| ← Ecclesiastes (6/12) → |
| 1. | Kukhona ububi esengibubonile ngaphansi kwelanga, njalo buvamile ebantwini: |
| 2. | Umuntu uNkulunkulu amnike inotho lengcebo lodumo ukuze angasweleli umphefumulo wakhe ulutho kukho konke akufisayo, kodwa uNkulunkulu angamniki amandla ukuthi adle kukho, kodwa owemzini uyakudla; lokhu kuyize, njalo kuyisifo esibi. |
| 3. | Uba umuntu ezala abantwana abalikhulu, aphile iminyaka eminengi, ukuze insuku zeminyaka yakhe zibe zinengi, kodwa umphefumulo wakhe ungasuthiswa ngokuhle, futhi angabi lakungcwatshwa, ngithi umphunzo ungcono kulaye. |
| 4. | Ngoba uza ngeze, uye emnyameni, lebizo lawo lisitshekelwe emnyameni; |
| 5. | futhi kawulibonanga ilanga, kawulalwazi; lo ulokuphumula kulaye. |
| 6. | Yebo, lanxa ephila iminyaka eyinkulungwane, ephindwe kabili, kanti engabonanga okuhle; bonke kabayi yini endaweni eyodwa? |
| 7. | Wonke umtshikatshika womuntu ngowomlomo wakhe, kube kanti inkanuko kayisuthi. |
| 8. | Ngoba ohlakaniphileyo ulani okwedlula isithutha? Ulani umyanga owazi ukuhamba phambi kwabaphilayo? |
| 9. | Kungcono ukubona kwamehlo kulokuzulazula kwenkanuko. Lokhu lakho kuyize lokukhathazeka komoya. |
| 10. | Osekukhona sekuke kwathiwa ibizo lakho, njalo kuyaziwa ukuthi kungumuntu, lokuthi kalakho ukuphikisana lolamandla kulaye. |
| 11. | Ngoba zinengi izinto ezandisa ize; kuyinzuzo bani emuntwini? |
| 12. | Ngoba ngubani okwaziyo okulungele umuntu empilweni, e nani ni lensuku zempilo yakhe eyize ayichitha njengesithunzi? Ngoba ngubani ongatshela umuntu lokho okuzakuba khona emva kwakhe ngaphansi kwelanga? |
| ← Ecclesiastes (6/12) → |