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.