Ndebele - Ecclesiastes - 10

10:1  Impukane ezifileyo zinukisa zibilise amagcobo omthaki; ubuthutha obuncinyane benza njalo kohloniphekayo ngenxa yenhlakanipho lodumo.

10:2  Inhliziyo yohlakaniphileyo ingakwesokunene sakhe, kodwa inhliziyo yesithutha ingakwesokhohlo saso.

10:3  Yebo-ke lapho oyisithutha ehamba endleleni, ingqondo yakhe iyasilela, uthi kuye wonke uyisithutha.

10:4  Uba umoya wombusi ukuvukela, ungatshiyi indawo yakho, ngoba ukuthobeka kuyathulisa iziphambeko ezinkulu.

10:5  Kulobubi engibubone ngaphansi kwelanga, njengesiphosiso esiphuma ebusweni bombusi:

10:6  Ubuwula bubekwa ezindaweni eziphakemeyo kakhulu, labanothileyo bahlala endaweni ephansi.

10:7  Ngibonile izigqili zigade amabhiza, leziphathamandla zihamba njengezigqili emhlabeni.

10:8  Ogebha umgodi uzawela kuwo; lodiliza umthangala, inyoka izamluma.

10:9  Osusa amatshe uzalinyazwa yiwo; obanda izigodo uzakuba sengozini ngazo.

10:10  Uba insimbi ibuthundu njalo engaloli ubukhali, ngakho ufanele engezelele amandla; kodwa inhlakanipho yinhle ukulungisa.

10:11  Uba inyoka iluma kungelakulunjwa, kakulanzuzo kungcitshi yolimi.

10:12  Amazwi omlomo ohlakaniphileyo alomusa, kodwa indebe zesithutha ziyasiginya.

10:13  Ukuqala kwamazwi omlomo waso kuyibuthutha, lokucina kwenkulumo yaso kuyibuhlanya obubi,

10:14  njalo isithutha sandisa amazwi. Umuntu kazi okuzakuba khona; lalokho okuzakuba khona emva kwakhe, ngubani ongamtshela khona?

10:15  Umtshikatshika wesithuthandini uyasidinisa, ngoba kasazi ukuya emzini.

10:16  Maye kuwe, lizwe, onkosi yakho ingumntwana, leziphathamandla zakho zidla ekuseni!

10:17  Ubusisiwe, lizwe, onkosi yakho iyindodana yabakhulu, leziphathamandla zakho zidla ngesikhathi esifaneleyo, zidlela ukuqina, hatshi ukudakwa.

10:18  Ngobuvila obukhulu intungo ziyabhensa, langokuyekethisa izandla indlu iyanethela.

10:19  Idili lenzelwa uhleko, lewayini lithokozisa impilo; kodwa imali iyimpendulo yakho konke.

10:20  Lemcabangweni wakho ungayithuki inkosi, lekamelweni lakho lokulala ungamthuki onothileyo; ngoba inyoni yamazulu izathwala ilizwi, lokulamaphiko kubike udaba.