Ubulumko bukaSolomon
7:1 Nam ngokwam ndingumntu ofayo njengabo bonke, nenzala yakhe
owaqala ukwenziwa ngomhlaba,
7:2 Kwaye esizalweni sikama wabunjwa inyama ngexesha leshumi
iinyanga, ihlanganiswe egazini, yembewu yomntu, kunye nolonwabo
oko beza nobuthongo.
7:3 Ke ekuzalweni kwam, ndatsalela emoyeni oqhelekileyo, ndawa emhlabeni;
eliye lafana nalo, nelizwi lokuqala endalithethayo lalikhala.
njengabo bonke abanye.
7:4 Ndasongelwa eziqhiyeni, ndisongelwa ngokukhathala.
7:5 Ngokuba akukho kumkani waba khona yimbi ingqalo.
7:6 Ngokuba mnye umnyango wokungena ebomini bonke abantu, njengabo ke baphumayo.
7:7 Ndathandaza ke, ndayinikwa ingqondo, Ndanqula uThixo;
weza kum umoya wobulumko.
7:8 Ndamnyula ngaphezu kweentonga neetrone, Asuka abuzuza ubutyebi
ngokuthelekisa naye.
7:9 Andifanisanga naye nalinye ilitye elinqabileyo, kuba yonke igolide ikuyo
Ukuhlonelwa kwakhe kunjengentlabathi encinane, nesilivere leyo iya kuthiwa ludongwe
phambi kwakhe.
7:10 Ndandimthanda ngaphezu impilo nobuhle, kwaye wakhetha ukuba naye endaweni
Ukukhanya: kuba ukukhanya okuphuma kuye akuze kucime.
7:11 Ndahlangana naye zonke izinto ezilungileyo, Nobutyebi obungenakubalwa
izandla zakhe.
7:12 Ndaye ndavuya kubo bonke, ngokuba ubulumko buhamba phambi kwabo;
ingekuko nokuba ngunina wabo.
7:13 Ndafunda ngenyameko, Ndathetha naye ngesisa;
ubutyebi bakhe.
7:14 Kuba ububutyebi bamadoda obungatshiyo, ababusebenzisayo
yibani ngabahlobo bakaThixo, ninconywa ngenxa yezipho ezivela kuThixo
ukufunda.
7:15 UThixo undinike ukuba ndithethe njengoko bendiya kuthanda, ndikhawule njengoko bendifanele
izinto azinikileyo kum; ngokuba yena usingisa ebulumkweni;
Ukhokela izilumko.
7:16 Kuba sisesandleni sakhe thina, namazwi ethu; nabo bonke ubulumko, kwaye
ulwazi lomsebenzi.
7:17 kuba undazisile ngezinto ezizizo, ezizezi:
ukuba ndikwazi ukuba lenzeka njani na ihlabathi, nokusebenza kweziqalelo;
7:18 isiqalo, isiphelo, phakathi kwamaxesha, iinguqulelo ze
ukujika kwelanga, nokutshintsha kwamaxesha;
7:19 Imijikelezo yeminyaka, nokuma kweenkwenkwezi;
7:20 Ubume bezinto eziphilileyo, noburhalarhume bamarhamncwa;
ukugonyamela kwemimoya, nokucamanga kwabantu: iintlobo ngeentlobo zezityalo
kunye nokulunga kweengcambu:
7:21 Ke mna ndiyazazi zonke izinto ezifihlakeleyo, nokuba zisekuhleni.
7:22 Kuba ubulumko, obusebenza izinto zonke, bandifundisayo, ngokuba kubo
umoya oyingcwele onengqondo, mnye kuphela, ngeendlela ezininzi, onobuqili, ophilileyo, ocacileyo;
engenakudyobheka, ecacileyo, engenakwenzakaliswa, ethanda okulungileyo
ekhawulezayo, engenakuyekelelwa, elungele ukwenza okulungileyo;
7:23 Unobubele ebantwini, uqinile, uthembekile, ungenaxhala, enamandla onke;
ongamele zonke izinto, kwaye etyhutyha konke ukuqonda, enyulu, kwaye
uninzi olunobuqili, imimoya.
7:24 Ngokuba ubulumko bunamandla ngaphezu kwako konke ukushukuma;
zonke ezo zinto ngenxa yobunyulu bakhe.
7:25 Kuba yena ukuphefumla kwamandla kaThixo, kwaye impembelelo enyulu aqukuqelayo
ebuqaqawulini boSomandla: ngenxa yoko akuyi kuwa kuyo into eyinqambi
yena.
7:26 Kuba yena ububengezelo bokukhanya okungunaphakade, isipili esingenabala
ngamandla kaThixo, nomfanekiso wokulunga kwakhe.
7:27 ekubeni emnye, unako ukuzenza zonke izinto; ahlale ke yena yedwa
uzenza ntsha zonke izinto; kwaye ngamaxesha onke ungena kwimiphefumlo engcwele
ubenza abahlobo bakaThixo, nabaprofeti.
7:28 Kuba uThixo akathandi namnye, ingenguye lowo uhleli ngobulumko.
7:29 Kuba umhle ngaphezu kwelanga, kwaye ngaphezu kwawo wonke ulungelelwano
Iinkwenkwezi: xa zithelekiswa nokukhanya, ufunyanwa phambi kwakho.
7:30 Kuba emva koko kuza ubusuku; Ke ububi abuyi kuboyisa ubulumko.