UMtjhumayeli

9 Nje-ke koke lokhu ngakufaka ngehliziyweni, ngaphetha nangokuthi abalungileko nabahlakaniphileko, kuhlanganise nemisebenzabo basezandleni zakaZimu weqiniso.+ Abantu akhenge balemuke ithando nehloyo eyenzeka ngaphambi kobana babe khona. 2 Boke banomphumela ofanako,+ abangasolekiko nabakhohlakeleko,+ abalungileko nabahlwengileko nabangakahlwengeki, abenza imihlatjelo nabangayenziko. Olungileko ufana nesoni; owenza isifungo uyafana naloyo osaba ukwenza isifungo. 3 Le yinto egandelelako eyenzeka ngaphasi kwelanga: Ngebanga lokuthi boke banomphumela ofanako,+ iinhliziyo zabantu zizele ubumbi; begodu iinhliziyo zabo zizele ubudlhadlha hlangana nokuphila kwabo, ngemva kwalokho bayahlongakala!

4 Nanyana ngubani ophakathi kwabaphilako unethemba ngombana inja ephilako ingcono khulu kunebhubezi elifileko.+ 5 Ngombana abaphilako bayazi bona bazokuhlongakala,+ kodwana abahlongakeleko abazi litho+ begodu abasenamvuzo ngombana ukukhunjulwa kwabo sekulibalekile.+ 6 Godu ithando labo nehloywabo nomonabo sekutjhabalele begodu abasanasabelo kinanyana yini eyenzeka ngaphasi kwelanga.+

7 Khamba uyokudla ukudla kwakho ngethabo, usele newayini ngehliziyo ethabileko,+ ngombana uZimu weqiniso uthatjiswa msebenzakho.+ 8 Kwanga izambatho zakho zingahlala zimhlophe* begodu ungalibali ukuthela amafutha ehlokwakho.+ 9 Thabela ukuphila nomkakho omthandako+ kiwo woke amalanga wokuphila kwakho alilize uZimu akunikele wona ngaphasi kwelanga, ngitjho woke amalangakho alilize ngombana leso sisabelo sakho nomvuzo womsebenzakho obudisi, owenza budisi ngaphasi kwelanga.+ 10 Nanyana yini isandla sakho esikghona ukuyenza, yenze ngamandlakho woke, ngombana akunamsebenzi, amaqhinga, ilwazi nokuhlakanipha eThuneni,*+ lapho uya khona.

11 Godu ngibone okuthileko ngaphasi kwelanga, bona abanebelo abahlali bathumba emgijimweni,+ abanamandla abahlali bathumba epini, abahlakaniphileko abahlali banokudla, abakhaliphileko abahlali banomnotho+ nabanelwazi abahlali baphumelela+ ngombana isikhathi nezehlakalo ezingakalindeleki zibafikela boke. 12 Ngombana umuntu akasazi isikhathi sakhe.+ Njengeemfesi ezibanjwa yinede embi neenyoni ezibanjwa sithiyo, kunjalo nangamadodana wabantu abanjwa sikhathi sehlekelele, esiwafikela angakatjheji.

13 Ngibone nalokhu malungana nokuhlakanipha ngaphasi kwelanga begodu kwangithabisa: 14 Bekunedorobho elincani elinabantu abambalwa; kwafika ikosi enamandla yalwa nalo yakha iboda elikhulu lazomba idorobho. 15 Kilo kwafunyanwa umuntu otlhagako kodwana ohlakaniphileko, wasindisa idorobho ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe. Kodwana akunamuntu owakhumbula umuntu otlhagako loyo.+ 16 Ngathi kimi: ‘Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kunamandla;+ kodwana ukuhlakanipha komuntu otlhagako kuyahloywa begodu amezwakhe awalalelwa.’+

17 Kungcono ukulalela amezwi wohlakaniphileko akhulunywa ngommoya ophasi kunokulalela ukurhuwelela komuntu obusa hlangana neendlhadlha.

18 Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kuneenkhali zepi, kodwana isoni sinye singatjhabalalisa okunengi okuhle.+