini yomakhelwane wakho, funa adinwe nguwe, abuye akuzonde.

¹⁸Umuntu ofakazela amanga ngomakhelwane wakhe uyisando, nenkemba, nomcibisholo obukhali.

¹⁹Ukwethemba ombuluzayo ngosuku lokuhlupheka kunjengezinyo elaphukileyo nonyawo olwenyeleyo.

²⁰Oyihlabelelela inhliziyo edabukileyo izihlabelelo unjengokhumula ibhantshi ngosuku lwamakhaza, nanjengoviniga esilondeni.

²¹Uma okuzondayo elambile, mnike ukudla, adle; uma omile, muphe amanzi, aphuze.

²²Ngokuba uyakubuthela amalahle omlilo ekhanda lakhe, besekuthi uJehova akuvuze.

²³Umoya wasenyakatho uyaletha imvula, nolimi olunyenyayo ubuso obuthukutheleyo.

²⁴Kungcono ukuhlala egumbini lophahla kunokuhlala nowesifazane oxabanayo endlini ehlanganyelweyo.

²⁵Njengamanzi aqandayo emphefumulweni owomileyo, unjalo umbiko omuhle ovela ezweni elikude.

²⁶Njengomthombo odungekileyo nesiphethu esonakaleyo, unjalo olungileyo ozanyazanyiswa phambi komubi.

²⁷Ukudla izinyosi eziningi akukuhle, nokuzifunela udumo kakusilo udumo.

²⁸Njengomuzi odiliziweyo ungenalugange, unjalo umuntu omoya wakhe ungenakubanjwa.