Ecclesiastes 5

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Gcina unyawo lwakho xeshikweni uya endlwini kaThixo; ukuthanda ukuva ngaphezu kombingelelo wezidenge; ngenxa yokuba bengacingi ukuba benza ububi.

2Musa ukungxama ngomlomo wakho, intliziyo yakho ingaphangi ukuthetha phambi koThixo; ngokuba uThixo usemazulwini, ke wena usehlabathini; ke ngoko amazwi akho kufuneka abe mancinane.

3Ngokuba iphupha liza neendaba ezininzi; kwaye ilizwi lesidenge laziwa ngamazwi amaninzi.

4Xa uthe wafunga kuThixo, musa ukulibala ukusizalisekisa; ngokuba akakholiswa ziziyatha; hlawula isithembiso sakho.

5Kulungile ukuba ungathembisi, kunokuthembisa ungahlawuli.

6Musa ukuwuvumela umlomo wakho ukuba uyikhubekise inyama yakho; uze ungatsho phambi kwesithunywa sezulu ukuba ibiyimpazamo. Yini na ukuba uThixo abe noburhalarhume ngelizwi lakho, asonakalise isenzo sezandla zakho?

7Ngokuba kumaphupha namazwi, maninzi amazwi; kodwa yoyika uThixo.

8Ukuba ubona ukucinezelwa kwehlwempu nokugqwethwa komthetho nokusesikweni kwelinye ilizwe, musa ukumangaliswa yiloo nto, kuba oyena uphakamileyo uphakamileyo kunoyena uphakamileyo, yaye ukho nophakamileyo kunabo.

9Ungeniselo lwelizwe lolwabantu bonke; Ukumkani ulungiselwa amasimi.

10Othanda isilivere akaneliswa yisilivere; nokuba uthanda ubutyebi, akaphumi;

11Ekwandeni kokulungileyo, bayanda abakudlayo;

12Bumnandi ubuthongo bosebenzayo, nokuba incinane, nokuba ininzi into ayidlayo; ke bona ubutyebi besityebi abukulalisi.

13Kukho ububi obukhulu endibubonileyo phantsi kwelanga;

14obo butyebi butshabalala ngento embi; uzale unyana, kungekho nto esandleni sakhe.

15Uya kubuya eze esizalweni sonina, ahambe njengoko weza ngako;

16Kananjalo bububi obukhulu, ukuba uya kuhamba ngeendlela zonke njengoko weza; yaye uba yintoni umphumo walowo ubetha umoya?

17Yaye yonke imihla yakhe uyidla ebumnyameni, enentlungu enkulu nomsindo ngenxa yokugula kwakhe.

18Bona ke endikubonileyo: kulungile, kumnandi ukuba umntu adle, asele, abone okulungileyo kokubila kwakhe konke, akwenzayo phantsi kwelanga, yonke imihla yobomi bakhe, amnikayo uThixo bona; ngokuba kusisabelo sakhe.

19Kananjalo wonke umntu, athe uThixo wamnika ubutyebi, wamnika negunya lokudla, adle, abone okulungileyo emisebenzini yakhe; sisipho esivela kuThixo.

20Ngokuba akayi kucinga kakhulu ngemihla yobomi bakhe; ngokuba uThixo emphendule ngovuyo lwentliziyo yakhe.

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