17. Planti pipol laef for hao long, and olketa year bilong iumi fulap witim wanem?

¹⁷ Taem hem story abaotem long bilong laef bilong olketa man wea no perfect, man wea raetem psalm sei: “Long olketa seleva olketa day bilong olketa year bilong mifala hem seventi year; and sapos from spesol strong hem eiti year, bat olketa barava fulap witim trabol and olketa nogud samting; from hem mas finis kwiktaem, and mifala flae awe.” (Psalm 90:10) Planti pipol laef go kasem 70 year, and taem hem 85 year, Caleb storyim spesol strong bilong hem. Samfala barava garem spesol strong, olsem Aaron (123 year), Moses (120 year), and Joshua (110 year). (Numbers 33:39; Deuteronomy 34:7; Joshua 14:6, 10, 11; 24:29) Bat datfala genereson wea no faithful wea kamaot from Egypt, wea olketa 20 year go ap, olketa dae nomoa insaed datfala 40 year gogo. (Numbers 14:29-34) Distaem, long planti kantri, olketa year wea pipol stap laef hem no winim wanem man for raetem psalm hem talem. Olketa year bilong iumi fulap witim “trabol and olketa nogud samting.” Olketa kwiktaem finis, ‘and iumi flae awe.’—Job 14:1, 2.

¹⁹ Toktok bilong man wea raetem psalm hem wanfala prea for Jehovah teachim pipol bilong hem hao for showimaot wisdom for tinghae and iusim olketa day wea stap yet long wei wea God appruvim. Man wea laef for 70 year hem stap laef for 25,500 day. Bat, nomata wanem nao age bilong iumi, ‘iumi no savve wanem nao bae happen tumoro, from iumi olsem smoke wea stap for lelebet taem and then lus nao.’ (James 4:13-15) From ‘taem and samting wea iumi no expectim hem kasem iumi evriwan,’ iumi no savve hao long nao bae iumi stap laef. So hem fitim for iumi prea for wisdom for deal witim olketa test, for deal witim nara pipol long stretfala wei, and for duim best bilong iumi long service bilong Jehovah distaem nao! (Ecclesiastes 9:11; James 1:5-8) Jehovah leadim iumi thru long Word, spirit, and organization bilong hem. (Matthew 24:45-47; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17) Wei for showimaot wisdom muvim iumi for ‘lukaotem Kingdom bilong God firstaem’ and for iusim day bilong iumi long wei wea givim glory long Jehovah and mekem heart bilong hem hapi. (Matthew 6:25-33; Proverbs 27:11) Tru, wei for worshipim hem witim full heart bae no aotem evri problem bilong iumi, bat hem givim bigfala hapi.