UmShumayeli
9:1 Ngoba konke lokhu ngacabanga enhliziyweni yami, ngisho ukuze ngimemezele konke lokhu, ukuze
abalungile, nabahlakaniphileyo, nemisebenzi yabo, kusesandleni sikaNkulunkulu;
uyazi noma uthando noma inzondo kukho konke okuphambi kwabo.
9:2 Zonke izinto ziyefana kubo bonke: kukhona isenzakalo esisodwa kwabalungileyo, futhi
kwababi; kwabahle, nabahlanzekileyo, nabangcolile; kuyena
onikela ngomhlatshelo nakulowo ongahlabiyo: njengomuhle unjalo
isoni; nofungayo njengowesaba isifungo.
9:3 Lokhu kubi phakathi kwazo zonke izinto ezenziwa phansi kwelanga, ukuthi kukhona
isenzakalo sinye kubo bonke, yebo, nenhliziyo yamadodana abantu igcwele
ububi, nokuhlanya kusezinhliziyweni zabo besaphila, bese emva kwalokho baya
yana kwabafileyo.
9:4 Ngoba lowo ohlangene nabo bonke abaphilayo kukhona ithemba: ukuphila
inja ingcono kunengonyama efileyo.
9:5 Ngoba abaphilayo bayazi ukuthi bayokufa, kodwa abafileyo abazi lutho
into, futhi abasenawo umvuzo; ngoba isikhumbuzo sabo sinjalo
ukhohliwe.
9:6 Uthando lwabo, nenzondo yabo, nomhawu wabo, manje sekushabalele;
futhi abasenasabelo phakade kukho konke okwenziwayo
phansi kwelanga.
9:7 Hamba, udle isinkwa sakho ngentokozo, futhi uphuze iwayini lakho ngokujabula
inhliziyo; ngoba uNkulunkulu useyayemukela imisebenzi yakho.
9:8 Izingubo zakho mazibe mhlophe njalo; ikhanda lakho lingasweli amafutha.
9:9 Phila ngokuthokoza nomfazi omthandayo zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe
okuyize kwakho akunike khona phansi kwelanga zonke izinsuku zakho
okuyize, ngokuba lokho kuyisabelo sakho kulokhu kuphila nasemshikashikeni wakho
uthatha phansi kwelanga.
9:10 Konke isandla sakho esikufumanayo ukukwenza, kwenze ngamandla akho; ngoba akukho
umsebenzi, namcabango, nakwazi, nakuhlakanipha endaweni yabafileyo, lapho okhona
hamba.
9:11 Ngabuya, ngabona phansi kwelanga, ukuthi ukugijima akusiyo eyabanejubane;
nokulwa kwabanamandla, nesinkwa kwabahlakaniphileyo, nokho
ingcebo kubantu abanengqondo, noma umusa kwabahlakaniphileyo; kodwa isikhathi
futhi bonke bahlelwa yinhlanhla.
9:12 Ngokuba umuntu akasazi isikhathi sakhe, njengezinhlanzi ezibanjwa olwandle
inetha elibi, nanjengezinyoni ezibanjwa ogibeni; kanjalo namadodana
kwabantu abacushwe ngesikhathi esibi, lapho behlela ngokuzumayo.
9:13 Lokhu kuhlakanipha ngikubonile phansi kwelanga, futhi kwaba kukhulu kimi.
9:14 Kwakukhona umuzi omncane, futhi amadoda ambalwa phakathi kwawo; futhi kwafika omkhulu
inkosi ngokumelene nalo, walivimbezela, wakha izinqaba ezinkulu ngokumelene nalo.
9:15 Manje kwatholakala kuwo indoda empofu ehlakaniphile, futhi yena ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe
wakhulula umuzi; nokho akakho owamkhumbula lowo muntu ompofu.
9:16 Ngase ngithi: "Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kunamandla, kodwa ompofu
ukuhlakanipha kudeliwe, namazwi akhe awezwakali.
9:17 Amazwi abahlakaniphileyo azwakala ngokuthula ngaphezu kokukhala kwakhe
uyabusa phakathi kweziwula.
9:18 Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kunezikhali zempi, kodwa isoni esisodwa sichitha okuningi
kuhle.