Konkhe kunesikhatsi sako
1Konkhe kunesikhatsi sako, yonkhe intfo leyentekako inesikhatsi sayo lapha emhlabeni:
2Kunesikhatsi sekutalwa nesikhatsi sekufa,
sikhatsi sekuhlanyela nesikhatsi sekusiphula,
3sikhatsi sekubulala nesikhatsi sekuphilisa,
sikhatsi sekubhidlita nesikhatsi sekwakha,
4sikhatsi sekukhala nesikhatsi sekuhleka,
sikhatsi sekulila nesikhatsi sekugidza,
5sikhatsi sekusakata ematje nesikhatsi sekuwabutsa,
sikhatsi sekugona nesikhatsi sekuchilita,
6sikhatsi sekufuna nesikhatsi sekuyekela,
sikhatsi sekulondvolota nesikhatsi sekulahla,
7sikhatsi sekudzabula nesikhatsi sekuchibela,
sikhatsi sekubindza nesikhatsi sekukhuluma,
8sikhatsi sekutsandza nesikhatsi sekutondza,
sikhatsi semphi nesikhatsi sekuthula.
9Umuntfu losebentako ubuyelwa yini ngekukhandleka kwakhe? 10Ngiwubonile umshikashika Nkulunkulu lawunike bantfu kutsi bawente. 11Konkhe ukwente kwalungela sikhatsi sako. Uphindze wabeka liphakadze etinhlitiyweni tebantfu; noko abakhoni kuyicondza imisebenti yaNkulunkulu kusukela ekucaleni kwayo kuze kube ngusekugcineni. 12Ngiyati kutsi kute lokuncono ngaphandle kwekutsi bajabule baphile imphilo lekahle basesemhlabeni. 13Ngetulu kwaloko kutsi umuntfu adle anatse atijabulise ngayo yonkhe imishikashika yakhe kusipho saNkulunkulu. 14Ngiyati kutsi konkhe lokwentiwa nguNkulunkulu kuyakuma phakadze naphakadze; kute lokungengetwa nalokungacetunwa kuko. Konkhe ukwenta ngendlela yekutsi bantfu batfutfumele ebukhoneni bakhe.
15Konkhe lokukhona ngulokwake kwaba khona,
naloko lokuyawuba khona sekwake kwaba khona,
Nkulunkulu uyakubuyisa loko lekwake kwenteka
kutsi kuphindze kwenteke ngesikhatsi sako.
Umonakalo emhlabeni
16Ngetulu kwaloko kukhona lokunye lengaphindze ngakubona lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga:
lapho kwakufanele kusebenta khona umtsetfo,
kwasebenta umonakalo;
lapho kwakufanele kusebente khona kulunga,
kwasebenta umonakalo.
17Ngacabanga enhlitiyweni yami, ngatsi:
“Nkulunkulu uyakwehlulela labalungile nalababi,
ngobe kutawuba nesikhatsi sako konkhe lokwentiwako,
nesikhatsi sawo wonkhe umsebenti.”
18Ngaphindze ngacabanga ngatsi: “Macondzana nebantfu Nkulunkulu uyaye abavivinye, khona batewubona kutsi bafanana netilwane. 19Ngobe siphetfo semuntfu siyafanana nesiphetfo setilwane; kokubili kumelwe siphetfo lesifananako: Njengobe lokunye kufa, naloku lokunye kuyafa. Konkhe kunemiphefumulo lefananako, umuntfu kute lancono ngako kunesilwane. Ngako konkhe kulite. 20Konkhe kuya endzaweni yinye; konkhe kuphuma elutfulini kuphindze kubuyele elutfulini. 21Ngubani lowatiko kutsi umphefumulo wemuntfu wenyukela etulu yini, nekutsi umphefumulo wesilwane wehlela phansi emhlabatsini?”
22Ngako ngase ngiyabona kutsi kute lokuncono kumuntfu ngaphandle kwekutsi atijabulise ngemsebenti wakhe lawentako, ngobe phela leso ngusona sabelo sakhe. Empeleni ngubani nje longamvusa kuze atewubona kutsi kutakwentekani nase afile?
