Xhosa - Wisdom of Solomon

ISAHLUKO 1 1 Thandani ubulungisa, nina bagwebi behlabathi; 2 Kuba uya kufunyanwa kwabangamlingiyo; kwaye uyazibonisa kwabo bangamthembiyo.

3 Kuba iingcinga ezijibilizayo zahluka kuThixo; 4 Ngokuba ubulumko abuyi kungena emphefumlweni okhohlakeleyo; nokuba ungahlali emzimbeni ophantsi kwesono.

5 Kuba umoya oyingcwele woqeqesho uya kuyibaleka inkohliso, usuke ezicamangweni ezingenakuqonda, ungahlali xa kungene ubutshinga.

6 Ngokuba ubulumko bungumoya onothando; nalowo unyelisayo akayi kumenza omsulwa; ngokuba ulingqina lezintso zakhe uThixo, noyibonileyo intliziyo yakhe, ungumva wolwimi lwakhe.

7 Kuba uMoya weNkosi uzalise ihlabathi; 8 Ngoko ke lowo uthetha ubugwenxa akanako ukufihlakala; 9 Kuba kuqungqulwa amacebo ongendawo; isandi samazwi akhe sifike eNkosini, ukuze atyhileke izenzo zakhe ezingendawo.

10 Kuba indlebe yekhwele iva izinto zonke, Nelizwi lokukrokra alisithele.

11 Kulumkeleni ngoko ukukrokra, okungenanzuzo; uluthintele ulwimi lwakho ekwenzeni intlebendwane; ngokuba akukho lizwi lifihlakeleyo, eliya kudlula; nomlomo okholwayo uyabulala umphefumlo.

12 Musani ukufuna ukufa ngenxa yelahleko lemiphefumlo yenu; 13 Ngokuba uThixo akakwenzanga kufa, Akanaliswa kukutshatyalaliswa kwabaphilileyo.

14 Ngokuba wadala zonke izinto ukuze zibekho; akukho tyhefu yantshabalalo kubo, akukho bukumkani bakufa ehlabathini.

15 (Kuba ubulungisa abunakufa;) 16 Ke bona abangahloneli Thixo babizela kuye izenzo zabo namazwi abo; ISAHLUKO 2 1 Kuba bathi abangahloneli Thixo becamanga phakathi kwabo, bengalungisi, Ubomi bethu bufutshane, buyayinzima; ekufeni komntu, Akukho kunyangwa; 2 Ngokuba sizalwa ngexesha lembandezelo; emva koko siya kuba ngathi asizanga sibekho; 3 elicinywayo, imizimba yethu iya kujikwa ibe luthuthu, nomoya wethu unyamalale njengomoya opholileyo; 4 Kwaye igama lethu liya kulityalwa ethubeni, kwaye akukho mntu uya kuyikhumbula imisebenzi yethu, kwaye ubomi bethu buya kudlula njengomsinga welifu, kwaye buya kusasazwa njengenkungu, ephetshethwa imke nemiqadi yezulu. lilanga, litshiswe bubushushu balo.

5 Ngokuba lisisithunzi nje ixesha lethu, elidluleyo; nasemva kwethuba asiyi kubuya;

6 Yizani ke ngoko sinandiphe izinto ezilungileyo ezisele zikho; 7 Masizizalise ngewayini enexabiso elikhulu namafutha aqholiweyo, Makungadluli kuthi intyantyambo yasentlakohlaza.

8 Masizithwese ngemiqadi, ingekabuni; 9 Makungabikho namnye kuthi ophumayo engenasabelo sakhe, sishiye imiqondiso yovuyo lwethu ezindaweni zonke; 10 Masilicudise olilungisa elihlwempu, singamcongi umhlolokazi, singahloneli izimvi zamandulo; 11 Amandla ethu makabe ngumthetho wobulungisa; 12 Ngoko ke masiwalalele amalungisa; ngenxa yokuba engengowethu, emsulwa, echasa izenzo zethu; engcikiva ngokona kwethu umthetho, engcikiva ubugwenxa bethu; 13 Uvakalisa ukuba uyamazi uThixo, uzibiza ngokuba ungumntwana weNkosi.

14 Wenzelwe ukuba ohlwaye iingcinga zethu.

15 Kunzima ke kuthi ukuba sibukhangele; ngokuba ubomi bakhe abufani nobabanye abantu; 16 Sibalelwa ekuthini singento yanto, enjengenqambi ezindleleni zethu; uthi ukuphela kolilungisa uthi masikelelwe, aqhayise ngelithi, uThixo nguyise.

17 Makhe sibone ukuba ayinyaniso na amazwi akhe, sikucikide okuya kubakho ekupheleni kwakhe.

18 Ngokuba ilungisa lingunyana kaThixo, wolinceda, alihlangule esandleni seentshaba zakhe.

19 Masimcikide simcukuceze, simtshutshise, ukuze sibazi ubulali bakhe, sikucikide ukuzeka kade umsindo kwakhe.

20 Masimgwebe ngokufa okulihlazo; kuba ngelizwi lakhe uya kuhlonelwa.

21 Bazicingisisa ke ezo zinto, balahlekiswa; kuba ubungendawo babo bubamfamekisile.

22 Ke iimfihlelo zikaThixo, abakhange bazazi; 23 Kuba uThixo wamdala umntu ukuba abe nokungafi, wamenza umfanekiselo wephakade lakhe.

24 Noko ke ngomona ngoMtyholi ukufa kweza ehlabathini; ISAHLUKO 3 1 Ke yona imiphefumlo yamalungisa isesandleni sikaThixo; 2 Emehlweni weziyatha zibonakala ngathi zifile; 3 ukumka kwabo kuthi, besiya kutshabalala, kodwa baseluxolweni.

4 Kuba nangona bohlwaywa emehlweni abantu, ithemba labo lizele kukungafi.

5 Bothi, besohlwaywa nje kancinane, baya kuvuzwa kancinane; 6 Wabacikida njengegolide eziko, wabamkela baba lidini elinyukayo.

7 Ngexesha lokuvelelwa kwazo ziya kubengezela, zibaleke njengeentlantsi zeendiza.

8 Baya kugweba iintlanga, balawule abantu, iNkosi yabo ibe ngukumkani ngonaphakade.

9 Abo bakholose ngaye baya kuyiqonda inyaniso; abathembekileyo ngothando baya kuhlala kuye; ngokuba ubabalo nenceba kukho abakhe benceba; 10 Ke bona abangahloneli Thixo baya kohlwaywa ngokwezabo iingcinga, ngenxa yokuba bangabashiyi amalungisa, bamshiya uYehova.

11 Kuba obudela ubulumko noqeqesho uludwayinge, kwaye ithemba labo lingamampunge, nokubulaleka kwabo akunasiqhamo, nemisebenzi yabo ayincedi.

12 Baziziyatha abafazi babo, nabantwana babo bakhohlakele; 13 Iqalekisiwe imbewu yabo; Ngako oko, unoyolo oludlolo olungenabala, ongasazi isilili sesono; uya kuba nesiqhamo ekuveleni kwakhe imiphefumlo.

14 Kwaye linoyolo ithenwa elingenzanga nkohlakalo ngezandla zalo, elingazange licinge okubi nxamnye noThixo; 15 Kuba isiqhamo somsebenzi olungileyo sinobungangamsha; Ingcambu yobulumko ayisayi kuwa.

16 Ke oonyana babakrexezikazi, abayi kufika egqibelele; nembewu yesilili songendawo iya kuncothulwa.

17 Kuba nangona bathe badla ubomi, abasayi kuhlonelwa, nesiphelo sabo sokugqibela singabi nambeko.

18 Okanye ukuba bathe bafa kamsinya, àbabi nathemba, bangabi nantuthuzelo ngomhla wokulingwa; 19 Kuba kunkwantya ukuphela kwesizukulwana esingalungisiyo.

ISAHLUKO 4 1Kulungile ke, ukungabi nabantwana, nokuba nesidima; 2 Xa ikho, amadoda ayenza umzekelo kuyo; lithi ke lakuba ligqithile, liwufune; lithwele isithsaba, libe leloyisa ngonaphakade, lizuze uloyiso, lizamela imivuzo engenakudyobheka.

3 Ke yona inzala eninzi yamatshijolo ayiyi kuba nampumelelo; 4 Kuba nakuba bathe bahluma okwexeshana; ukanti abasayi kuma ekugqibeleni baya kugungqiswa ngumoya, bancothulwe ngamandla omoya.

