Ndebele - Proverbs - 14

14:1  Wonke owesifazana ohlakaniphileyo uyayakha indlu yakhe, kodwa oyisithutha uyayidiliza ngezandla zakhe.

14:2  Ohamba ngobuqotho bakhe wesaba iNkosi, kodwa ophambene ngendlela zakhe uyayidelela.

14:3  Emlonyeni wesithutha kulentonga yokuzigqaja, kodwa indebe zabahlakaniphileyo ziyabagcina.

14:4  Lapho okungekho izinkabi khona umkolo uhlanzekile, kodwa kulesivuno esinengi ngamandla enkabi.

14:5  Umfakazi othembekileyo kaqambi amanga, kodwa umfakazi wamanga uphafuza amanga.

14:6  Odelelayo udinga inhlakanipho, kodwa kayikho; kodwa ulwazi lulula koqedisisayo.

14:7  Suka phambi komuntu oyisithutha, nxa ungayikunanzelela kuye indebe zolwazi.

14:8  Inhlakanipho yokhaliphileyo yikuqedisisa indlela yakhe, kodwa ubuthutha bezithutha buyinkohliso.

14:9  Izithutha ziyakloloda ngesono, kodwa phakathi kwabaqotho kulomusa.

14:10  Inhliziyo iyazi ukubaba kwayo ngokwayo, lowemzini kahlanganyeli lentokozo yayo.

14:11  Indlu yabakhohlakeleyo izachithwa, kodwa ithente labaqotho lizahluma.

14:12  Kukhona indlela ebonakala ilungile emuntwini, kodwa ukuphela kwayo zindlela zokufa.

14:13  Lekuhlekeni inhliziyo isebuhlungwini, lokuphela kwaleyontokozo lusizi.

14:14  Ohlehlela nyovane ngenhliziyo uzasutha ngezindlela zakhe, kodwa umuntu olungileyo uzasutha ngaye ngokwakhe.

14:15  Ongelalwazi ukholwa lonke ilizwi, kodwa olengqondo unanzelela ukuhamba kwakhe.

14:16  Ohlakaniphileyo uyesaba, asuke ebubini, kodwa isithutha siyathukuthela, silitshapha.

14:17  Ophangisa ukuthukuthela wenza ubuthutha, lomuntu wamacebo amabi uzazondwa.

14:18  Abangelalwazi badla ilifa lobuthutha, kodwa abakhaliphileyo bazathwala umqhele wolwazi.

14:19  Ababi bakhothama phambi kwabalungileyo, labakhohlakeleyo emasangweni abalungileyo.

14:20  Umyanga uzondwa langumakhelwane wakhe, kodwa abathanda onothileyo banengi.

14:21  Odelela umakhelwane wakhe uyona, kodwa olomusa kubayanga ubusisiwe.

14:22  Kabaduhi yini abaceba okubi? Kodwa umusa leqiniso ngokwalabo abaceba okuhle.

14:23  Kumtshikatshika wonke kulenzuzo, kodwa inkulumo yendebe ibanga inswelo kuphela.

14:24  Umqhele wabahlakaniphileyo uyinotho yabo; ubuthutha bezithutha buyibuthutha.

14:25  Umfakazi oqinisileyo uyophula imiphefumulo, kodwa ophafuza amanga ungumkhohlisi.

14:26  Ekuyesabeni iNkosi kulethemba eliqinileyo, labantwana bakhe bazakuba lesiphephelo.

14:27  Ukuyesaba iNkosi kungumthombo wempilo, ukusuka emijibileni yokufa.

14:28  Lusebunengini babantu udumo lwenkosi, kodwa kusekuswelekeni kwabantu ukuchitheka kombusi.

14:29  Ophuza ukuthukuthela ulokuqedisisa okukhulu, kodwa ophangisa ukuzonda ukhulisa ubuthutha.

14:30  Inhliziyo ephilileyo iyimpilo yenyama, kodwa umhawu uyikubola kwamathambo.

14:31  Ocindezela umyanga uthuka uMenzi wakhe, kodwa olomusa koswelayo uyamdumisa.

14:32  Okhohlakeleyo uwiswa ebubini bakhe, kodwa olungileyo ulethemba ekufeni kwakhe.

14:33  Inhlakanipho ihlala enhliziyweni yoqedisisayo, kodwa okuphakathi kwezithutha kuyaziwa.

14:34  Ukulunga kuphakamisa isizwe, kodwa isono silihlazo ebantwini.

14:35  Umusa wenkosi usencekwini ehlakaniphileyo, kodwa intukuthelo yayo izakuba kwethela ihlazo.