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7 Igama elihle lingcono kunamafutha amahle+ nelanga lokufa lingcono kunelanga lokubelethwa. 2 Kungcono ukuya endlini yesililo kunokuya emnyanyeni+ ngombana leso siphetho sawo woke umuntu begodu abaphilako kufuze bafake lokhu eengqondweni zabo. 3 Kungcono ukugandeleleka kunokuhleka+ ngombana ubuso obudanileko benza ihliziyo ibe ngcono.+ 4 Ihliziyo yabahlakaniphileko isendlini yesililo kodwana ihliziyo yeendlhadlha isendlini yokuthaba.+
5 Kungcono ukukhalinywa mumuntu ohlakaniphileko+ kunokulalela ingoma yeendlhadlha. 6 Njengetjhada lokuvutha kwameva ngaphasi kwepoto, kunjalo nokuhleka kwesidlhadlha;+ nakho lokhu kulilize. 7 Kodwana ukugandeleleka kungahlanyisa umuntu ohlakaniphileko begodu isifumbathiso singalimaza ihliziyo.+
8 Kungcono ukuphela kwendaba kunokuthoma kwayo. Kungcono ukubekezela kunokuba nommoya wokuzikhakhazisa.+ 9 Ungasilingeki msinyana+ ngombana ukusilingeka kuhlala esifubeni seendlhadlha.*+
10 Ungathi, “Kubayini amalanga wekadeni bewangcono kunala?” Ngombana akusikuhlakanipha ukubuza lokhu.+
11 Ukuhlakanipha kuhle nakukhambisana nelifa begodu kulisizo kilabo ababona umkhanyo welanga.* 12 Ngombana ukuhlakanipha kusivikelo+ njengombana nemali isivikelo+ kodwana inzuzo yelwazi ngile: Ukuhlakanipha kusindisa ukuphila komnikazi.+
13 Cabanga ngomsebenzi kaZimu weqiniso, ngubani ongalula lokho akwenze kwatjhigama?+ 14 Ngelanga elihle yenza okuhle ngethabo+ kodwana ngelanga lehlekelele, khumbula ukuthi uZimu wenze ilangeli lafana nelinye,+ ukwenzela bona abantu bangaqiniseki ngalitho elizokwenzeka kibo esikhathini esizako.+
15 Hlangana nokuphila kwami okulilize+ ngikubone koke, ukusukela kolungileko otjhabalala ekulungeni kwakhe+ ukuya kokhohlakeleko ophila isikhathi eside ngitjho nanyana amumbi.+
16 Ungabi ngolunge ngokudluleleko+ namkha uzibonakalise uhlakaniphe khulu.+ Kubayini kufuze uzilethele ihlekelele?+ 17 Ungakhohlakali khulu namkha ube sidlhayela.+ Kubayini kufuze uhlongakale ngaphambi kwesikhathi?+ 18 Kungcono ukulalela isiyeleliswesi ngaphandle kokulisa esinye;+ ngombana loyo osaba uZimu uzozilalela zombili.
19 Ukuhlakanipha kuzokwenza umuntu ohlakaniphileko abe namandla khulu ukudlula amadoda alitjhumi anamandla edorobheni.+ 20 Ngombana akekho umuntu olungileko ephasini ohlala enza okuhle begodu angoni.+
21 Ungakufaki ehliziyweni koke abantu abakutjhoko;+ nakungasinjalo uzokuzwa isisebenzi sakho sikuqalekisa; 22 ngombana wazi kuhle ehliziywenakho ukuthi nawe ubaqalekise kanengi abanye.+
23 Koke lokhu ngikuhlolisise ngokuhlakanipha begodu ngathi: “Ngizokuhlakanipha.” Kodwana bekungaphezu kwamandlami. 24 Koke okwenzekileko akuzwisiseki kunjengokungathi kuyatjhingela. Akunamuntu ongakuzwisisa?+ 25 Nganqophisa ihliziywami bona yazi, ihlole, iphenyisise ukuhlakanipha begodu yazi ukuthi kubayini izintwezi zenzeka nokuthi izwisise ukukhohlakala kobudlhadlha nokungabi nangqondo kobuhlanya.+ 26 Nje-ke ngafumana ukuthi: Umfazi onjengenede yomzumi mumbi* khulu ukudlula ukufa, loyo ihliziywakhe enjengesirhurhulanede begodu izandla zakhe zinjengamaketani wejele. Loyo othabisa uZimu weqiniso uzokuphunyurha kuye+ kodwana owonako uzokubanjwa nguye.+
27 “Qala, ngilokhu engikufumeneko,” kutjho umhlanganisi.+ “Ngihlolisise enye into ngemva kwenye bona ngifikelele isiphetho sami, 28 kodwana ebengisolo ngikufuna akhenge ngikufumane. Hlangana nabantu abayikulungwana, ngifumene indoda yinye elungileko kodwana akhenge ngifumane umfazi namunye. 29 Ngifumene lokhu kwaphela: UZimu weqiniso wenze abantu abalungileko+ kodwana bazifunele amaqhinga amanengi.”+