5 Amasebe angagqibelelanga aya kuncothulwa, nesiqhamo sawo sibe singabi nanzuzo; 6 Kuba abantwana abazelwe ngomandlalo okungekho mthethweni bangamangqina obubi kubazali babo ekulingweni kwabo.

7 Ke ukuba ilungisa linqandwa ngokufa, lophumla; 8 Kuba iminyaka ebekekileyo asiyiyo into emi ngayo ubude bexesha, asiyikulinganiswa ngenani leminyaka; 9 Ke ubulumko busisimvi endodeni, Nobomi obungenabala kukwaluphala.

10 owamkholisayo uThixo, waye ethandeka kuye, ngokokude aphambukele kuboni.

11 Ushenxisiwe kamsinya, ukuze ububi bungayiguqule ingqondo yakhe, okanye inkohliso iwulahlekise umphefumlo wakhe.

12 Kuba ukuthakatha ngobubi kufihla okulungileyo; ke ukuphambuka kwenkanuko kuphanzisa ukumatha.

13 Yena lowo, egqibelele ngexesha elincinane, wawuzalisa ukwenjenjalo; 14 Ngokuba umphefumlo wakhe wamkholisa uYehova, Wangxamela ukumsusa phakathi kongendawo.

15 Abantu bakubona oku, abakuqonda, abakubekanga oku engqondweni yabo, ukuthi, Ubabalo nenceba yakhe inabakhe abakhe benceba, Abuye abheke abanyulwa bakhe.

16 Liya kwandula ke ilungisa lizigwebe abahleliyo abangahloneli Thixo; kunye nolutsha oluthi ngokukhawuleza lugqibelele iminyaka emininzi kunye nokwaluphala kwabangengomalungisa.

17 Ngokuba bona baya kukubona ukuphela kwezilumko, bangayiqondi into uThixo ayimiseleyo iqhinga lakhe, nokuba uYehova umgcine ekhuselekile.

18 Baza kumbona bamcekise; kodwa uThixo uya kubagculela, baze emva koko babe sisidumbu, isingcikivo phakathi kwabafileyo, kude kuse ephakadeni.

19 Ngokuba uya kuzikrazula, azikhahlele phantsi, zibe sisimumu; yaye uya kuzigungqisa kwasekuqaleni; baya kuphanziswa babe buhlungu; nesikhumbuzo sawo siya kutshabalala.

20 Kwaye xa benikela ingxelo yezono zabo, baya kuza benkwantya, nobugwenxa babo buya kubabonisa ebusweni babo.

ISAHLUKO 5 1 Ke lona ilungisa liya kuma ngokomelela okukhulu phambi kobuso babacinezeli, lingabi nakulibala ngemigudu yalo.

2 Bakukubona ke baya kukhwankqiswa lunkwantyo olunkwantyisayo, bakhwankqiswe bubungangamsha bosindiso lwakhe, nangaphezu koko bebekulindele.

3 Bathi ke bazohlwaya, bancwine ekubandezelekeni komphefumlo, bathi phakathi kwabo, Lo nguye ebefudula simgculela, nomzekeliso wengcikivo; 4 Ubomi bakhe baba bubugeza, Nokuphela kwakhe kwaba kukungabi nambeko.

5 Hayi, ukubalelwa kwakhe phakathi kwabantwana bakaThixo, Neqashiso lakhe liphakathi kwabangcwele!

6 Sithe ngenxa yoko, siyalahleka endleleni yenyaniso; 7 Sazidinisa ngendlela yobungendawo nokwaphuka, sahamba entlango, apho kungekho mkhondo; Ke yona indlela kaYehova asiyazi.

8 Kusincede ntoni na ukukhukhumala? Kusincede ngantoni na ubutyebi, ngokuqhayisa kwethu?

9 Zonke ezo zinto zidlule njengesithunzi, nanjengomsinga okhawulezayo;

10 njengenqanawa, ecanda emazameni amanzi, ithi, xa igqithayo, ingabi nakufunyanwa umkhondo wayo, kwanendlela yenqanawa emazameni; 11 Njengokuba intaka iphaphazela esibhakabhakeni, ize ingafunyanwa namnye umkhondo wendlela yayo, kudlule umoya opholileyo ngokubetha kwamaphiko ayo, owahlukana nesandi esinamandla nentswahla yazo; emva koko akusayi kufunyanwa mqondiso apho waya khona.

12 Kunjengotolo lutolo lucanda entwenini, lwahlula imimoya, luhlangane kwaoko, ukuze angabi nakwazi umntu apho luluyo kuyo; 13 Ngokukwanjalo nathi, sithe, sakuba sizelwe, sada safikelela esiphelweni, singenalubonakalaliso lwesidima; sigqibele ngobubi bethu.

14 Kuba ithemba labangendawo linjengothuli oluphetshethwa ngumoya; njengegwebu eliphetshethwayo, eliphetshethwa luqhwithela; njengomsi ophetshethwayo apha naphaya sisaqhwithi; 15 Ke lona ilungisa lidla ubomi ngonaphakade; umvuzo wabo ngokaYehova, nokuzinyamekela koPhezukonke.

16 Ngako oko baya kufumana ubukumkani obuzukileyo, nesithsaba sokuhomba esandleni sikaYehova, kuba uya kubagubungela ngesandla sakhe sokunene, ebakhusela ngengalo yakhe.

17 uya kuthabatha ikhwele lakhe ngokwesikrweqe sakhe, ayenze isilwanyana eso isikrweqe sokuphindezela ezintshabeni zakhe.

18 Uya kwambatha ubulungisa ngokwengubo yentsimbi, nesiko lokwenyaniso, esikhundleni sesigcina-ntloko.

19 Ubungcwele uya kubuthabatha njengengweletshetshe engenakuphikiswa; 20 Ukuvutha komsindo wakhe uya kubulola njengekrele; 21 Ziya kwandula ukuphuma iindudumo zasekunene; baphaphazele bevela emafini, ngathi bakwisaphetha esirholwe ngumthombo; 22 Kuya kuphoswa amatye esichotho azele bubushushu, njengesaphetha samatye, athuthuzeleke phezu kwabo amanzi olwandle, ibantywilisele imilambo.

23 Ewe, umoya onamandla uya kuvuka phezu kwabo, baphephetheke njengesiphango; ISAHLUKO 6 1 Yivani ngoko, bokumkani, niqonde; fundani, nina bagwebi beziphelo zehlabathi.

2 Bekani indlebe, nina balawuli bezizwe, niziqhayise ngobuninzi beentlanga.

3 Kuba unikwe amandla yiNkosi, nobukumkani buvela phezulu, oyicikidayo imisebenzi yakho, awagocagoce amacebo akho.

4 Ngokuba, nithe, ningabalungiseleli bobukumkani bakhe, anigwebelanga ngokusesikweni, anagcina umthetho, anahamba ngecebo likaThixo;

5 Uya kunifikela kamsinya, nakamsinyane; 6 Ngokuba inceba iya kumxolela kamsinya nje ongendawo; Ke wona amagorha aya kuthuthunjiswa ngokuncamisileyo.

7 Kuba lowo uyiNkosi yabo bonke akayi koyika buso bamntu, akayi kuboyika nobukhulu bamntu; 8 Ke isilingo esinobuhlungu siya kufikela igorha.

9 Ngoko ke, bokumkani, ndithetha kuni, ukuze nifunde ubulumko, ningakhukuki.

10 Kuba abo babugcinayo ubungcwele baya kugwetywa njengabangcwele; 11 Ngako oko yibekeni inkanuko yenu emazwini am; Zinqwenelani, naniya kufundiswa.

12 Ubulumko bunobungangamsha, abunabuthuntu; 13 Uyabathintela abamngxameleyo, Azazise kubo kuqala.

14 Oyifuna kwakusasa akayi kuba nazintlungu zininzi; 15 Ngako oko ukucinga ngaye kugqibelele kobulumko; 16 Kuba uyahamba efuna abamfaneleyo; 17 Kuba ingqalo yayo ingumnqweno woqeqesho; Isinyanzelo soqeqesho luthando; 18 Uthando kukugcina imithetho yakhe; kwaye inyameko yemithetho yayo sisiqinisekiso sokungonakali; 19 Ukungonakali kusisondeza kuye uThixo; 20 Ke ngoko umnqweno wobulumko uzisa ebukumkanini.

21 Ukuba nanonela ziitrone neentonga zobukumkani, Owu bokumkani babantu, bekani ubulumko, ukuze nilawule ngonaphakade.

22 Ke bona ubulumko, into obuyiyo, nokunyuka kwabo, ndiya kukuxelela, ndingazifihli iimfihlelo kuwe; akayi kuyigqitha inyaniso.

