UmShumayeli
12:1 Khumbula uMdali wakho ezinsukwini zobusha bakho, ezinsukwini ezimbi
ungasondeli, iminyaka ingasondeli, lapho uthi kangilakho
injabulo kubo;
12:2 Nakuba ilanga, noma ukukhanya, noma inyanga, noma izinkanyezi, makungafiphazwa.
namafu akabuyi emva kwemvula;
12:3 Ngosuku lapho abalindi bendlu bayothuthumela, futhi abanamandla
abantu bayakukhothama, nabasilayo bayeke, ngokuba bayingcosana;
nababuka ngamafasitela babe mnyama;
12:4 Futhi iminyango iyovalwa emigwaqweni, lapho kuzwakala umsindo
ukugaya kuncane, avuke ngezwi lenyoni, nakho konke
amadodakazi okuhlabelela ayathotshiswa;
12:5 Futhi lapho bayokwesaba lokho okuphakeme, futhi ukwesaba kuyoba
endleleni, um-alimondi uyoqhakaza, nentethe
kuyakuba ngumthwalo, nesifiso siphele, ngokuba umuntu uya ekulindeni kwakhe
ekhaya, nabalilayo bahamba ezitaladini;
12:6 Noma intambo yesiliva ithukululwa, isitsha segolide sigqashulwe, noma isitsha segolide
kwaphulwa imbiza ngasemthonjeni, nesondo lakwaphulwa emthonjeni.
12:7 Khona-ke uthuli luyobuyela emhlabathini njengoba lwalunjalo, futhi umoya ngeke
buyela kuNkulunkulu owakunikayo.
12:8 Ize leze, kusho umshumayeli; konke kuyize.
12:9 Futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yokuthi umshumayeli wayehlakaniphile, wayesafundisa abantu
ulwazi; yebo, waqaphela, wafuna, wahlela abaningi
izaga.
12:10 Umshumayeli wafuna ukuthola amazwi amukelekayo, futhi lokho okwakukhona
okulotshiweyo kwakuqondile, yebo amazwi eqiniso.
12:11 Amazwi abahlakaniphileyo anjengezinkandi, nanjengezipikili ezibethelwe ngabanumzane.
yemihlangano, enikelwa kumalusi munye.
12:12 Futhi phezu kwalokho, ndodana yami, uxwayiswe: ukwenza izincwadi eziningi lapho
akupheli; ukufunda okuningi kukhathaza umzimba.
12:13 Ake sizwe isiphetho sayo yonke indaba: Mesabe uNkulunkulu, futhi ugcine wakhe
imiyalo: ngokuba lokhu kungumsebenzi womuntu.
12:14 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu uyakuyisa yonke imisebenzi ekwahlulelweni, kanye nazo zonke izinto eziyimfihlo,
noma kuhle, noma kubi.