¹ Umuntu ozelwe ngowesifazane imihla yakhe mifushane, igcwele ukuyaluza. ² Uyavela njengembali, abune; ubaleka njengethunzi, angemi. ³ Konje uvulela onjalo amehlo akho, ungingenise ekwahluleweni nawe, na? ⁴ Ngubani ongaveza okuhlambulukileyo kukh o okungcolileyo na ? Kakho noyedwa. ⁵ Uma imihla yakhe inqunyiwe , umumo wezinsu ku zakhe ukuwe , ubekile umkhawulo wakhe, aze angadluli, ⁶ ungambheki, aphumule, ukuze athokoze ngosuku lwakhe njengomqashwa. ⁷ Ngokuba kukhona ithemba emthini : uma unqunywa , ungabuye uhlume , nehlumela lawo aliyikuphela. ⁸ Noma impande yawo iguga emhlabathini, nesiphunzi sawo sifela othulini, ⁹ ngephunga lamanzi uyakuhluma, uveze izingatsha njengesithombo. ¹⁰ Kepha umuntu ofileyo uphelile; umuntu ogqabukileyo uphi na? ¹¹ Njengamanzi anyamalele elwandle, nomfula oshileyo ome, ¹² kanjalo umuntu ulala phansi , angabe esavuka ; lize lingabikho izulu abayikuvuka, bangaphaphanyiswa ebuthongweni babo. ¹³ Sengathi ungangifihla endaweni yabafileyo , ungisithe kuze kudlule intukuthelo yakho, unginqumele isikhathi, ungikhumbule. ¹⁴ Uma umuntu efa , uyakubuye aphile na ? Bengiyakulinda zonke izinsuku zomshikashika wami, kuze kufike ukumuka kwami. ¹⁵ Ubuyakubiza, mina ngiphendule; ubuyakulangazelela umsebenzi wezandla zakho, ¹⁶ yebo, khona ubuyakubala izinyathelo zami, ungaqapheli isono sami. ¹⁷ Isiphambeko besiyakuvalelwa esikhwameni, besewusibekela ukona kwami. ¹⁸ Impela intaba iyawa, idilike; idwala liyasuswa endaweni yalo; ¹⁹ amanzi ayagubha amatshe ; ukuphuphuma kwawo kuyakhukhula uthuli lomhlaba; kanjalo uyachitha nethemba lomuntu. ²⁰ Uyamsukela kuze kube phakade , amuke; uyaguqula ubu so bakhe , ummukise. ²¹ Amadodana akhe ayadunyiswa, engazi yena; ayeyiswa, engakuqondi. ²² Inyama yakhe iyezwa ubuhlungu bayo kuphela ; umphefumulo wakhe uzidabukela wona kuphela.