23 Andiyi kuhamba ndinomona odlayo; kuba onjalo akanakudlelana nobulumko.

24 Ke ubuninzi bezilumko bubomi behlabathi; 25 Yamkeleni ngoko intetho yam, yoya kunenzela yona.

ISAHLUKO 7 1 Nam ngokwam ndingumntu ofayo, njengabo bonke, ndiyinzala yalowo wenziwayo tanci emhlabeni; 2 Kwaye esibelekweni sikama sabunjwa saba yinyama ngexesha leenyanga ezilishumi, sihlangene ngegazi, sembewu yomntu, nobumnandi obuza nobuthongo.

3 Kwaye ekuzalweni kwam, ndatsala emoyeni oqhelekileyo, ndaza ndawela emhlabeni, ongowohlobo olufanayo, kwaye ilizwi lokuqala endalikhuphayo lalikhala, njengoko bonke abanye besenza.

4 Ndanyikwa eziqhiyeni, ndisongelwa ngokukhathala.

5 Kuba akukho kumkani waba nako yimbi ingqalo; 6 Kuba mnye umnyango wokungena ebomini bonke abantu, njengabo bonke abaphumayo.

7 Ndathandaza ke, ndanikwa ukuqiqa, Ndanqula uThixo, Ndafika umoya wobulumko.

8 Ndamnyula ngaphezu kweentonga neetrone, andazuza ubutyebi ngokulingana nabo.

9 Andiyifanisanga nayo nanye ilitye elinqabileyo, ngenxa enokuba yonke igolide kuye injengentlabathi, nesilivere ngokodongwe kuyo.

10 Bendimthanda ngaphezu kwempilo nobuhle, ndanyula ukuba naye endaweni yokukhanya; kuba ukukhanya okuphuma kuye akucimi.

11 Zandihlangabeza zonke izinto ezilungileyo, Nendyebo engenakubalwa ezandleni zakhe.

12 Ndavuya ke kubo bonke bephela, ngokuba ubulumko buhamba phambi kwabo; 13 Ndafunda ngenyameko, ndathetha naye ngesisa; 14 Kuba ibubutyebi kubantu obungasoze butshitshe, abathi abo bayisebenzisayo, baba ngabahlobo bakaThixo, benconywa ngenxa yeziphiwo eziphuma ekufundeni.

15 UThixo undinike ukuba ndithethe njengoko bendiya kuthanda, ndikhawule, njengoko ndimelwe kukuthetha ngako; 16 Ngokuba sisesandleni sakhe thina, namazwi ethu; nabo bonke ubulumko, nokwazi umsebenzi.

17 Kuba wandinika ukwazi okukhoyo kwezinto, ukuba ndikwazi ukubakho kwehlabathi elimiweyo, kwanemisebenzi yeziqalelo; 18 isiqalo, isiphelo, phakathi kwamaxesha, ukujika kokujika kwelanga, nokujika kwamaxesha; 19 Imijikelezo yeminyaka, nokuma kweenkwenkwezi; 20 ubume bezinto eziphilileyo, noburhalarhume bamarhamncwa, ukugonyamela kwemimoya, nokucamanga kwabantu: ukwahlukana kwezityalo, nokulunga kweengcambu; 21 Kwaye zonke izinto ezifihlakeleyo okanye ezifihlakeleyo, ndiyazazi mna.

22 Kuba ubulumko, obusebenza izinto zonke, bandifundisayo; kuba ukubo umoya oyingcwele onengqondo, mnye kuphela, ngeendlela ezininzi, unobuqili, ophilileyo, ongenabala, ongenabala, ongenabubi, othanda okulungileyo. ekhawulezayo, engenakuyekelelwa, elungele ukwenza okulungileyo; 23 Unobubele emntwini, ozinzileyo, oqinisekileyo, ongenaxhala, onamandla onke, ongamela zonke izinto, kwaye ehamba ngako konke ukuqonda, oomoya abanyulu, nabanobuqhophololo.

24 Ngokuba ubulumko bunamandla, ngaphezu kwako konke ukushukuma; Bugqithisela ezintweni zonke ngenxa yobunyulu babo.

25 Kuba ikukuphefumla kwamandla kaThixo, nempembelelo enyulu ephuma ebuqaqawulini boSomandla; ngenxa yoko akusayi kuwa kuyo nanye into eyinqambi.

26 Kuba yena ukubengezela kokukhanya okungunaphakade, isipili samandla kaThixo, nomfanekiselo wokulunga kwakhe.

27 Emnye ke unako ukuzenza zonke izinto, ehleli kuye ngokwakhe, uzenza ntsha zonke izinto; aze kuse

emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni, angene kwimiphefumlo engcwele, ubenze abahlobo bakaThixo, nabaprofeti.

28 Kuba uThixo akathandi namnye, ingenguye lowo uhleli ngobulumko.

29 Ngokuba mhle ngaphezu kwelanga, naphezu kwawo wonke umda weenkwenkwezi; 30 Kuba emva koko kuza ubusuku; Ke ubutshinga abuyi kuboyisa ubulumko.

ISAHLUKO 8 1 Ubulumko buphuma kwelinye icala, buye kwelinye, bubabalise; 2 Bendimthanda, ndamfuna kwasebuncinaneni bam; 3 Ekwenzeni kwakhe into ebugwenxeni bakhe, wenze ubungangamsha bakhe; 4 Kuba unolwazi ngeemfihlelo zokumazi uThixo, nomthandi wemisebenzi yakhe.

5 Ukuba uthe umntu uthe waqweba ubutyebi ngobu bomi; Yintoni na esisityebi ngaphezu kobulumko, obusebenza iinto zonke?

6 Ukuba ke ubulumko buyasebenza; Ngubani na kubo bonke abakhoyo oyingcibi kunaye?

7 Ukuba umntu uthanda ubulungisa, uya kusebenza nzima ukusebenza nzima; 8 Ukuba umntu ungxamele ukuba nolwazelelelo, uyakwazi okwangaphambili, ukuthelekelela izinto eziza kubakho; 9 Ngoko ke ndagqiba kwelokuba ndimthabathele, ahlale nam, ndisazi ukuba uya kuba ngumcebisi wezinto ezilungileyo, umthuthuzeli wamaxhala nokubandezeleka.

10 Ngenxa yakhe ndiya kulinganiselwa phakathi kobuninzi, ndizukiseke kumadoda amakhulu, nakuba ndingumntwana.

11 Ndofumaneka engonekratshi ekunene ematyaleni, Ndithandeke emehlweni amadoda amakhulu.

12 Xa ndithe ndabamba ulwimi, baya kuphumla kum, bandibekele indlebe xa ndithetha; ukuba ndithethe kakhulu, bobeka izandla emlonyeni.

13 Kananjalo ngaye ndiya kuzuza ukungafi, ndize emva kwam ndibashiye isikhumbuzo esingunaphakade kwabo baya emva kwam.

14 Ndiya kuzilungisa izizwe, zindithobele iintlanga.

15 Abangcangcazelisayo baya kunkwantya, xa bathe bangeva nto kum; Ndiya kuba lilungisa phakathi kwabaninzi, ndiligorha emfazweni.

16 Emveni kokuba ndingene endlwini yam, ndolala naye; ngokuba intetho yakhe ayinabukrakra; Kwaye ukuhlala kunye naye aninasizi, kodwa luvuyo novuyo.

17 Ke kaloku, ndakuzigqala ezi zinto ngaphakathi kwam, ndize ndicamangalise entliziyweni yam, ukuba uhlomela ubulumko bubomi obungenasiphelo; 18 Ke kaloku kuluyolo ukuba nobuhlobo kuye; nemisebenzi yezandla zakhe bubutyebi obungenasiphelo; Ekuthetheni kwakhe nawe yiba nobuqili; nasekuthetheni kwakhe naye, kwaduma

ilizwi elilungileyo; Ndahamba ndifuna indlela yokumsa kum.

