1 "Hlabela wena mfazi oyinyumba,

wena ongazange uzale umntwana;

susa ingoma, umemeze ngentokozo,

wena ongakaze uhelelwe

ngoba abantwana bomfazi olahliweyo banengi

kulabalowo olendoda,"

kutsho uThixo.

2 Qhelisa indawo yethente lakho,

yelula amakhetheni ethente

lakho abe banzi,

ungathikazi, yelula izintambo zakho,

uqinise izikhonkwane zakho.

3 Ngoba uzaqhela usiya kwesokudla lesenxele;

inzalo yakho izazixotsha izizwe yakhe

emadolobheni azo adilikayo.

4 "Ungesabi, ngoba awuyikwehlelwa lihlazo.

Ungesabi ukuyangeka, ngoba awuyikudumazeka.

Uzalikhohlwa ihlazo lasebutsheni bakho,

ungakhumbuli lesithuko sobufelokazi bakho.

5 Ngoba uMenzi wakho engumyeni wakho,

uThixo uSomandla libizo lakhe

oNgcwele ka-Israyeli unguMhlengi wakho;

ubizwa ngokuthi nguNkulunkulu womhlaba wonke.

6 UThixo uzakubiza

njengowesifazane olahliweyo, odabukileyo emoyeni,

owesifazane owenda esesemncane,

waphanga waliwa," kutsho uNkulunkulu wakho.

7 "Ngakutshiya okomzuzwana omncane,

kodwa ngesihawu esikhulu ngizakubuyisa.

8 Ngomfutho wokuthukuthela,

ngakufihlela ubuso bami okomzuzwana,

kodwa ngothando olungapheliyo,

ngizakuba lesihawu kuwe,"

kutsho uThixo uMhlengi wakho.

9 "Kimi lokhu kunjengasezinsukwini zikaNowa,

lapho engafunga khona ngathi amanzi kaNowa

kawayikugcwala umhlaba futhi.

Ngakho khathesi sengifungile ngathi

angiyikukuthukuthelela futhi;

angiyikukusola njalo.

10 Lanxa izintaba zinganyikinyiswa,

lamaqaqa asuswe,

kodwa uthando lwami olungapheliyo kuwe kaluyikunyikinyiswa,

kumbe isivumelwano sami sokuthula sisuswe,"

kutsho uThixo olesihawu kuwe.

11 Wena dolobho elihluphekileyo,

elitshaywa yiziphepho alaze laduduzwa,

ngizakwakha ngamatshe amahle,

izisekelo zakho ngizakhe ngamasafire.

12 Izakhiwo zakho zokuvikela ngizazenza ngamarubhi,

amasango akho ngiwenze ngamatshe akhazimulayo, yonke

imithangala yakho ngiyenze ngamatshe aligugu.

13 Wonke amadodana akho azafundiswa nguThixo,

njalo kuzakuba kukhulu ukuthula kwabantwana bakho.

14 Uzaqiniswa ngokulunga:

uchuku luzakuba khatshana lawe,

awuyikwesaba lutho.

Ukwesaba kuzasuselwa khatshana,

akuyikusondela phansi kwakho.

15 Nxa ekhona ozakuhlasela, kobe kungayisimi;

loba ngubani okuhlaselayo uzazinikela kuwe.

16 "Khangela, yimi engadala umkhandi wensimbi

ovuthela amalahle abe lilangabi,

akhande isikhali esilungele umsebenzi waso.

Njalo yimi engadala umchithi ukuba enze umonakalo;

17 akulasikhali esikhandelwe wena esizaphumelela,

njalo bonke abakumangalelayo uzabehlula.

Leli yilifa lezinceku zikaThixo,

lokhu yikho ukwenaniswa kwazo yimi,"

kutsho uThixo.