Ecclesiastes 5

Ukungagcwalisi izifungo kuyibuthutha

1Gcina unyawo lwakho a nxa usiya endlini kaNkulunkulu b; sondelela ukulalela kulokunikela umhlatshelo wezithutha, ngoba kazazi ukuthi zenza okubi c. 2Ungabi lamawala ngomlomo wakho, lenhliziyo yakho ingaphangisi ukukhupha ilizwi phambi kukaNkulunkulu d; ngoba uNkulunkulu usemazulwini, wena-ke usemhlabeni, ngakho amazwi akho kawabe malutshwana e. 3Ngoba iphupho liza ngobunengi bomsebenzi f, lelizwi lesithutha ngobunengi bamazwi g. 4Lapho ufunga isifungo kuNkulunkulu h, ungaphuzi ukusikhokha i, ngoba kakulantokozo kuziwula; khokha lokho okufungileyo j. 5Kungcono ukuthi ungafungi kulokuthi ufunge ungakhokhi. 6Ungavumeli umlomo wakho ukuthi wenze inyama yakho yone k, futhi ungatsho phambi kwengilosi l ukuthi bekuyisiphosiso; uNkulunkulu uzathukuthelelani ilizwi lakho, achithe umsebenzi wezandla zakho m? 7Ngoba ebunengini bamaphupho lamazwi kukhona lokuyize okunengi, kodwa mesabe uNkulunkulu n.

Konke kuyize

8Uba ubona o ucindezelo lomyanga p lokuphanjulwa kokulunga lesahlulelo ngodlakela q esabelweni r, ungamangali ngalinto, ngoba ophezulu kophezulu uyananzelela, njalo kulabaphezulu phezu kwabo s.

9Lenzuzo yomhlabathi ngeyabo bonke; inkosi isetshenzelwa yinsimu t. 10Othanda imali kayikweneliswa yimali, njalo othanda okunengi kayikweneliswa yikwanda; lokhu lakho kuyize u. 11Ekwandeni kokuhle, bayanda abakudlayo; njalo kulenzuzo bani v kubanini bakho, ngaphandle kokukubuka ngamehlo abo w? 12Bumnandi ubuthongo besisebenzi loba sisidla okulutshwana loba okunengi; kodwa ukusutha kwesinothi kakusivumeli ukulala. 13Kukhona x ububi obubuhlungu esengibubonile ngaphansi kwelanga y: Inotho egcinelwe abaniniyo kube yibubi kibo z. 14Kodwa leyonotho ichitheka ngomsebenzi omubi aa: Esezala umntwana, kungaselalutho esandleni sakhe. 15Njengokuphuma kwakhe esiswini sikanina, uzabuyela eze ehamba njengokuza kwakhe; njalo kayikuthatha lutho lomtshikatshika wakhe angahamba lalo esandleni sakhe ab. 16Lokhu lakho kuyibubi obubuhlungu ac, kukho konke njengokufika kwakhe ngokunjalo uzahamba. Njalo ulenzuzo bani ad owatshikatshikela umoya ae? 17Njalo insuku zakhe zonke udlela emnyameni, elosizi olukhulu, lomkhuhlane wakhe, lokuthukuthela af?

18Khangela, engikubonileyo mina, kulungile okuhle ukudla lokunatha ag lokubona okuhle emtshikatshikeni wakhe wonke awutshikatshikayo ngaphansi kwelanga, enanini lensuku zempilo yakhe uNkulunkulu amnike zona ah, ngoba kuyisabelo sakhe ai. 19Laye wonke umuntu, uNkulunkulu amnike inotho aj lengcebo ak, wamnika amandla okudla kukho, lokuthatha isabelo sakhe, lokuthokoza emtshikatshikeni wakhe - lokhu kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu al. 20Ngoba kayikukhumbula kakhulu insuku zempilo yakhe, ngoba uNkulunkulu umphendula ngentokozo yenhliziyo yakhe.
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