19 Kuba bendingumntwana onengqondo, ndinomoya olungileyo; 20 Ndithe, ndilungile, ndeza kumzimba ongenakudyobheka.

21 Nangona kunjalo, ndakubona ukuba andinako ukumfumana ngenye indlela, ngaphandle kokuba uThixo wandinika mna; kwaye leyo yayilinqaku lobulumko kananjalo lokwazi ukuba wayesisipho sikabani na; Ndathandaza ke kuYehova, ndatarhuzisa kuye, ndathi ngentliziyo yonke, ISAHLUKO 9 1 Thixo woobawo, Nkosi yenceba, wena uzenzileyo zonke izinto ngelizwi lakho, 2 Wamisa umntu ngobulumko bakho, ukuba alawule indalo oyenzileyo; 3 wenze elimiweyo ngokobulungisa nangobulungisa, wenze okusesikweni ngentliziyo ethe tye; 4 Ndinike ubulumko, uhleli etroneni yakho; musa ukundilahla phakathi koonyana bakho; 5 Ngokuba mna umkhonzi wakho, ndingonyana womkhonzazana wakho, ndingumntu otyhafileyo; 6 Kuba nangona umntu engazange agqibelele ngolo hlobo phakathi koonyana babantu, ukuba ubulumko bakho abunaye, akayi kuba nto yalutho.

7 Undinyule ukuba ndibe ngukumkani ebantwini bakowenu, Umgwebi koonyana bakho neentombi zakho; 8 Wandiwisela umthetho wokuba ndakhe indlu phezu kwentaba yakho engcwele, nesibingelelo emzini lowo uhlala kuwo, ifanekiselo lomnquba ongcwele, owawulungisayo kwasekuqalekeni.

9 Ubulumko bebunawe; ozaziyo izenzo zakho; wayekho ekudalweni kwakho ihlabathi, ukwazi okukholekileyo emehlweni akho, nokuthe tye kwimithetho yakho.

10 Mthume ephuma emazulwini akho angcwele, Etroneni yobuqaqawuli bakho, ukuba asebenze nam, ukuze ndikwazi okukholekileyo kuwe.

11 Kuba uyazazi kwaye uyaziqonda zonke izinto, kwaye uya kundikhokela ngokuzolileyo kwizenzo zam, aze andigcine emandleni akhe.

12 Iya kwamkeleka ke imisebenzi yam, ndibagwebe ngobulungisa abantu bakho, Ndifanele ukuhlala esihlalweni sikabawo.

13 Kuba nguwuphi na umntu olaziyo icebo likaThixo?

Ngubani na oyaziyo into okuyiyo ukuthanda kweNkosi?

14 Kuba zibububi iingcinga zabantu, ukanti ubuqili bethu.

15 Kuba umzimba owonakalisayo uyawucinezela umphefumlo; 16 Ke ukuba singaba sithelekelela na, ukuba singazilungisi izinto ezisemhlabeni, sibe sifumana ngemigudu na izinto eziphambi kwethu;

17 Kwaye ngubani owaziyo icebo lakho, ngaphandle kokuba unike ubulumko, kwaye uthumele uMoya wakho oyiNgcwele ovela phezulu?

18 Kuba ngokunjalo zalungiswa iindlela zabo bemiyo phezu komhlaba, bathi nabantu bafundiswa izinto ezikholekileyo kuwe, basindiswe ngobulumko.

ISAHLUKO 10 1 Wamgcina uyise wokuqala wehlabathi, owadalwa eyedwa, wamkhupha ekuweni kwakhe; 2 Wamnika igunya lokulawula zonke izinto.

3 Ke ekumka kwakhe lowo ongalungisiyo ngomsindo wakhe, watshabalala nangobushushu, awambulalayo umninawa wakhe.

4 Ekubeni umhlaba wantywilwa ngunogumbe, ubulumko babuya bawulondoloza, walilungisa ikhondo lamalungisa kwintonga exabiso lincinane.

5 Ngaphezu koko, izizwe kwiyelenqe lazo elikhohlakeleyo zadaniswa, yalifumana ilungisa, yaza yamlondoloza emsulwa kuThixo, yamgcina omelele ngokuchasene nemfesane yakhe ethambileyo ngakunyana wakhe.

6 Ekutshabalaleni kwabo abangahloneli Thixo, wahlangula indoda elilungisa, eyabaleka umlilo, owawela phezu kwemizi emihlanu.

7 Úbungendawo bakhe unanamhla, intlango engumsi, yabubungqina boku, nezityalo ezivelisa iziqhamo ezingavuthiswanga, nentsika yetyuwa emileyo iyisikhumbuzo somphefumlo ongakholwayo.

8 Kuba abafumananga bubulumko nje, abafumananga bububi bodwa, ngokuba bengazazi izinto ezilungileyo; wabashiya nokubashiya ehlabathini, sibe sisikhumbuzo sokumatha kwabo; 9 Ke bona ubulumko babahlangula kwiintlungu ababezisebenzela.

10 Xa ilungisa lalibaleka ingqumbo yomninawa walo, limkhokele ezindleleni ezithe tye, wambonisa ubukumkani bukaThixo, wamazisa izinto ezingcwele, wamenza ubutyebi ekuhambeni kwakhe, wamandisa nesiqhamo sokubulaleka kwakhe.

11 Ekubaweni kwabamxinayo, wema ngakuye, wamenza isityebi.

12 Yamkhusela ezintshabeni zakhe, yamkhusela kwabalaleli; ukuze azi ukuba ukulunga kunamandla ngaphezu kwazo zonke.

13 Xa kwathengiswa ilungisa, alalila, kodwa lilihlangula esonweni; lehla nalo emhadini.

14 akamshiya ekhonkxiwe, wada wamzisa intonga yobukumkani, negunya phezu kwabamxinayo; 15 Wabahlangula abantu abangamalungisa, Nembewu egqibeleleyo, esihlangeni esasibaxinzelela phantsi.

16 Wangena emphefumlweni womkhonzi kaYehova, wamelana nookumkani aboyikekayo, ngemiqondiso, nangemiqondiso; 17 Wawuvuza amalungisa ngemigudu yawo, Wawakhapha ngendlela emangalisayo;

18 Wabaweza eLwandle oluBomvu, wabaweza emanzini amaninzi; 19 Ke yazintywilisela iintshaba zabo, yabakhupha enzonzobileni.

20 Ngako oko amalungisa ayababhuqa abangahloneli Thixo, adumise igama lakho elingcwele, Yehova, alengeze ngantliziyo-nye isandla sakho esibalwelayo.

21 Ngokuba ubulumko bawuvula umlomo wesidenge, Lwaluvelisa ulwimi lwabangakwaziyo ukuthetha.

ISAHLUKO 11 1 Waziphumelelisa izenzo zabo ngesandla somprofeti ongcwele.

2 Bahamba entlango engasahlali mntu, bamisa iintente endaweni engenandlela.

3 Baziphindezela ezintshabeni zabo, baziphindezelela ezintshabeni zabo; 4 Zathi zakunxanwa, zabiza kuwe, Zazinika amanzi eweni leqhwitha; 5 Kuba ezo zohlwaywo iintshaba zawo, zabanceda kwaoko ekusweleni kwabo.

6 Kuba endaweni yomlambo omiyo, onyanyezwa ligazi elingcolileyo; 7 Ukuze ube nokusohlwaya okucacileyo komyalelo, ekubulaweni ngawo iintsana, wabanika amanzi amaninzi, nababengawuthembanga; 8 bexela ngokolunxano lwakho, ukuba ubaveleleni ababandezeli babo.

9 Kuba nakuba bevavanyiwe, bohlwaywa ke ngenceba, baqonda ukuba abangahloneli Thixo bagwetywa ngengqumbo, bethuthunjiswa, benxaniwe ngokunxamnye namalungisa.

10 Kuba aba ububakhalimela, wabacikida, njengoyise; 11 Enoba babengekho okanye babekho, babecaphuka ngokufanayo.

12 Kuba bafikelwa sisijwili esiphindiweyo, nesincwino sokukhumbula izinto ezadlulayo.

13 Kuba bathe bakuva ukuba ngomnye wabo, enzele abanye okulungileyo, baba nemfesane eNkosini.

14 Ekubeni babemgculela, xa wayesele ekhutshelwe phandle kakade iintsana, ekugqibeleni, bakukubona okuhlileyo, bamangaliswa.

15 Kodwa ngenxa yobutyhakala bamaqhinga awo, abalahlekiswa ngawo, banqula iinyoka ezingenangqondo, namarhamncwa, namarhamncwa, nokuba yimpindezelo.

16 ukuze bazi, ukuba oko athe umntu kona, wohlwaywa kwangokunjalo.

