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.