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.