UmShumayeli 7:1-13

Igama elihle lingcono kunamafutha amahle, nosuku lokufa lungcono kunosuku lokuzalwa. Kungcono ukuya endlini yokulila kunokuya endlini yedili, ngokuba lokho kungukuphela kwabantu bonke; nophilayo makakubeke enhliziyweni yakhe. Usizi lungcono kunokuhleka, ngokuba ngokudabuka kobuso inhliziyo yenzelwa okuhle. Inhliziyo yabahlakaniphileyo isendlini yokulila, kepha inhliziyo yeziwula isendlini yentokozo. Kungcono ukuzwa ukukhuza kohlakaniphileyo kunokuba umuntu ezwe ukuhlabelela kweziwula. Njengokucacamba kwezintathawe eziphansi kwekhanzi, kunjalo ukuhleka kweziwula. Nalokho kuyize. Impela ukucindezela kuyamhlanyisa ohlakaniphileyo, nokuthengwa ngomvuzo kuchitha ingqondo. Kungcono ukuphela kwendaba kunokuqala kwayo; onomoya obekezelayo ungcono kunoziphakamisayo. Ungasheshi ukuthukuthela emoyeni wakho, ngokuba ulaka luhlala ezifubeni zeziwula. Ungasho ukuthi: “Kwenziwa kanjani ukuba izinsuku zokuqala zazizinhle kunalezi na?” Ngokuba awubuzi kanjalo ngokuhlakanipha. Ukuhlakanipha kuhle njengefa, yebo, kunenzuzo kwabalibonayo ilanga, ngokuba kusemthunzini wokuhlakanipha njengasemthunzini wemali, kepha inzuzo yokwazi ingeyokuba ukuhlakanipha kulondoloza ukuphila kwalowo onakho. Bona umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba ngubani ongelula lokho akugobileyo na?