Umshumayeli 3:1-22

Konke kunesikhathi nesikhathi sayo yonke into phansi kwezulu: Isikhathi sokuzalwa nesikhathi sokufa; isikhathi sokutshala nesikhathi sokuvuna okutshaliwe; Isikhathi sokubulala nesikhathi sokuphulukisa; isikhathi sokudiliza nesikhathi sokwakha; isikhathi sokukhala nesikhathi sokuhleka; isikhathi sokulila nesikhathi sokusina; isikhathi sokulahla amatshe nesikhathi sokuqoqa amatshe; isikhathi sokugona, nesikhathi sokuyeka ukugona; isikhathi sokuzuza nesikhathi sokulahlekelwa; isikhathi sokugcina nesikhathi sokulahla; isikhathi sokuklebhula nesikhathi sokuthunga; isikhathi sokuthula nesikhathi sokukhuluma; isikhathi sokuthanda nesikhathi sokuzonda; isikhathi sempi nesikhathi sokuthula. Usizani osebenzayo ngalokho akukhandlekayo? Ngabona ukubaluleka komzamo uNkulunkulu awunikela kubantwana babantu ukuze baqeqeshwe kuwo. Wenza konke kwaba kuhle ngesikhathi sakho; futhi wafaka izwe enhliziyweni yabo, ukuze kungabikho muntu ongathola umsebenzi uNkulunkulu awenzayo kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni. Ngiyazi ukuthi akukho okuhle kubo, kodwa ukuthi umuntu uyajabula futhi enze okuhle ekuphileni kwakhe. Futhi ukuthi wonke umuntu adle, aphuze, ajabulele okuhle kuwo wonke umshikashika wakhe, lokhu kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu. Ngiyazi ukuthi konke uNkulunkulu akwenzayo kuyakuba khona kuze kube phakade; akukho okungalethwa kukho futhi akukho okuthathwe kukho; futhi uNkulunkulu uyakwenza lokhu, ukuze abantu bamesabe. Okwakukhona khathesi; nalokho okuyakuba khona kade kwaba khona; futhi uNkulunkulu uthi lokho okwedlule. Ngabuye ngabona phansi kwelanga indawo yokwahlulela, ukuthi kukhona ububi; nendawo yokulunga kwakukhona ububi. Ngathi enhliziyweni yami: “UNkulunkulu uyakwahlulela olungileyo nomubi, ngokuba kukhona isikhathi sawo wonke umqondo nawo wonke umsebenzi. Ngathi enhliziyweni yami mayelana nesimo sabantwana babantu, ukuthi uNkulunkulu angabambula futhi babone ukuthi bayizilwane. Ngokuba okwehlela abantwana babantu kwehlela nezilwane; lokunye kubehlela: njengokufa komuntu, kuyafa lokunye; yebo, banomoya munye bonke; ukuze umuntu angabibikho ngaphezu kwesilwane, ngokuba konke kuyize. Bonke baya endaweni eyodwa; bonke bavela othulini, futhi bonke babuyela othulini. Ngubani owaziyo umoya womuntu okhuphukayo, nomoya wesilo owehlela emhlabeni na? Ngakho ngiyabona ukuthi akukho okuhle kunokuba umuntu ajabule ngemisebenzi yakhe; ngoba lokhu kuyisabelo sakhe; ngoba ngubani ozamletha ukuze abone okuzakuba emva kwakhe?