Umshumayeli 7

₁Libito lelihle lincono kunemakha lamnandzi,

nelilanga lekufa lincono kunelekutalwa.

₂Kuncono kuya endlini lapho kulilwa khona

kunekuya endlini lapho kunelidzili khona,

ngobe kufa kusiphetfo sabo bonkhe bantfu;

labo labaphilako kufanele bakufake enhlitiyweni yabo loko.

₃Lusizi luncono kuneluhleko,

ngobe buso lobudzabukile buyayilungela inhlitiyo.

₄Inhlitiyo yalabahlakaniphile

isendlini yalabalilako,

kodvwa inhlitiyo yetilima

isendlini yalabatsakasile.

₅Kuncono kulalela

nawekhutwa ngumuntfu lohlakaniphile

kunekunaka kubongelelwa tilima.

₆Njengekusasamba kwemanyeva

nakasha ngaphansi kwelibhodo,

lunjalo-ke neluhleko lwetilima.

Nako loko kulite.

₇Ngempela, inkhohliso yenta

umuntfu lohlakaniphile abe silima;

umdizo wonakalisa inhlitiyo nengcondvo.

₈Siphetfo sentfo sincono kunesicalo sayo,

nekubeketela kuncono kuneligcabho.

₉Ungasheshi ucansuke emoyeni wakho,

ngobe intfukutselo ihlala esifubeni sesilima.

₁₀Ungabuti utsi:

“Kwabangelwa yini kutsi tinsuku takadzeni

tibe ncono kunaleti tetfu?”

Ngobe akukahlakaniphi kubuta leyo mibuto.

₁₁Kuhlakanipha kuyintfo lenhle njengelifa,

kantsi futsi kusita labo labasabona lilanga.

₁₂Kuhlakanipha kuyintfo yekukhosela

njengobe nemali kuyintfo yekukhosela,

kodvwa buhle belwati kutsi:

Kuhlakanipha kuyawulondvolota

kuphila kwemnikati wako.

₁₃Cabangisisa ngemisebenti yaNkulunkulu.

Ngubani longacondzisa loko lakwenta kwaba sigwegwe?

₁₄Natintfo tihamba kahle, tsakasa;

kodvwa natintfo tingahambi kahle,

khumbula naku:

Nkulunkulu ukuvumela kutsi kwenteke kokubili.

Ngako-ke umuntfu angeke akwati

kubona lutfo ngelikusasa lakhe.

Umuntfu lolungile ufela ekulungeni kwakhe,

nemuntfu lomubi uphila sikhatsi lesidze ebubini bakhe.

₁₆Ungatenti umuntfu lolunge kakhulu,

futsi ungabi ngulohlakaniphe kunabo bonkhe;

empeleni utibulalelani nje?

₁₇Ungatenti umuntfu lomubi kakhulu,

kantsi futsi ungatenti silima kakhulu;

empeleni ufunelani kufa,

sikhatsi sakho sekufa singakefiki?

₁₈Kuhle kutsi ukubambe loku,

kodvwa ungakuyekeli-ke lokwa.

Umuntfu lowesaba Nkulunkulu

uyawuphumelela kuko konkhe.

₁₉Kuhlakanipha kwenta umuntfu munye

abe nemandla kakhulu

kunebabusi belidolobha labalishumi.

₂₀Kute nome munye umuntfu lolungile emhlabeni

lowenta lokuhle kuphela,

kubete lakonako.

₂₁Ungawanaki onkhe emavi lakhulunywa bantfu,

ungahle uve nesisebenti sakho sikuhlambalata,

₂₂ngobe ngisho nawe wati kahle

enhlitiyweni yakho

kutsi kukanyenti kangakanani

uhlambalata labanye bantfu.

“Ngitimisele kuba ngulohlakaniphile,”

kodvwa loko bekungetulu kwemandla ami.

₂₄Lokungiko sibili kukhashane kakhulu,

kantsi futsi kujule kakhulu,

ngubani longakutfola?

₂₅Ngase ngijikisela ingcondvo yami

ekufunisiseni kwati nasekuphenyisiseni

kuhlakanipha nekuhleleka kwetintfo,

nasekucondzisiseni bulima bebubi

kanye nebuhlanya bebulima.

₂₆Ngikhandza lokubaba kakhulu kunekufa:

umfati lolugibe nalonenhlitiyo lengusochaka,

yebo, umfati lotandla takhe titibopho.

Indvodza lejabulisa Nkulunkulu iyawubaleka kuye,

kodvwa indvodza lesoni uyakuyibamba.

₂₇UMshumayeli utsi:

“Ase ubuke naku lengikutfolile:

Kuhlanganisa intfo lencane

ngayinye ngayinye kulokunye,

kuze ngitfole indzikimba.

₂₈Ngatsi ngisaphenyisisa ngingatfoli lutfo,

ngatfola indvodza yinye

lecondzile kulayinkhulungwane,

kodvwa kwabate ngisho namunye

umfati locondzile kubo bonkhe.

₂₉Naku kuphela lengikutfolile:

kutsi Nkulunkulu wadala umuntfu,

wamenta waba ngulocondzile,

kodvwa bantfu besuka bayawufuna

emachinga abo lamanyenti.”