Proverbs 29

1Umuntu othi ekhuzwa kanengi a aqinise intamo b, uzahle ephulwe, njalo kungabi lakusiliswa c.

2Lapho abalungileyo besanda, abantu bayathokoza d, kodwa lapho okhohlakeleyo ebusa, abantu bayabubula e.

3Umuntu othanda inhlakanipho uthokozisa uyise f, kodwa ohlanganyela lamawule g , h uchitha inotho i.

4Inkosi iqinisa ilizwe ngesahlulelo, kodwa umuntu wezipho uyalichitha j.

5Umuntu olalisa ngolimi umakhelwane wakhe k wendlalela izinyawo zakhe imbule l.

6Esiphambekweni somuntu omubi kulomjibila m, kodwa olungileyo n uyamemeza ngenjabulo ethokoza o.

7Olungileyo uyalwazi udaba lwabayanga p; okhohlakeleyo kananzeleli ulwazi q.

8Abantu abadelelayo bayawuthungela umuzi, kodwa abahlakaniphileyo badedisa ulaka r.

9Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo emangalelana lomuntu oyisithutha s, loba elolaka, loba ehleka t, kakulakuthula u.

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

11Isithutha sikhupha umoya waso wonke w, kodwa ohlakaniphileyo uyawuthiba x.

12Umbusi olalela amazwi amanga, zonke izinceku zakhe zikhohlakele.

13Umyanga lomuntu wencindezelo bayahlangana y; iNkosi ikhanyisa amehlo abo bobabili z.

14Inkosi eyahlulela abayanga ngothembeko aa, isihlalo sayo sobukhosi sizamiswa phakade ab.

15Uswazi lokukhuza kunika inhlakanipho ac, kodwa umntwana oyekelelwayo ad uthelela ae unina inhloni af.

16Lapho abakhohlakeleyo besanda, isiphambeko siyanda, kodwa abalungileyo ag bazabona ukuwa kwabo ah.

17Laya indodana yakho, izakuphumuza ai , aj; yebo, izanika izinjabulo emphefumulweni wakho ak.

18Lapho okungelambono khona, abantu babengabambeki al; kodwa ubusisiwe ogcina umlayo am.

19Inceku kayilaywa ngamazwi; lanxa iqedisisa, kayiyikuphendula an.

20Uyambona yini umuntu ophangisa ngamazwi akhe ao? Kulethemba elingcono esithutheni kulaye ap.

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

22Umuntu ololaka ubanga ukuxabana ar, lomuntu ovutha intukuthelo wandisa isiphambeko as.

23Ukuzigqaja komuntu kuzamehlisa at, kodwa olomoya othobekileyo uzabamba udumo au.

24Owabelana lesela uzonda umphefumulo wakhe av; uzwa isiqalekiso aw, angakhulumi ax.

25Ukwesaba abantu kuletha umjibila ay, kodwa othemba eNkosini uzabekwa phezulu evikelekile az.

26Abanengi badinga ubuso bombusi ba, kodwa isahlulelo salowo lalowo sivela eNkosini bb.

27Umuntu ongalunganga uyisinengiso kwabalungileyo, kodwa oqotho endleleni uyisinengiso kokhohlakeleyo bc.

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