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| 1. | Izaga zikaSolomoni, indodana kaDavida, inkosi yakoIsrayeli; |
| 2. | ukwazi inhlakanipho lokulaywa, ukuqedisisa amazwi okuqedisisa, |
| 3. | ukwemukela ukulaya kwenhlakanipho, ukulunga, lesahlulelo, lokuqonda; |
| 4. | ukunika abangelalwazi inhlakanipho, ijaha ulwazi lengqondo. |
| 5. | Ohlakaniphileyo uzakuzwa, andise ukufunda, loqedisisayo uzazuza izeluleko, |
| 6. | ukuqedisisa isaga lomzekeliso, amazwi abahlakaniphileyo, lamalibho abo. |
| 7. | Ukwesaba i Nkosi kuyikuqala kolwazi; izithutha ziyadelela inhlakanipho lokulaywa. |
| 8. | Ndodana yami, zwana ukulaya kukayihlo, ungawudeli umlayo kanyoko; |
| 9. | ngoba ku za kuba ngumqhele womusa ekhanda lakho, lemigaxo entanyeni yakho. |
| 10. | Ndodana yami, uba izoni zikuhuga, ungavumi. |
| 11. | Uba zisithi: Hamba lathi, si ye cathamela igazi, sicatshele ongelacala kungelasizatho; |
| 12. | sibaginye bephila njengengcwaba, yebo, ngokupheleleyo, njengabehlela egodini. |
| 13. | Sizathola yonke impahla eligugu, sigcwalise izindlu zethu ngempango. |
| 14. | Phosela inkatho yakho phakathi kwethu; sonke sibe lesikhwama semali sinye. |
| 15. | Ndodana yami, ungahambi lazo endleleni; unqande unyawo lwakho emkhondweni wazo. |
| 16. | Ngoba inyawo zazo zigijimela ebubini, ziphangisa ukuchitha igazi. |
| 17. | Isibili, imbule lendlalelwa ize phambi kwamehlo aloba yiyiphi inyoni. |
| 18. | Lalaba bacathamela igazi labo, bacatshele imiphefumulo yabo. |
| 19. | Zinjalo indlela zakhe wonke ozuza inzuzo ngokuphanga; ithatha impilo yabaniniyo. |
| 20. | Inhlakanipho enkulu iyamemeza ngaphandle, ikhupha ilizwi layo emidangeni. |
| 21. | Iyamemeza endaweni eqakathekileyo yokuxokozela, ekungeneni kwamasango; emzini itsho amazwi ayo |
| 22. | isithi: Koze kube nini, lina elingelalwazi, lithanda ukungabi lalwazi, labaklolodayo bezifisela ukukloloda, leziphukuphuku zizonda ulwazi? |
| 23. | Phendukelani ekukhuzeni kwami; khangelani, ngizathululela umoya wami kini, ngilazise amazwi ami. |
| 24. | Ngoba ngibizile, kodwa lala; ngelulile isandla sami, kodwa kakho onanzayo; |
| 25. | ladelela sonke iseluleko sami, kalivumanga ukukhuza kwami; |
| 26. | mina-ke ngizahleka ukuchitheka kwenu, ngiklolode ekufikeni kokwesaba kwenu, |
| 27. | ekufikeni kokwesaba kwenu njengesiphepho, lokuchitheka kwenu kufika njengesivunguzane, lapho ubuhlungu losizi kulehlela. |
| 28. | Khona bazangibiza, kodwa kangiyikusabela; bazangidingisisa, kodwa kabayikungithola. |
| 29. | Ngenxa yokuthi babezonda ulwazi, bengakhethanga ukwesaba i Nkosi. |
| 30. | Kabavumanga iseluleko sami, bedelela konke ukukhuza kwami. |
| 31. | Ngakho bazakudla okwesithelo sendlela yabo, basuthiswe ngamacebo abo. |
| 32. | Ngoba ukuhlehla kwabangelalwazi kuzababulala, lokwenwaba kweziphukuphuku kuzababhubhisa. |
| 33. | Kodwa ongilalelayo uzahlala evikelekile, onwabe ekwesabeni okubi. |
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