Ubulumko bukaSolomon 4:1 Kulungile ukungabi nabantwana, nokuba sisodwa, sibe sisikhumbuzo ngokuba iyaziwa nguThixo nakubantu. 4:2 xa ekho, abantu baya kumisela umzekelo kulo; lakuba lihambile, bawabona Lulothe isithsaba, lweyise ngonaphakade, lwakuba luzuze isithsaba uloyiso, luzabalazela imivuzo engenakudyobheka. 4:3 Ke yona inzala eninzi yabantu abangahloneli Thixo ayisayi kuba nankqubela, ayisayi kuze yendele ukuncothula kwi-bastard slips, okanye ukubeka nasiphi na isiseko esikhawulezayo. 4:4 Kuba nakuba bathe bahluma okwexeshana; ukanti umile ungagqibeli, baya kushukunyiswa ngumoya, bashukume ngamandla omoya iya kuncothulwa. 4:5 Amasebe angenamandla aya kuxhuzulwa, nesiqhamo sawo singabi nanzuzo; akuvuthwanga ukuba adle, ewe, akwanelanga nto. 4:6 Kuba abantwana abazelwe ngomandlalo okungekho sikweni ngamangqina obubi ngokuchasene nabazali babo ekuxoxweni kwabo kwetyala. 4:7 Ke ukuba ilungisa lithintelwa ngokufa, loba sesontweni phumla. 4:8 Kuba iminyaka ebekekileyo asiyiyo into emiyo, ingeyiyo ephakadeni; oko kulinganiswa ngenani leminyaka. 4:9 Kodwa ubulumko busisimvi endodeni, nobomi obungenabala kukwaluphala. 4:10 owamkholisayo uThixo, ube ethandeka kuye, ukuze aphile phakathi kwaboni yaguqulelwa. 4:11 Washenxiswa kamsinya, ukuze ububi bumguqule ukuqonda, okanye inkohliso iwulukuhla umphefumlo wakhe. 4:12 Kuba ukuthakatha ngobubi kufihla okulungileyo; ke ukuphambatha kwenkanuko kuphanzisa ukumatha. 4:13 Uthe ke yena, egqibelele ngexesha elincinane, uzele ukuzaliseka ixesha elide; 4:14 Ngokuba umphefumlo wakhe wamkholisa uYehova, Wangxama ukumsusa phakathi kwabangendawo. 4:15 Bakubona oku abantu, abakuqonda, abakubekanga oko Ezingqondweni zabo, Ukuba ubabalo nenceba yakhe inabakhe abangcwele, yaye yena Unenkathalo ngabanyulwa bakhe. 4:16 Ngokunjalo ilungisa elifileyo liya kubagweba abangendawo ukuphila; kunye nolutsha olugqitywe ngokukhawuleza iminyaka emininzi kunye nokwaluphala abangemalungisa. 4:17 Kuba bona baya kukubona ukuphela kwezilumko, bangayiqondi into UThixo ke umgqibezelele, ngecebo lakhe, ukuba uYehova uya kuthini na mbeke elugcinweni. 4:18 Baya kumbona bamcekise; UThixo uya kubagculela; baya kuthi emveni koko babe sisidumbu, babe sisingcikivo phakathi kwabangcwele ufile ngonaphakade. 4:19 Kuba uya kubakrazula, abaphose entloko, ukuze babe sisimumu; yaye uya kuzigungqisa kwasekuqaleni; kwaye baya kwenza ubhangiswe, ube buhlungu; nesikhumbuzo sabo siya kuba njalo tshabalala. 4:20 Kwaye xa baphosa ingxelo yezono zabo, baya kuza kunye unkwantya, nobugwenxa babo buya kubabonisa ebusweni babo.