Lixesha Lento Yonke
Yonke into inexesha layo, ukuzalwa nokufa, imfazwe noxolo, kwaye akukho namnye onokuqonda konke akwenzileyo uThixo, nangona wabeka ubomi obungunaphakade entliziyweni yomntu. Inkohlakalo ihleli apho bekumele kuhlale ubulungisa. Abantu nezilwanyana baphefumla umoya omnye, babelane ngengcwaba elinye.
3 1Yonke into inexesha layo, kukho nexesha laso sonke isicwangciso phantsi kwezulu: 2lixesha lokuzalwa, nexesha lokufa; lixesha lokutyala, nexesha lokunyothula oko kutyaliweyo; 3lixesha lokubulala, nexesha lokuphilisa; lixesha lokudiliza, nexesha lokwakha; 4lixesha lokulila, nexesha lokuhleka; lixesha lokumbambazela, nexesha lokungqungqa; 5lixesha lokulahla amatye, nexesha lokubutha amatye ndawonye; lixesha lokwanga, nexesha lokuyeka ukwanga; 6lixesha lokufuna, nexesha lokulahlekelwa; lixesha lokugcina, nexesha lokulahla; 7lixesha lokukrazula, nexesha lokuthunga; lixesha lokuthi cwaka, nexesha lokuthetha; 8lixesha lokuthanda, nexesha lokuthiya; lixesha lemfazwe, nexesha loxolo.
9Unanzuzoni na umsebenzi ekubulalekeni kwakhe? 10Ndiwubonile umsebenzi uThixo awunike abantu ukuba baxakeke ngawo. 11Yonke into wayenza yaba ntle ngexesha layo, wabeka nobomi obungunaphakade entliziyweni yomntu; kodwa akukho namnye onokuqonda oko akwenzayo uThixo, ethabathela ekuqaleni ade ase ekupheleni. 12Ndiyazi ukuba akukho nto ilungileyo kubo ngaphezu kokuba bavuye ebomini, benze okulungileyo ngexa besadla ubomi. 13Kananjalo, ukuba bonke abantu badle, basele, bazuze ulwaneliseko emsebenzini wabo wonke; oku kusisipho sikaThixo. 14Ndiyazi ukuba konke akwenzayo uThixo kuhlala ngonaphakade; akukho nto inokongezelelwa kuko, akukho nto inokususwa. Ukwenze oko ukuze abantu boyike phambi kwakhe. 15Oko kukhoyo sekwakha kwakho, noko kuya kubakho sekwakha kwakho; yaye uThixo ukufuna oko kwagxothwayo.
Inkohlakalo Endaweni Yobulungisa
16Ndabona kananjalo phantsi kwelanga: ububi endaweni yokugweba, nobubi endaweni yobulungisa. 17Ndathi entliziyweni yam: “UThixo uya kugweba ilungisa nongendawo, kuba kukho ixesha laso sonke isicwangciso naso sonke isenzo, apho.” 18Ndathi entliziyweni yam: “UThixo uyabavavanya abantu, ukuze babone ukuba bazizilwanyana nje.” 19Abantu nezilwanyana banesiphelo sinye: omnye ufa njengoko omnye efa; bobabini banomoya mnye. Abantu abanabungcono ngaphezu kwezilwanyana; konke kungumphunga. 20Konke kuya ndaweni-nye; konke kwaphuma eluthulini, konke kubuyela eluthulini. 21Ngubani na owaziyo ukuba umoya womntu unyuka usinga phezulu, nokuba umoya wesilwanyana uhla usinga phantsi emhlabeni? 22Ngoko ndabona ukuba akukho nto ilungileyo ngaphezu kokuba umntu avuye emsebenzini wakhe, kuba sisabelo sakhe eso. Kaloku ngubani na onokumbonisa oko kuya kuza emva kwakhe?