28For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? 29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, 30saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
28"Ngubani emkhatsini wenu longatsi afuna kwakha sitezi lesikhulu, angahlali phansi kucala, abale tindleko, abukisise kutsi unayo yini imali leyenele kutsi angasicedza lesitezi? 29Nangabe akanayo kantsi sewubeke nesisekelo saso, angasasicedzi, bonkhe lababonako bangahlekisa ngaye batsi: 30'Lendvodza yacala yakha, kodvwa seyiyehluleka kuwucedza lomsebenti!'