17 Kuba isandla sakho soSomandla, esalenzayo ihlabathi udaka, akubangakho nto ukuthuma phakathi kwalo inkitha yeebhere neengonyama; 18 okanye amarhamncwa angaziwayo, azele ngumsindo, asandul’ ukudalwa, aphefumla umphunga ovuthayo, okanye ivumba elibi lomsi olephuzayo, okanye akhupha amalangatye aloyikekayo emehlweni awo;

19 ekuthe ke ingeyiyo intlekele yodwa enokubaphuthuma kwakanye; 20 Kananjalo ngaphandle kwazo ezo ziwa ngamphefumlo mnye, zisukelwa impindezelo, zichithwachithwe ngomoya wamandla akho; 21 Kuba unokuwabonakalisa amandla akho amakhulu ngamaxesha onke xa sukuba uvuma; Ngubani na onokuma phambi kwengalo yakho?

22 Kuba ihlabathi liphela phambi kwakho linjengesuntswana esikalini, linjengethontsi lombethe eliwela emhlabeni.

23 Ke wena unenceba kubo bonke; kuba unako ukuzenza zonke izinto, kwaye uyazifihla izono zabantu ngenxa yokuba baya kulungisa.

24 Ngokuba uthanda izinto zonke ezikhoyo, awucekisi nto oyenzileyo; kuba ubungazanga wenze nto, ukuba ubuyithiyile.

25 Bekunokuthini na ukubama into ekhona, ukuba bekungekukuthanda kwakho? Ulondolozwe na, ukuba akubizwanga nguwe?

26 Kodwa wena zigcine zonke ezo nto; ngokuba zezakho, Nkosi yam, ungumthandi wemiphefumlo.

ISAHLUKO 12 1 Kuba uMoya wakho ongenakonakala usezintweni zonke.

2 Ngoko ke bohlwaye kancinane, kancinane abo bonayo, ubalumkise, ubakhumbuze abo bonayo, ukuze bebushiya ububi babo, bakholwe kuwe, Nkosi.

3 Kuba kwakholeka kuwe ukubatshabalalisa ngezandla zoobawo amaxhego abemi belizwe lakho elingcwele; 4 umthiyileyo, ngokwenza imisebenzi elisikizi, eyeyona ingendawo, nemibingelelo engendawo; 5 Kananjalo abo babulali babantwana abangenanceba, nabadla inyama yabantu, namatheko egazi; 6 kunye nababingeleli babo phakathi kwabakhonzi babo, nabazali, ababulala ngezandla zabo imiphefumlo engenakuncedwa; 7 Ukuze umhlaba, owawugqala ungaphezu kwawo onke amanye, ube nokuzuza ikoloni elifanelekileyo labantwana bakaThixo.

8 Wesuka wabasindisa abantu, wathuma ooonomeva, abanduleli bomkhosi wakho, ukuba babatshabalalise, kancinane, kancinane.

9 Kungekuko ukuba wawungenako ukubanikela amalungisa phantsi kwesandla samalungisa emfazweni, nokubatshabalalisa kamsinya ngamarhamncwa aqwengayo, nangalizwi linye elirhabaxa.

10 Kodwa wenza imigwebo yakho kubo kancinane kancinane, wabanika indawo yenguquko, ungazi ukuba babesisizukulwana esikhohlakeleyo, nokokuba inkohlakalo yabo yakhuliswa kubo, nokokuba ingqiqo yabo yayingayi kuguqulwa.

11 Ngokuba ibiyimbewu eqalekisiweyo kwasekuqalekeni; nawe akubaxoleli nokoyikeka komntu ezono zabo.

12 Ngubani na oya kuthi, Wenze ntoni na? Ngubani na oya kuma phambi komgwebo wakho? ngubani na oya kukumangalela ngenxa yeentlanga ezitshabalalayo owazenzayo? ngubani na oya kuma phambi kwakho, kuphindezelwe impindezelo ngenxa yabangemalungisa?

13 Kuba akukho Thixo, ingenguwe umenzi wonk’ ubani, oza kubonisa kuye ukuba asilungelelene umgwebo wakho.

14 Akuyi kuba nako ukumkani noxinezeleko, ukubhekisa ubuso bakhe ngakuwe, ngenxa yakhe nabani na omohlwayayo.

15 Ekubeni ngoko ulilungisa, uzenza zonke izinto uzilungise ngobulungisa, uba akufanelekile ukuba ugwebe lowo ungafanelwe kukohlwaywa.

16 Kuba amandla akho ayingqalo yobulungisa, yaye ngenxa yokuba wena uyiNkosi yeento zonke, ubangela ukuba ube nobabalo kubo bonke.

17 Kuba xa abantu bengayi kukholelwa okokuba unamandla apheleleyo, wena ubonakalisa amandla akho, kwaye phakathi kwabo bayaziyo wenze bubonakale ukungafihlisi kwabo.

18 Ke wena, wongamele igunya lakho, ugwebe ngobulungisa, usimise ngenceba enkulu; 19 Kodwa ngemisebenzi enjalo ufundise abantu bakho ukuba indoda elilungisa mayibe nenceba, kwaye wenze abantwana bakho baba nethemba elilungileyo lokuba unike inguquko ezonweni.

20 Kuba xa uthe wazohlwaya ezo ntshaba zabantwana bakho, nabagwetyelwa ukufa, ngolo hlobo; 21 Kungakanani na ukubagweba kwakho oonyana bakho, ooyise wabafungela bona, waza wenza iminqophiso yezithembiso ezilungileyo?

22 Ke ngoko, osithethisayo wena, uzityakatya izihlandlo eziliwaka iintshaba zethu, ukuze sithi, xa sigwebayo, sicinge ukulunga kwakho, silindele inceba kuthi, sakuba sigwetyiwe.

23 Ekubeni ke abantu behleli obo buzirheletywe, wena ubathuthumbisile ngamasikizi abo.

24 Kuba bandwendwa kakhulu emendweni wabo wokulahlekiswa, babaphatha njengoothixo, abadelekileyo phakathi kwamarhamncwa eentshaba zabo, belahlekiswa, ngokwabangenangqiqo.

25 Ngoko ke, kubo, njengakubantwana abangenangqiqo, wabathuma umgwebo ukuba uhlekisa ngabo.

26 Kodwa abo bangavumiyo ukuguqulwa kolo qeqesho aqhubana nabo ngalo, baya kuva umgwebo ofanelwe nguThixo; 27 Kuba, yabonani, oko babebakrokrela abo babesithi bangoothixo; ngoku besohlwaywa kubo, bakubona, bavuma ukuba unguThixo oyinyaniso, ababemkhanyela ngaphambili ukuba bayamazi;

ISAHLUKO 13 1 Kuba bayinto engento bonke abantu ngemvelo, abangamaziyo uThixo, bengenako nokumazi lowo ukhoyo, ngezinto ezilungileyo ezibonwayo; kanjalo, ngenxa yemisebenzi, abamazi ungcibi.

2 bathi, nokuba ngumlilo, nokuba ngumoya, nokuba yimpepho, nesazinge seenkwenkwezi, namanzi anamandla, nezikhanyiso zezulu, ukuba ngoothixo abalawula ihlabathi.

3 Bakuba bebanqwenelekayo, babathabatha baba ngoothixo ubuhle babo; mabayazi ukuba ilungile kangakanani na iNkosi yabo; ngokuba umbhali wobuhle wabadala.

4 Ke, ukuba bathe bakhwankqiswa ngamandla abo nokulunga kwabo, mabaqonde ezo zinto, ukuba ungakanani na umkhulu umenzi wabo.

5 Kuba ubukhulu nobuhle bendalo iphela, ukuba ngokomlinganiso wayo, uMenzi wayo, ubonakale.

6 ukanti ngenxa yoko abathwali tyala kangako, kuba mhlawumbi baya kulahleka, bemquqela uThixo, befuna ukumfumana.

7 Kuba bathi, bethabathekile emisebenzini yakhe, bamgocagocise, bakholwe kukubona kwabo; 8 Noko ke abayi kuxolelwa; 9 Kuba ukuba babenako ukwazi okungaka, ngokokude babe nokujolisa ehlabathini; bangathini na kamsinya ukuyifumana iNkosi?

10 Balusizi bona, yaye ithemba labo likwizinto ezifileyo, abathi bona bangoothixo, umsebenzi wezandla zomntu, igolide nesilivere, imiboniso, nemfanekiselo yenkomo, nelitye elingenakuze, umsebenzi lowo. wesandla samandulo.

