Ongasuthi Nanini
Umuntu angaba nengcebo, udumo nabantwana abayikhulu kodwa angavunyelwa ukujabulela lutho kukho; uMshumayeli uthi umntwana ozalwe efile unokuphumula okukhulu kunaye. Isifiso asisoze sasutha, ukuhlakanipha akuthengi nzuzo, futhi akekho owazi okulandelayo.
6 1Kukhona okubi engikubonile ngaphansi kwelanga, okusinda kakhulu phezu kwesintu: 2Umuntu uNkulunkulu amnika ingcebo, umnotho, nodumo, angasweli lutho umphefumulo wakhe oluthandayo—kodwa uNkulunkulu akamvumeli ukuba adle kukho; kunalokho owemzini nguye okudlayo. Lokhu kuyize, kuyisifo esidabukisayo.
3Uma umuntu ezala abantwana abayikhulu, aphile iminyaka eminingi—noma ngabe impilo yakhe inde kangakanani—kodwa umphefumulo wakhe ungasuthiseki ngezinto ezinhle, futhi angaze angcwatshwe, ngithi umntwana ozelwe efile ungcono kunaye. 4Ufika ngomhwamuko, ahambe aye ebumnyameni; ubumnyama busibekela igama lakhe. 5Nakuba engalibonanga ilanga noma azi lutho, unokuphumula okwedlula lowo muntu. 6Yize noma ephila iminyaka eyinkulungwane kabili, engakaze akujabulele okuhle, bonke abayi yini endaweni eyodwa? 7Wonke umshikashika womuntu ungowomlomo wakhe, kodwa inkanuko yakhe ayisuthiseki nanini. 8Yibuphi ubungcono ohlakaniphileyo analo kunesiwula? Yini umuntu ompofu akuzuzayo ngokwazi ukuziphatha phambi kwabanye? 9Kungcono ukubona kwamehlo kunokuzulazula kwesifiso. Nalokhu kuyize, kuwukuxosha umoya. 10Noma yini ekhona yaqanjwa igama kakade, nalokho umuntu ayikho kuyaziwa; futhi akanakuphikisana nalowo onamandla kunaye.
11Lapho amazwi anda khona, nokuyize kuyanda, pho lokho kumzuzisani umuntu? 12Ngokuba ngubani owaziyo okuhle emuntwini ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokuphila kwakhe okuyize, okudlula njengesithunzi? Ngokuba ngubani ongamtshela okuyokwenzeka emva kwakhe ngaphansi kwelanga?
