Isonka Phezu Kwamanzi
Phosa isonka sakho phezu kwamanzi, usabe isabelo sakho ngokubanzi, kuba awazi ukuba yintoni na intlekele ezayo. Lowo ubukele umoya akaze ahlwayele. Hlwayela kusasa nangokuhlwa, wonwabele ukukhanya, ukhumbule iimini zobumnyama ezizayo, wazi ukuba uThixo uzisa ulutsha emgwebeni.
11 1Phosa isonka sakho phezu kwamanzi, kuba emva kwemihla emininzi uya kusifumana kwakhona. 2Nika isabelo kwabasixhenxe, nkqu nakwabasibhozo, kuba awazi ukuba bububi buni obunokulihlela ilizwe. 3Ukuba amafu azele, athulula imvula phezu komhlaba; ukuba umthi uwa ngasezantsi okanye ngasentla, kuloo ndawo awela kuyo, uya kulala khona. 4Lowo ubukele umoya akasayi kuhlwayela, nalowo ugqala amafu akasayi kuvuna.
5Njengoko ungayazi indlela yomoya, nokuba abunjwa njani na amathambo esizalweni somfazi omithiyo, ngokunjalo awunako ukwazi umsebenzi kaThixo, lowo wenza yonke into.
6Hlwayela imbewu yakho kusasa, nangokuhlwa ungasiphumzi isandla sakho, kuba awazi ukuba yeyiphi na eya kuphumelela—le okanye leya—nokuba zombini ziya kulunga ngokufanayo.
Ukukhanya Kumnandi
7Ukukhanya kumnandi, kumnandi emehlweni ukubona ilanga.
8Ngoko ukuba umntu udla ubomi iminyaka emininzi, makavuye kuyo yonke; kodwa makazikhumbule iimini zobumnyama, kuba ziya kuba zininzi. Yonke into ezayo yeyomzuzwana.
9Vuya, mfana, ebutsheni bakho, intliziyo yakho mayikunike imihlali ngemihla yobutsha bakho. Hamba ngeendlela zentliziyo yakho nasekuboneni kwamehlo akho; kodwa yazi ukuba ngenxa yazo zonke ezi zinto uThixo uya kukusa emgwebeni.
10Ngoko susa inkxwaleko entliziyweni yakho, ususe neentlungu emzimbeni wakho, kuba ubutsha nokusa kobomi kungokomzuzwana.
