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1 Sikieni haya, enyi mataifa yote; Sikilizeni, ninyi nyote mnaokaa duniani.
Psaumes 78.1 Matthieu 28.19-28.20 Romains 3.29 Apocalypse 2.7 Psaumes 34.11
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.
Deutéronome 32.2 Psaumes 37.30 2 Timothée 3.15-3.17 Psaumes 45.1 Job 33.3
4 Nitatega sikio langu nisikie mithali, Na kufumbua fumbo langu kwa kinubi
Psaumes 78.2 Proverbes 1.6 Nombres 12.8 Matthieu 13.35 2 Corinthiens 3.12
5 Kwa nini niogope siku za uovu, Ubaya ukinizunguka miguuni pangu?
Psaumes 27.1-27.2 Actes 27.24 Esaïe 41.10-41.11 Romains 8.33-8.34 Psaumes 22.16
6 Wa hao wanaozitumainia mali zao, Na kujisifia wingi wa utajiri wao;
Psaumes 52.7 Marc 10.24 1 Timothée 6.17 Proverbes 10.15 Proverbes 23.5
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 Luc 16.22-16.23 Actes 2.31 Proverbes 11.4
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 2 Samuel 18.18 Deutéronome 3.14
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 Apocalypse 14.13 Psaumes 31.5
16 Usiogope mtu atakapopata utajiri, Na fahari ya nyumba yake itakapozidi.
Psaumes 37.7 Esther 3.1-3.6 Genèse 31.1 Esther 5.11 Apocalypse 21.24
17 Maana atakapokufa hatachukua cho chote; Utukufu wake hautashuka ukimfuata.
1 Timothée 6.7 Job 27.19 Luc 16.24 Luc 12.20 Esaïe 10.3
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.
Job 33.30 Genèse 15.15 Psaumes 56.13 Ecclésiaste 12.7 Luc 12.20
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