UmShumayeli
5:1 Gcina unyawo lwakho lapho uya endlini kaNkulunkulu, futhi ukulungele kakhudlwana
zwani kunokunikeza umhlatshelo weziwula, ngokuba azinaki lokho
benza okubi.
5:2 Ungasheshi ngomlomo wakho, futhi inhliziyo yakho mayingasheshi ukukhuluma
noma yini phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ngokuba uNkulunkulu usezulwini, wena usemhlabeni;
ngalokho amazwi akho mawabe yingcosana.
5:3 Ngokuba iphupho liza ngobuningi bemisebenzi; nezwi lesiwula
laziwa ngobuningi bamagama.
5:4 Lapho wenza isithembiso kuNkulunkulu, ungalibali ukusifeza; ngoba kalakho
ukuthokoza ngeziwula: gcwalisa isithembiso sakho.
5:5 Kungcono ukuthi ungafungi, kunokuba wenze isithembiso
futhi ungakhokhi.
5:6 Ungavumeli umlomo wakho ukuba wone inyama yakho; futhi ungasho ngaphambili
ingelosi, ukuthi bekuyiphutha; uNkulunkulu uyakukuthukuthelela ngani
izwi, uchithe umsebenzi wezandla zakho na?
5:7 Ngoba ngobuningi amaphupho futhi amazwi amaningi kukhona futhi ezihlukahlukene
okuyize, kepha yesaba uNkulunkulu.
5:8 Uma ubona ukucindezelwa ompofu, futhi ukuhlanekezela ngobudlova
ukwahlulela nokulunga esifundazweni, ungamangali ngale ndaba, ngokuba yena
lokho kuphakeme kunokubheka okuphezulu; futhi kube khona ephakeme kunaleyo
bona.
5:9 Ngaphezu kwalokho, inzuzo yomhlaba ingeyabo bonke: inkosi iyakhonzwa
ngasensimini.
5:10 Othanda isiliva ngeke aneliseke ngesiliva; noma yena lokho
uthanda inala kanye nenzuzo; nalokhu kuyize.
5:11 Lapho izimpahla zanda, bayanda abazidlayo, futhi yini enhle
khona kubanikazi bawo, hlenga ukubonwa kwabo ngezabo
amehlo?
5:12 Ubuthongo bomuntu osebenzayo bumnandi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi udla kancane noma okuningi.
kodwa inala yesicebi ayimvumeli ukuthi alale.
5:13 Kukhona ububi obuhlungu engibubonile phansi kwelanga, okungukuthi, ingcebo
ezigcinelwe abaninizo kube ngukulimala kwabo.
5:14 Kodwa leyo ngcebo ibhubha ngomshikashika omubi, futhi wazala indodana, futhi
akukho lutho esandleni sakhe.
5:15 Njengalokho aphuma esizalweni sikanina, uyakubuya enqunu, ahambe njengaye
weza, akathathi lutho lomshikashika wakhe, angamuka nalo
isandla sakhe.
5:16 Futhi lokhu kubi kakhulu, ukuthi kuzo zonke izici njengoba weza, kanjalo uyokwenza
hamba: unenzuzoni oshisekela umoya na?
5:17 Zonke izinsuku zakhe futhi udla ebumnyameni, futhi unosizi olukhulu futhi
ulaka ngesifo sakhe.
5:18 Bheka lokho engikubonile: kuhle futhi kuthandeka ukuba umuntu adle futhi
ukuba aphuze, ajabulele okuhle kuwo wonke umshikashika wakhe awushikashikeka phansi
ilanga zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe, uNkulunkulu amnika zona, ngokuba lingelakhe
ingxenye.
5:19 Wonke umuntu futhi uNkulunkulu amnike ingcebo nengcebo, futhi abanikile
amandla okudla kuwo, futhi athathe isabelo sakhe, futhi ajabule ngeyakhe
umsebenzi; lokhu kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu.
5:20 Ngoba akayikukhumbula kakhulu izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe; ngoba uNkulunkulu
uyamphendula ngentokozo yenhliziyo yakhe.