Ecclesiastes 10

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Iimpukane ezifileyo zikhupha amafutha aqholiweyo; bunjalo ubudenge obuncinane kowaziwa ngobulumko nozuko.

2Intliziyo yesilumko isesandleni saso sokunene; kodwa intliziyo emthubi kwicala lasekhohlo.

3Ewe, nasendleleni, xa sihamba endleleni isidenge, siyaphelelwa bubulumko, sixelele wonke umntu ukuba sisidenge.

4Ukuba ukufutha komlawuli kuthe kwenyuka kwakuchasa, musa ukuyishiya indawo yakho; kuba ithomalalisa ubugwenxa obukhulu.

5Kukho ububi endibubonileyo phantsi kwelanga, obunjengobubi bomlawuli;

6Ubutyhakala bunikwa isidima esikhulu, yaye izityebi zihleli phantsi emhlabeni.

7Ndabona abakhonzi bekhwele emahasheni, neenkosana zihamba emhlabeni njengezicaka.

8Ombe umngxuma uya kweyela kuwo; othe waphula uthango, inyoka iya kumluma.

9Osusa amatye, uya kwenzakala ngawo; ocanda iinkuni uya kuba sengozini.

10Ukuba intsimbi ithe yaba buthuntu, akalulola uhlangothi lwayo, woyenza ibe namandla ngakumbi; ke ubulumko buyanceda bulungise.

11Okunene, inyoka iya kuluma kungekho kukhafula; kwaye uMthetheleli akangcono.

12Alungile amazwi omlomo wezilumko; ke yona imilebe yomlomo wesidenge iya kusiginya.

13Ingqalo, yamazwi omlomo waso bubudenge, nengqibo yomlomo waso bubugeza ongendawo.

14Kwanesidenge sithetha amazwi; akukho bani unokuxela okuya kwenzeka; Kuya kubakho ntoni na emva kwakhe, ngubani na onokumxelela?

15Umsebenzi wezidenge uyazidinisa zonke ezo, ngokuba aziyazi indlela yokuya emzini.

16Yeha, wena lizwe likumkani ungumntwana, zidle amatshawe adlayo!

17Hayi, uyolo lwehlabathi, xa ukumkani wakho engunyana wabathetheli, Neenkosi zakho zidla ngexesha elifanelekileyo, ukuze zibe namandla, kungekhona ukunxila!

18Isakhiwo sitshabalala ngobuvila obukhulu; ngenxa yobuvila bezandla indlu iyawa.

19Itheko lenziwa yintsini, newayini indenza ndonwabe, kodwa imali iphendula yonk’ into.

20Musa ukumtshabhisa ukumkani, nasesandleni sakho; Musa ukuqalekisa isityebi egumbini lakho lokulala; ngokuba intaka yezulu yolikhupha ilizwi, kwaye omaphiko wolixela.

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