Ino ninga omauvaneko gaa shi kutsakanithwa
1 Gamena oompadhi dhoye, nge to yi kongulu yaKalunga. Okuhedha ko noku ka pulakena oku vule aasama taye eta oontselelandjambo, oshoka kaye na oondunge, nosho ngeyi haa yono. 2 Ino ulumika okana koye, nomwenyo gwoye ino gu endelelitha okupopya oohapu koshipala shaKalunga, oshoka Kalunga oku li megulu, nangoye ou li kombanda yevi. Onkee oohapu dhoye odhi na okukala oonshona. 3 Oshoka oondjodhi ohadhi zi miimpwiyu oyindji nokupopya kwomugoya omoohapu odhindji. 4 Ngele to uvanekele Kalunga euvaneko, ino shelelelwa oku li gwanitha, oshoka omagoya inage mu opalela. Gwanitha shoka wu uvaneke. 5 Okukala inoo uvaneka sha hwepo, shi vule okuuvaneka ngoye ito tompola sha. 6 Ino pitika okana koye ke ku etele ondjo. Ino popya koshipala shomumbala gwaKalunga u tye: “Euvaneko lyandje olya li epuko.” Omolwashike Kalunga e na okugeyithwa koohapu dhoye nokuyona po iilonga yiikaha yoye? 7 Oshoka oondjodhi noohapu odhindji odhowala, ihe ngoye tila Kalunga. 8 Ngele to mono ko ehepeko lyoohepele negoyokitho lyomautho nuuyuuki moshilongo, ino kuminwa oshinima shoka, oshoka omunene ota tonatele omunene omukwawo, naanene ishewe ye ya vule taye ya tonatele.
9 Uuwanawa woshilongo, ongele omapya agehe taga kala ge na omukwaniilwa.
10 Nakuhola iimaliwa ihe yi kuta, nanakuhola uuyamba iha gwana. Naashika owaleelela. 11 Iinima ngele tayi indjipala, naali otaa indjipala wo; mwene gwayo ota mono mo omupondo gwashike, shila oku yi tongolola owala? 12 Oomposi dhanakulonga oontoye, ashihe shimwe, ngele ta li oshindji nenge oshishona, ihe eloolo lyomuyamba otali mu imbi oomposi.
13 Oku na oshiponga oshidhigu nde shi mono kohi yetango: uuyamba tau pungulwa kumwene gwawo, sigo oshiponga she she ya. 14 Omaliko taga kana molwoshiponga. Nando na vale omunona omumati, ita thigulula sha. 15 Ngashika a zile mela lyayina olutu lwowala, osho ta ka ya owala ngashika a zile mo; noita ka faalela sha shomiilonga yuupyakadhi we a ye nasho. 16 Naashika oshipongalela: ngaashi a zile mo, osho ngaa ta ka ya. Okwa mono shike miilonga mbyoka yowala i ipyakidhile nayo? 17 Omasiku ge ote ga manene momilema, noku na uuwehame, ehepeko nondjahi.
18 Onda koneka kutya osho opalela omuntu a lye ye a nwe a nyanyukilwe uuwanawa wuupyakadhi we mboka i ipyakidhile nawo kohi yetango momasiku omafupi gokukalamwenyo ngoka Kalunga e ge mu pa, oshoka osho oshipewa she. 19 Osho omagano gaKalunga, ngele ota pe omuntu uuyamba nomaliko e te mu pe ompito yokulya ko nokutaamba oshipewa she, opo i inyanyudhe miilonga ye yuupyakadhi. 20 Oshoka iha dhimbulukwa unene omasiku gokukalamwenyo kwe, molwashoka Kalunga e mu pitikile i ipyakidhile nenyanyu lyokomwenyo gwe.
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.
