Ubulumko bukaSolomon 3:1 Ke yona imiphefumlo yamalungisa isesandleni sikaThixo; bangathuthunjiswa. 3:2 Emehlweni abaziziyatha babonakala ngathi bafile; uthathwe ngenxa yobubi, 3:3 baphuma kuthi, besiya kutshabalala, kodwa beseluxolweni. 3:4 Kuba nangona bohlwaywa emehlweni abantu, kodwa ithemba labo lizele yokungafi. 3:5 Bohlwaywa kancinane nje, baya kuvuzwa kancinane; UThixo wabalinga, wabafumana bemfanele yena. 3:6 Wabacikida njengegolide eziko, wabamkela njengento etshisiweyo umnikelo. 3:7 Kwaye ngexesha lokuvelelwa kwabo baya kukhazimla, kwaye babaleka ngapha nangapha njengeentlantsi phakathi kweendiza. 3:8 Baya kugweba iintlanga, babe nobukhosi phezu kwezizwe, kwaye iNkosi yabo iya kuba ngukumkani ngonaphakade. 3:9 Abo bakholose ngaye baya kuyiqonda inyaniso; uthembekile eluthandweni uhlala naye; ngokuba ubabalo nenceba yeyakhe abangcwele, ubakhathalele abanyulwa bakhe. 3:10 Ke bona abangahloneli Thixo baya kohlwaywa ngokwemibono yabo; abawashiyileyo amalungisa, bamshiya uYehova. 3:11 Kuba odela ubulumko noqeqesho, uludwayinge, nethemba labo kulilize, ukubulaleka kwabo akuncedi nto, nemisebenzi yabo ayincedi nto. 3:12 Baziziyatha abafazi babo, nabantwana babo bakhohlakele; 3:13 Iqalekisiwe imbewu yabo; Ngako oko, unoyolo oludlolo lukhoyo ongenakudyobheka, ongawaziyo umandlalo wesono; woba nesiqhamo kuwo ukuvelelwa kwemiphefumlo. 3:14 Linoyolo ithenwa elingenzanga ngezandla zalo ubutshinga, nokucinga ububi ngoThixo; baphiwa isipho esikhethekileyo sokholo, nelifa endlwini kaNdikhoyo INkosi yamkelwe ngakumbi engqondweni yakhe. 3:15 Kuba isiqhamo somsebenzi elungileyo sinozuko; ungaze uwe. 3:16 Ke bona oonyana bobuhenyu, akuyi kufika kubo; nembewu yesilili songendawo iya kuncothulwa. 3:17 Kuba nokuba badle ixesha elide, abasayi kukhathazwa; ixesha lokugqibela liya kuba lingenambeko. 3:18 Okanye, ukuba bathe bafa ngokukhawuleza, abanathemba, abanako intuthuzelo ngemini kwetyala. 3:19 Kuba isiphelo sesizukulwana esingendawo sisoyikeka.