11 Ingcibi yemithi egawula imithi, yawubona umthi owulungeleyo, wayisusa yonke ixolo, wayisusa ngeenxa zonke, isebenze kakuhle, iyenze isitya sawo sokulungela umphefumlo womntu; 12 Uthe emva kokuba eyichithe nenkunkuma yomsebenzi wakhe ukuze alungise ukudla kwakhe, úhluthi; 13 Wayithabatha ingcekeza phakathi kwabangancedi nto, eyinkqantosi, eneqhina, izele ngamaqhina, wayiqingqa ngenyameko, ingenakwenza enye into, wayibumba ngengqiqo yengqondo yakhe; wabumba umfanekiso womntu; 14 Walenza njengerhamncwa elikruqulayo, eliqatywe ngeqadi elibomvu, lisibekele zonke iindawo ezikulo; 15 Wayenzela indawo eyilungeleyo, wayimisa eludongeni, wayiqinisa ngentsimbi; 16 Ngokuba uwulungiselele ukuba ungawi, esazi ukuba awunako ukuzinceda; ngokuba ingumfanekiselo, iswele ukuncedwa.

17 Aze ayithandazele impahla yakhe, nomkakhe, nabantwana bakhe, angabi nazintloni ukuthetha nabangenabomi.

18 Ubiza impilo koswele amandla, kuba ubomi buthandazela kwabafileyo; kuba uncedo lubongoza ngokuthobeka ukuba luncede osweleyo;

19 Kwaye ukuze azuze kwaye azuze, kwaye nempumelelo elungileyo yezandla zakhe, acele amandla okwenza kuye, lowo ungenako kakhulu ukwenza nantoni na.

ISAHLUKO 14 1 Uthe ke, eza kunyuka ngomkhombe, eza kucanda emaza alatyuzayo, abize isiqwenga somthi esibolileyo, esingaphezu kwesitya esimthweleyo.

2 Kuba okunene umnqweno wokuzuza inzuzo wawuyile loo nto, waza umsebénzi wayakha ke ngobunono bakhe.

3 Kambe ke, wena Bawo, ulawulo lwakho lulawula; 4 ebonakalalisa ukuba unako ukusindisa kuzo zonke iingozi; 5 Nangona kunjalo awufuni ukuba imisebenzi yobulumko bakho ibe yeyonqena, kwaye ke ngoko abantu banikela ubomi babo kwisiqwengana somthi, kwaye ukuwela ulwandle olulwayo ngesitya esibuthathaka bayasindiswa.

6 Kuba kwada kwayimini yakudala, ekutshabalaleni kwawo amaqhawe anamandla, laphuncuka ngesitya esiethe-ethe ithemba lelimiweyo, elilawulwa sisandla sakho, lashiya imbewu yesizukulwana ngesizukulwana.

7 Ngokuba usikelelwe umthi oza ngawo ubulungisa!

8 Kodwa oko kwenziwe ngezandla, kuqalekisiwe kwa, kwanjengazo, kwanjengoko wakwenzayo; yena, ngokuba wakwenzayo; lwaye lona, ngenxa enokuba lonakala, lwabizwa ngokuba nguThixo.

9 Kuba abangahloneli Thixo kwanokungahloneli Thixo bamthiye ngokufanayo uThixo.

10 Kuba oko kwenziwayo kuya kuphindezelwa kwanalowo uyenzileyo.

11 Ngenxa yoko kuya kubakho ukuvelelwa kwezigodo zeentlanga; 12 Kuba ukuyila izithixo kwaba yingqalo yobuhenyu bomoya, nokuvela kwazo ukonakala kobomi.

13 Ngokuba babengekho kwasekuqalekeni, abasayi kubakho naphakade.

14 Kuba bangene ehlabathini ngozuko lwabantu olungento yanto; 15 Kuba uyise owenze isijwili ngesiquphe, akuba emenzele umfanekiselo womntwana wakhe kamsinya, wasuka wambeka njengothixo, obengofileyo oko, wanikela imimiselo namadini kwabaphantsi kwakhe.

16 Ngaloo ndlela ekuhambeni kwexesha isithethe esingahloneli Thixo esandayo sagcinwa njengomthetho, yaye imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yayinqulwa ngokwemithetho yookumkani.

17 Owayengenako ukumbeka emehlweni abantu, ngokuba babehlala kude, bathabatha inkangeleko yobuso bakhe bevela kude, bamenzela umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wokumkani ababemzukisa; wayengekho, ngokungathi wayekho.

18 Kwakhona inkuthalo eyodwa yegcisa yanceda ekuqhubeleni phambili abangenalwazi kwiinkolelo ezingakumbi.

19 Kuba, engathi, ebethanda ukukholisa onegunya, wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuze afane ngeyona nto ilungileyo.

20 Zaye ke iindimbane, zithabatheke lubabalo lwaloo msebenzi, zamgqala njengothixo, obefudula ezukiswa kancinane.

21 Kwaye eli yayilithuba lokulahlekisa ihlabathi: kuba abantu, bekhonza nokuba yintlekele okanye ubuzwilakhe, baye banika amatye nemithi igama elingenakuguqulwa.

22 Ngaphezu koko, oku kwakunganelanga, kangangokuba baphazama ekumazini uThixo; kodwa nangona babephila kwimfazwe enkulu yokungazi, ezo zibetho zikhulu kangako zazibiza ngokuba luxolo.

23 Kuba xa babebasikela abantwana babo emadinini, okanye benze imigidi, okanye benze iziyunguma zezinye iintlanga; 24 Ababa saba ngadyobheki miphefumlo, kwanemitshato; 25 ngokokude kwalawula kubo bonke abantu, ngaphandle kwegazi, kukubulala, ukubulala, ubusela, ukuhanahanisa, ukonakala, ukungathembeki, iziphithiphithi, izifungo zobuxoki; 26 ukuphazamisa kwabalungileyo, ukulibala ukwenza okulungileyo, ukudyobha imiphefumlo, ukuguquka, izidubedube emitshatweni, ukukrexeza, ubutshijolo.

27 Kuba ukunqula izithixo kungabizwa nagama, kusisiqalo, nonobangela, nesiphelo sobubi bonke.

28 Kuba mhlawumbi bayageza, xa bevuya, baprofeta ubuxoki, okanye begqwashula, okanye baphoxeke.

29 ngenxa enokuba bekholose ngezithixo, ezingenabomi; bafunge ngobuxoki, abakhangeleki bubi; 30 Noko ke, ngenxa yezo zizathu zombini, baya kubohlwaywa ngobulungisa; 31 Kuba asinamandla abo bafunga ngawo; impindezelo yobulungisa yaboni ehlala ihleli izohlwaya, ngenxa yesikhubekiso sabangendawo.

ISAHLUKO 15 1 Ke wena, Thixo, unobabalo, nenyaniso, Uzeka kade umsindo, Ulungisa zonke izinto; 2 Kuba xa sithi sone, singabakho, siwazi amandla akho; kodwa asoni; 3 Kuba ukwazi wena bubulungisa obugqibeleleyo, ukwazi amandla akho yingcambu yokungafi.

4 Kuba asilahlekiswanga ngabantu, nomfanekiso owenziwe ngemibala, umsebenzi ongenasiqhamo, womzobi; 5 Umbono wesidenge uthi ukuwexula kuwo, ukuba uwukhanuke, zingxamele umfanekiso wento efileyo, engenamoya.

6 Kokubini abo bazenzayo, abo bazinqwenelayo, kunye nabo bazinqulayo, bathanda izinto ezimbi,

kwaye bafanele ukuba nezinto ezinjalo ekukholoseni ngazo.

7 Kuba umbumbi, ewutyhida umhlaba othambileyo, usenza zonke izitya zokusetyenzwa kakhulu, ukuze silungiselele thina; ngokusetyenzwa nokuba ngaluphi na uhlobo, umbumbi nguye ogwebayo.

8 Esebenzisa imigudu yakhe ngokurheletya, wenza uthixo olulize kwangoludongwe lunye, lowo ubekade esanda kwakhiwa ngomhlaba, aze athi kwakuba mzuzwana, abuyele kwakuwo, ekufikeni umphefumlo wakhe abekubolekiwe. wabuza.

9 Noko ke ixhala lakhe lingekuko ukuba uyabulaleka kakhulu, nokuba ubomi bakhe bufutshane; isuke ikhuthalele ukuba mkhulu ngeengcibi zegolide nabakhandi besilivere, ezabalazela ukwenza ngokwabasebenzi bobhedu, ukubalela ukwenza izinto ezingento.

