- Nakuba umuntu ahlula oyedwa,
ababili bayakuma phambi kwakhe,
nentambo emicu mithathu ayisheshi ukugqashuka. - Ngokuba uma bewa,
omunye uyavusa umngane wakhe;
kepha maye kuye oyedwa lapho ewa,
engenawesibili wokumvusa! - Konke kunesikhathi sakho,
yonke indaba inomzuzu wayo phansi kwezulu. - Othanda imali akayikusutha ngemali,
nothanda okuningi akaneliswa yizithelo;
nalokho kuyize. - Ungasho ukuthi:
“Kwenziwa kanjani ukuba izinsuku zokuqala
zazizinhle kunalezi na?”
Ngokuba awubuzi kanjalo ngokuhlakanipha. - Kungcono ababili kunoyedwa,
ngokuba banomvuzo omkhulu ngomshikashika wabo. - Njengalokhu ungazi indlela yomoya ukuthi iphi,
nokubunjwa kwamathambo esizalweni sokhulelweyo,
kanjalo awuyazi nemisebenzi kaNkulunkulu owenza konke. - Khipha usizi enhliziyweni yakho,
udlulise okubi emzimbeni wakho,
ngokuba ubusha nobunsizwa buyize. - Wenzile konke kube kuhle esikhathini sakho, ubekile nokuphakade ezinhliziyweni zabo; nokho umuntu angefumane umsebenzi awenzile uNkulunkulu kwasekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni.
- Yenama ngosuku lwenhlanhla,
kepha ngosuku olubi qonda ukuthi
nalolu uNkulunkulu ulwenzile njengalolo,
ukuze umuntu angafumani lutho
oluyakuba khona emva kwakhe.
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