Isinkwa Phezu Kwamanzi
Phonsa isinkwa sakho phezu kwamanzi, wabelane ngesabelo sakho kabanzi, ngokuba awazi ukuthi iyiphi inhlekelele ezayo. Obheka umoya akasoze ahlwanyela. Hlwanyela ekuseni nakusihlwa, ujabulele ukukhanya, ukhumbule izinsuku ezimnyama ezizayo, wazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uletha ubusha ekwahlulelweni.
11 1Phonsa isinkwa sakho phezu kwamanzi, ngokuba emva kwezinsuku eziningi uyakusithola futhi. 2Nika isabelo kwabayisikhombisa, noma ngisho kwabayisishiyagalombili, ngokuba awazi ukuthi inhlekelele enjani engehlela phezu kwezwe. 3Uma amafu egcwele, athulula imvula emhlabeni; futhi uma umuthi uwela eningizimu noma enyakatho, endaweni owela kuyo, uyakulala khona. 4Obheka umoya akasoze atshala, nobuka amafu akasoze avune.
5Njengoba ungayazi indlela yomoya, noma indlela amathambo akhiwa ngayo esiswini sowesifazane okhulelweyo, kanjalo ngeke uwazi umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, owenza konke.
6Hlwanyela imbewu yakho ekuseni, nakusihlwa ungayekeli isandla sakho siphumule, ngokuba awazi ukuthi yikuphi okuyakuphumelela—lokhu noma lokhuya—noma ukuthi kokubili kuyakuchuma ngokufanayo.
Ukukhanya Kumnandi
7Ukukhanya kumnandi, futhi kuyajabulisa emehlweni ukubona ilanga.
8Ngakho uma umuntu ephila iminyaka eminingi, makathokoze kuyo yonke; kodwa makakhumbule izinsuku zobumnyama, ngokuba ziyakuba ziningi. Konke okuzayo kuyadlula.
9Thokoza, nsizwa, ebusheni bakho, futhi inhliziyo yakho mayikunike injabulo ezinsukwini zobusha bakho. Hamba ezindleleni zenhliziyo yakho nasekubukeni kwamehlo akho; kodwa yazi ukuthi ngazo zonke lezi zinto uNkulunkulu uyakukuletha ekwahlulelweni.
10Ngakho susa ukukhathazeka enhliziyweni yakho, ulahle ubuhlungu emzimbeni wakho, ngokuba ubusha nokusa kokuphila kuyadlula.
