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1 Sikieni haya, enyi mataifa yote; Sikilizeni, ninyi nyote mnaokaa duniani.
Psaumes 78.1 Romains 10.18 Apocalypse 2.29 Esaïe 49.6 Psaumes 33.8
2 Watu wakuu na watu wadogo wote pia, Tajiri na maskini wote pamoja.
Psaumes 62.9 Jacques 2.1-2.7 Job 34.19 Jérémie 5.4-5.5 Apocalypse 6.15-6.17
3 Kinywa changu kitanena hekima, Na fikira za moyo wangu zitakuwa za busara.
Job 33.33 Proverbes 4.1-4.2 Proverbes 8.6-8.11 Psaumes 119.130 Matthieu 12.35
4 Nitatega sikio langu nisikie mithali, Na kufumbua fumbo langu kwa kinubi
Psaumes 78.2 Matthieu 13.35 Proverbes 1.6 Nombres 12.8 Matthieu 13.11-13.15
5 Kwa nini niogope siku za uovu, Ubaya ukinizunguka miguuni pangu?
Psaumes 46.1-46.2 Proverbes 24.10 Genèse 49.17 Ephésiens 5.16 Psaumes 38.4
6 Wa hao wanaozitumainia mali zao, Na kujisifia wingi wa utajiri wao;
Marc 10.24 Psaumes 52.7 Luc 12.19 Job 31.24-31.25 Psaumes 62.10
7 Hakuna mtu awezaye kumkomboa ndugu yake, Wala kumpa Mungu fidia kwa ajili yake,Matthieu 16.26 1 Pierre 1.18 Matthieu 20.28 1 Timothée 2.6 Matthieu 25.9
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 Jean 8.51-8.52 Ecclésiaste 8.8 Actes 2.27
10 Naam, ataliona, hata wenye hekima hufa; Mpumbavu na mjinga hupotea pamoja, Na kuwaachia wengine mali zao.
Psaumes 39.6 Luc 12.20 Psaumes 94.8 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 Actes 8.22 1 Samuel 15.12
12 Lakini mwanadamu hadumu katika heshima, Bali amefanana na wanyama wapoteao.
Psaumes 49.20 Psaumes 39.5 Psaumes 82.7 Ecclésiaste 3.18-3.21 1 Pierre 1.24
13 Hiyo ndiyo njia yao, ujinga wao, Nao walioko baada yao huyaridhia maneno yao.
Luc 12.20 Luc 11.47-11.48 1 Corinthiens 3.19 Jérémie 44.17 Luc 16.27-16.28
14 Kama kondoo wamewekwa kwenda kuzimu, Na mauti itawachunga; Watu wanyofu watawamiliki asubuhi; Umbo lao litachakaa, kao lao ni kuzimu.
Malachie 4.3 Job 30.23 1 Corinthiens 6.2 Job 24.19-24.20 Daniel 7.22
15 Bali Mungu atanikomboa nafsi yangu, Atanitoa mkononi mwa kuzimu, maana atanikaribisha.
Osée 13.14 Psaumes 56.13 Psaumes 73.24 Psaumes 16.10-16.11 Actes 7.59
16 Usiogope mtu atakapopata utajiri, Na fahari ya nyumba yake itakapozidi.
Psaumes 37.7 Apocalypse 21.24 Apocalypse 21.26 Psaumes 49.5 Psaumes 37.1
17 Maana atakapokufa hatachukua cho chote; Utukufu wake hautashuka ukimfuata.
1 Timothée 6.7 Job 27.19 Ecclésiaste 5.15 1 Corinthiens 15.43 Job 1.21
18 Ajapojibariki nafsi yake alipokuwa hai, Na watu watakusifu ukijitendea mema,
Deutéronome 29.19 Luc 12.19 Apocalypse 13.3-13.4 Psaumes 10.3 Actes 12.20-12.22
19 Atakwenda kwenye kizazi cha baba zake Hawataona nuru hata milele.
Job 33.30 Genèse 15.15 Psaumes 56.13 1 Rois 16.6 Luc 16.22-16.23
20 Mwanadamu mwenye heshima, iwapo hana akili, Amefanana na wanyama wapoteao.
Psaumes 49.12 Job 4.21 Esther 7.10 Ecclésiaste 3.18-3.19 Psaumes 73.18-73.19