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8 Ngubani onjengesilumko? Ngubani okwaziyo ukulungisa iingxaki?* Ubulumko bendoda buqaqambisa ubuso bayo buze benze nobuso bayo obuntshingintshingi buswabuluke.

2 Ndithi: “Thobela umyalelo kakumkani,+ kuba wena wenze isifungo kuThixo.+ 3 Sukukhawuleza umke phambi kukakumkani.+ Ungameli nantoni na embi;+ kuba angenza nantoni na athanda ukuyenza, 4 kaloku ilizwi likakumkani aliphikiswa;+ ngubani ke onokuthi kuye, ‘Yintoni le uyenzayo?’”

5 Umntu othobela umyalelo akazukwenzakala,+ yaye intliziyo elumkileyo iza kulazi ixesha nendlela efanelekileyo.*+ 6 Kaloku yonke into ibekelwe ixesha layo nendlela yayo efanelekileyo,*+ kuba abantu baneengxaki ezininzi. 7 Ekubeni kungekho mntu waziyo ukuba kuza kwenzeka ntoni, ngubani onokumchazela into eza kwenzeka?

8 Kanye njengokuba kungekho mntu ukwaziyo ukuwulawula okanye ukuwunqanda umoya,* akukho mntu ukwaziyo ukuwulawula umhla wokufa.+ Kanye njengokuba kungekho mntu unokuyekwa ahambe kusaliwa imfazwe, nobubi abunakumyeka aphuncule umntu ozifica ngabo.*

9 Yonke le nto ndiyibonile, ndaza ndanikela intliziyo yam kwinto yonke eyenziwa phantsi kwelanga; ngalo lonke ixesha umntu elawulwa ngomnye, uyenzakala.*+ 10 Ndabona nabenzi-bubi bengcwatywa, abo babengena bephuma endaweni engcwele, kodwa babekhawuleza balityalwe kwisixeko abenze kuso izinto ezimbi.+ Kwanayo leyo ililize.

11 Ngenxa yokuba isigwebo sento embi singawiswanga ngokukhawuleza,+ intliziyo yomntu iba nesibindi sokwenza izinto ezimbi.+ 12 Nangona umoni esenokwenza izinto ezimbi kalikhulu aze aqhubeke ephila ixesha elide, ndiyazi ukuba ziya kubalungela izinto abo bamoyikayo uThixo wokwenene, kuba bemoyika.+ 13 Kodwa ekugqibeleni, azizukumhambela kakuhle izinto umenzi-bubi,+ engazi kuyolula nemihla yakhe enjengesithunzi,+ kuba akamoyiki uThixo.

14 Kukho into elilize eyenzekayo emhlabeni: Kukho amalungisa aphathwa ngathi enze izinto ezimbi,+ kubekho nabenzi-bubi abaphathwa ngathi bangamalungisa.+ Mna ndithi kwanale ililize.

15 Ngoko ke ndathi kubhetele ukonwaba,+ kuba akukho nto imlungele ngakumbi umntu phantsi kwelanga kunokuba atye, asele, aze onwabe; umele enze ngolu hlobo njengokuba esebenza nzima ngemihla yokuphila kwakhe+ ayinikwe nguThixo wokwenene phantsi kwelanga.

16 Ndazimisela entliziyweni yam ukufumana ubulumko nokubona izinto ezenzeka emhlabeni,+ ndide ndingabuboni nobuthongo imini nobusuku.* 17 Ndaza ndacingisisa ngawo wonke umsebenzi kaThixo wokwenene, ndabona ukuba abantu abanakuze baziqonde kakuhle izinto ezenzeka phantsi kwelanga.+ Kungakhathaliseki ukuba bazama kangakanani na, abakwazi kuziqonda. Nokuba bangathi bazizilumko ngokwaneleyo ukuba baziqonde, abanakukwazi ukuziqonda kakuhle.+