Umshumayeli 9:1-12

Ngalokho ngacabanga enhliziyweni yami ukuba ngimemezele konke lokhu ukuthi abalungileyo nabahlakaniphileyo kanye nemisebenzi yabo kusesandleni sikaNkulunkulu; akakho owazi uthando nenzondo kukho konke okuphambi kwakhe. Konke kwenzeka kubo bonke ngokufanayo: esinye isenzakalo ngesolungileyo nesinye ngesomubi; kwabahle nabahlanzekileyo nabangcolile; konikelayo nakulowo ongahlabiyo: njengomuhle, unjalo nesoni; nofungayo njengowesaba isifungo. Kubi kukho konke okwenziwa phansi kwelanga ukuthi kube nesigameko sinye kubo bonke; yebo, nenhliziyo yabantwana babantu igcwele ububi, nokuhlanya kusenhliziyweni yabo besaphila, ngasemuva bahlubuka yana kwabafileyo. Ngokuba ohlangene nabo bonke abaphilayo kunethemba, ngokuba inja ephilayo ingcono kunengonyama efileyo. Ngoba abaphilayo bayazi ukuthi bayokufa, kodwa abafileyo abazi lutho futhi abasenawo umvuzo; ngoba ukukhunjulwa kwabo sekukhohlakele. Uthando lwabo, nenzondo yabo, nomhawu wabo sekuphelile; futhi abanasabelo phakade kukho konke okwenziwa phansi kwelanga. Hamba, udle isinkwa sakho ngentokozo, uphuze iwayini lakho ngenhliziyo ethokozayo; ngoba uNkulunkulu useyayemukela imisebenzi yakho. Izingubo zenu mazibe mhlophe njalo; ikhanda lakho lingasweli amafutha. Hlala ngokuthokoza nowesifazane omthandayo zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho okuyize akunike zona phansi kwelanga, zonke izinsuku zakho eziyize; ngokuba lokhu kuyisabelo sakho kulokhu kuphila nasemshikashikeni wakho owenzayo phansi kwelanga. Konke isandla sakho esikufumanayo ukukwenza, kwenze ngamandla akho; ngoba akukho msebenzi, nacebo, nakwazi, nakuhlakanipha endaweni yabafileyo, lapho uya khona. Ngabuya ngabona phansi kwelanga ukuthi ukugijima akusikho okwabanejubane, nokulwa akukho kwabanamandla, nesinkwa ngabahlakaniphileyo, nengcebo ingeyabantu abanengqondo, futhi umusa awukho kwabahlakaniphileyo; kodwa isikhathi nethuba kubafica bonke. Ngokuba umuntu akasazi isikhathi sakhe: njengezinhlanzi ezibanjwa enetheni elibi nanjengezinyoni ezibanjwa ogibeni; kanjalo abantwana babantu bayathandeka ngesikhathi esesabekayo lapho sibafica ngokuzumayo.