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1 Sikieni haya, enyi mataifa yote; Sikilizeni, ninyi nyote mnaokaa duniani.
Psaumes 78.1 Esaïe 49.6 Psaumes 33.8 Matthieu 28.19-28.20 Romains 3.29
2 Watu wakuu na watu wadogo wote pia, Tajiri na maskini wote pamoja.
Psaumes 62.9 Jacques 2.1-2.7 1 Samuel 2.7-2.8 Jacques 1.9-1.11 Job 34.19
3 Kinywa changu kitanena hekima, Na fikira za moyo wangu zitakuwa za busara.
Matthieu 12.35 Psaumes 19.14 Deutéronome 32.2 Psaumes 37.30 2 Timothée 3.15-3.17
4 Nitatega sikio langu nisikie mithali, Na kufumbua fumbo langu kwa kinubi
Psaumes 78.2 Proverbes 1.6 Nombres 12.8 Matthieu 13.35 Luc 12.3
5 Kwa nini niogope siku za uovu, Ubaya ukinizunguka miguuni pangu?
Psaumes 38.4 1 Samuel 26.20 Psaumes 27.1-27.2 Actes 27.24 Esaïe 41.10-41.11
6 Wa hao wanaozitumainia mali zao, Na kujisifia wingi wa utajiri wao;
Marc 10.24 Psaumes 52.7 Osée 12.8 1 Timothée 6.17 Proverbes 10.15
7 Hakuna mtu awezaye kumkomboa ndugu yake, Wala kumpa Mungu fidia kwa ajili yake,
Matthieu 16.26 Matthieu 20.28 1 Timothée 2.6 Matthieu 25.9 1 Pierre 1.18
8 (Maana fidia ya nafsi zao ina gharama, Wala hana budi kuiacha hata milele;)
Job 36.18-36.19 Matthieu 16.26
9 ili aishi sikuzote asilione kaburi.
Psaumes 89.48 Psaumes 16.10 Psaumes 22.29 Zacharie 1.5 Luc 16.22-16.23
10 Naam, ataliona, hata wenye hekima hufa; Mpumbavu na mjinga hupotea pamoja, Na kuwaachia wengine mali zao.
Luc 12.20 Psaumes 94.8 Psaumes 39.6 Psaumes 73.22 Proverbes 30.2
11 Makaburi ni nyumba zao hata milele, Maskani zao vizazi hata vizazi. Hao waliotaja mashamba yao Kwa majina yao wenyewe.
Genèse 4.17 Psaumes 64.6 Psaumes 5.9 Luc 11.39 Psaumes 10.6
12 Lakini mwanadamu hadumu katika heshima, Bali amefanana na wanyama wapoteao.
Psaumes 49.20 Ecclésiaste 3.18-3.21 Psaumes 39.5 Psaumes 82.7 Ecclésiaste 9.12
13 Hiyo ndiyo njia yao, ujinga wao, Nao walioko baada yao huyaridhia maneno yao.
Luc 12.20 1 Corinthiens 3.19 Jérémie 44.17 Luc 16.27-16.28 Luc 11.47-11.48
14 Kama kondoo wamewekwa kwenda kuzimu, Na mauti itawachunga; Watu wanyofu watawamiliki asubuhi; Umbo lao litachakaa, kao lao ni kuzimu.
Malachie 4.3 1 Corinthiens 6.2 Job 30.23 Psaumes 39.11 Luc 22.30
15 Bali Mungu atanikomboa nafsi yangu, Atanitoa mkononi mwa kuzimu, maana atanikaribisha.
Osée 13.14 Psaumes 73.24 Psaumes 56.13 Psaumes 89.48 Luc 23.46
16 Usiogope mtu atakapopata utajiri, Na fahari ya nyumba yake itakapozidi.
Psaumes 37.7 Proverbes 28.12 Esther 3.1-3.6 Genèse 31.1 Esther 5.11
17 Maana atakapokufa hatachukua cho chote; Utukufu wake hautashuka ukimfuata.
1 Timothée 6.7 Job 27.19 Esaïe 5.14 Luc 16.24 Luc 12.20
18 Ajapojibariki nafsi yake alipokuwa hai, Na watu watakusifu ukijitendea mema,
Deutéronome 29.19 Luc 12.19 1 Samuel 25.6 Esther 3.2 Apocalypse 13.3-13.4
19 Atakwenda kwenye kizazi cha baba zake Hawataona nuru hata milele.
Genèse 15.15 Job 33.30 Psaumes 56.13 Ecclésiaste 3.21 Ecclésiaste 12.7
20 Mwanadamu mwenye heshima, iwapo hana akili, Amefanana na wanyama wapoteao.
Psaumes 49.12 Ecclésiaste 3.18-3.19 Psaumes 73.18-73.19 Job 4.21 Esther 7.10