Umshumayeli 8:1-17

Ngubani onjengendoda ehlakaniphileyo? Ngubani owazi incazelo yendaba na? ukuhlakanipha komuntu kukhanya ubuso bakhe, lesibindi sobuso bakhe buyaguqulwa. Ngiyakucebisa ukuba ugcine umyalo wenkosi, nalokhu mayelana nesifungo sikaNkulunkulu. Ungasheshi usuke ebusweni bakhe; ngoba wenza konke akuthandayo. Lapho kukhona izwi lenkosi, kunamandla; ngubani ongathi kuye: Wenzani? Ogcina umyalo akayikuzwa okubi; futhi inhliziyo yomuntu ohlakaniphileyo iyasiqonda isikhathi kanye nokwahlulela. Ngoba yonke into inesikhathi nokwahlulela, ngakho-ke usizi lomuntu lukhulu phezu kwakhe. Ngoba kakwazi okuzakuba khona; ngoba ngubani ongamtshela ukuthi kuzakuba nini? Akakho onamandla phezu komoya ukuba agcine umoya; futhi akanamandla ngosuku lokufa, futhi akukho ukugeleza kuleyo mpi; nobubi abuyikubasindisa labo abaphiwe kubo. Konke lokhu ngakubona, ngabeka inhliziyo yami kuyo yonke imisebenzi eyenziwa phansi kwelanga; kukhona isikhathi lapho umuntu ebusa omunye kube ngukulimala kwakhe. Ngase ngibona ababi bengcwatshwa, ababephuma besuka endaweni engcwele, bakhohlwa emzini ababekwenza kuwo; futhi kuyize. Ngoba ukwahlulelwa kwesenzo esibi kakufiki masinyane, ngakho inhliziyo yabantwana babantu igcwele ukwenza okubi. Noma isoni senza okubi izikhathi eziyikhulu, izinsuku zaso zande, nokho ngiyazi ukuthi kuyakuba kuhle kwabamesabayo uNkulunkulu, abamesabayo; Kodwa kwababi akuyikuhamba kahle, futhi akayikwandisa izinsuku zakhe njengethunzi; ngoba akamesabi uNkulunkulu. Kukhona okuyize okwenzeka emhlabeni; ukuthi kukhona abantu abalungileyo okwenzeka kubo njengokwemisebenzi yababi; futhi, kukhona abantu ababi okwenzeka kubo njengokwemisebenzi yabalungileyo; Ngathi nalokhu kuyize. Ngase ngincoma ubuhle, ngokuba akukho lutho olungcono kumuntu phansi kwelanga kunokuba adle, aphuze, ajabule; ngoba kuyakuhlala kuye emshikashikeni wakhe izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe uNkulunkulu amnika zona phansi kwelanga. Lapho ngibeka inhliziyo yami ukwazi ukuhlakanipha nokubona umsebenzi owenziwa emhlabeni; (ngoba kukhona futhi imini nobusuku abuboni ubuthongo ngamehlo akhe). Ngabona wonke umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, ukuthi umsebenzi owenziwa phansi kwelanga akanakukwazi; yebo ngokuqhubekayo; noma ohlakaniphileyo ethi uyakwazi, nokho angeke akuthole.