Ecclesiastes 7

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Igama elilungileyo lingaphezulu nakwioli elungileyo; Umhla wokufa unjengomhla wokuzalwa komntu.

2Kulungile ukuya endlwini yobumnyama ngaphezu kokuya endlwini yemigidi; kuba kukuphela kwabantu bonke; yaye ophilayo uya kukubeka entliziyweni yakhe.

3Kulungile ukuba nosizi ngaphezu kokuhleka; ngokuba intliziyo inobuso obuthe khunubembe.

4Intliziyo yezilumko isendlwini yobumnyama; ke yona intliziyo yezidenge isendlwini yovuyo.

5Kulungile ukuva ukukhalimela kwesilumko, kunokuba uve ingoma yezidenge.

6Ngokuba lilizwi levaba phantsi kwembiza ukuhleka kwesidenge; kwanaloo nto ingamampunge.

7Ewe, ukucudisa kugezisa isilumko; kwaye isipho siyayiphula intliziyo.

8Kulungile ukugqitywa kwendawo, ngaphezu kokuqalwa kwayo;

9Musa ukukungxamela ukuqumba ngomoya wakho, ngokuba ingqumbo isesifubeni sezidenge.

10Musa ukuthi, Ibiyini na ukuba imihla yokuqala ibilungile kunale? ngenxa yokuba akuceli ngengqiqo.

11Bulungile ubulumko, kunye nelifa, bulungile kwabalibonayo ilanga.

12Ngokuba ubulumko buligwiba, imali iyindawo yokusabela, kodwa ingenelo yolwazi kukuba ubulumko buyabasindisa abo banabo.

13Wukhangele umsebenzi kaThixo; ngokuba ngubani na onokolula into ajikileyo?

14Vuyani ngomhla wentsikelelo, niqondele imini yobubi;

15Le nto yonke ndayibona ngemihla yam engamampunge: kubakho ilungisa elitshabalalayo noko linobulungisa, kubekho ongendawo ophila ixesha elide, ngenxa yobungendawo bakhe.

16Musa ukuba lilungisa ngezinto ezininzi; musani ukuqhayisa. Kutheni uzozonakalisa?

17Musa ukuba ngongendawo ngokukhulu, ungazenzi isidenge; ungafa lingekafiki ixesha lakho?

18Kulungile ukuba uthe wabubamba; ewe, musa ukusisusa isandla sakho kuyo; ngokuba owoyika uThixo wophuma kuyo yonke.

19Ubulumko buyasiqinisa isilumko, ngaphezu kweshumi lamagorha esixekweni.

20Ngokuba akukho mntu ulilungisa ehlabathini, wenza okulungileyo, angoni.

21Kananjalo, musani ukuwanikela ingqalelo amazwi onke athethwayo; hleze umve umkhonzi wakho etshabhisa.

22Ngokuba intliziyo yakho ihlala isazi ukuba uyabatshabhisa abanye;

23Zonke ezo zinto ndizilingile ngobulumko, ndathi, Ndiya kulumka; kodwa bekude kum.

24Yintoni ekude, enzulu kakhulu, ngubani na onokufikelela kuyo?

25Intliziyo yam ndayinikela ekwazini nasekuphengululeni nasekufuneni ubulumko nenjongo yezinto, nokwazi ububi bobuyatha, ewe, ubudenge nobuyatha.

26Ndafumanisa ukuba kukrakra ngaphezu kokufa, inkazana engumgibe intliziyo yakhe, nezandla zingamathambo; Olungileyo emehlweni kaThixo uya kusinda kuye; ke yena umoni uya kubanjiswa nguye.

27Qaphelani, nantsi into endiyifumeneyo, utsho umshumayeli, njengoko ndifunda nganye nganye, ukuze ndifumane umbhalo.

28Okufunayo umphefumlo wam, ndingakufumani; indoda enye ewakeni ndiyifumene; andifumananga ntokazi phakathi kwabo bonke.

29Yabona, le nto kuphela ndiyifumene, yokuba uThixo wamenza umntu olilungisa; kodwa babefuna ukuveliswa okungakumbi.

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