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.