1Yoke into inesikhathi ebekelwe sona,
iye, kunesikhathi sayo yoke into
ngaphasi komthunzi welanga:
2Kunesikhathi sokubeletha nesikhathi sokufa,
isikhathi sokutjala nesikhathi sokusiphula okutjaliweko;
3isikhathi sokubulala nesikhathi sokuphilisa,
isikhathi sokugiriza nesikhathi sokwakha;
4isikhathi sokulila nesikhathi sokuhleka,
isikhathi sokuzila nesikhathi sokugida;
5isikhathi sokulahla amatje
nesikhathi sokuwabuthelela,
isikhathi sokugona nesikhathi sokufulathela;
6isikhathi sokufuna nesikhathi sokulahla,
isikhathi sokugodla nesikhathi sokusaphaza;
7isikhathi sokudabula nesikhathi sokuthunga,
isikhathi sokuthula nesikhathi sokukhuluma;
8isikhathi sokuthanda nesikhathi sokuzonda,
isikhathi sepi nesikhathi sokuthula.
9Isisebenzi sizuzani ekutjhabatjhekeni kwaso na?
10Ngibone umthwalo uZimu awethwese abantu
kobana abatshwenye ngawo:
11Wenze yoke into yafaneleka ngesikhathi sayo.
Godu wanikela abantu ilwazi
lokulemuka iinkhathi,
kodwana abatlhadlhuleki
ngomsebenzi uZimu awenza ekuthomeni
bekube sekupheleni.
12Ngilemukile bonyana
ayikho into ethokozisa umuntu
ngaphandle kokuzijabulisa
nokuzenzela okuhle nasaphilako,
13okutjho bona woke umuntu kufanele agome,
asele abe azikholise kikho koke ukutjhabatjheka kwakhe.
Lokho kusisipho esibuya kuZimu.
14Ngilemukile bonyana koke uZimu akwenzako
kuzakuhlala isiphelani,
akunanto engangezelelwa nanyana iphungulwe kilokho.
UZimu wenza lokho ukuze umuntu amesabe.
15Okukhona, kwakhe kwaba khona
nokusazakuba khona, kukhona.
UZimu ubuyekeza okwadlulako.
Ukungalungi esikhundleni sokulunga16Godu kukhona engakubona ngaphasi komthunzi welanga:
Esikhundleni sokugweba ngeqiniso,
kuhlezi ubukhohlakali
nesikhundleni sokulunga,
kuhlezi ubukhohlakali.
17Ngadlumbana ngathi:
“UZimu uzakugweba
olungileko nokhohlakeleko
ngombana kunesikhathi sayo yoke into
nesawo woke umsebenzi.”
18Godu ngadlumbana ngathi:
“Kungebanga labantu kobana uZimu abazizinye
ukuze babone bonyana sebayafana neenlwana.”
19Okwehlela iinlwana kwehlela nabantu.
Iye, behlelwa sisehlo esifanako:
Njengombana iinlwana zifa
nabantu bayafa.
Koke kunomphefumulo ofanako;
umuntu akasingcono kunesilwana
ngombana koke kulilize.
20Koke kuya endaweni yinye;
koke kwavela ethulini,
ngokunjalo koke kuzakubuyela ethulini.
21Ngubani owaziko
bonyana umphefumulo wabantu utjhinga phezulu,
weenlwana utjhinge phasi na?
22Yeke ngabona
bonyana akunanto engcono emuntwini
kunobanyana azikholise ngomsebenzakhe
ngombana lokho kusisabelo sakhe.
Ngubani ongambonisa
kobana kwenzakalani ngemva kokufa kwakhe na?
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