18 Abazi,+ bengaqondi,+ ngenxa yokuba amehlo abo avingciwe khon’ ukuze bangaboni,+ nentliziyo yabo khon’ ukuze bangabi nangqiqo.+

20 “Qokelelanani, nize.+ Sondelani ndawonye, nina babalekileyo ezintlangeni.+ Abo bathwala umthi womfanekiso wabo oqingqiweyo abanalwazi, ngokunjalo nabo bathandaza kuthixo ongenako ukusindisa.+

5 Zinjengonomgogwana kwintsimi yekomkomere, yaye azinakuthetha.+ Zimele zithwalwe, kuba azikwazi kuhamba.+ Musa ukuzoyika, kuba azinakwenza nto iyintlekele yaye, ngaphezu koko, azinako ukwenza nakuphi na okulungileyo.”+

23 Usuke waziphakamisa+ nxamnye neNkosi yamazulu, wathi makulandwe kwanezitya zendlu yayo;+ nasela ngazo iwayini, wena, nezihandiba zakho, namashweshwe akho, nabafazi bakho baseqadini, kwaye udumise oothixo besilivere nabegolide, nabobhedu, nabentsimbi, nabomthi, nabamatye,+ abangaboniyo, nabangevayo, nabangazi nento le;+ kodwa akumzukisanga+ uTHIXO esesandleni sakhe impefumlo yakho+ nalowo zixhomekeke kuye zonke iindlela zakho.+

18 Ube yingenelo ngantoni na umfanekiso okroliweyo,+ xa ingumyili wawo owuqingqileyo, umfanekiso otyhidiweyo, nomyaleli wobuxoki?+ xa umyili wawo ekholose ngawo,+ ukusa kumkhamo wokwenza oothixo abangenaxabiso abangathethiyo?+

4 Ngokuphathelele ukutyiwa+ kokutya okunikelwe kwizithixo, siyazi ukuba isithixo asinto+ ehlabathini, nokuba akukho Thixo ngaphandle nje komnye.+

19 Ndithini na, ke ngoko? Ndithi oko kubingelelwe kwisithixo kuyinto na, okanye ndithi isithixo siyinto na?+

2 Niyazi ukuba ngoxa naningabantu beentlanga,+ nanikhukuliswa niphuphuthekiswa zizithixo+ ezingathethiyo.+