UmShumayeli 9:1-18
9 Ngoba ngakufaka konke lokhu enhliziyweni yami, yebo ukuba ngikuhlole konke lokhu,+ ukuthi abalungileyo nabahlakaniphileyo, kanye nemisebenzi yabo, basesandleni sikaNkulunkulu weqiniso.+ Abantu abaluqapheli uthando noma inzondo konke okwaba khona ngaphambi kwabo.+
2 Bayefana bonke kulokho bonke abanakho.+ Kukhona isiphetho sinye+ kolungile+ nakomubi,+ omuhle nohlanzekile nongahlanzekile, owenza umhlatshelo nalowo ongawenzi. Omuhle uyafana nesoni;+ ofungayo uyafana nanoma ubani obelokhu esesaba isifungo.+
3 Lokhu yikho okuyinhlekelele kukho konke okuye kwenziwa phansi kwelanga, ukuthi, ngenxa yokuthi sinye isiphetho esikhona kubo bonke,+ inhliziyo yamadodana abantu futhi igcwele ububi;+ kukhona ubuhlanya+ enhliziyweni yawo phakathi nesikhathi sokuphila kwawo, futhi ngemva kwaso—aya kwabafileyo!+
4 Ngoba ngokuqondene nanoma ubani ohlanganiswa nabo bonke abaphilayo kukhona ithemba, ngoba inja ephilayo+ ingcono kakhulu kunengonyama efileyo.+
5 Ngoba abaphilayo bayazi ukuthi bayokufa;+ kodwa abafileyo bona abazi lutho,+ futhi abasenawo umvuzo, ngoba ukukhunjulwa kwabo sekulibalekile.+
6 Futhi uthando lwabo nenzondo yabo nomhawu wabo sekushabalele kakade,+ abasenaso isabelo nanini kunoma yini okumelwe yenziwe phansi kwelanga.+
7 Hamba, udle ukudla kwakho ngokujabula, uphuze iwayini lakho ngenhliziyo enhle,+ ngoba kakade uNkulunkulu weqiniso uyijabulele imisebenzi yakho.+
8 Ngaso sonke isikhathi izingubo zakho mazibe mhlophe,+ futhi amafutha mawangantuleki ekhanda lakho.+
9 Jabulela ukuphila nomfazi wakho omthandayo+ zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho okuyize Yena akunike zona phansi kwelanga, zonke izinsuku zeze lakho, ngoba lokho kuyisabelo sakho ekuphileni+ nasemsebenzini wakho onzima owenza kanzima phansi kwelanga.
10 Konke isandla sakho esikutholayo ukuba sikwenze, kwenze ngawo wonke amandla akho,+ ngoba akukho msebenzi namacebo nalwazi+ nakuhlakanipha+ eShiyoli,+ indawo oya kuyo.+
11 Ngabuya futhi, ngabona phansi kwelanga ukuthi ukuphumelela umncintiswano+ akuyi ngabanejubane, noma impi+ ngabanamandla, noma ukudla+ ngabahlakaniphileyo, noma ingcebo,+ ngabaqondayo, ngisho nalabo abanolwazi abawutholi umusa;+ ngoba isikhathi nesenzakalo esingalindelekile sibehlela bonke.+
12 Ngoba umuntu+ futhi akasazi isikhathi sakhe.+ Njengezinhlanzi ezibanjwa yinetha elibi,+ nanjengezinyoni ezibanjwa isicupho,+ kanjalo namadodana abantu abanjwa ngesikhathi esiyinhlekelele,+ lapho siwehlela engazelele.+
13 Lokhu nakho ngakubona ngokuqondene nokuhlakanipha phansi kwelanga—futhi kwakukukhulu kimi:
14 Kwakukhona umuzi omncane, futhi amadoda ayekuwo ayembalwa; kwafika kuwo inkosi enkulu, yawuhaqa yakha izinqaba ezinkulu izokulwa nawo.+
15 Futhi kwatholakala kuwo indoda ethile, eswele kodwa ehlakaniphile, yona yawenzela lowo muzi indlela yokuphunyuka ngokuhlakanipha kwayo.+ Kodwa akukho muntu owayikhumbula leyo ndoda eswele.+
16 Mina ngokwami ngathi: “Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kunamandla;+ nokho ukuhlakanipha koswele kuyadelelwa, namazwi akhe awalalelwa.”+
17 Amazwi abahlakaniphileyo akhulunywa kuthulile azwakala kakhulu+ kunokumemeza kobusa phakathi kwabantu abayiziphukuphuku.+
18 Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kunezikhali zokulwa, futhi isoni esisodwa nje kuphela singabhubhisa okuningi okuhle.+
