Ubulumko bukaSolomon
11:1 Waziphumelelisa izenzo zabo ngesandla somprofeti ongcwele.
11:2 Bahamba ke entlango, engahlali mntu, bamisa
ezintenteni apho kungekho ndlela.
11:3 Baziphindezela ezintshabeni zabo, baziphindezela ngenxa yeentshaba zabo.
11:4 Benxaniwe, banqula wena, Banikwa amanzi
eweni leqhwitha, kwaye unxano lwabo lwacinywa kweliqinileyo
ilitye.
11:5 Kuba ezo zinto iintshaba zawo ziwabonayo, ziwahlwaywa kwa-ezo zinto
intswelo yabo yangenelwa.
11:6 Kuba endaweni yomlambo ongunaphakade, ogxothwa ligazi elingcolileyo;
11:7 ukuze ube sisohlwayo esicacileyo saloo mthetho, bezikho kuwo iintsana
ababuleweyo, wena wabanika amanzi amaninzi, ngaloo ndlela bebenza ngayo
bendingathembanga ukuba:
11:8 bexela ngokolunxano lwakho, ukuba ubaveleleni ababandezeli babo.
11:9 Kuba bakubon’ ukuba bacikidwe nohlwaywa ngenceba, babekwazi bona
abangendawo bagwetywa ngengqumbo, bathuthunjiswa, benxanwa omnye
ngendlela enobulungisa.
11:10 Kuba aba ubakhaliphileyo, njengoyise;
kumkani olukhuni umgwebe, wohlwaya.
11:11 Nokuba babengekho, nokuba babekho, bakhwankqiswa ngokufanayo.
11:12 Kuba bafikelwa bububi obuphindiweyo, nesincwino, esikhumbuzweni.
izinto ezidlulileyo.
11:13 Kuba xa bathe bakuva kokukohlwaya kwabo, kusiza omnye;
babenemvakalelo ethile yeNkosi.
11:14 Lowo babemgculela, xa wayesele ekhutshelwe phandle kudala
ekukhutshelweni kwakhe abantwana, ekupheleni, bakubona ukuba yintoni na
kwenzeka, bamangaliswa.
11:15 kodwa ngenxa yamacebo obudenge, ububi babo, ukuba ngabo
bekhohlisile, banqula iinyoka ezingenangqondo, namarhamncwa angcolileyo, wena
wathumela kubo inyambalala yamarhamncwa, ukuba aphindezele impindezelo;
11:16 ukuze bazi ukuba umntu one ngako, kwangokunjalo;
wohlwaywa ke.
11:17 Ngenxa yesandla sakho soSomandla, wena ulenzayo elimiweyo ukuba lingenabani;
wayengafuni ukuthumela phakathi kwabo inkitha yeebhere okanye ezinoburhalarhume
iingonyama,
11:18 Okanye amarhamncwa angaziwayo, ezele ngumsindo, esanda kudalwa, ephefumla ngaphandle
nokuba ngumphunga womlilo, okanye ivumba elingcolileyo lomsi, okanye ukudubula
ukubengezela okoyikekayo emehlweni abo.
11:19 ukuze bangathunyelwa ububi kuphela kwaoko, kodwa nabo
batshabalalise baphele tu umbono owoyikekayo.
11:20 Ewe, ngaphandle kwazo bangaba bawe phantsi ngamphefumlo mnye, bekho
usukelwa impindezelo, wathi saa ngomoya wakho
amandla: Ke wena uzilungisele zonke izinto ngomlinganiselo, nangenani, nange
ubunzima.
11:21 Ngokuba uya kuwabonakalalisa amandla akho ngamaxesha onke, wathanda; kwaye
Ngubani na onokuma phambi kwengalo yakho?
11:22 Kuba ihlabathi lonke linjengokhozo esikalini phambi kwakho;
ewe, njengethontsi lombethe eliwela emhlabeni.
11:23 Ke wena unenceba kubo bonke; ngokuba unako ukuzenza zonke izinto, ungaboni
ezonweni zabantu, ngenxa yokuba befanele balungise.
11:24 kuba uzithanda zonke izinto ezikhoyo, awucekisi nto yonke
ngokuba ubungasoze wenze nto, ukuba ubungathanga
ndandiyithiyile.
11:25 Bekuya kuba njani na ukuba ube nako ukubanyamezela, ukuba ubungekuko ukuthanda kwakho? okanye
Zigciniwe, ukuba akubizwanga nguwe?
11:26 Kodwa wena waziyeka zonke; Ngokuba zezakho, Nkosi yam, ungumthandi wemiphefumlo.