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8 Ngubani onjengomuntu ohlakaniphileko? Ngubani okwazi ukurarulula imiraro? Ukuhlakanipha komuntu kukhanyisa ubuso bakhe begodu kuthambisa ubuso bakhe obungakathabi.

2 Ngithi: “Lalela imiyalo yekosi+ ngebanga lesifungo osenze phambi kwakaZimu.+ 3 Ungarhabi ukusuka phambi kwakhe.+ Ungazibandakanyi entweni embi;+ ngombana angenza nanyana yini emthabisako, 4 ngombana ilizwi lekosi limamandla wokulawula;+ ‘Ngubani ongathi kiyo wenzani?’”

5 Olalela umyalo angeze alimale+ nehliziyo ehlakaniphileko izokwazi isikhathi esifaneleko nekambiso.+ 6 Abantu banemiraro eminengi kodwana kunesikhathi nekambiso yazo zoke izinto.+ 7 Njengombana kunganamuntu owaziko ukuthi yini ezokwenzeka, ngubani ongamtjela ukuthi lokho kuzokwenzeka njani?

8 Njengombana kunganamuntu ongalawula ummoya namkha awukhandele, ngokunjalo-ke akunamuntu onamandla wokulawula ilanga lokufa.+ Njengombana kunganamuntu ongafumana imvumo yokukhamba epini, ngokunjalo-ke nobukhohlakali angeze bavumela labo abakwenzako baphunyurhe.*

9 Ngikubone koke lokhu begodu ngacabangisisa ngakho koke okwenziwa ngaphasi kwelanga, ngesikhathi umuntu abusa omunye kwaba kulimala kwakhe.+ 10 Godu ngabona abakhohlakeleko babulungwa, labo ebebangena baphuma endaweni ecwengileko kodwana balibaleka msinyana edorobheni lapho bebenza khona ubukhohlakali.+ Nakho lokhu kulilize.

11 Ngebanga lokuthi isijeziso sesenzo esimbi akhenge sikhutjhwe ngokurhabako,+ iinhliziyo zabantu zazimisela khulu ukwenza okumbi.+ 12 Nanyana isoni singenza izinto ezimbi iinkhathi ezilikhulu, siphile nesikhathi eside kodwana ngiyazi bona kuzobakhambela kuhle labo abasaba uZimu weqiniso ngombana bayamsaba.+ 13 Kodwana angeze kumkhambele kuhle okhohlakeleko+ namkha andise amalangakhe anjengesithunzi+ ngombana akamsabi uZimu.

14 Kunokuthileko okulilize okwenzeka ephasini: Kunabantu abalungileko abaphathwa njengabakhohlakeleko,+ kunabantu abakhohlakeleko abaphathwa njengabalungileko.+ Ngithi nakho lokhu kulilize.

15 Ngatjela abanye ukuthi kuhle ukuthaba+ ngombana akunalitho elingcono umuntu angalenza ngaphasi kwelanga kunokobana adle, asele, athabe; lokhu kufuze akwenze njengombana asebenza budisi hlangana namalangakhe wokuphila,+ uZimu weqiniso amnikele wona ngaphasi kwelanga.

16 Ngisebenzise umkhumbulwami bona ngifumane ukuhlakanipha, ngibone nawo woke umsebenzi owenziwa ephasini,+ ngitjho nokungalali emini nebusuku. 17 Nje-ke ngabona woke umsebenzi kaZimu weqiniso, ngalemuka ukuthi abantu angeze bazwisisa okwenzeka ngaphasi kwelanga.+ Nanyana bangalinga kangangani, angeze bazwisisa. Ngitjho nanyana abahlakaniphileko bangazitjela ukuthi bayazi kodwana angeze bazwisise.+