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.