| ← Ecclesiastes (12/12) |
| 1. | Khumbula-ke uMdali wakho ensukwini zobutsha bakho zingakafiki insuku ezimbi, kumbe kusondele iminyaka, lapho ozakuthi: Kangilantokozo ngayo. |
| 2. | Kungakafiphali ilanga lokukhanya lenyanga lezinkanyezi, kumbe amayezi abuyele emva kwezulu. |
| 3. | Ngosuku lapho abagcini bendlu bezathuthumela, lamadoda alamandla akhokhobe, labacholayo beme ngoba bebalutshwana, lalabo abalunguza ngamawindi bafiphazeke, |
| 4. | lezivalo zivalwe esitaladini, lapho umsindo wokuchola u su ncipha, lapho ezavuka ekukhaleni kwenyoni, lamadodakazi wonke engoma ezathotshiswa, |
| 5. | la lapho bezakwesaba okuphakemeyo lezesabiso endleleni, lapho isihlahla se-alimondi* sesilempoko, lentothoviyane izakuba ngumthwalo, lesiloyiso sizaphela. Ngoba umuntu uya ekhaya lakhe elilaphakade, labalilayo bazazulazula esitaladeni. |
| 6. | Kungakathukululwa intambo yesiliva, lomganu wegolide ufe, lembiza iphahlazeke emthonjeni, lendirayo yephuke emgodini wamanzi, |
| 7. | lothuli lubuyele emhlabathini njengoba lwalunjalo, lomoya ubuyela kuNkulunkulu owawunikayo. |
| 8. | Ize leze, kutsho umTshumayeli, konke kuyize. |
| 9. | Phezu kwalokho-ke, ngoba umTshumayeli wayehlakaniphile, wayelokhu efundisa abantu ulwazi, yebo wazindla, wadingisisa, wamisa kuhle izaga ezinengi. |
| 10. | UmTshumayeli wadinga ukuthola amazwi akholisisayo, lokwabhalwayo kwakuqondile, amazwi eqiniso. |
| 11. | Amazwi abahlakaniphileyo anjengezincijo, lanjengezipikili ezibethelwe zatshona, amakhosi emihlangano, enikwa ngumelusi munye. |
| 12. | Phezu kwalokho-ke, ndodana yami, xwayiseka: Ekwenzeni ingwalo ezinengi kakulasiphelo, lokufunda okunengi kuyikudinisa inyama. |
| 13. | Kasizwe isiphetho sodaba lonke: Mesabe uNkulunkulu, ugcine imilayo yakhe; ngoba lokho yimfanelo yonke yomuntu. |
| 14. | Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzaletha wonke umsebenzi kusahlulelo, layo yonke into efihliweyo, loba kuhle laloba kubi. |
| ← Ecclesiastes (12/12) |