Ndebele - Proverbs - 2

2:1  Ndodana yami, uba usemukela amazwi ami, ugcine kuwe imilayo yami,

2:2  ukuthi wenze indlebe yakho ilalele inhlakanipho, uthobise inhliziyo yakho ekuqedisiseni,

2:3  yebo, uba ukhalela ukuqedisisa, ukhuphele ilizwi lakho ekuzwisiseni,

2:4  uba ukudinga njengesiliva, ukuphenye njengezimpahla eziligugu ezifihliweyo,

2:5  khona uzaqedisisa ukuyesaba iNkosi, uthole ulwazi lukaNkulunkulu.

2:6  Ngoba iNkosi inika inhlakanipho; ulwazi lokuqedisisa kuvela emlonyeni wayo.

2:7  Iyababekela abaqotho inhlakanipho eqotho; iyisihlangu kubo abahamba ngokuqonda,

2:8  ukugcina indlela zesahlulelo; izalondoloza indlela zabangcwele bayo.

2:9  Khona uzaqedisisa ukulunga, lesahlulelo, lokuqonda; yonke indlela elungileyo.

2:10  Lapho inhlakanipho izangena enhliziyweni yakho, lolwazi lube mnandi emphefumulweni wakho;

2:11  ingqondo izakugcina, ukuqedisisa kukulondoloze;

2:12  ukukophula endleleni embi, emuntwini okhuluma izinto eziphambeneyo;

2:13  abatshiya indlela zobuqotho, ukuze bahambe ngendlela zobumnyama;

2:14  abathokoza ngokwenza okubi, bejabula ekuphambukeni komubi;

2:15  abandlela zabo ziphambene, begobile emikhondweni yabo;

2:16  ukukophula kowesifazana wemzini, kowezizwe okhohlisa ngamazwi akhe;

2:17  otshiya umngane wobutsha bakhe, ekhohlwa isivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu wakhe;

2:18  ngoba indlu yakhe itshonela ekufeni, lemikhondo yakhe emimoyeni efileyo.

2:19  Bonke abangena kuye kabayikubuya, njalo kabayikufinyelela endleleni zempilo.

2:20  Ukuze uhambe endleleni yabalungileyo, ugcine imikhondo yamalungisa.

2:21  Ngoba abaqotho bazahlala elizweni, labapheleleyo basale kulo;

2:22  kodwa abakhohlakeleyo bazaqunywa basuswe elizweni, labaphambekayo badatshulwe basuswe kulo.