Ubulumko bukaSolomon
16:1 Baye bebethwa, kwangokunjalo, babe besohlwaywa ngokufanelekileyo, nangendimbane;
amarhamncwa athuthunjiswayo.
16:2 Isohlwayo esinaso, yiba nemfesane ngabantu bakho;
wabenzela ukudla okunencasa, nezagwityi zokuvuthuza
ukutya kwabo:
16:3 Ukuze bangxamele ukudla, babe nokuze kube ngumbono ombi emehlweni kaYehova
Nezinto ezizitho zine zithunywe phakathi kwabo, ziyakwenyanya naloo nto bamelwe kukuyinqwenela;
kodwa aba bathi, beswele umzuzwana, baba ngamadlelane
yencasa engaqhelekanga.
16:4 Kuba kwafuneka ukuba bafike abacinezeli bebafikela
ubuhlwempu, ababengenako ukubuphepha; kodwa kwaba kuphela
wabonisa indlela iintshaba zabo ezithuthunjiswa ngayo.
16:5 Kwathi, xa uburhalarhume bamarhamncwa, bawafikela;
utshabalale ngezinhlungu zeenyoka ezijijekileyo, awunyamezeleki ubushushu bakho
naphakade:
16:6 Baye ke bekhathazeka umzuzwana, ukuze baxhamle
bekhalinyelwa, benomqondiso wosindiso, ukuba babakhumbuze
nomyalelo womyalelo wakho.
16:7 Kuba lowo uthe wabheka kuyo, akasindiswanga nto
kodwa ngawe, wena unguMsindisi wabo bonke.
16:8 Uzivuma ngaloo nto iintshaba zakho, ukuba inguwe lowo
hlangula kubo bonke ububi.
16:9 Kubo zabulawa iinkumbi neempukane, akwabakho nto
kuba bebefanele ukohlwaywa ngabo
enjalo.
16:10 Oonyana bakho ababanga namazinyo eempungutye, ngenxa yakho
inceba yahlala ikubo, yabaphilisa.
16:11 Kuba bahlatyiwe, ukuze bawakhumbule amazwi akho; kwaye babe
basindiswe ngokukhawuleza, ukuze bangaweli ekulibaleni nzulu, babe
Hlala ukhumbula ukulunga kwakho.
16:12 Kuba yabe ingeyiyo imifuno, natyabeka ethambisayo, eyababuyisela kwakumi.
Ilizwi lakho, Yehova, eliphilisa zonke izinto.
16:13 Kuba unamandla obomi nokufa; Ukhokelela emasangweni obomi
esihogweni, ndize ndinyuse kwakhona.
16:14 Umntu okunene uyabulala ngobuqhokolo bakhe; xa umoya uthe waphuma
Phambi, ayibuyi; nokuba umphefumlo uthe wanyuswa, awubuyi ubuye.
16:15 Akunakusinda esandleni sakho.
16:16 Kuba abangahloneli Thixo, ababekhanyela ukwazi wena, batyakatywa ngamandla
Ngengalo yakho; zaba yimvula enkulu, isichotho, nesiphango
batshutshiswa, ababa nakuziphepha;
idliwe.
16:17 Kuba, eyona nto imangalisayo, umlilo waba namandla ngakumbi
amanzi, acima zonke izinto;
ngamalungisa.
16:18 Kuba kaloku ilangatye ladamba, ukuze lingatshisi
amarhamncwa athunyelwe nxamnye nabantu abangahloneli Thixo; kodwa bona ngokwabo banokubona kwaye
baqonde ukuba babetshutshiswa ngomgwebo kaThixo.
16:19 Kwaye ngelinye ixesha uya kutsha phakathi kwamanzi phezu kwamanzi
amandla omlilo, ukuze atshabalalise iziqhamo zomhlaba ongenabulungisa.
16:20 Endaweni yoko wabadlisa abantu bakho ngokudla kwezithunywa zezulu, nangokubadla;
wabathumelela isonka siphuma ezulwini, esilungiselwe ngaphandle kokubulaleka kwabo, ukuba banako
Ukwanelisa ubumnandi bomntu wonke, nokuvumelana nako konke ukungcamla.
16:21 Isidlo sakho saxela ubumnandi bakho koonyana bakho, nasekukhonzeni kwakho
nolangazelelo lwalowo udlayo, luzeyisekile ngokuthanda komntu wonke.
16:22 Ke ikhephu nomkhenkce wawuthwala umlilo, kwaye azinyibiliki, ukuze bazi
watshabalalisa umlilo esichothweni, nebengezelayo emvuleni
iziqhamo zeentshaba.
16:23 Kodwa oku kwakhona wawalibala amandla akhe, ukuba ilungisa
inokondliwa.
16:24 Ngokuba isidalwa esikukhonzayo, uMenzi wakho, esongezelela kuso
ukhalipha kwabangendawo, ubathomalalisa;
amandla ukuze kulungelwe abo bakholosa ngawe.
16:25 Kwangoko lwaguqulwa lwaba luzo zonke, lwalulamela
ngokobabalo lwakho, okondla zonke izinto ngokomnqweno wakho
abo babeswele:
16:26 Ukuze bazi abantwana bakho, Nkosi, obathandayo, ukuba akunjalo
ukuhluma kweziqhamo okondla umntu; ke lona ilizwi lakho.
Ulogcina abazimela ngawe.
16:27 Kuba into ebingatshanga ngumlilo, yotha kancinane
i-sunbeam, ngokukhawuleza yanyibilika:
16:28 ukuze kwazeke, ukuba sinikelwe lilanga
Bulelani, nithandaze kwakusasa.
16:29 Ngokuba ithemba labangabuleli liya kunyibilika njengokusebusika
iqabaka, imke njengamanzi angancediyo.