Mkhumbule Ebusheni Bakho
Khumbula uMdali wakho usemncane, ngaphambi kokuphela kancane komzimba, abalindi abathuthumelayo, amafasitela afiphele, imbiza ephukile, uthuli lubuyela emhlabeni nomoya ubuyela kuNkulunkulu. Konke kuyadlula; nokho, yesaba uNkulunkulu ugcine imiyalo yakhe. Zonke izenzo ezifihliweyo ziyahlulelwa.
12 1Khumbula uMdali wakho ezinsukwini zobusha bakho, izinsuku zosizi zingakafiki, neminyaka isondele oyakuthi ngayo: “Angithokozi ngayo,” 2ilanga nokukhanya nenyanga nezinkanyezi kungakafiphali, namafu abuye emva kwemvula; 3ngosuku abaqaphi bendlu abayakuthuthumela ngalo, namadoda anamandla agobe, nabesifazane abagayayo bayeke ngokuba sebembalwa abasele, nalabo ababuka ngamafasitele bafiphale; a a v3 Lamavesi angumfanekiso wenkondlo omude womzimba ophelelwa amandla ebudaleni nokusondela kokufa — izandla ezithuthumelayo, umzimba ogobile, amazinyo alahlekile, namehlo afiphalayo. 4lapho iminyango esitaladini ivaliwe, nomsindo wokugaya uncipha; lapho umuntu evuka ngomsindo wenyoni, namadodakazi onke engoma ehliselwa phansi; 5lapho besaba izindawo eziphakeme, nokwesabekayo kusendleleni; lapho isihlahla se-alimondi siqhakaza, nentethe izidonsa, nenkanuko iphela—ngokuba umuntu uya ekhaya lakhe laphakade, nabalilayo bezula ezitaladini; 6intambo yesiliva ingakanqamuki, noma isitsha segolide singakaphahlazwa, noma imbiza ingakaphuki emthonjeni, noma isondo singakaphuki emgodini wamanzi, 7uthuli lubuyele emhlabeni njengoba lwalunjalo, nomoya ubuyele kuNkulunkulu owawunika. 8“Kuyadlula impela,” kusho uMfundisi. “Konke kuyadlula.”
Ikhono loMfundisi
9UMfundisi wayehlakaniphile, futhi wafundisa abantu ulwazi—ekala, ecinga, ehlela izaga eziningi. 10UMfundisi wafuna ukuthola amazwi athokozisayo, nalokho akubhala kwakuqondile kuyiqiniso. 11Amazwi ahlakaniphile anjengezinduku zokuqhuba; izaga eziqoqiwe, zinjengezipikili ezibethelwe ziqine—ezinikwe nguMalusi oyedwa. 12Ngaphezu kwalokhu, ndodana yami, xwaya: ukwenza izincwadi eziningi akunamkhawulo, nokufunda okuningi kukhathaza umzimba.
13Isiphetho sendaba, konke sekuzwakele: mesabe uNkulunkulu, ugcine imiyalo yakhe—lokhu kuwumsebenzi wonke womuntu. b b v13 UmShumayeli uvala lapho aqale khona — uQohelete ukhuluma ngoNkulunkulu ngendlela ekude njengomuntu ofuna “ngaphansi kwelanga.” UJesu uza ukuletha uBaba wethu eduze (Johane 14:9). 14Ngokuba uNkulunkulu uyakuletha zonke izenzo ekwahlulelweni, kanye nazo zonke izinto ezifihlakele, noma zinhle noma zimbi.
