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.