Ecclesiastes 4

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Ndabuya ke mna, ndabubona bonke ububi obenziwayo phantsi kwelanga; yaye kwicala labacinezeli kwakukho amandla; Ke bona bengenamthuthuzeli.

2Ndabanqula abafileyo abafileyo, ngaphezu kwabadla ubomi abasahleliyo ngoku.

3Ewe, ulunge ngakumbi kunababini abangazange babekho, abangazange bawubone umsebenzi ombi owenziwe phantsi kwelanga.

4Kananjalo ndayiqonda ke mna yonke imigudu, nayo yonke imisebenzi elungileyo, yokuba umntu abe nekhwele ngommelwane wakhe ngenxa yoko. Kwanamampunge nokusukelana nomoya.

5Isidenge sisonga izandla zaso, siyidle inyama yaso.

6Kulungile ukuzalisa sandla sinye ngokuphumla, kunokuzalisa zozibini izandla ngomsebenzi onzima onzima.

7Ndabuya mna, ndabona kungekho nto phantsi kwelanga.

8Kukho mnye, akakho owesibini; ewe, akanamntwana nabantakwabo; nangona kunjalo, yonke imizamo yakhe ayipheli; alihluthi iliso lakhe bubutyebi; Athi, Ndiya kukhonza bani na, ndiwuhluthe okulungileyo umphefumlo wam? Ikwangamampunge, ewe, yingxaki ebuhlungu.

9Kulungile ukuba babe ngababini kunokuba abe mnye; ngenxa yokuba banomvuzo ngomsebenzi wabo.

10Kuba xa bathe bawa, omnye wothabatha iqabane lakhe; kodwa ngelishwa omnye akazange awe; ngokuba engenaye umphakamisa.

11Kananjalo ababini, balala ndawonye, baya kuva ukusitha; angathini na ukusitha yedwa?

12Ukuba umntu uthe wameyisa umntu, baya kumchasa ababini; nentsontelo emithathu ayikhawulezi ukuqhawuka.

13Ulungile umntwana olihlwempu, esisilumko, ngaphezu kokumkani oselekhulile esisidenge, ongasabeliyo ukucetyiswa.

14Kuba uphuma entolongweni ukuba alawule; kanti ozalelwe ebukumkanini bakhe uba lihlwempu.

15Ndababona bonke abadla ubomi, behamba phantsi kwelanga kunye nomntwana wesibini, oya kuphuma kuye.

16Akukho kuphela kwabantu bonke, kwanabo bonke angaphambi kwabo; nabasemva kwakhe abayi kukholiswa nguye. Ewe, kwanaloo nto ingamampunge, iwuthuthumbisa umphefumlo.

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