Ubulumko bukaSolomon
2:1 Kuba abangahloneli Thixo bathetha bodwa, bengalungisi;
Ubomi bufutshane, buyindinisa, ukufa komntu akukho nyango;
bekungaziwa mntu ukuba ubuyile engcwabeni.
2:2 Kuba sizalwa ebubini;
ngokuba umoya wasemathatheni ethu unjengomsi, kancinane;
Intlantsi ekushukumeni kwentliziyo yethu.
2:3 elicinywayo, umzimba wethu uya kujika ube luthuthu, kwaye wethu
umoya uya kunyamalala njengomoya opholileyo;
2:4 Kwaye igama lethu liya kulityalwa ngexesha, kwaye akukho mntu uya kuba nemisebenzi yethu
ngesikhumbuzo, kwaye ubomi bethu buya kudlula njengenzaliseko yelifu;
siphetshethwe njengenkungu ephetshethwayo ngemiqadi yomlilo
lilanga, litshiswe bubushushu balo.
2:5 Kuba ixesha lethu sisithunzi esidlulayo; kwaye emva kokuphela kwethu apho
kuba itywiniwe ngokukhawuleza, ukuze kungabikho bani ubuyayo.
2:6 Yizani ke ngoko, sidle izinto ezilungileyo ezikhoyo;
masizisebenzise ngokukhawuleza izidalwa njengasebutsheni.
2:7 Masizizalise ngewayini exabiso likhulu, nezithambiso, singaqhubi
kwentwasahlobo sidlule kuthi.
2:8 Masizithwese iintyatyambo, zingekabuni;
2:9 Makungabikho namnye kuthi uphumayo ngaphandle kwenzuzo yakhe;
imiqondiso yovuyo lwethu ezindaweni zonke;
into yethu yile.
2:10 Masilicudise olihlwempu olilungisa, singamcongi umhlolokazi nomhlolokazi
Yoyikani izimvi zamandulo.
2:11 Amandla ethu makabe ngumthetho wobulungisa, ngokuba into engenamandla inqabile
kufumaniseke ukuba akukho nto.
2:12 Ngoko ke masiwalalele amalungisa; ngokuba akakho ngenxa
ulungile emehlweni ethu; uya kusingcikiva
ukona kwethu umthetho, sikuchasa ubugwenxa bethu
imfundo yethu.
2:13 Uvakalisa ukuba uyamazi uThixo;
umntwana weNkosi.
2:14 Wenziwa ukuba azohlwaye iingcinga zethu.
2:15 Kubi kuthi ukuba siwukhangele; ngokuba umphefumlo wakhe awunjengezinye
zomntu, iindlela zakhe zezezinye iindlela.
2:16 Kuye kuthiwa singento yanto, Kunjalo nje akahambi ezindleleni zethu
ekungcoleni: uthi ukuphela kwelungisa sisikelelwe, kwaye
uqhayisa ngokuba uThixo nguyise.
2:17 Makhe sibone ukuba ayinyaniso na amazwi akhe, sikucikide oku kuya kwenzeka
isiphelo sakhe.
2:18 Kuba ukuba ilungisa lingunyana kaThixo, wolinceda, alihlangule
esandleni seentshaba zakhe.
2:19 Masimcikide simgocagocile, simcudise, simcudise, ukuze simazi owakhe
ninobulali, nicikide ukuzeka kade umsindo.
2:20 Masimgwebe ngokufa okulihlazo; kuba uya kwenza ngokwelizwi lakhe
ukuhlonitshwa.
2:21 Ezo zinto ke babezicingela, balahlekana ngenxa yezabo
ubungendawo bubamfamekisile.
2:22 Ke zona iimfihlelo zikaThixo abakhange bazazi, abathembekanga kubo
umvuzo wobulungisa, yaye akazange aqonde umvuzo kwimiphefumlo egqibeleleyo.
2:23 Kuba uThixo wamdala umntu ukuba abe nokungafi, wamenza umfanekiselo wakhe
unaphakade wakhe.
2:24 Noko ke, ngomona kaMtyholi ukufa kweza ehlabathini;
ababambe icala layo bayayifumana.