Ounongo wokukalamwenyo
1 Ino endelelifa okanya koye, nomutima woye ino u endelelifa okupopya ondjovo koshipala shaKalunga. Osheshi Kalunga oku li meulu, ove ou li kombada yedu. Onghee hano eendjovo doye nadi kale dinini. 2 Ino endelelifa okanya koye okupopya, nomwenyo woye okuudaneka koshipala shaKalunga, shaashi Kalunga oku li meulu, ove ou li kombada yedu. Onghee eendjovo doye nadi kale dixupi. 3 Osheshi ngaashi ondjodi tai uya molwoisho ihapu, nosho yo okupopyaana kwelai molweendjovo dihapu. 4 Ove eshi wa udanekela Kalunga eudaneko, ou na oku li wanifa diva, osheshi Ye ita hokwa omalai. Wanifa osho we shi udaneka. 5 Shi dule ove iho udaneke sha, ponhele ho udaneke ndelenee ito wanifa. 6 Ino itavela okanya koye ka pefe olutu loye ombedi ndele ino tya moipafi yomutumwa waKalunga: “Nda puka!” Omolwashike ngeno Kalunga e nokuhandukila okupopya kwoye nokuhanauna po oshilonga shomake oye. 7 Osheshi eendjodi dihapu odongahoelela. Nosho yo omapopyaano mahapu. Ndelenee kala ho tila Kalunga! 8 Ngeenge to mono ohepele tai fininikwa neyukifo nouyuki tau lyatwa moshilongo, oshinima osho ino shi kuminwa; osheshi ou omunenenhu ota nangelwa komunenenhu mukwao, e mu dule, ndele aveshe vavali tava nangelwa kuvakwao ve va dule.
9 Ndelenee ekwafo linene loshilongo oleli: ohamba tai diinine oshilonga shomapya. 10 Ou e hole oimaliwa ita wanenwa koimaliwa. Ndele ou e hole oupuna, ita wanenwa keliko. Osho yo ongahoelela.
11 Emona eshi tali hapupala novali valo yo otava hapupala. Omunemona e nekwafo lashike hano kulo, omesho aye ashike tae li tale. 12 Eemhofi domulongi odo ditalala, nande ta li shinini ile shihapu; ndelenee oshipuna tashi nyengwa okukofa molwouyadipuna washo. 13 Nda mona koshi yetango oshiponga shidjuu: oupuna owo wa tuvikilila oshipuna omupya. 14 Oupuna ngeenge tau kanifwa po molwoshiponga, ndele e nomona omumati, ye ehe na sha vali. 15 Ngaashi ye a dile medimo laina, osho ta ka ya olutu longaho ngaashi e uya. Ndele ehe na sha osho shomoilonga a ka ye nasho. 16 Hano osho yo oshiponga shidjuu: naanaa ngaashi e uya e nokushuna ko. Hano okwa mona ekwafo lashike mokulipyakidila omhepo? 17 Nosho yo ha li mokukalamwenyo kwaye akushe momulaulu ndele e noluhodi lihapu. Navali okuhepekwa nehandu!
18 Tala, eshi yo nde shi mona osha wapala noshiwa: Okulya nokunwa nokushambukilwa ouwa moupyakadi aushe omunhu he u lipyakidile koshi yetango omafiku aye aeshe maxupi, Kalunga e mu pa. Osheshi osho oshipewa shaye. 19 Naashi yo oshali shaKalunga, Kalunga ngeenge ta pe omunhu oupuna nomamona ndele te mu itavelele okulya mo nokupewa oshipewa shaye nokulihafifa moilonga yaye idjuu. 20 Osheshi iha diladila unene omafiku omokukalamwenyo kwaye, shaashi Kalunga okwe mu itavelela ehafo lokomwenyo waye.
Be Careful How You Worship
1 Be careful what you do when you enter the house of God. Fools go there to offer sacrifices, because all they do is sin. But it's best just to listen when you go to worship. 2 Don't talk before you think or make promises to God without thinking them through. God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so don't talk too much. 3 If you keep thinking about something, you will dream about it. If you talk too much, you will say the wrong thing.
4 God doesn't like fools. So don't be slow to keep your promises to God. 5 It's better not to make a promise at all than to make one and not keep it. 6 Don't let your mouth get you in trouble! And don't say to the worship leader, “I didn't mean what I said.” God can destroy everything you have worked for, so don't say something that makes God angry.
7 Respect and obey God! Daydreaming leads to a lot of senseless talk.
8 Don't be surprised if the poor of your country are abused, and injustice takes the place of justice. After all, the lower officials must do what the higher ones order them to do. 9 And since the king is the highest official, he benefits most from the taxes paid on the land.
10 If you love money and wealth, you will never be satisfied with what you have. This doesn't make a bit of sense. 11 The more you have, the more everyone expects from you. Your money won't do you any good—others will just spend it for you. 12 If you have to work hard for a living, you can rest well at night, even if you don't have much to eat. But if you are rich, you can't even sleep.
13 I have seen something terribly unfair. People get rich, but it does them no good. 14 Suddenly they lose everything in a bad business deal, then have nothing to leave for their children. 15 They came into this world naked, and when they die, they will be just as naked. They can't take anything with them, and they won't have anything to show for all their work. 16 That's terribly unfair. They leave the world just as they came. They gained nothing from running after the wind. 17 Besides all this, they are always gloomy at mealtime, and they are troubled, sick, and bitter.
18 What is the best thing to do in the short life God has given us? I think we should enjoy eating, drinking, and working hard. This is what God intends for us to do. 19 Suppose you are very rich and able to enjoy everything you own. Then go ahead and enjoy working hard—this is God's gift to you. 20 God will keep you so happy that you won't have time to worry about each day.
