| ← Ecclesiastes (11/12) → |
| 1. | Phosela isinkwa sakho phezu kobuso bamanzi, ngoba uzasithola emva kwensuku ezinengi. |
| 2. | Nika isabelo kwabayisikhombisa, yebo, lakwabayisificaminwembili, ngoba kawazi ukuthi bubi bani obuzakuba emhlabeni. |
| 3. | Uba amayezi egcwele izulu, aya li thululela emhlabeni; uba-ke isihlahla siwela ngeningizimu kumbe ngenyakatho, endaweni lapho isihlahla esiwela khona sizakuba khonapho. |
| 4. | Onanzelela umoya kayikuhlanyela, lalowo okhangela amayezi kayikuvuna. |
| 5. | Njengoba ungazi ukuthi iyini indlela yomoya, a khula njani amathambo esiswini sokhulelweyo, ngokunjalo kawazi umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu owenza konke. |
| 6. | Hlanyela inhlanyelo yakho ekuseni, lantambama ungaphumuzi isandla sakho; ngoba kawazi ukuthi yiyiphi ezaphumelela, le kumbe leyana, loba zombili zizakuba zinhle ngokufananayo. |
| 7. | Sibili, ukukhanya kumnandi; njalo kuhle emehlweni ukubona ilanga. |
| 8. | Kodwa uba umuntu ephila iminyaka eminengi, ethokoza ngayo yonke, kakhumbule lensuku zomnyama, ngoba zizakuba zinengi. Konke okuzayo kuyize. |
| 9. | Thokoza, jaha, ebutsheni bakho, lenhliziyo yakho kayikuthokozise ensukwini zobutsha bakho, uhambe endleleni zenhliziyo yakho lekuboneni kwamehlo akho. Kodwa yazi ukuthi ngenxa yazo zonke izinto uNkulunkulu uzakuletha kusahlulelo. |
| 10. | Ngakho susa ukudabuka enhliziyweni yakho, ukhuphe ububi enyameni yakho, ngoba ubutsha lobujaha buyize. |
| ← Ecclesiastes (11/12) → |