Ubulumko bukaSolomon
1:1 Thandani ubulungisa, bagwebi behlabathi;
Mfuneni ngentliziyo enyanisekileyo, nangentliziyo engenakumbi.
1:2 Kuba uya kufunyanwa kwabangamlingiyo; kwaye uyazibonakalisa
kwabo bangamthembiyo.
1:3 Kuba iingcinga ezigwenxa zahlukene noThixo;
Wohlwaya oswele ubulumko.
1:4 Ngokuba ubulumko abuyi kungena emphefumlweni okhohlakeleyo; okanye uhlala emzimbeni
abaphantsi kwesono.
1:5 Kuba umoya oyingcwele woqeqesho uya kuyibaleka inkohliso, umke kuyo
iingcinga ezingenangqondo, kwaye aziyi kuhlala nini
kungena ubugqwetha.
1:6 Ngokuba ubulumko bungumoya onothando; nalowo unyelisi akayi kumenza omsulwa
kuba uThixo ulingqina lezintso zakhe, nemboniselo yakhe inyaniso
intliziyo, nolivayo ulwimi lwakhe.
1:7 Kuba uMoya weNkosi uzalise ihlabathi, nenzaliseko yalo
zonke izinto ziyazana nelizwi.
1:8 Ngoko ke lowo uthetha ubugwenxa akanako ukufihlakala;
iya kugqitha kuye impindezelo, ekumveleleni kwayo.
1:9 Kuba ukuncinwa kuya kwenziwa amacebo abangendawo;
isandi samazwi akhe siya kuza eNkosini ukuze ibonakaliswe yakhe
izenzo ezingendawo.
1:10 Kuba indlebe yekhwele iziva zonke izinto, nesandi sokukrokra.
ayifihlwa.
1:11 Kulumkeleni ngoko ukukrokra, okungenanzuzo; kwaye ubambe eyakho
ngokuba akukho lizwi lifihlakeleyo lingayi kuhamba
Umlomo okholwayo ubulala umphefumlo.
1:12 Musani ukufuna ukufa ngokulahlekwa kwemiphefumlo yenu;
ukutshabalalisa ngemisebenzi yezandla zakho.
1:13 Ngokuba uThixo akakwenzanga kufa, Akanaliswa kukonakala
abaphilayo.
1:14 Ngokuba wadala zonke izinto, ukuze zibekho;
Izizukulwana zehlabathi bezisempilweni; kwaye akukho tyhefu
intshabalalo kubo, nobukumkani bokufa ehlabathini;
1:15 Kuba ubulungisa abunakufa;
1:16 Ke bona abantu abangahloneli Thixo, kunye nemisebenzi yabo, kunye namazwi, bababiza
bacinga ukuba babe nomhlobo wabo, badla ngokulambatha, benza
umnqophiso nawo, kuba bafanele ukuthabatha inxaxheba nawo.