10 Intliziyo yakhe iluthuthu, Ithemba lakhe linyuswe ngaphezu komhlaba, Nobomi bakhe buphantsi kunodongwe; 11 Kuba engamazi uMenzi wakhe, lowo wawuphefumlelayo umphefumlo wakhe osebenzayo, waza waphefumlela umoya ophilileyo; 12 Ke bona basuka babalela ubomi bethu njengekukudlala, nexesha lethu lokuhlala apha babalelwa ekuzuzeni inzuzo; 13 Kuba lo mntu wenza izinto eziqhekekileyo, nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo netyhidiweyo, uyazi ukuba uya kukhubeka ngaphezu kwabo bonke; 14 Ke zonke iintshaba zabantu bakho ezibacinezelayo, ziziziyatha, kwaye zilusizi ngaphezu kweentsana.

15 Kuba babebalela kuzo zonke izigodo zeentlanga, eziba ngoothixo bazo; ke zona iinyawo zabo, ziyacotha ukuhamba.

16 Ngokuba umntu wazenzayo ezo nto, waza wabamba umoya wakhe owabolekayo; 17 Kuba ekubeni engomntu ofayo, usebenza into efileyo ngezandla ezingendawo; 18 Ke bona banqula amarhamncwa anentiyo; 19 kananjalo azintle ngokunxamnye nezilo; ISAHLUKO 16 1 Ngoko ke, kwangokunjalo babebethwa ngokufanelekileyo, bethuthunjiswa ngobuninzi bezilwanyana.

2 Esikhundleni saso, ngokuba ubebabale abantu bakho, wabalungiselela ukudla okunencasa, izagwityi zokuthibambisa; 3 Ukuze bathi, benqwenela ukudla, ngenxa yokubona amarhamncwa athunyelwe phakathi kwabo, bacekise nokuba basuke bawulangazelela; ke bona aba, beswela umzuzwana, baba ngamadlelane ngencasa engaqhelekanga.

4 Kuba babemelwe kukuthini na ukubabacinezela, babathwaxwe bububi, bangabi nakuziphepha; kodwa aba baxelelwe ukuba zithuthunjiswa njani iintshaba zabo.

5 Ekufikeni kwabo uburhalarhume bamarhamncwa, batshabalala ekulumeni kweenyoka ezijijekileyo, akubangakho naphakade ubushushu bakho kubo; 6 Basuka bakhwankqiswa umzuzwana ke, ukuze balulekwe, benomqondiso wosindiso, ukuze babakhumbuze umthetho wakho.

7 Kuba lowo wabhekayo kuwo, akasindiswanga ngakubonayo akubonayo; 8 Uzivume ngale nto iintshaba zakho, Ukuba ungumhlanguli kubo bonke ububi; 9 Kubo zabulawa iinkumbi neengcongconi, azafunyanelwa kuphila ubomi babo; 10 Oonyana bakho abafikanga kubo amazinyo eempungutye, Ngokuba inceba yakho ihleli kubo, wabaphilisa.

11 Kuba bahlatyiwe, ukuze bawakhumbule amazwi akho; kwaye basindiswa ngokukhawuleza, ukuze bangaweli ekulibaleni okunzulu, baqhubeke bekhumbula ukulunga kwakho.

12 Kuba ibingeyiyo ingca, nentlaka ephilisayo, ebaphilisayo; 13 Kuba unamandla obomi nokufa; Ukhokelela emasangweni elabafileyo, unyuse.

14 Okunene umntu ubulala ngobugwenxa bakhe; nokuba umphefumlo uthe wanyuswa, awubuyi ubuye.

15 Akunakusinda esandleni sakho.

16 Kuba abangendawo, ababekuphikile ukwazi, batyakatywa ngamandla engalo yakho; 17 Kuba, eyona nto ingummangaliso kakhulu, kukuba umlilo uba namandla ngakumbi emanzini, ocima yonke into; kuba ihlabathi lilwela amalungisa.

18 Kuba kaloku ilangatye lalidamba, ukuze lingawatshisi amarhamncwa ethunyelelwa abangahloneli Thixo; kodwa bona ngokwabo babe nokubona kwaye baqonde ukuba babetshutshiswa ngomgwebo kaThixo.

19 Kwaye ngelinye ixesha utshisa kwanasesazulwini samanzi ngaphezu kwamandla omlilo, ukuze ube nokutshabalalisa iziqhamo zomhlaba ongenabulungisa.

20 endaweni yoko wabadlisa abantu bakho ngokudla kwezithunywa zezulu, wabathumelela isonka siphuma ezulwini, esilungiselwe ukubulaleka kwabo, esinako ukubanelisa ubumnandi bomntu wonke, evumelana nako konke ukunambitha.

21 Ngokuba ukudla kwakho kwaxela ukuthobeka kwakho koonyana bakho, nokudla kodlayo, bemka kuye wonke ubani ngokuthanda kwabo.

22 Ke ikhephu nomkhenkce wawuthwala umlilo, azinyibilika; 23 Kodwa oku kwakhona kwawalibala kwanamandla akhe, ukuze amalungisa ondliwe.

24 Kuba isidalwa esikukhonzayo, esinguMenzi, esongezelela amandla aso kwabangemalungisa, ukuba sibethobe, sithobe amandla aso ngenxa yokulungelwa kwabo bakholose ngawe.

25 Kungoko lwasuka lwaguqulwa lwabakho kuzo zonke, lwalululamela ubabalo lwakho, oluzondla zonke izinto, ngokomnqweno wabasweleyo;

26 Ukuze bazi abantwana bakho, Nkosi yam, obathandayo, ukuba isiqhamo asikondla umntu; 27 Kuba into engatshanganga ngumlilo, xa ithe yotha ngomthanyana welanga, inyibilika kwaoko.

28 Ukuze kwazeke ukuba simelwe kukuthi sikubulele ilanga, sithandaze kuwe ngesifingo.

29 Kuba ithemba labangabuleli liya kunyibilika njengeqabaka yasebusika, limke njengamanzi angancedi lutho.

ISAHLUKO 17 1 Ngokuba mikhulu imigwebo yakho, ayinakuchazwa; 2 Kuba, xa abantu abangemalungisa babecinga ukuba baya kulucudisa uhlanga olungcwele; bevalelwe ezindlwini zabo, abathinjwa besithokothoko, bekhonkxiwe ngemixokelelwane yobusuku obude, balele khona begxothiwe eluxolweni olungunaphakade.

3 Kuba bathi, bakubon’ ukuba bazimele ezonweni zabo, bachithwachithwa ngaphantsi kwesigqubuthelo esimnyama sokulibala, bekhwankqisiwe ngokuqhiphuke umbilini, bekhathazwa yimbonakalo yangaphandle.

4 Kuba ibingenako ukunkwantya ikona ibabambe ngesandla; 5 Akukho mandla omlilo abengenakubakhanyisela; namalangatye aqaqambileyo eenkwenkwezi akanako ukukhanyisa ngobo busuku buyoyikekayo.

6 Kwabonakala kubo kuphela umlilo uvutha ngokwawo, wawusoyikeka kakhulu; 7 Bona ke ubuqhetseba bobugcisa bomlingo, bathotywa, nokuqhayisa kwabo ngobulumko kwabohlwaywa lihlazo.

8 Kuba abo bathembisa ukugxotha izothuso neenkathazo kumphefumlo ogulayo, babegula kukoyika, befanele ukuhlekwa.

9 Kuba bengaboyiki nto yoyikekayo; ukanti ndisoyika amarhamncwa adlulayo, ingumsondlo weenyoka; 10 Bafa ke kukoyika, bekhanyela ukuba abawuboni umoya; 11 Kuba okungendawo, okunene kugwetywe ngowabo ubungqina, kuyinto embi kakhulu; 12 Kuba uloyiko aluyinto enye ngaphandle kokungcatsha uncedo oluvela kwingqiqo.

13 Ithemba ke elingaphakathi, likuba lincinane, ukungazi kubalela ukungazi ngaphezu konobangela wentuthumbo.

14 Ke bona balala obo busuku bungobo busuku, obabungenakunyamezeleka okunene, obabehlelayo buphuma ezinzulwini zesihogo esingenakuphepheka.

15 Bakhwankqiswa ngokuyinxenye nazinezithuko, batyhafa ngenxenye, betyhafile nentliziyo; 16 Ngoko ke othe wawa phantsi, wavalelwa entolongweni, engenamivalo yesinyithi; 17 Kuba, nokuba wayengumlimi, nokuba ngumalusi, nokuba ngumsebenzi entsimini, wafunyanwa yena, wanyamezela ubunzima obungenakuthintelwa;

18 Nokuba kukuvuthela ngekhwelo, nokuba kukukuntyiloza kweentaka emasebeni axhaphakileyo, nokuba kukuwa kwamanzi aqukuqelayo, abaleka ngamandla; 19 okanye isandi esoyikekayo samatye, nokubaleka okungabonwayo kwamarhamncwa adlobayo, nesandi esigqumayo samarhamncwa anoburhalarhume, nesandi esiphuma ezintabeni ezingoogongqololo; Ezo zinto ke zawatyhafisa kukoyika.

