Ubulumko bukaSolomon
8:1 Ubulumko buphuma kwelinye icala, buye kwelinye, bubabalise;
odola zonke izinto.
8:2 Bendimthanda, ndamfuna kwasebuncinaneni bam, bendinqwenela ukumenza owam
umyeni wakhe, kwaye ndandithanda ubuhle bakhe.
8:3 Ekwenzeni kwakhe ubuhlobo noThixo, buwenze mkhulu ubuhandiba bakhe;
iNkosi yezinto zonke yamthanda.
8:4 Kuba uyakwazi iimfihlelo zokumazi uThixo, nesithandwa
yemisebenzi yakhe.
8:5 Ukuba uthe ubutyebi bubalwa ngobu bomi; yintoni etyebileyo
ngaphezu kobulumko, obusebenza izinto zonke?
8:6 Ukuba ke bubulumko, busebenza ubulumko; ngubani na kubo bonke abakhoyo, oyindoda enobuqili kunaleyo
yena?
8:7 Ke ukuba umntu uthanda ubulungisa, ukwaphuka kwakhe sisidima
lifundisa ukuzeyisa, nokuqonda, nobulungisa, nobugorha;
izinto, njengoko en akanakuba nenzuzo ngakumbi ebomini babo.
8:8 Ukuba indoda ithe yathanda ukuba nolwazi olubanzi, iyazazi izinto zamandulo;
ukungxamela okuza kubakho; uyabazi ubuqhophololo
Iintetho, kwaye unokucacisa izivakalisi ezimnyama: ubona kwangaphambili imiqondiso kunye
nezimanga, neziganeko zamaxesha namaxesha.
8:9 ngoko ke ndagqiba kwelokuba ndimthabathele kum, ahlale nam, ndisazi ukuba unguye
uya kuba ngumcebisi wezinto ezilungileyo, kunye nentuthuzelo kwiinkxalabo kunye nentlungu.
8:10 Ngenxa yakhe ndiya kulinganiselwa, ngenxa yakhe, phakathi kwengxokolo, nozuko
kunye namadoda amakhulu, nangona ndiselula.
8:11 Ndiya kufunyanwa engonekratshi, Ekugwetyweni;
umbono wabantu abakhulu.
8:12 Xa ndithe ndathula, baya kuphumla, xa ndithethayo,
Baya kundibekela indlebe; Ukuba ndithe ndathetha kakhulu, baya kundibeka
izandla emlonyeni wabo.
8:13 Kananjalo ngaye ndiya kuzuza ukungafi, ndihambe
emva kwam isikhumbuzo sanaphakade kwabaya kubakho emva kwam.
8:14 Ndiya kuzimisa izizwe ngolungelelwano, kwaye iintlanga ziya kuthobela
mna.
8:15 Abangcangcazelisi bankwantya bankwantya, xa bathe bangeva kum; ndiza
makabe lilungisa phakathi komkhosi, eyindoda enobukroti emfazweni.
8:16 Emveni kokuba ndingene endlwini yam, ndolala naye ngenxa yakhe
Incoko ayinabukrakra; kwaye ukuhlala naye ungabi nasizi.
kodwa yimihlali novuyo.
8:17 Ke kaloku, ndakuzigqala ezi zinto ngaphakathi kwam, ndize ndiphonononge ngaphakathi kwam
Intliziyo, ukuba ukumanyana nobulumko kukungafi;
8:18 Ke kaloku kukholekile kuye; nakwimisebenzi yakhe
Izandla zibubutyebi obungenasiphelo; nasekuqhubeni inkomfa kunye naye,
ubulumko; nasekuthetheni kwakhe naye, kwaduma ilizwi elilungileyo; Ndahamba ndifuna
indlela yokumsa kum.
8:19 Kuba bendingumntwana onengqondo, ndinomoya olungileyo;
8:20 Ndithe, ndilungile, ndeza kumzimba ongenakudyobheka.
8:21 Noko ke, ndakubona ukuba andinako ukumfumana;
ngaphandle kokuba uThixo undinike yena; kwaye leyo yayiyingongoma yobulumko ukwazi
owayesisipho sakhe; Ndathandaza ke kuYehova, ndatarhuzisa kuye
ndathi ngentliziyo yam yonke,