Umsebenzi
14:1 Umuntu ozelwe ngowesifazane imihla yakhe mifushane, igcwele usizi.
14:2 Uphuma njengembali, abune, abaleke njengembali
isithunzi, singaqhubeki.
14:3 Futhi ingabe uvula amehlo akho phezu onjalo, futhi ungingenise
ukwahlulela nawe?
14:4 Ngubani ongakhipha into ehlanzekile kokungcolile? hhayi noyedwa.
14:5 Njengoba izinsuku zakhe zimisiwe, inani lezinyanga zakhe likuwe.
umisile imingcele yakhe angeke ayidlule;
14:6 Mfulathele, ukuze aphumule, aze afeze, njenge
ukuqashwa, usuku lwakhe.
14:7 Ngoba kukhona ithemba emthini, uma ugawulwa, ukuthi uyohluma
futhi, nokuthi igatsha layo elithambile aliyikunqamuka.
14:8 Nakuba impande yawo iguga emhlabeni, futhi isiqu sawo sifa
emhlabathini;
14:9 Nokho ngephunga lamanzi uyomila, futhi uveze amagatsha afana
isitshalo.
14:10 Kepha umuntu uyafa, aphele; yebo, umuntu uyaphuma umoya, nalapho
yena?
14:11 Njengalokhu amanzi ephela olwandle, futhi uzamcolo uyabola futhi wome.
14:12 Ngakho umuntu ulala phansi, futhi angavuki, kuze kube lingasekho izulu
abayikuvuka, noma bavuswe ebuthongweni babo.
14:13 O ukube ubungangifihla ethuneni, ukuze ungigcine
okufihliweyo, kuze kudlule ulaka lwakho, ukuze ungimisele iqoqo
isikhathi, futhi ungikhumbule!
14:14 Uma umuntu efa, uyakuphila futhi? zonke izinsuku zesikhathi sami esimisiweyo
ngizalinda, kuze kufike ukuguqulwa kwami.
14:15 Uyobiza, futhi mina ngiyokuphendula: uyakuba nesifiso kuJehova
umsebenzi wezandla zakho.
14:16 Ngokuba manje usubala izinyathelo zami;
14:17 Isiphambeko sami sivalelwe esikhwameni, futhi uthungela esami
ububi.
14:18 Futhi ngokuqinisekile intaba ewayo iyoba yize, futhi idwala kuyinto
asuswe endaweni yakhe.
14:19 Amanzi adla amatshe;
othulini lomhlaba; futhi ithemba lomuntu uyalichitha.
14:20 Uyamahlula kuze kube phakade kuye, futhi uyadlula;
ebusweni, ammukise.
14:21 Amadodana akhe ayadunyiswa, kodwa yena akazi; futhi balethwe
uphansi, kodwa akakuboni.
14:22 Kodwa inyama yakhe phezu kwakhe iyoba nobuhlungu, futhi umphefumulo wakhe ngaphakathi kuye ngeke
khala.