Ubulumko bukaSolomon
14:1 Kananjalo ke yena obeza kunyuka ngomkhombe, eza kucanda kulwa
Amaza alatyuzayo abiza isiqwenga somthi esibolileyo ngaphezu kwenqanawa
lowo umthwalayo.
14:2 Kuba okunene kuyila umnqweno wokuzuza inzuzo enkulu, athi umsébenzi uyakha ngesandla sakhe
isakhono.
14:3 Ukulunga kwakho, Bawo, kukulawula; ngokuba uyivulile indlela
ulwandle, nendlela ekhuselekileyo emazameni;
14:4 ebonakalalisa ukuba unako ukusindisa kuyo yonke ingozi, nokuba umntu waya kuyo
ulwandle ngaphandle kobugcisa.
14:5 Noko ke akuthanda ukuba ibe yimisebenzi yobulumko bakho
bengasebenzi, ngoko ke abantu babunikela ubomi babo emthini omncinane;
kwaye ukudlula ulwandle olulwayo ngenqanawa ebuthathaka kuyagcinwa.
14:6 Kuba kwakudala, ekutshabalaleni kwamaqhawe anamandla, ithemba lawo
Ehlabathini lonke, ngesandla sakho, libaleke ngesitya esingenamandla, lashiyeka kubo bonke
kudala imbewu yesizukulwana.
14:7 Ngokuba usikelelwe umthi oza ngawo ubulungisa!
14:8 Kodwa oko kwenziwe ngezandla, kuqalekisiwe kwa, kwanjengoko wakwenzayo
yena, ngokuba wawenzayo; kwaye wona, ngokuba, wonakala, waba ngawo
ebizwa ngokuba nguThixo.
14:9 Kuba abangahloneli Thixo kwanokungahloneli Thixo bamthiye ngokufanayo uThixo.
14:10 Kuba loo nto yenzekileyo iya kuphindezelwa kwanalowo uyenzileyo.
14:11 Ke ngoko, phezu kwezithixo zeentlanga, kuya kubakho a
ukuvelelwa: ngokuba kwasekudalweni kukaThixo baba yinto nje
lisikizi nesikhubekiso emiphefumlweni yabantu, nomgibe kubo
iinyawo zeziyatha.
14:12 Kuba ukuyila izithixo kwaba yingqalo yobuhenyu bokomoya;
nokuvela kwazo ukonakala kobomi.
14:13 Kuba babengengabo kwasekuqalekeni, kananjalo abasayi kubakho
ngonaphakade.
14:14 Kuba bangene ehlabathini ngozuko lwabantu, kwanangenxa yoko
ziya kuphela kamsinyane.
14:15 Kuba uyise owenze isijwili ngesiquphe, xa athe wenza isijwili
umfanekiso womntwana wakhe wasuswa ngokukhawuleza, ngoku wamzukisa njengothixo, okwakunjalo
ke ube ngofileyo, wanikelwa kwabaphantsi kwakhe imithendeleko
namadini.
14:16 Kwathi ekuhambeni kwexesha lenziwa lahlala isiko elingahloneli Thixo
nomthetho, nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo inqulwa ngokwemithetho yookumkani.
14:17 ababengenako ukumzukisa ebusweni babo, ngokuba babehlala kude
wathabatha inkaca yobuso bakhe evela kude, wenza umfanekiso ocacileyo
yokumkani ababemzukisa, ukuba kube kuko oko ukulangazelela kwabo
basenokumcengacenga umntu ongekhoyo, ngokungathi ukho.
14:18 Kananjalo inkuthalo yento eyodwa yengcibi yokunceda ekuhambiseleni phambili umsebenzi
ukungazi ukuya kwiinkolelo ezingaphezulu.
14:19 Kuba mhlawumbi ebethanda ukukholisa onegunya, wabanyanzela bonke abakhe
isakhono sokwenza ukufana kweyona fashoni ibalaseleyo.
14:20 Yaye ngoko indimbane, ithabatheke lubabalo lomsebenzi, yamthabatha ngoku
uthixo, obekade ebekekile kancinane.
14:21 Ke kaloku oku kwaba lithuba lokulahlekisa ihlabathi, ukuba abantu bakhonze nokuba ngoobani na
intlekele okanye ubuzwilakhe, wayesithi amatye nemithi
igama elingachazekiyo.
14:22 Ngaphezu koko, oku akwanelanga kubo, ukuba balahleka ngolwazi
kaThixo; kodwa nangona babephila kwimfazwe enkulu yokungazi, banjalo
izibetho ezikhulu zazithi luxolo.
14:23 Ngokuba xa babasikela oonyana babo imibingelelo, okanye babesenza ngasese
imisitho, okanye ukwenza iziyunguma zezithethe ezingaqhelekanga;
14:24 ababanga saba nabomi, kwanemitshato;
omnye wambulala omnye ngobungcathu, okanye wamenza buhlungu ngokukrexeza.
14:25 ngokokude kwalawula kubo bonke abantu, kungabi ligazi, kungabi sabakho gazi, kubulawe abantu,
ubusela, ukuhanahanisa, ubuqhophololo, ukunganyaniseki, uqhushululu, izifungo zobuxoki;
14:26 ukuphazamisa kwabalungileyo, ukulibala ukwenza okulungileyo, ukudyobheka kwemiphefumlo;
ukutshintsha kobubele, isiphithiphithi emitshatweni, ukukrexeza, nokungabi nazintloni
ukungcola.
14:27 Kuba ukunqula izithixo ezingeni, isiqalo
unobangela, nesiphelo sabo bonke ububi.
14:28 Kuba bayageza xa bevuya, baprofeta ubuxoki, nokuba badla ubomi
ngokungekho sikweni, okanye basuke bazifungele ngokwabo.
14:29 ngenxa enokuba bekholose ngezithixo, ezingenabomi; nangona bona
bafunge ubuxoki, ukanti abakhangeleki ukuba benzakaliswa.
14:30 kodwa ngenxa yezo zizathu zozibini, bophindezelwa ngobulungisa;
engacinganga kakuhle ngoThixo, enyamekele izithixo, kananjalo wafunga ngokungalungisi
ekukhohliseni, ebudela ubungcwele.
14:31 Kuba amandla abo bafunga ngawo, kodwa lilungisa
impindezelo yaboni, ihlale ihleli isikhubekisa abangahloneli Thixo.