1 Umuntu omubi uyabaleka loba engaxotshaniswa muntu,
2 Nxa ilizwe lihlamuka liba lababusi abanengi,
3 Umbusi oncindezela abayanga
4 Labo abaphikisa umthetho bakhuthaza izigangi,
5 Abantu ababi kabakuzwisisi ukwahlulela kuhle,
6 Ungcono umyanga ohamba ngokulunga
7 Lowo ogcina umthetho yindodana eqedisisayo,
8 Lowo owandisa inotho yakhe ngenzaliso
9 Loba ngubani ongawulaleliyo umthetho,
10 Lowo oholela olungileyo endleleni embi
11 Umuntu onothileyo angazibona ingathi uhlakaniphile,
12 Nxa olungileyo enqoba kulokujabula okukhulu;
13 Lowo ofihla iziphambeko zakhe kayikuphumelela,
14 Ubusisiwe umuntu ohlala emesaba uThixo,
15 Njengesilwane esibhongayo loba ibhele elihlaselayo
16 Umbusi oncindezelayo wehluleka ukwahlulela kuhle,
17 Umuntu odliwa ngumzwangedwa wokubulala omunye
18 Lowo ompilo yakhe ingelacala uvikelekile,
19 Lowo osebenza nzima emasimini akhe uzathola ukudla okunengi,
20 Umuntu othembekileyo uzabusiswa ngokuphumelela,
21 Ukubandlulula abantu kakulunganga
22 Umuntu oncitshanayo utshisekela ukunotha
23 Lowo okhuza umuntu uzacina esethandeka
24 Lowo ontshontshela uyise loba unina
25 Umuntu olomhawu ubanga ingxabano,
26 Lowo ozithembayo yena uyisiwula,
27 Lowo opha abayanga kayikuswela lutho,
28 Lapho izigangi zisiba yiziphathamandla abantu bayacatsha;