1Ngokuba konke lokho ngakubeka enhliziyweni yami ukuhlola konke lokho ukuthi abalungileyo nabahlakaniphileyo nemisebenzi yabo kusesandleni sikaNkulunkulu; noma kuluthando noma kuyinzondo, akukho muntu okwaziyo; konke kusebusweni babo. 2Konke kungabehlela bonke, olungileyo nomubi, omuhle nohlambulukileyo nongcolileyo, onikela ngomhlatshelo nongenawo umhlatshelo, omuhle abe njengesoni, ofungayo njengowesaba isifungo.
3Kubi lokhu kukho konke okwenziwa phansi kwelanga ukuthi bonke behlelwa yinto inye; ngalokho izinhliziyo zamadodana abantu zigcwele ububi, nobuhlanya busezinhliziyweni zabo besekhona, andukuba baye kwabafileyo. 4Ohlangene nabo bonke abaphilayo kukhona ithemba kuye, ngokuba inja ephilayo ingcono kunengonyama efileyo. 5Ngokuba abaphilayo bayazi ukuthi bayakufa, kepha abafileyo abazi lutho, futhi abasenawo umvuzo, ngokuba ukukhunjulwa kwabo sekukhohlakele. 6Uthando lwabo, nokuzonda kwabo, nomhawu wabo sekuphelile, futhi abasenaso isabelo nanini kukho konke okwenziwa phansi kwelanga.
7Hamba udle isinkwa sakho ngentokozo, uphuze iwayini ngenhliziyo enhle, ngokuba uNkulunkulu usevumile imisebenzi yakho. 8Izingubo zakho mazibe mhlophe ngezikhathi zonke, nekhanda lakho malingasweli amafutha. 9Thokoza ngokuphila nomkakho omthandayo zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho okuyize, oziphiwayo phansi kwelanga zonke izinsuku zakho eziyize, ngokuba lokhu kuyisabelo sakho kulokho kuphila ngomshikashika wakho owushikashikayo phansi kwelanga. 10Konke isandla sakho esikufumanayo ukukwenza, kwenze ngamandla akho, ngokuba akukho msebenzi, namcabango, nakwazi, nakuhlakanipha endaweni yabafileyo, lapho uya khona.
11Ngabuye ngabona phansi kwelanga
ukuthi ukujaha akuyi ngabanejubane,
nokulwa ngamaqhawe,
nesinkwa ngabahlakaniphileyo,
nengcebo ngabaqondileyo,
nomusa ngabanokwazi,
ngokuba bonke bahlangabezana nesikhathi nethuba.
12Ngokuba umuntu akasazi isikhathi sakhe;
njengezinhlanzi ezibanjwa enetheni elibi
nezinyoni ezibanjwa ogibeni,
kanjalo amadodana abantu abekelwa isihibe
ngesikhathi esibi,
lapho siwehlela ngokuzumayo.
13Ngabona futhi ukuhlakanipha ngale ndlela phansi kwelanga, kwaba kukhulu kimi: 14kwakukhona umuzi omncane, unabantu abayingcosana phakathi kwawo; kwafika inkosi enkulu kuwo, yawuvimbezela, yakha izinqaba ezinkulu ngakuwo; 15kepha kwafunyanwa kuwo indoda empofu ehlakaniphileyo; yawukhulula umuzi ngokuhlakanipha kwayo, kodwa nokho akakho okhumbula leyo ndoda empofu. 16Ngase ngithi: “Ukuhlakanipha kuhle kunamandla,” kepha ukuhlakanipha kompofu kuyadelelwa, namazwi akhe awezwakali.
17Amazwi abahlakaniphileyo ezwakalayo ekuthuleni
mahle kunokumemeza kobusa phakathi kweziwula.
18Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kunezikhali zokulwa,
ngokuba oyedwa owonayo angachitha okuhle okuningi.
