Kgosi e a gakololwa
1 Mafoko a kgosi Lemuele, e leng diane tse mmaagwe o di mo rutileng a re:
2 “Wena morwaaka wa ntlha, nka go raya ka reng? Morwaaka yo ke go belegeng, nka reng? Morwa maikano a me, nka reng?
3 Se neele basadi thata ya gago; basadi ba ba senyang dikgosi ò se ba neele lorato lwa gago.
4 Ga go a tshwanela dikgosi, Lemuele, ga go a tshwanela dikgosi go nwa weine; ga go a tshwanela barena go eletsa bojalwa,
5 e se re gongwe, fa ba a nwa, ba lebala molao, ba sokamisa tshiamelo ya babogisegi botlhe.
6 Nayang yo o batlileng go latlhega bojalwa, lo nee yo o pelo-e-botlhoko weine,
7 a nwe, a lebale khumanego ya gagwe, mme a se ka a tlhola a gopola tapisego ya gagwe.
8 “Buelela semumu, o emele tshiamo ya masiela otlhe.
9 Bula molomo wa gago, o atlhole ka tshiamo, o siamisetse mmogisegi le mohumanegi.”
Mosadi yo o maatlametlo
10 Mosadi yo o maatlametlo o bonwa ke mang? Kana ene ke lehumo le le gaisang ditalama tsa tlhwatlhwa e kgolo.
11 Pelo ya monna wa gagwe e ntse e mo ikanya; mme monna ga a nke a tlhoka tswelelopele.
12 Mosadi o ntse a mo direla tse di molemo, e seng tse di bosula, ka malatsi otlhe a bophelo jwa gagwe.
13 O a tle a tlhoafalele boboa le letseta; a dire ka diatla tsa gagwe ka bopelotshweu.
14 O tshwana le mekoro ya morekisi: O ya go tsaya dijo tsa gagwe kwa kgakala.
15 O a tle a tsoge e sa le bosigo,
a fe ba lapa la gagwe dijo,
a laela malata a gagwe
tiro ya letsatsi.
16 Fa a batla tshimo, a e reke;
a tlhome ditlhare tsa moweine
ka papadi ya diatla tsa gagwe.
17 Thata ya gagwe o a tle a e dire
moitlamo wa letheka la gagwe,
a tie mabogo.
18 O lemoga fa go bapala ga gagwe
go tswelela pele;
lobone lwa gagwe
ga lo time bosigo.
19 Diatla tsa gagwe
di a tle di tshware seotlhi,
di fete di sutisetse tlhale
kwa pele.
20 O a tle a huporololele mmogisegi
seatla,
a ntshetse mohumanegi mabogo.
21 Ga a boifele ba lapa la gagwe
serame, gonne botlhe
ba ba mo lapeng la gagwe
ba apesitswe
tse di tlhatlagantsweng.
22 O a tle a itirele diphate,
diaparo tsa gagwe
ke tsa masela a mantle
le a mahibidu.
23 Monna wa gagwe
o tlotlega mo makgotleng,
fa a nna le banna bagolo
ba morafe.
24 O a tle a roke dihempe,
a di rekise,
a ise meitlamo kwa bareking.
25 Thata le tlotlego ke diaparo
tsa gagwe;
o a tle a itumelele letsatsi
le le tlang.
26 O a tle a tswe molomo
ka botlhale; thuto e e natefang
e mo lolemeng lwa gagwe.
27 O tlhokomela tse di dirwang
mo lapeng la gagwe;
ga a je dijo tsa botshwakga.
28 Bomorwawe ba nanoge ba re:
“Ò tlhogonolo!”
Le monna wa gagwe a mmoke,
a re:
29 “Basadi ba bantsi ba dirile
ka maatlametlo,
mme wena o ba phala botlhe!”
30 Boeletsego bo a tsietsa, bontle ke phefo fela, mme mosadi yo o boifangMorenao tla bakwa.
31 A a je leungo la diatla tsa gagwe. A a bakwe mo makgotleng ka ditiro tsa gagwe.