Ubulumko bukaSolomon
5:1 Uya kwandula ke ume ilungisa ngenkalipho enkulu phambi kobuso bakhe
abo bamcinezelayo, abasuka bangabalela ukubulaleka kwakhe.
5:2 Bakubona, baya kukhwankqiswa lunkwantyo olunkwantyisayo;
mangaliswe kukungaqhelekanga kosindiso lwakhe, kude kube lee ngaphezu kwayo yonke loo nto
bakhangela.
5:3 Kwaye baguquka kwaye bancwina ngenxa yokukhathazeka komoya baya kuthi ngaphakathi
bathi, Nguye lo ebesimenza intlekisa ngamanye amaxesha;
Umzekeliso wengcikivo:
5:4 Thina ke, azizidenge, ubomi bakhe bubugeza, Nokuphela kwakhe kukuswela.
5:5 Utheni na ukubalelwa phakathi koonyana bakaThixo, Libe ke liphakathi koonyana bakaThixo
abangcwele!
5:6 Ke ngoko, siye salahleka endleleni yenyaniso, nasekukhanyeni kwayo
Ubulungisa abukhange bukhanye kuthi, nelanga lobulungisa abuzange liphume
hayi phezu kwethu.
5:7 Sazidinisa ngendlela yokungendawo nokonakala;
Ndicanda entlango, apho kungekho ndlela;
iNkosi, asiyazi.
5:8 Kusincede ntoni na ukukhukhumala? Okanye buyintoni na ubutyebi ngokuqhayisa kwethu?
usizise?
5:9 Zonke ezo zinto zidlule njengethunzi, nanjengesibonda eso
khawuleza nge;
5:10 njengenqanawa ecanda phezu kwamaza amanzi, xa injalo
igqithile, ayifumaneki umkhondo wayo, nendlela yohamba
hamba emaza;
5:11 Njengentaka iphaphazela esibhakabhakeni, akukho mqondiso wayo
indlela yokufunyanwa, kodwa umoya okhanyayo ubethwe ngokubethwa kwakhe
amaphiko kwaye ahlukane nengxolo yobundlobongela kunye nokunyakaza kwabo, kudlule
yaye emva koko akusayi kufunyanwa mqondiso apho waya khona.
5:12 Okanye njengokuba utolo lutolwa entwenini, lwahlulahlula umoya
ibutha kwaoko, ngokokude angabi nakwazi umntu apho aya khona
idlulile:
5:13 Ngokukwanjalo nathi, sakuba sizelwe, satsalela kuye
isiphelo, kwaye wayengenalo uphawu lwesidima lokubonisa; kodwa zagqitywa ngokwethu
ubungendawo.
5:14 Kuba ithemba loThixo linjengothuli oluphetshethwa ngumoya;
njengegwebu eliphetshethwayo, eliphetshethwa luqhwithela; njengomsi
elichithachitheka apha naphaya ngoqhwithela, lidlule njengoko
isikhumbuzo sondwendwe olusele luhleli usuku.
5:15 Ke lona ilungisa lidla ubomi ngonaphakade; nomvuzo wabo ukuYehova;
nesinyanzelo sabo siphezu koPhezukonke.
5:16 Ngoko ke baya kufumana ubukumkani obuzukileyo, nesithsaba sokuhomba
esandleni sikaYehova: kuba ngesandla sakhe sokunene uya kubagubungela, kwaye
uya kubakhusela ngengalo yakhe.
5:17 Wozithabathela kuye ikhwele lakhe, libe sisikrweqe esipheleleyo, abenzele isikrweqe
udale isixhobo sakhe sokuphindezela iintshaba zakhe.
5:18 Uya kwambatha ubulungisa ngokwengubo yentsimbi, nesigwebo senyaniso
endaweni yesigcina-ntloko.
5:19 Uya kunyula ubungcwele abe yingweletshetshe engenakuphikiswa.
5:20 Ukuvutha komsindo wakhe uya kubulola njengekrele, nehlabathi liya kulwa
naye ngokuchasene nabazizidenge.
5:21 Ngelo xesha iya kuphuma imibane yasekunene; nasemafini;
Ziya kugxalathelana entendeni yesandla sakhe, njengesaphetha esityhidiweyo.
5:22 Kwaye amatye esichotho azele bubushushu aya kuphoswa njengesaphetha samatye
afumbethe kubo amanzi olwandle, nemikhukula
batshonise ngenkohlakalo.
5:23 Ewe, umoya onamandla uya kuvuka phezu kwabo, njengesiphango
bavuthulule; ubugwenxa buya kuphanzisa ihlabathi lonke, likhwankqise
umsebenzi uya kuzibhukuqa iitrone zabomeleleyo.