Ecclesiastes 10

Ndebele Bible 1978 (iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978)

← Chapter 9 Jump to: Chapter 11 →

1Impukane ezifileyo zinukisa zibilise amagcobo omthaki; ubuthutha obuncinyane benza njalo k ohloniphekayo ngenxa yenhlakanipho lo dumo.

2Inhliziyo yohlakaniphileyo ingakwesokunene sakhe, kodwa inhliziyo yesithutha ingakwesokhohlo saso.

3Yebo-ke lapho oyisithutha ehamba endleleni, ingqondo yakhe iyasilela, uthi kuye wonke uyisithutha.

4Uba umoya wombusi ukuvukela, ungatshiyi indawo yakho, ngoba ukuthobeka kuyathulisa iziphambeko ezinkulu.

5Kulobubi e ngibubone ngaphansi kwelanga, njengesiphosiso esiphuma ebusweni bombusi:

6Ubuwula bubekwa ezindaweni eziphakemeyo kakhulu, labanothileyo bahlala endaweni ephansi.

7Ngibonile izigqili zigade amabhiza, leziphathamandla zihamba njengezigqili emhlabeni.

8Ogebha umgodi uzawela kuwo; lodiliza umthangala, inyoka izamluma.

9Osusa amatshe uzalinyazwa yiwo; obanda izigodo uzakuba sengozini ngazo.

10Uba insimbi ibuthundu njalo engaloli ubukhali, ngakho ufanele engezelele amandla; kodwa inhlakanipho yinhle ukulungisa.

11Uba inyoka iluma kungelakulunjwa, kakulanzuzo kungcitshi yolimi.

12Amazwi omlomo ohlakaniphileyo alomusa, kodwa indebe zesithutha ziyasiginya.

13Ukuqala kwamazwi omlomo waso kuyibuthutha, lokucina komlomo waso kuyibuhlanya obubi,

14njalo isithutha sandisa amazwi. Umuntu kazi okuzakuba khona; lalokho okuzakuba khona emva kwakhe, ngubani ongamtshela khona?

15Umtshikatshika wesithuthandini uyasidinisa, ngoba kasazi ukuya emzini.

16Maye kuwe, lizwe, onkosi yakho ingumntwana, leziphathamandla zakho zidla ekuseni!

17Ubusisiwe, lizwe, onkosi yakho iyindodana yabakhulu, leziphathamandla zakho zidla ngesikhathi esifaneleyo, zidl ela ukuqina, hatshi ukudakwa.

18Ngobuvila obukhulu intungo ziyabhensa, langokuyekethisa izandla indlu iyanethela.

19Idili lenzelwa uhleko, lewayini lithokozisa impilo; kodwa imali iyimpendulo yakho konke.

20Lemcabangweni wakho ungayithuki inkosi, lekamelweni lakho lokulala ungamthuki onothileyo; ngoba inyoni yamazulu izathwala ilizwi, lokulamaphiko kubike udaba.

← Chapter 9 Jump to: Chapter 11 →