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5 Tjheja amagadangwakho nanyana kunini nawuya endlini kaZimu weqiniso;+ kungcono ukuya bona uyokulalela+ kunokunikela umhlatjelo njengombana kwenza iindlhayela,+ ngombana azazi bona ezikwenzako kumbi.
2 Ungarhabi ukukhuluma namkha uvumele ihliziywakho ikhulume msinya phambi kwakaZimu weqiniso,+ ngombana uZimu weqiniso usezulwini kodwana wena usephasini. Kungebangelo amezwakho kufuze abe mbalwa.+ 3 Ngombana ibhudango liza ngokucabanga khulu+ nokukhuluma kwesidlhayela kuza ngebanga lokuba namezwi amanengi.+ 4 Nanyana kunini nawenza isifungo kuZimu, ungariyadi ukusiphetha,+ ngombana akathatjiswa ziindlhayela.+ Okufungako kuphethe.+ 5 Kungcono ungafungi kunokuthi ufunge kodwana ungakwenzi okufungileko.+ 6 Ungavumeli umlomakho ukubangele bona wone+ begodu ungathi phambi kwengilozi bekumtjhapho.+ Kubayini wenza uZimu weqiniso asilingeke nawenza njalo, yena uzokutjhabalalisa yoke into oyenzako?+ 7 Njengombana amabhudango alethwa micabango eminengi,+ ngokunjalo-ke nelize lilethwa mamezwi amanengi. Kodwana saba uZimu weqiniso.+
8 Nange ubona otlhagako agandelelwa, ubulungiswa nokulunga kungasekho esifundeni senu, ungarareki ngalokho.+ Ngombana isikhulweso siqalwe ngesinye esikhulu kunaso begodu kusesenezinye ezikulu kunazo.
9 Godu inzuzo yenarha ihlukaniswa hlangana nazo zoke; ngitjho nekosi idla okuvela esimini.+
10 Othanda isiliva angeze aneliswa yisiliva, nothanda ubunjinga angeze aneliswe mrholo.+ Nakho lokhu kulilize.+
11 Lokha izinto ezihle nazandako, nabantu abazithabelako bayanda.+ Lokho kumzuzisa ngani umnikazi ngaphandle kokuthi aziqale ngamehlwakhe?+
12 Bumnandi ubuthongo besisebenzi, ngitjho nanyana anokudla okuncani namkha okunengi kodwana umuntu oregileko akakghoni ukulala ngebanga lezinto ezinengi anazo.
13 Kunehlekelele ekulu engiyibone ngaphasi kwelanga: ubunjinga obubekwe mnikazabo kuba kulimala kwakhe. 14 Ubunjingobo balahleka ngebanga lomsebenzi obangela ihlekelele begodu nakaba ngubaba akhenge abe nelifa angalinikela indodanakhe.+
15 Njengombana umuntu aphume esibelethweni sakanina abulanzi, uzokukhamba anjalo njengombana eze anjalo.+ Angekhe akhambe nalitho elivela emsebenzinakhe obudisi.+
16 Nakho lokhu yihlekelele ekulu: Indlela eze ngayo, yindlela azokukhamba ngayo; ngiyiphi inzuzo umuntu osebenza budisi ayifumanako nange woke umsebenzakhe ukhamba nomoya?+ 17 Qobe langa udlela ebumnyameni, atshwenyeke khulu, agula begodu asilingekile.+
18 Nakhu engikubone kukuhle, kufaneleka: Ukuthi umuntu kufuze adle, asele, athabele woke umsebenzakhe obudisi+ awusebenza budisi ngaphasi kwelanga hlangana namalanga ambalwa wokuphila kwakhe uZimu weqiniso amnikele wona, ngombana lokho mvuzwakhe.+ 19 Godu uZimu weqiniso nakanikela umuntu ubunjinga+ amenza nokuthi abuthabele, kufuze athathe umvuzwakhe, athabe nangomsebenzakhe obudisi. Lokhu sisipho esivela kuZimu.+ 20 Angekhe alemuke nokuthi amalanga wokuphila kwakhe ayakhamba, ngombana uZimu weqiniso umenza ahlale athabile ehliziywenakhe.+