20 Kuba ihlabathi lakhanya ngokukhanya okucacileyo; 21 Kwabakho ubusuku obunzima phezu kwabo bodwa, umfanekiso wobumnyama obabuza kubamkela; ISAHLUKO 18 1 Noko ke babenokukhanya okukhulu kakhulu abangcwele bakho, ababeliva ilizwi labo, bengayiboni imbonakalo yabo, ngenxa yokuba bengabuvanga kwazo ezo zinto, babalela ukuba banoyolo.

2 Kodwa ngenxa yoko abazange babenzakalise ngoku, abo babephethwe kakubi ngabo ngaphambili, bababulela, baza bababongoza ukuba baxolelwe ngokuba babeziintshaba.

3 esikhundleni sako wabanika ilitye elivuthayo, ukuba babe ngabakhaphi endleleni abangaziyo, nelanga elingenabungozi, ukuba bazukiseke ngokubekekileyo.

4 Kuba babefanele ukuba bahluthwe ekukhanyeni, baze bavalelwe ebumnyameni, bona babebagcinile oonyana bakho, ekwathi ngabo ukukhanya okungonakali komthetho kwaza kwakhanyiselwa ehlabathini.

5 Ke kaloku, kwakubon’ ukuba bazisikelelwe iintsana zabangcwele, kwakhutshelwa umntwana wamnye, wasindiswa, ukuba ohlwaywe ngabo, wayithabatha inkitha yabantwana babo, wabatshabalalisa kanye emanzini anamandla.

6 Oobawo baye bangqinelwa ngenxa engaphambili ngobo busuku, ukuze bathi, bezazi kakuhle izifungo zabo, bakholwe kubo, bathi kamva bonwabe.

7 Kwaba kwamkelekile ke kubantu bakho usindiso lwamalungisa, nokutshabalala kweentshaba.

8 Kuba othe wababetha ngayo ababandezeli bethu, wasizukisa ngaloo nto wena, owubizileyo wena.

9 Kuba oonyana abangamalungisa babingelela ngasese, baze ngaxhatha linye bawisa umthetho ongcwele, ukuze abangcwele babelane ngako okulungileyo nokubi, ngoku oobawo bevuma iingoma zokudumisa.

10 Kodwa kwelinye icala kwavakala isikhalo esibi seentshaba; 11 Bohlwaywa ngandlela-nye inkosi nomkhonzi; njengokumkani, wenjenjalo umvandedwa umntu.

12 Ke ngoko bonke bebonke baba nabafileyo abangenakubalwa kunye nohlobo olunye lokufa; abadla ubomi babenganeli ukubangcwaba, kuba yatshatyalaliswa ngaxeshanye eyona nzala yabo.

13 Kuba, ekubeni babengakholwanga nto ngenxa yobugqi; ekutshatyalalisweni kwamazibulo, babavuma aba bantu ukuba bangoonyana bakaThixo.

14 Kuba zonke izinto zazithe cwaka, kwaye obo busuku buphakathi kweendlela zakhe ezikhawulezayo; 15 Lihle ezulwini ilizwi lakho elinamandla, liphuma etroneni yobukumkani bakho, njengendoda yemfazwe eligorha phakathi kwelizwe lentshabalalo; 16 Wawuzisa umthetho wakho ongenakuhanahanisa, njengekrele elibukhali, wema waza wazalisa zonke izinto kukufa; lachukumisa izulu, lema emhlabeni.

17 Ngequbuliso bafikelwa yimibono yamaphupha amabi, bafikelwa kukunkwantya, bengalindelanga.

18 Kwaye omnye uphoswe apha, omnye apho, eselefile, wachaza isizathu sokufa kwakhe.

19 Kuba amaphupha abo, awabakhwankqisayo, akuxela kwangaphambili oko, ukuze bangatshabalali, Bangazi ukuba babandezelwe yintoni na.

20 Ewe, ukungcamla ukufa kwafikelela nakwilungisa, kwabakho ukutshabalala kwengxokolo entlango; 21 Kuba wangxama, wesuka wema ukubathethelela; wazisa iingweletshetshe zobulungiseleli bakhe, nomthandazo, nesiqhumiso, wawumisa umsindo, wabuphelisa ububi, wathi, ungumkhonzi wakho.

22 Ngoko ke wameyisa umtshabalalisi, kungengamandla omzimba, nangamandla ezikhali; 23 Kuba bathe abafileyo bawelana, omnye phezu komnye bezimfumba, emi phakathi, wawunqanda ubushushu, wayihlula indlela yabaphilileyo.

24 Kuba kwisambatho esinde bekukho elimiweyo liphela, emikrozweni yomine yamatye kukroliwe ubungangamsha boobawo, bububo ubungangamsha bakho, enkongeni yentloko yakhe.

25 Waza umtshabalalisi wasondela kubo, wazoyika; ISAHLUKO 19 1 Ke bona abangahloneli Thixo, kwabafikelwa yingqumbo, kwada kwasekupheleni; 2 Okokuba ebavumele ukuba bemke, wabandulula kamsinya, baguquka, babasukele.

3 Ke, bakuba besenza isijwili emangcwabeni, bongeza elinye iqhinga lobudenge, basukelana nabo njengabasabayo, babaphuthuma ukuba baphume.

4 Kuba isiphelo, ababefanelekele sona, sabasondezelela ekupheleni, babalibale izinto ezenzekileyo, ukuze basizalise isibetho sabo esasisentuthumbo; 5 ukuze badlule abantu bakho ngendlela emangalisayo, bafumane ukufa okungaqhelekanga.

6 Kuba indalo iphela yabuya yema ngokutsha, ikwimeko entle, ekuyikhonzeni kwabo imithetho eyiyo eyawunikwayo, ukuze bagcineke abantwana bakho; 7 Kwabakho ilifu eliwusibekeleyo umnquba; kwaye apho kwakumi khona amanzi ngaphambili, kwavela umhlaba owomileyo; nakuLwandle oluBomvu kukho

indlela engenasithintelo; entlanjeni enogonyamelo, kubekho intsimi eluhlaza; 8 Batyhutyha bonke abantu abesimelele ngesandla sakho, beyibona imisebenzi yakho ebalulekileyo.

9 Ngokuba babenyuka njengamahashe, batsiba njengamatakane, Bedumisa wena, Nkosi ebahlanguleyo.

10 Kuba babesezikhumbula izinto ezenzekayo ekuphambukeleni kwabo ezweni lolunye uhlanga, okokuba umhlaba wavelisa iimpukane esikhundleni seenkomo, nomlambo owafukuza inkitha yamasele esikhundleni seentlanzi.

11 Emveni ke koko, babona isizukulwana esitsha seentaka, besithi, beqhutywa yimpango, bacela ukudla okunencasa.

12 Kuba kufike kubo izagwityi zivela elwandle, ukuze baneliseke.

13 Izohlwayo zabafikela aboni, kungengamiqondiso yakuqala ngamandla iindudumo; 14 Kuba abaseSodom akabamkelanga abo abengabazanga ukufika kwabo; 15 Kusenokwenzeka ukuba baya kuhlonelwa ngabo, ngenxa enokuba bebengenabubele; 16 Kodwa aba babacinezela kakhulu, ababebamkele ngokudla, babesele bengamadlelane nabo ngawo umthetho.

17 Babethwa ke nangobumfama, njengabo bangaseminyango yelungisa; 18 Kuba iziseko zazo zathi zaguquka ngokwazo, ngokwazo ngemvisiswano, njengokuliguqula igama lohadi, ukanti lihlala livakala isandi; eqondeka kakuhle, ekuboneni ngezinto ezenzekileyo.

19 Kuba izinto zasemhlabeni zajikwa zajika zaba ngamanzi, zaza izinto ebezingekadada emanzini, ngoku zaya emhlabeni.

20 Umlilo waba namandla emanzini, wawulibala ubulungisa bakhe, amanzi awulibala ukucima kwakhe.

21 Kwelinye icala, amadangatye akanakuyidla inyama yezinto ezidla ubomi, nakuba ayehamba ngayo; kananjalo aziyinyibilikisi inyama yasezulwini engumkhenkce, eyendalo ifanele ukunyibilika.

22 Kuba ezintweni zonke, Nkosi, wabakhulisa abantu bakho, wabazukisa, akwabakhathalela;