Riches Cannot Save

¹Kumholi wokuhlabelela. Elamadodana kaKora. Ihubo. Yizwani lokhu nonke nina bantu; bekani indlebe nina nonke enakhileyo ezweni,

²abantukazana nezikhulu, abacebileyo nabampofu.

³Umlomo wami uzakukhuluma ukuhlakanipha, ukuzindla kwenhliziyo yami kuzakuba ngokokuqonda.

⁴Ngizakubeka indlebe yami kuso isaga, ngiphenye imfumbe yami ngehabhu. 49:4 AmaH. 78:2.

⁵Bengizakwesabelani ezinsukwini ezimbi, lapha ububi babangizingelayo bungihaqa,

⁶labo abathemba imfuyo yabo bezigabisa ngomcebo wabo omkhulu, na?

⁷Umuntu angemhlenge umfowabo, angemnike uNkulunkulu ihlawulo ngaye.

⁸Ngokuba ukuhlengwa komphefumulo wabo kubiza kakhulu; akunakuphela nanini

⁹ukuba aphile njalo, angaboni ukubola.

¹⁰Qha, uyakubona ukuthi abahlakaniphileyo bayafa nokuthi isiwula kanye nesiphukuphuku ziyabhubha, imfuyo yabo bayishiyele abanye. 49:10 Shum. 2:16,18; Jer. 17:11.

¹¹Ukucabanga kwabo kuthi izindlu zabo zizakuma kuze kube phakade, nemizi yabo ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane; amazwe abo bawabiza ngamagama abo.

¹²Kepha umuntu, nokuba enodumo, akayikuma; ufana nezilwane ezibhubhayo. 49:12 Shum. 3:19.

¹³Le ndlela yabo ingubuwula babo, balandelwa ngabavumela umlomo wabo. Sela

¹⁴Baqhutshelwa endaweni yabafileyo njengezimvu; ukufa kuyakubalusa, abaqotho babuse phezu kwabo ngakusasa, isimo sabo siqedwe yindawo yabafileyo, bangabe besaba nandlu.

¹⁵Kepha uNkulunkulu uyakuwukhulula umphefumulo wami esandleni sendawo yabafileyo, ngokuba uyakungamukela. Sela

¹⁶Ungesabi, nxa umuntu eceba, nxa ubukhosi bendlu yakhe banda. 49:16 AmaH. 37:1,7.

¹⁷Ngokuba ekufeni kwakhe akayikuphatha lutho; ubukhosi bakhe abuyikwehla naye. 49:17 Jobe 27:16; AmaH. 39:6; Luk. 12:15.

¹⁸Noma ebusisa umphefumulo wakhe esaphila, futhi abantu bekudumisa, ngokuba uzondle kahle,

¹⁹nokho uyakuya esizukulwaneni sawoyise; abayikukubona ukukhanya naphakade.

²⁰Umuntu onodumo engenakuqonda unjengezilwane ezibhubhayo.