UmShumayeli 1:1-18
1 Amazwi omhlanganisi,+ indodana kaDavide inkosi eJerusalema.+
2 “Yize leze!”+ kusho umhlanganisi, “yize leze! Yonke into iyize!”+
3 Unambuyiseloni umuntu kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe onzima awusebenza+ kanzima ngaphansi kwelanga?+
4 Isizukulwane siyamuka,+ isizukulwane siyeza;+ kodwa umhlaba umi kuze kube nini nanini.+
5 Ilanga nalo liphumile, futhi ilanga lishonile,+ futhi liza liphuthuma endaweni yalo lapho liyophuma khona.+
6 Umoya uya eningizimu, futhi ujikeleza uzungeze uye enyakatho.+ Ujikeleza njalo uzungeza+ ngokuqhubekayo, futhi umoya ubuyela khona kanye emijikelezweni yawo.+
7 Zonke izifufula zasebusika+ ziphuma ziye olwandle,+ kodwa nokho ulwandle alugcwele.+ Endaweni lapho izifufula zasebusika ziya khona, zibuyela khona futhi ukuze ziphinde ziphume khona.+
8 Zonke izinto ziyakhathaza;+ akekho okwaziyo ukukhuluma ngakho. Iso alaneliswa ukubona,+ nendlebe ayigcwali ngokuzwa.+
9 Lokho okuye kwaba khona, yilokho okuyoba khona;+ lokho osekwenziwe, yilokho okuyokwenziwa; ngakho ayikho into entsha ngaphansi kwelanga.+
10 Ikhona yini into umuntu angase athi ngayo: “Uyakubona lokhu; kusha”? Bekulokhu kukhona kusukela nini nanini;+ lokho okuye kwaba khona kusukela esikhathini sangaphambi kwethu.+
11 Akukho ukukhunjulwa kwabantu bezikhathi zangaphambili, futhi ngeke kube khona nokwalabo abayoba khona kamuva.+ Ngeke kube khona ngisho nokukhunjulwa kwabo phakathi kwalabo abasazoba khona kamuva.+
12 Mina, mhlanganisi, ngangiyinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli eJerusalema.+
13 Futhi ngabeka inhliziyo yami ukuba ifune futhi ihlole ukuhlakanipha+ maqondana nakho konke okuye kwenziwa phansi kwamazulu—umsebenzi obangela inhlekelele uNkulunkulu awunike amadodana abantu ukuba abe matasa kuwo.+
14 Ngabona yonke imisebenzi eyayenziwa phansi kwelanga,+ futhi, bheka! konke kwakuyize nokulwela ukufica umoya.+
15 Lokho okwenziwé kwagwegwa akunakuqondiswa,+ nalokho okuntulekayo akunakwenzeka kubalwe.
16 Mina, yebo, mina, ngakhuluma nenhliziyo yami,+ ngathi: “Bheka! Mina ngiye ngakhula kakhulu ngokuhlakanipha ngaphezu kwanoma ubani oke waba ngaphambi kwami eJerusalema,+ futhi inhliziyo yami yabona ukuhlakanipha nolwazi okukhulu kakhulu.”+
17 Nganikela inhliziyo yami ekwazini ukuhlakanipha nasekwazini ubuhlanya,+ ngiye ngazi nobuwula,+ ukuthi nalokhu kuwukulwela ukufica umoya.+
18 Ngoba ngokuchichima kokuhlakanipha kuba khona nokukhathazeka okuchichimayo,+ kangangokuba lowo owandisa ulwazi wandisa ubuhlungu.+
