1Mafoko a kgosi Lemuele; boitseanape jo mmaagwe o bo mo rutileng.
2Ke eng, morwaaka? Ke eng wena ngwana wa sebopelo sa me? Ke eng, wena ngwana wa maikano a me?
3O se ka wa naya basadi thata ya gago, le metsamao ya gago o se ka wa e naya sone se se senyang dikgosi.
4Ga go a tshwanela dikgosi, Lemuele, ga go a tshwanela dikgosi go nwa bojalwa jwa mofine; ga go a tshwanela dikgosana, go re: “Bojalwa jwa mofine jo bo loileng bo kae?”
5Gonne ba ka tla ba nwa, mme ba lebala molao, ba sokamisa tshiamiso ya bangwe ba ba pitlagantsweng.
6Naya ene yo o gaufi le go swa bojalwa jo bo loileng, le bojalwa jwa mofine o bo neye ene yo o mowa o galakegang;
7a a nwe, mme a lebale khumanego ya gagwe, mme a a se tlhole a gakologelwa matladika a gagwe.
8O tumololele dimumu molomo wa gago, go tlhabanela botlhe ba ba tlogetsweng ba le mo tatlhegong.
9Tumolola molomo, o atlhole ka tshiamo, o atlholele bahumanegi le batlhoki.
10E mang yo o ka bonang mosadi yo o mokgwa o o iphaphileng? Gonne tlhwatlhwa ya gagwe e feta ya majana a a tlhokegang kgakala.
11Pelo ya monna wa gagwe e mo ikantse, mme ga a ketla a tlhoka papadi.
12O mo direla molemo e seng bosula, ka metlha yotlhe ya botshelo jwa gagwe.
13O tle a senke bobowa le leloba, mme a dire ka bongwe fela jwa pelo ka diatla.
14O ntse jaaka dikepe tsa moreki wa dilo; dijo tsa gagwe o tle a ye go di tsaya kwa kgakala.
15Le gone o tle a tsoge go sa le bosigo, a neye ba ntlo ya gagwe dijo, le barweetsana ba gagwe tiro ya bone.
16O tle a gopole tshimo, mme a e reke; a tlhome tshimo ya mafine ka papadi ya diatla tsa gagwe.
17O ikokwaela mo lothekeng ka nonofo, a ithatafatse mabogo.
18O lemoga fa tlhwatlhwa ya gagwe e na le papadi; lobone lwa gagwe ga lo time bosigo.
19O tle a beye diatla mo selogong, diatla tsa gagwe di tshware letsogo la sone.
20O tle a huporololele bahumanegi seatla; ee, a otlololele batlhoki mabogo.
21Ga a boifele ba ntlo ya gagwe fa go le kapoko, gonne ba ntlo ya gagwe botlhe ba apere bohibidu jo bo letlhololo.
22O itirela dialo tsa letsela le le dirilweng matsabatsaba; diaparo tsa gagwe ke leloba le le boleta le bohibidu jo bo mokgona.
23Monna wa gagwe o itsiwe mo dikgotleng, fa a dutse mo bagolwaneng ba lefatshe.
24O tle a dire diaparo tsa leloba, mme a di rekise; a neele moreki meitlamo.
25Thata le tlotlego ke diaparo tsa gagwe; mme o tlaa tshega lobaka lo lo tlang.
26O tumolola molomo wa gagwe ka botlhale; mme molao wa bopelonomi o bo o le mo lolemeng lwa gagwe.
27O lebaleba mekgwa ya ba ntlo ya gagwe thata, mme ga a je dijo tsa podufalo.
28Bana ba gagwe ba nanoge, ba mmitse mosegofadiwa; monna wa gagwe le ene a mmake a re:
29“Bana bantsi ba basetsana ba dirile sentle, mme wena o ba gaisitse botlhe fela.”
30Boeletsego ke tsietso le bontle ke boithamako, mme mosadi yo o boifang Jehofa, ene o tlaa bakwa.
31Mo neye papadi ya diatla tsa gagwe, mme a ditiro tsa gagwe di mmake mo dikgotleng.