AMAVA ENGQONDI 7

₁Igama elihle lilungile

ngaphezu kwamafutha aqholiweyo.

Umhla wokufa ulungile kunomhla wokuzalwa.

₂Kungcono uye emzini onesililo kunokuya emzini onetheko,

kuba kaloku ukufa sisiphelo sabantu bonke.

Ngoko ke abantu ngebeyithathela ingqalelo le nto.

₃Kubhetele kwaiinzingo kunokuhleka,

kuba ubuso obuthe rhubaxa buyayomeleza intliziyo.

₄Intliziyo yesilumko isendlwini yesijwili,

ke intliziyo yesiyatha isendlwini yeziyolo.

₅Kulungile ukuva ukukhalinyelwa sisilumko

kunokuphulaphula ukombelelwa sisityhakala.

₆Ukuhleka kwesityhakala kufana nqwa nokunqanqaza komlilo wameva phantsi kwembiza.

Nale ke into ngamampunge!

₇Isilumko esiphantsi kwezoyikiso silahlekelwa ziingqondo;

umntu onyotywayo wonakala ingqiqo.

₈Isiphelo somcimbi sibhetele kunesiqalo sawo.

Umonde ungcono kunekratshi.

₉Musa ukukhawuleza ucaphuke ngaphakathi kwakho;

kaloku umsindo yinto yezityhakala.

₁₀Musa ukuthi: “Bekungani ukuba imihla yamandulo ibe ngcono kunale yangoku?”

Kaloku ayibubo ubulumko ukubuza umbuzo onjalo.

₁₁Ubulumko nqwa nelifa ngokulunga;

bululutho kubo bonke abaphilayo;

₁₂umntu bumenza akhuseleke njengokuba nemali isenjenjalo.

Ewe, naku ukubalasela kolwazi: ubulumko buyabukhusela ubomi balowo unabo.

Ngubani ongayolulayo into ayenze goso?

₁₄Ngamathuba obumnandi yonwaba;

ngemihla yobubi qonda kakuhle ukuba kwale njengaleya yenziwe nguThixo.

Ngoko ke akukho mntu uyaziyo into eza kwenzeka kamva.

Ndibone umntu olungileyo efela ebulungiseni bakhe,

ngokunjalo ndabona nomntu okhohlakeleyo ephila ubomi obude benkohlakalo.

₁₆Ngani ukuba uzenzakalise ngokusuka uzenze uchwenene welungisa,

okanye ingcaphephe yesilumko?

₁₇Ngani ukuba ufe phambi kwexesha lakho ngokusuka ubalasele ngenkohlakalo,

okanye ugqwese ngobutyhakala?

₁₈Bambelela kwezi zinto zombini, kungabikho oyiyekelelayo.

Umntu omoyikayo uThixo uya kuwaphepha omabini la macala.

₁₉Ubulumko bumenza onabo abe namandla

ngaphezu kwabalawuli besixeko abalishumi.

₂₀Emhlabeni akukho mntu ulilungisa

owenza okuhle kuphela angoni.

₂₁Musa ukuphulaphula yonke into ethethwa ngabantu,

hleze ude uve isicaka sakho sikunyemba.

₂₂Kaloku nawe ngokwakho uyazi

ukuba kukaninzi ubanyelisa abanye abantu.

“Ndizimisele ukuba sisilumko,”

kodwa ke andafikelela kubo.

₂₄Oko kukude kakhulu –

ndithi oko kunzulu gqitha –

ngubani ongaze akubhaqe?

₂₅Ndazinikezela ke ukuba ndiphande ndifune ulwazi,

ukuze ndibuzuze ubulumko bokubhaqa isizekabani sezinto,

ndibuqonde nobutyhakala benkohlakalo nokuphutha kobudenge.

₂₆Ndifumanise ukuba eyona nto ikrakra nangaphezu kokufa ngumfazi oliqili,

ontliziyo inezabatha, ongalo zifana namakhamandela.

Ke yona indoda ekholisa uThixo iyasinda kuye,

kodwa ke yona engumoni uyayibambisa.

₂₇“Khangel' apha,” itsho iNgqondi,

“nantsi into endiyibhaqileyo:

Ndakudibanisa enye nenye ukuze ndicacelwe zizinto –

₂₈lo gama umoya wam wawusaphengulula ndingekafumani nto –

ndibhaqe indoda yanye kwiwaka ethe ngqo,

kodwa yena umfazi onjalo andimfumananga phakathi kwabo bonke.

₂₉Kuphela kwendikufumeneyo kukuba uThixo uluntu waludala luthe ngqo,

kodwa ke abantu basuke bayila ubuqili phezu kobuqili.”