Ubulumko bukaSolomon
12:1 Kuba uMoya wakho ongenakonakala usezintweni zonke.
12:2 Ngoko ubaqeqeshe kancinane, kancinane abo bonayo;
ubakhalimele, ubakhumbuze abo bonayo;
ukuze bebushiyile ububi babo, bakholwe kuwe, Nkosi.
12:3 Kuba kwakholeka kwakho ukubatshabalalisa bobabini, ngezandla zoobawo
abemi bakudala belizwe lakho elingcwele;
12:4 owamthiyileyo, ngokwenza imisebenzi emininzi ecekisekayo, nokungendawo
imibingelelo;
12:5 kananjalo abo babulali babantwana abangenanceba, nabadla abantu
inyama, namatheko egazi;
12:6 kunye nababingeleli babo phakathi kweqela labo elinqula izithixo, kunye nababingeleli babo
abazali, ababulala ngezandla zabo imiphefumlo eswele uncedo:
12:7 Ukuze ilizwe obuligqala lingaphezu kwawo onke amanye, lizuze a
Ikoloniyali elifanelekileyo labantwana bakaThixo.
12:8 Noko ke wabasindisa njengabantu, wabathuma ooonomeva;
abanduleli bomkhosi wakho, ukuba ubadubadube kancinane.
12:9 Kungekuko ukuba wawungenako ukubabeka abangahloneli Thixo phantsi kwesandla somntu
ngamalungisa emfazweni, nokubatshabalalisa kwakanye ngamarhamncwa anoburhalarhume, okanye
ngegama elinye elirhabaxa:
12:10 wawenza kubo kancinane, kancinane, wabanika
indawo yabo yenguquko, bengazi ukuba babengamatshijolo
isizukulwana, kwazalwa ububi babo phakathi kwabo;
ukuqonda akunakuze kuguqulwe.
12:11 Ngokuba ibiyimbewu eqalekisiweyo kwasekuqalekeni; nawe ungoyiki
Baxoleleni nakubani na, ngokona kwabo.
12:12 Kuba ngubani na oya kuthi, Wenze ntoni na? ngubani na oya kuma phambi kwakho
isigwebo? ngubani na oya kukumangalela ngenxa yeentlanga ezitshabalalayo?
wenze? ngubani na oya kuma phambi kwakho, kuphindezelwa impindezelo yakhe
Ngabantu abangengomalungisa?
12:13 Kuba akukho Thixo, ingenguwe umenzi wonk' ubani, obakhathaleleyo bonke
ukuze ubonise ukuba umgwebo wakho awulungelelene.
12:14 Akayi kuba nako ukumkani okanye uzwilakhe ukubhekisa ubuso bakhe kuwe
nabani na othe wamohlwaya.
12:15 Ekubeni ngoko ulilungisa, ulungisa izinto zonke;
ngobulungisa, uba akufanelekile ukuba ube nako ukumgweba
ongafanelwe kukohlwaywa.
12:16 Ngokuba amandla akho yingqalo yobulungisa, kwaye ngenxa yokuba wena
INkosi yeento zonke, yenza ukuba ube nenceba kubo bonke.
12:17 Kuba xa abantu bengayi kukholwa ukuba unamandla apheleleyo, wena
Uyawabonisa amandla akho, Ubenzele abayaziyo
ubukhalipha bubonakala.
12:18 Ke wena, wongamela igunya lakho, ugwebe ngokuthe tye, kwaye usiyalele nathi
ubabalo olukhulu: kuba ungasebenzisa igunya xa uthanda.
12:19 Ke yona imisebenzi enjalo ubafundisa abantu bakho ukuba lilungisa
yiba nenceba, ubamise abantwana bakho ukuba babe lithemba elilungileyo kuwe
unika inguquko ezonweni.
12:20 Kuba xa uthe wababetha iintshaba zabantwana bakho, kwaye abo bagwetyiweyo
ekufeni, ngengxoxo enjalo, ebanika ixesha nendawo, apho
bahlangulwe ebubini babo;
12:21 Wabagweba njani oonyana bakho, ukuba ubagwebe kangakanani na?
obafungileyo ooyihlo, wenza iminqophiso yezithembiso ezilungileyo?
12:22 Ngenxa yoko, osithethisayo wena, uzityakatya nje iintshaba zethu;
Ngamawakawaka ngaphezulu, ngenjongo yokuba, xa sigweba, sifanele
khawucinge ukulunga kwakho, sigwetywe thina ngokwethu
kufuneka akhangele inceba.
12:23 Kungoko abantu behleliyo ngokuhenyuza nangokungalungisi, wena
ubathuthumbise ngamasikizi abo.
12:24 Kuba balahlekana kakhulu ngeendlela zokulahlekiswa, bababambe
oothixo ababedelekile naphakathi kwezilo zeentshaba zabo
belahlekiswa, ngokwabantwana abangenangqondo.
12:25 Kubo ke ngoko, njengakubantwana, ningenangqiqo
wathumela umgwebo ukuba udlale ngabo.
12:26 Kodwa abo bangavumiyo ukuguqulwa ngokoqeqesho, awathi ngalo
ekunye nabo, baya kuva isigwebo esimfaneleyo uThixo.
12:27 Kuba, khangelani, ukuba kukho into abakrokra ngayo, xa babesohlwaywa, bekuko oko;
ngabo babecinga ukuba bangoothixo; ohlwaywa ngoku kubo;
bathi bakubona, bavuma ukuba unguThixo oyinyaniso, lowo ngaphambili
Bakhanyela ke ukuba abazi; beza ke ngenxa yoko bagwetywa ngokugqithileyo.