Mkhumbule Ebutsheni Bakho
Mkhumbule uMdali wakho usemncinci, phambi kokuba umzimba usilele kancinci, abagcini bendlu bengcangcazela, iifestile zimnyama, incanca iphukile, nothuli lubuyele emhlabeni, umoya ubuyele kuThixo. Yonke into yeyomzuzwana; kanti yoyika uThixo, ugcine imithetho yakhe. Sonke isenzo esifihlakeleyo siyagwetywa.
12 1Mkhumbule uMdali wakho ngemihla yobutsha bakho, ingekafiki imihla yenkxwaleko, ingekasondeli neminyaka oya kuthi ngayo: “Andinamihlali kuyo,” 2lingekabi mnyama ilanga nokukhanya nenyanga neenkwenkwezi, awangekabuyi amafu emva kwemvula; 3ngemini abagcini bendlu baya kuthi bangcangcazele ngayo, awagobe amadoda anamandla, basuke bayeke abafazi abasilayo ngenxa yokuba bembalwa, bathi mnyama ababejonga ngefestile; a a v3 Ezi ndinyana ngumfanekiso wobunzima womzimba ophela amandla ebudaleni nokusondela kokufa — izandla ezingcangcazelayo, umzimba ogobileyo, amazinyo aphelileyo, namehlo afiphalayo. 4xa iingcango ezisesitratweni zivaliwe, lithe cwaka isandi sokusila; xa umntu avuka ngesandi sentaka, zithi ngxi zonke iintombi zengoma; 5xa besoyika iindawo eziphakamileyo, zithi nkqi iinkwantyelo endleleni; xa um-amangile• utyatyamba, umcikwane uzirhuqa, kuphele nokunqwena — kuba umntu usinga ekhayeni lakhe elingunaphakade, abambalisi bejikeleza ezitratweni; 6ungekajacwa umtya wesilivere, nesitya segolide singekaqhekezwa, nencanca ingekaphuki ngasemthonjeni, nevili lingekaphuki ngasequleni, 7luze uthuli lubuyele emhlabeni njengoko lwalunjalo, umoya ubuyele kuThixo owawunika. 8“Yinto engento ngokupheleleyo,” utsho uMfundisi. “Konke kuyinto engento.”
Ubuchule boMfundisi
9UMfundisi wayesisilumko, kananjalo wafundisa abantu ukwazi — elinganisa, egocagoca, ehlela imizekeliso emininzi. 10UMfundisi wafuna ukufumana amazwi akholekileyo, oko akubhalayo kwaba kuthe tye kuyinyaniso. 11Amazwi ezilumko afana namanqayi; imizekeliso ehlanganisiweyo, njengezikhonkwane ezibethelelwe zaqina — enikwe ngumalusi omnye. 12Ngaphezu kwezi zinto, nyana wam, lumkiswa: ukwenza iincwadi ezininzi akunasiphelo, nokufundisisa okukhulu kudinisa umzimba.
13Esiphelweni sento yonke, sekuvakele konke: moyike uThixo, ugcine imithetho yakhe — kuba oku kukwenza konke komntu. b b v13 INtshumayeli iphela apho yaqala khona — uQoheleti uthetha ngoThixo ngohlobo lokude lomntu okhangela “phantsi kwelanga.” UYesu uza kusondeza uBawo wethu (Yohane 14:9). 14Kuba uThixo uya kusingenisa esigwebeni sento yonke eyenziweyo, nayo yonke into efihliweyo, nokuba ilungile nokuba imbi.
