Ecclesiastes 9

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Ndacinga ke ngentliziyo yonke le nto, ukuba ndiyithethe yonke le nto, yokuba amalungisa, nezilumko, nemisebenzi yabo, isesandleni sikaThixo; akukho bani waziyo uthando nentiyo kuyo yonke into ephambi kwakhe.

2Izinto zonke zibahlela ngokufanayo bonke: esinye isihlo selungisa, esinye sibe sesongendawo; kolungileyo, kwabahlambulukileyo, nabangcolileyo; Kwalowo uhlabayo, nakongahlabiyo; njengoko anjalo olungileyo, unjalo nomoni; ofungayo, makabe njengokoyika isifungo.

3Kubi ke kuzo zonke izinto ezenziwayo phantsi kwelanga, ukuba behlelwa yinto enye bonke, kwanentliziyo yoonyana babantu izele bububi, ibe bubugeza entliziyweni yabo bedla ubomi, bazibulale ke bona yiya kwabafileyo.

4Kuba kukho ithemba kulowo unamathela kubo bonke abaphilayo, ekubeni inja ephilayo ilunge ngakumbi kunengonyama efileyo.

5Ngokuba abadla ubomi bayazi ukuba baya kufa; ke bona abafileyo abazi lutho, abanamvuzo; ngokuba balityelwe, abasakhunjulwa nganto.

6Seluphelile kade uthando lwabo, nentiyo yabo, nekhwele labo; àbanasabelo naphakade ezintweni zonke ezenzekayo phantsi kwelanga.

7Yiya udle isonka sakho unovuyo, usele iwayini yakho unentliziyo echwayithileyo; ngokuba ngoku ekholisiwe uThixo imisebenzi yakho.

8Iingubo zakho mazibe mhlophe ngamaxesha onke; nentloko yakho ayifuneki ngamafutha aqholiweyo.

9Hlala kakuhle nomfazi omthandileyo ngemihla yonke yobomi bakho obungamampunge, omnikileyo phantsi kwelanga, ngemihla yakho yonke engamampunge; ngokuba sisabelo sakho eso ebomini, nasemisebenzini yakho oyenzayo phantsi kwelanga.

10Konke esikufumanayo ukuba sikwenze isandla sakho kwenze ngamandla akho; ngokuba akusekho kwenza, nakucinga, nakwazi, nakulumka kwelabafileyo, apho uya khona wena.

11Ndabuya ndabona phantsi kwelanga, ukuba ugqatso asilolwabanamendu, nedabi asilolwabanamandla, nesonka asisosezilumko, nobutyebi asibobabuthathaka, nenceba asiyoyabasweleyo ngenxa yezilumko; kodwa wonke umntu uzalwa enexesha nethuba.

12Kuba naye umntu akalazi ixesha lakhe; njengentlanzi ebanjiswe ngomnatha ombi, nanjengeentaka ezibanjiswe ngomgibe; ngoko abantwana babantu babanjwa ngexesha elinzima xa libafikela ngequbuliso.

13Ndabuya ndabubona obu bulumko phantsi kwelanga, ndabona ukuba bukhulu;

14Kwaye kukho umzi omncinane, unamadoda ambalwa; Wafikela ukumkani omkhulu, wawungqinga, wakha udonga olukhulu lokungqinga.

15Kwafunyanwa kuwo indoda elihlwempu inobulumko, yona yawusiza umzi ngobulumko bayo; noko akubangakho namnye owakhumbulayo loo mntu ulihlwempu.

16Ndathi ke mna, Bulunge ubulumko ngaphezu kobugorha; ukanti ubulumko besisweli budelekile, namazwi alo akaviwa.

17Amazwi ezilumko aviwe kwathi cwaka, Ngaphezu kokukhala komlawuli phakathi kwezinyabi.

18Bulunge ubulumko ngaphezu kweempahla zokulwa; ke yena umoni emnye utshabalalisa izinto ezininzi.

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