Umshumayeli 7
7
Kuhlakanipha nebulima
1 Libito lelihle lincono kunemakha lamnandzi,
nelilanga lekufa lincono kunelekutalwa.
2 Kuncono kuya endlini lapho kulilwa khona
kunekuya endlini lapho kunelidzili khona,
ngobe kufa kusiphetfo sabo bonkhe bantfu;
labo labaphilako kufanele bakufake enhlitiyweni yabo loko.
3 Lusizi luncono kuneluhleko,
ngobe buso lobudzabukile buyayilungela inhlitiyo.
4 Inhlitiyo yalabahlakaniphile
isendlini yalabalilako,
kodvwa inhlitiyo yetilima
isendlini yalabatsakasile.
5Kuncono kulalela
nawekhutwa ngumuntfu lohlakaniphile
kunekunaka kubongelelwa tilima.
6 Njengekusasamba kwemanyeva
nakasha ngaphansi kwelibhodo,
lunjalo-ke neluhleko lwetilima.
Nako loko kulite.
7Ngempela, inkhohliso yenta
umuntfu lohlakaniphile abe silima;
umdizo wonakalisa inhlitiyo nengcondvo.
8 Siphetfo sentfo sincono kunesicalo sayo,
nekubeketela kuncono kuneligcabho.
9 Ungasheshi 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.
12 Kuhlakanipha kuyintfo yekukhosela
njengobe nemali kuyintfo yekukhosela,
kodvwa buhle belwati kutsi:
Kuhlakanipha kuyawulondvolota
kuphila kwemnikati wako.
13Cabangisisa ngemisebenti yaNkulunkulu.
Ngubani longacondzisa loko lakwenta kwaba sigwegwe?
14 Natintfo tihamba kahle, tsakasa;
kodvwa natintfo tingahambi kahle,
khumbula naku:
Nkulunkulu ukuvumela kutsi kwenteke kokubili.
Ngako-ke umuntfu angeke akwati
kubona lutfo ngelikusasa lakhe.
15 Kulokuphila kwami lokulite ngikubone kokubili loku:
Umuntfu lolungile ufela ekulungeni kwakhe,
nemuntfu lomubi uphila sikhatsi lesidze ebubini bakhe.
16 Ungatenti 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.
19 Kuhlakanipha kwenta umuntfu munye
abe nemandla kakhulu
kunebabusi belidolobha labalishumi.
20 Kute nome munye umuntfu lolungile emhlabeni
lowenta lokuhle kuphela,
kubete lakonako.
21 Ungawanaki onkhe emavi lakhulunywa bantfu,
ungahle uve nesisebenti sakho sikuhlambalata,
22 ngobe ngisho nawe wati kahle
enhlitiyweni yakho
kutsi kukanyenti kangakanani
uhlambalata labanye bantfu.
23Konkhe loku ngakuhlolisisa ngekuhlakanipha, ngase ngitsi:
“Ngitimisele kuba ngulohlakaniphile,”
kodvwa loko bekungetulu kwemandla ami.
24 Lokungiko 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.
26 Ngikhandza lokubaba kakhulu kunekufa:
umfati lolugibe nalonenhlitiyo lengusochaka,
yebo, umfati lotandla takhe titibopho.
Indvodza lejabulisa Nkulunkulu iyawubaleka kuye,
kodvwa indvodza lesoni uyakuyibamba.
27 UMshumayeli 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.
29 Naku kuphela lengikutfolile:
kutsi Nkulunkulu wadala umuntfu,
wamenta waba ngulocondzile,
kodvwa bantfu besuka bayawufuna
emachinga abo lamanyenti.”
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