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1 ‌ʻOku lelei hake ʻae fili ki he hingoa ʻoku ongolelei ʻi he fili ki he koloa lahi, pea lelei hake ke ʻofeina ʻi he maʻu ʻae siliva mo e koula.
Ibizo elihle likhethekile kulenotho enengi; isisa esihle kulesiliva njalo kulegolide.
2 ‌ʻOku nofo fakataha ʻae koloaʻia mo e masiva: ko Sihova, naʻa ne ngaohi ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
Onothileyo lomyanga bayahlangana; iNkosi yabenza bonke.
3 ‌ʻOku sio mamaʻo atu ʻae tangata fakapotopoto ki he kovi, ʻo ne fufū ia mei ai: ka ʻoku mole atu pe ʻae vale, pea tautea ia.
Ohlakaniphileyo ubona ububi acatshe, kodwa abangelalwazi bayaqhubeka babesebejeziswa.
4 Ko e totongi ʻoe angavaivai mo e manavahē kia Sihova ko e koloa, mo e ongoongolelei, mo e moʻui.
Umvuzo wokuthobeka lokwesaba iNkosi kuyinotho lodumo lempilo.
5 ‌ʻOku ʻi he hala ʻoe talangataʻa ʻae ʻakau talatala mo e ngaahi tauhele: ko ia ʻoku fai ke tauhi hono laumālie te ne hiki mamaʻo mei ai.
Ameva lemijibila kusendleleni yabaphambeneyo; ogcina umphefumulo wakhe uzakuba khatshana labo.
6 Akonakiʻi ʻae tamasiʻi ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻalu ai: pea ka hoko ia ʻo motuʻa, ʻe ʻikai te ne foki mei ai.
Fundisa umntwana endleleni angahamba ngayo; ngitsho esemdala kayikuphambuka kuyo.
7 ‌ʻOku pule ʻae koloaʻia ki he masiva, pea ko ia ʻoku nō ʻoku tamaioʻeiki kiate ia ʻoku foaki mai.
Onothileyo ubusa abayanga, lomeboleki uyisigqili somebolekisi.
8 Ko ia ʻoku tūtuuʻi ʻae kovi ʻe utu ʻe ia ʻae mamahi: pea ʻe ʻauha ia ʻi he meʻa tā ʻi heʻene ʻita.
Ohlanyela ukonakala uzavuna ukuhlupheka, lentonga yolaka lwakhe izaphela.
9 ‌ʻE monūʻia ia ʻoku mataʻofa; he ʻoku foaki ʻe ia a ʻene mā ki he masiva.
Olelihlo elilokuhle yena uzabusiswa, ngoba unikile okwesinkwa sakhe kumyanga.
10 Ke lī kituʻa ʻaia ʻoku manuki, pea ʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻae fakakikihi foki: ʻio, ʻe ngata ʻae feʻiteʻitani mo e lauʻikovi.
Xotsha isideleli, kuzaphuma lenkani, yebo, ingxabano lehlazo kuzaphela.
11 Ko ia ʻoku ʻofa ki he loto maʻa, ʻe kāinga ʻaki ia ʻe he tuʻi koeʻuhi ko e māʻoniʻoni ʻo hono loungutu.
Othanda ukuhlanzeka kwenhliziyo, ngenxa yesisa sendebe zakhe, inkosi ingumgane wakhe.
12 ‌ʻOku tauhi ʻae poto ʻe he fofonga ʻo Sihova, pea ʻoku ne fulihi ʻae ngāue ʻae angahala.
Amehlo eNkosi alondoloza ulwazi, kodwa izachitha amazwi abangathembekanga.
13 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe he tangata fakapikopiko, “ʻOku ai ʻae laione ʻituʻa, pea te u mate ʻi he ngaahi hala.”
Ivila lithi: Kulesilwane ngaphandle; ngizabulawa phakathi kwezitalada.
14 Ko e ngutu ʻoe kau fefine kovi ko e luo taumamaʻo: pea ʻe tō ki ai ʻaia ʻoku fehiʻa ki ai ʻa Sihova.
Umlomo wabesifazana bemzini ungumgodi otshonayo; lowo iNkosi emthukutheleleyo uzawela khona.
