UMshumayeli 5

5 ¹Qaphela izinyawo zakho lapho ungena endlini kaNkulunkulu. Sondela uzolalela, hhayi ukunikela umhlatshelo weziwula—azazi ukuthi zenza okubi. ²Ungaphuthumisi umlomo wakho, futhi ungavumeli inhliziyo yakho ukuba isheshe ikhulume phambi kukaNkulunkulu—uNkulunkulu usezulwini, wena usemhlabeni, ngakho amazwi akho mawabe mabalwa. ³Ngokuba iphupho livela ekusebenzeni okukhulu, nezwi lesiwula livela emazwini amaningi. ⁴Lapho wenza isithembiso kuNkulunkulu, ungalibali ukusikhokha—akathokozi ngeziwula. Khokha lokho okuthembisayo. ⁵Kungcono ukungathembisi kunokuthembisa ungagcwalisi. ⁶Ungavumeli umlomo wakho ukuba ukwenze wone, futhi ungasho kusithunywa ukuthi kwakuyiphutha. Kungani uNkulunkulu kufanele athukutheliswe yizwi lakho abhubhise umsebenzi wezandla zakho? ^a a v6 Isithunywa yisikhulu sethempeli noma umpristi owayamukela futhi abhale izithembiso egameni likaNkulunkulu. ⁷Ngokuba emaphusheni amaningi nasemazwini amaningi kukhona umhwamuko ophelayo. Ngakho-ke mesabe uNkulunkulu.

Ukucindezelwa Nenzuzo Yomhlaba

⁸Uma ubona abampofu becindezelwe, nokwahlulela okulungileyo nokulunga kwephulwa esifundeni, ungamangali—phezu kwesikhulu kukhona esinye esiphakeme kunaso, naphezu kwalabo kukhona abaphakeme nakakhulu. ⁹Nokho inzuzo yomhlaba ngeyawo wonke umuntu; ngisho nenkosi ikhonzwa yinsimu.

¹⁰Othanda imali akaneliswa yimali; othanda ingcebo akaneliswa yinzuzo. Nalokhu kuyize eliphelayo. ¹¹Njengoba ingcebo yanda, kuyanda nalabo abayidlayo—iyiphi inzuzo kumninizo ngaphandle kokuyibuka ngamehlo akhe?

¹²Ubuthongo besisebenzi bumnandi, noma sidle okuncane noma okuningi; kodwa inala yesicebi ayivumeli ukuba silale.

¹³Ngibone okubi okudabukisayo ngaphansi kwelanga: ingcebo egcinwe ngumninizo, kube ngukulimala kwakhe. ¹⁴Leyo ngcebo yalahleka ebhizinisini elibi, kwathi lapho ezala indodana, wayengaselutho angamshiyela lona. ¹⁵Njengoba waphuma esiswini sikanina, ubuyela enqunu, ahambe njengoba efikile, engathathi lutho emsebenzini wakhe angaluphatha ngesandla sakhe. ¹⁶Nalokhu kungokubi okubuhlungu: njengoba efikile, uyahamba kanjalo. Uzuzani ngokusebenzela umoya? ¹⁷Zonke izinsuku zakhe udla ebumnyameni, nokudumala okukhulu, nokugula, nentukuthelo.

¹⁸Nakhu engikubonile: kuhle futhi kufanele ukudla, nokuphuza, nokubona okuhle kuwo wonke umsebenzi umuntu awusebenzayo ngaphansi kwelanga ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokuphila uNkulunkulu amnika zona—ngokuba yileso isabelo sakhe. ¹⁹Futhi, lapho uNkulunkulu enika umuntu ingcebo, nemfuyo, namandla okuba akujabulele, ukuba amukele isabelo sakhe athole injabulo emsebenzini wakhe—lesi yisipho sikaNkulunkulu. ²⁰Akasoze akhumbule kaningi izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe, ngokuba uNkulunkulu umgcina ematasa ngenjabulo yenhliziyo yakhe.