Pro 9 | Ndebele | STEP | Inhlakanipho enkulu yakhe indlu yayo , ibaze insika zayo eziyisikhombisa .

1 Inhlakanipho enkulu yakhe indlu yayo ^a, ibaze insika zayo ^b eziyisikhombisa ^c. 2 Ihlabe okuhlatshwayo kwayo ^d, ixubanise iwayini layo ^e, futhi yalungisa itafula layo ^f. 3 Ithume incekukazi zayo ^g, iyamemeza ^h engqongeni zendawo eziphakemeyo zomuzi zisithi ⁱ: 4 Loba ngubani ongelalwazi? Kaphendukele lapha ^j; oswele ingqondo, ithi kuye ^{k
,} ^l: 5 Wozani, lidle okwesinkwa sami ^m, linathe okwewayini engilixubanisileyo ⁿ. 6 Yekelani abangelalwazi ^o liphile ^p, lihambe ngokuqonda ngendlela yokuqedisisa ^q.

7 Osola isiklolodi uzizuzela ihlazo, lokhuza okhohlakeleyo uzizuzela isici. 8 Ungasoli isiklolodi, hlezi sikuzonde ^r; sola ohlakaniphileyo, njalo uzakuthanda ^s. 9 Nika ohlakaniphileyo, njalo uzakuba lokhu ehlakanipha; fundisa olungileyo, njalo uzakwandisa ukufunda ^t.

10 Ukuyesaba iNkosi kuyikuqala kwenhlakanipho ^u, lolwazi lwabangcwele luyikuqedisisa ^v. 11 Ngoba ngami insuku zakho zizakwandiswa ^w, leminyaka yempilo yengezelelwe kuwe ^x. 12 Uba uhlakaniphile ^y, uzakuba uzihlakaniphele ^z; uba ukloloda, uzakuthwala wedwa ^aa.

13 Owesifazana oyisithutha ^ab ulomsindo ^ac, kalangqondo, kazi lutho ^ad. 14 Ngoba uhlala emnyango wendlu yakhe, esihlalweni, endaweni eziphakemeyo zomuzi ^ae, 15 ukubiza abadlulayo ngendlela, abahamba beqondile emikhondweni yabo, esithi ^af: 16 Loba ngubani ongelalwazi? Kaphendukele lapha ^ag; loswele ingqondo, uthi kuye ^ah: 17 Amanzi ebiweyo amnandi, lesinkwa sensitha siyahlabusa ^ai. 18 Kodwa kazi ukuthi abafileyo balapho; abanxusiweyo bakhe basenzikini yesihogo ^{aj
,} ^ak.