Ndebele - Proverbs - 29

29:1  Umuntu othi ekhuzwa kanengi aqinise intamo, uzahle ephulwe, njalo kungabi lakusiliswa.

29:2  Lapho abalungileyo besanda, abantu bayathokoza, kodwa lapho okhohlakeleyo ebusa, abantu bayabubula.

29:3  Umuntu othanda inhlakanipho uthokozisa uyise, kodwa ohlanganyela lamawule uchitha inotho.

29:4  Inkosi iqinisa ilizwe ngesahlulelo, kodwa umuntu wezipho uyalichitha.

29:5  Umuntu olalisa ngolimi umakhelwane wakhe wendlalela izinyawo zakhe imbule.

29:6  Esiphambekweni somuntu omubi kulomjibila, kodwa olungileyo uyamemeza ngenjabulo ethokoza.

29:7  Olungileyo uyalwazi udaba lwabayanga; okhohlakeleyo kananzeleli ulwazi.

29:8  Abantu abadelelayo bayawuthungela umuzi, kodwa abahlakaniphileyo badedisa ulaka.

29:9  Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo emangalelana lomuntu oyisithutha, loba elolaka, loba ehleka, kakulakuthula.

29:10  Abantu abomele igazi bazonda opheleleyo, kodwa abaqotho badinga umphefumulo wakhe.

29:11  Isithutha sikhupha umoya waso wonke, kodwa ohlakaniphileyo uyawuthiba.

29:12  Umbusi olalela amazwi amanga, zonke izinceku zakhe zikhohlakele.

29:13  Umyanga lomuntu wencindezelo bayahlangana; iNkosi ikhanyisa amehlo abo bobabili.

29:14  Inkosi eyahlulela abayanga ngothembeko, isihlalo sayo sobukhosi sizamiswa phakade.

29:15  Uswazi lokukhuza kunika inhlakanipho, kodwa umntwana oyekelelwayo uthelela unina inhloni.

29:16  Lapho abakhohlakeleyo besanda, isiphambeko siyanda, kodwa abalungileyo bazabona ukuwa kwabo.

29:17  Laya indodana yakho, izakuphumuza; yebo, izanika izinjabulo emphefumulweni wakho.

29:18  Lapho okungelambono khona, abantu babengabambeki; kodwa ubusisiwe ogcina umlayo.

29:19  Inceku kayilaywa ngamazwi; lanxa iqedisisa, kayiyikuphendula.

29:20  Uyambona yini umuntu ophangisa ngamazwi akhe? Kulethemba elingcono esithutheni kulaye.

29:21  Ototoza inceku yakhe kusukela ebuntwaneni, ekucineni izakuba yindodana kuye.

29:22  Umuntu ololaka ubanga ukuxabana, lomuntu ovutha intukuthelo wandisa isiphambeko.

29:23  Ukuzigqaja komuntu kuzamehlisa, kodwa olomoya othobekileyo uzabamba udumo.

29:24  Owabelana lesela uzonda umphefumulo wakhe; uzwa isiqalekiso, angakhulumi.

29:25  Ukwesaba abantu kuletha umjibila, kodwa othemba eNkosini uzabekwa phezulu evikelekile.

29:26  Abanengi badinga ubuso bombusi, kodwa isahlulelo salowo lalowo sivela eNkosini.

29:27  Umuntu ongalunganga uyisinengiso kwabalungileyo, kodwa oqotho endleleni uyisinengiso kokhohlakeleyo.