15 ‌ʻOku nonoʻo ʻae vale ʻi he loto ʻoe tamasiʻi; ka ko e vaʻa ʻakau ʻoe tauteʻi ʻe kapusi mamaʻo ai ia ʻiate ia.
Ubuthutha bubotshelwe enhliziyweni yomntwana; uswazi lokuqondisa luzabususela khatshana laye.
16 Ko ia ʻoku fakamālohiʻi ʻae masiva ke tupu ai ʻene koloa, pea mo ia ʻoku foaki ki he koloaʻia, ʻe hoko moʻoni kiate ia ʻae masiva.
Ocindezela umyanga ukwandisa alakho, opha onothileyo, isibili uzakuba ngoswelayo.
17 Fakaongo ho telinga, pea fanongo ki he lea ʻae poto, pea fakatokangaʻi ho loto ki heʻeku ʻilo.
Beka indlebe yakho, uzwe amazwi abahlakaniphileyo, umise inhliziyo yakho elwazini lami.
18 He ko e meʻa lelei ʻo kapau te ke tauhi ia ʻiate koe; pea ʻe taau ke lea ʻaki ia ʻe ho loungutu.
Ngoba kumnandi uba uwalondoloza emibilini yakho; azahlala elungile kanyekanye endebeni zakho.
19 Koeʻuhi ke ʻia Sihova hoʻo falala, ʻaia kuo u fakahā kiate koe ʻi he ʻaho ni, ʻio, kiate koe pe.
Ukuze ithemba lakho libe seNkosini, ngikwazisile wona lamuhla, ngitsho wena.
20 ‌ʻIkai kuo u tohi kiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei, ʻi he enginaki, pea mo e poto,
Kangikubhalelanga yini izinto ezinhle kakhulu kuzeluleko lelwazini?
21 koeʻuhi ke u fakahā ai kiate koe ʻae moʻoni ʻoe ngaahi lea moʻoni: koeʻuhi ke ke tali ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ʻoe moʻoni ʻakinautolu ʻoku fekau mai kiate koe?
Ukukwazisa ukuqiniseka kwamazwi eqiniso, ukuze ubuyisele amazwi eqiniso kulabo abakuthumileyo.
22 ‌ʻOua naʻa kaihaʻa mei he masiva koeʻuhi ko e masiva ia: pea ʻoua naʻa fakamālohiʻi ʻaia ʻoku mamahi ʻi he matapā:
Ungamphangi umyanga ngoba engumyanga, njalo ungamchobozi oswelayo esangweni.
23 Koeʻuhi ʻe langomakiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova, pea te ne maumauʻi ʻae laumālie ʻonautolu ʻoku maumauʻi ʻakinautolu.
Ngoba iNkosi izamela udaba lwabo, iphange umphefumulo wababaphangayo.
24 ‌ʻOua naʻa ke fakakāinga mo e tangata faʻa ʻita; pea ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa ke ʻalu mo ha tangata loto lili:
Ungahlanganyeli lomuntu ololaka, ungahambisani lomuntu othukuthelayo,
25 Telia naʻa ke ako ki hono ngaahi hala, pea tauheleʻi ai ho laumālie.
hlezi ufunde indlela zakhe, wemukele umjibila emphefumulweni wakho.
26 Ke ʻoua naʻa ke kau koe mo kinautolu ʻoku fepukeaki nima, pe ko kinautolu ʻoku fakapapau ki he fai ʻo ha totongi.
Ungabi phakathi kwababambana izandla, phakathi kwabayizibambiso ngezikwelede.
27 Kapau ʻoku ʻikai hao meʻa ke totongi aki, ko e hā ʻoku ʻave ai ho mohenga mei lalo ʻiate koe?
Uba ungelakho okokuhlawula, kungani ezathatha umbheda wakho ngaphansi kwakho?
28 ‌ʻOua naʻa hiki ʻae kauʻā motuʻa, ʻaia naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe hoʻo kau mātuʻa.
Ungatshedisi isikhonkwane esidala somngcele, oyihlo abasenzayo.
29 ‌ʻOku ke mamata ki ha tangata ʻoku faʻa fai ki heʻene ngāue? ʻE tuʻu ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi; ʻe ʻikai nofo ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai meʻavale.
Uyambona yini umuntu oyingcitshi emsebenzini wakhe? Uzazimisa phambi kwamakhosi; kayikuzimisa phambi kwabantukazana.

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