8. Zonke izinto ziyazixhamla; umntu akanako ukuzithetha; alihlúthi iliso kukubona, ayizali indlebe kukuva.
9. Into eyayikho yeya kubuya ibekho; into eyenzekáyo yeya kubuya yenzeke yona. Akukho nto intsha phantsi kwelanga.
10. Ukuba kukho into ekuthiwa, Yabona, le intsha! ibiselikho kade, emaphakadeni abekho ngaphambi kwethu.
11. Akukho kukhumbula abokuqala; nabasemva abaya kubakho, abayi kukhunjulwa ngabaya kuza emva kwabo.
12. Mna, Ntshumayeli, ndibe ndingukumkani kwaSirayeli eYerusalem.
13. Intliziyo yam ndayinikela ukuba ingxoke, isingasinge ngobulumko, yonke into eyenzekayo phantsi kwezulu; ngumzamo ombi uThixo awuniké oonyana babantu, ukuba bawuzame.
14. Ndazikhangela zonke izenzo ezenzékayo phantsi kwelanga; yabona, zonke zingamampunge nokusukelana nomoya.
15. Into egoso ayinakolulwa; into engekhoyo ayinakubalwa.
16. Ndathetha mna nentliziyo yam, ndisithi, Yabona, mna ndikhulisé ndandisa ubulumko, ngaphezu kwabo bonke ababephethe iYerusalem phambi kwam; nentliziyo yam iboné kakhulu ubulumko nokwazi.
17. Intliziyo yam ndayinikela ekwazini ubulumko, nasekwazini ubugeza nobuyatha; kwanaloo nto ndayiqonda ukuba kukusukelana nomoya.
18. Ngokuba ebuninzini bobulumko kukho ukuhlelwa sisiyengelezane esininzi; owongeza ukwazi, wongeza umvandedwa.