UmShumayeli
3:1 Konke kunesikhathi sakho, nesikhathi sazo zonke izinto ngaphansi kombuso
izulu:
3:2 Isikhathi sokuzalwa nesikhathi sokufa; isikhathi sokutshala nesikhathi soku
siphula okutshaliwe;
3:3 Isikhathi sokubulala nesikhathi sokuphulukisa; isikhathi sokudiliza, nesikhathi soku
Yakha;
3:4 isikhathi sokukhala, nesikhathi sokuhleka; isikhathi sokulila nesikhathi sokulila
umdanso;
3:5 isikhathi sokulahla amatshe, nesikhathi sokuqoqa amatshe ndawonye; isikhathi
ukugona, nesikhathi sokuyeka ukugona;
3:6 isikhathi sokuthola nesikhathi sokulahlekelwa; isikhathi sokugcina, nesikhathi sokuphonsa
kude;
3:7 isikhathi sokuklebhula nesikhathi sokuthunga; isikhathi sokuthula nesikhathi sokuthula
khuluma;
3:8 isikhathi sokuthanda nesikhathi sokuzonda; isikhathi sempi, nesikhathi sokuthula.
3:9 Kunanzuzoni lowo osebenzayo kulokho asebenza kanzima kukho?
3:10 Ngiwubonile usizi uNkulunkulu alinike amadodana abantu ukuba babe
ezivivinya kuwo.
3:11 Wenzé konke kwaba kuhle ngesikhathi sako;
emhlabeni ezinhliziyweni zabo, ukuze kungabikho muntu ongathola umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu
wenza kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni.
3:12 Ngiyazi ukuthi akukho okuhle kubo, ngaphandle kokuba umuntu ajabule, futhi
enze okuhle empilweni yakhe.
3:13 Futhi futhi ukuthi wonke umuntu kufanele adle futhi aphuze, futhi ujabulele okuhle kubo bonke
umshikashika wakhe uyisipho sikaNkulunkulu.
3:14 Ngiyazi ukuthi konke uNkulunkulu akwenzayo kuyakuba khona kuze kube phakade;
beka kuyo, kungasuswa lutho kukho: noNkulunkulu uyakwenza, ukuthi abantu
kufanele besabe phambi kwakhe.
3:15 Lokho okwakukhona manje; nalokho okuyakuba khona kade kwaba khona;
futhi uNkulunkulu ufuna okwedlule.
3:16 Futhi ngaphezu kwalokho ngabona phansi kwelanga indawo yokwahlulela, ukuthi ububi
kwakukhona; nendawo yokulunga kwakukhona ububi.
3:17 Ngathi enhliziyweni yami: "UNkulunkulu uyakwahlulela olungileyo nomubi;
kukhona isikhathi lapho sazo zonke izinhloso nawo wonke umsebenzi.
3:18 Ngathi enhliziyweni yami mayelana nesimo samadodana abantu, ukuthi uNkulunkulu
ukuze bazibonakalise, futhi babone ukuthi bayikho
izilo.
3:19 Ngokuba okwehlela amadodana abantu kwehlela nezilwane; ngisho eyodwa
kubehlela: njengalokhu kufa lokho, kuyafa nokunye; yebo, bona
munye umoya; ukuze umuntu angabibikho ngaphezu kwesilwane;
ngoba konke kuyize.
3:20 Bonke baya endaweni eyodwa; bonke bavela othulini, futhi bonke babuyela othulini.
3:21 Ngubani owaziyo umoya womuntu okhuphukela phezulu, nomoya womuntu
isilo esiyehlela phansi emhlabeni?
3:22 Ngakho ngabona ukuthi akukho lutho olungcono, kunokuba umuntu
kufanele ajabule ngemisebenzi yakhe; ngoba lokho kuyisabelo sakhe: ngoba ngubani oza
mletheni ukuze abone okuyakuba khona emva kwakhe na?