UmShumayeli 8:1 Ngubani onjengomuntu ohlakaniphileyo? Ngubani owazi incazelo yento na? a ukuhlakanipha komuntu kukhanyisa ubuso bakhe, nesibindi sobuso bakhe izoguqulwa. 8:2 Ngikweluleka ukuba ugcine umyalo wenkosi, futhi mayelana nomthetho isifungo sikaNkulunkulu. 8:3 Ungasheshi ukuphuma ebusweni bakhe, ungami entweni embi; ngoba yena wenza konke akuthandayo. 8:4 Lapho izwi lenkosi linamandla, futhi ngubani ongathi kuyo: Wenzani? 8:5 Ogcina umyalo ngeke ezwe okubi, futhi ohlakaniphileyo inhliziyo iyasazi isikhathi nokwahlulela. 8:6 Ngoba yonke injongo kukhona isikhathi nokwahlulela; usizi lomuntu lukhulu phezu kwakhe. 8:7 Ngoba akakwazi okuyakuba khona, ngoba ngubani ongamtshela ukuthi kwenzekani kuzoba njalo? 8:8 Akukho muntu onamandla phezu komoya ukuze awubambe; futhi akanamandla ngosuku lokufa, futhi akukho ukukhululwa leyo mpi; nobubi abuyikubakhulula labo abanikelwe kubo. 8:9 Konke lokhu ngikubonile, futhi ngamisa inhliziyo yami kuyo yonke imisebenzi eyenziwayo phansi kwelanga: kukhona isikhathi lapho umuntu ebusa omunye ubuhlungu bakhe. 8:10 Futhi ngakho ngabona ababi bengcwatshwa, owayefike futhi wahamba endaweni abangcwele, bakhohlakala emzini ababekwenzile lokho; lokhu nakho kuyize. 8:11 Ngoba isigwebo phezu komsebenzi omubi kasiphunyelelwa. ngalokho inhliziyo yamadodana abantu igcwele phakathi kwawo ukwenza okubi. 8:12 Noma isoni senza okubi izikhathi eziyikhulu, futhi izinsuku zaso zande, nokho ngiyazi ukuthi kuyakuba kuhle kwabamesabayo uNkulunkulu, abamesabayo phambi kwakhe: 8:13 Kodwa ngeke kube kuhle kwababi, futhi ngeke andise eyakhe izinsuku, ezinjengethunzi; ngoba akesabi phambi kukaNkulunkulu. 8:14 Kukhona okuyize okwenziwa emhlabeni; ukuthi kukhona amadoda nje, okwehlelayo njengokwemisebenzi yababi; futhi, lapho nibe ngabantu ababi, okubahlelayo njengokwemisebenzi kaJehova olungileyo: ngathi nalokhu kuyize. 8:15 Khona-ke ngayincoma intokozo, ngoba umuntu akanalutho olungcono ngaphansi ilanga kunokudla, nokuphuza, nokujabula, ngokuba lokho kuyakuhlala kanye naye emshikashikakeni wakhe izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe uNkulunkulu amnika zona ilanga. 8:16 Lapho ngibeka inhliziyo yami ukwazi ukuhlakanipha, futhi ukubona ibhizinisi ukuthi kwenziwa emhlabeni: (ngokuba akukho mini noma ubusuku ubona ubuthongo ngamehlo akhe :) 8:17 Ngase ngibona wonke umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, ukuthi umuntu akanakuwuthola umsebenzi okwenziwa phansi kwelanga, ngokuba noma umuntu ekhandleka ukukufuna, nokho akayikuyithola; yebo phambili; nakuba ohlakaniphileyo ecabanga ukwazi yona, nokho akayikuyithola.