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| 1. | Impukane ezifileyo zinukisa zibilise amagcobo omthaki; ubuthutha obuncinyane benza njalo k ohloniphekayo ngenxa yenhlakanipho lo dumo. |
| 2. | Inhliziyo yohlakaniphileyo ingakwesokunene sakhe, kodwa inhliziyo yesithutha ingakwesokhohlo saso. |
| 3. | Yebo-ke lapho oyisithutha ehamba endleleni, ingqondo yakhe iyasilela, uthi kuye wonke uyisithutha. |
| 4. | Uba umoya wombusi ukuvukela, ungatshiyi indawo yakho, ngoba ukuthobeka kuyathulisa iziphambeko ezinkulu. |
| 5. | Kulobubi e ngibubone ngaphansi kwelanga, njengesiphosiso esiphuma ebusweni bombusi: |
| 6. | Ubuwula bubekwa ezindaweni eziphakemeyo kakhulu, labanothileyo bahlala endaweni ephansi. |
| 7. | Ngibonile izigqili zigade amabhiza, leziphathamandla zihamba njengezigqili emhlabeni. |
| 8. | Ogebha umgodi uzawela kuwo; lodiliza umthangala, inyoka izamluma. |
| 9. | Osusa amatshe uzalinyazwa yiwo; obanda izigodo uzakuba sengozini ngazo. |
| 10. | Uba insimbi ibuthundu njalo engaloli ubukhali, ngakho ufanele engezelele amandla; kodwa inhlakanipho yinhle ukulungisa. |
| 11. | Uba inyoka iluma kungelakulunjwa, kakulanzuzo kungcitshi yolimi. |
| 12. | Amazwi omlomo ohlakaniphileyo alomusa, kodwa indebe zesithutha ziyasiginya. |
| 13. | Ukuqala kwamazwi omlomo waso kuyibuthutha, lokucina komlomo waso kuyibuhlanya obubi, |
| 14. | njalo isithutha sandisa amazwi. Umuntu kazi okuzakuba khona; lalokho okuzakuba khona emva kwakhe, ngubani ongamtshela khona? |
| 15. | Umtshikatshika wesithuthandini uyasidinisa, ngoba kasazi ukuya emzini. |
| 16. | Maye kuwe, lizwe, onkosi yakho ingumntwana, leziphathamandla zakho zidla ekuseni! |
| 17. | Ubusisiwe, lizwe, onkosi yakho iyindodana yabakhulu, leziphathamandla zakho zidla ngesikhathi esifaneleyo, zidl ela ukuqina, hatshi ukudakwa. |
| 18. | Ngobuvila obukhulu intungo ziyabhensa, langokuyekethisa izandla indlu iyanethela. |
| 19. | Idili lenzelwa uhleko, lewayini lithokozisa impilo; kodwa imali iyimpendulo yakho konke. |
| 20. | Lemcabangweni wakho ungayithuki inkosi, lekamelweni lakho lokulala ungamthuki onothileyo; ngoba inyoni yamazulu izathwala ilizwi, lokulamaphiko kubike udaba. |
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