Ubulumko bukaSolomon 17:1 Ngokuba mikhulu imigwebo yakho, ayinakuchazwa; imiphefumlo engakhuliswanga yonile. 17:2 Kuba, xa abantu abangemalungisa babecinga ukuba baya kucudisa uhlanga olungcwele; ukuba bavalelwe ezindlwini zabo, abathinjwa bobumnyama, bakhonkxwe ngamakhamandela Amatyathanga obusuku obude, alaliswe ekuthinjweni kwaphakade ubonelelo. 17:3 Kuba ngoxa babecinga ukuba balale efihliweyo ezonweni zabo ezifihlakeleyo, babe Bachithachitheka phantsi kwesigqubuthelo esimnyama sokulibala, bekhwankqiswa ngokoyikekayo; Ukhathazwa yimibono engaqhelekanga. 17:4 Kuba kananjalo imbombo ebambene nabo ibingenakubabamba ukuba bangoyiki; Zabakho isandi samanzi esiwa phezu kwabo, nemibono engathi ngamanzi kwabonakala kubo ubuso obuthe khunubembe. 17:5 Akukho mandla omlilo anokubakhanyisela; amadangatye eenkwenkwezi anyamezele ukuze akhanyise ngobo busuku bubi. 17:6 Kwabonakala kubo nje umlilo odangazelayo, owoyikeka kunene. kuba babesoyika kakhulu, bacinga ezo zinto babezibona kubi kunombono abangawubonanga. 17:7 Ke zona iinkohliso zobugqi, zabhangiswa, kwanezabo abo baqhayisa ngobulumko, bohlwaywa baneentloni. 17:8 Kuba bona, ukuba wathembisa ukugxotha izothuso kunye neenkathazo ukusuka abagulayo umphefumlo, babeguliswa luloyiko, befanele ukuhlekwa. 17:9 Kuba bengaboyiki nto yoyikekayo; ukanti uyoyika namarhamncwa eyadlula, ikhala iinyoka; 17:10 Bafa ngenxa yokoyika, bekhanyela ukuba bawubona umoya, owawungenakubonwa icala maliphetshwe. 17:11 Kuba ububi, okunene bugwetywe ngobungqina babo, buyoyikeka kakhulu; exinwe sisazela, usoloko exela izinto ezibuhlungu. 17:12 Kuba uloyiko aluyi nto yimbi, kukungcatsha uncedo oluvelayo uyanikela. 17:13 Ke ukulindela ngaphakathi, ukuba lincinane, kubalela ukungazi ngakumbi ngaphezu konobangela wentuthumbo. 17:14 Balala ke obo busuku bubo busuku enganyamezelekiyo, kwaye efike phezu kwabo iphuma emazantsi engenakuphepheka isihogo, 17:15 bakhwankqiswa ngokuyinxenye yimibono eyoyikekayo, ngenxenye batyhafile; batyhafa, kuba bafikelwa lunkwantyo ngesiquphe, bengalindelwanga bona. 17:16 Ngoko ke othe wawa phantsi, wayegcinwa ngokungqongqo, evalelwe entolongweni ngaphandle kwemivalo yentsimbi, 17:17 Kuba nokuba wayengumlimi, nokuba ngumalusi, nokuba ube ngumsebenzi osentsimini; wafunyanwa, wayinyamezela loo mfuneko, eyayingenakuba njalo kuba bonke babekhonkxiwe ngomxokelelwane omnye wobumnyama. 17:18 Nokuba kukuvuthuzela kwekhwelo, nokuxokozela kweentaka phakathi. amasebe anabileyo, okanye ukuwa okukholekileyo kwamanzi ahamba ngamandla; 17:19 okanye isandi esoyikekayo samatye ediliziweyo, okanye ukubaleka akukho kubonakale kumarhamncwa adlobayo, nelizwi eligqumayo lamarhamncwa anoburhalarhume; okanye isandi esiphuma ezintabeni; zazenza ezo zinto ukutyhafa kukoyika. 17:20 Kuba ihlabathi lakhanya ngokukhanya okucacileyo; umsebenzi wabo: 17:21 phezu kwabo kuphela kwandlalwa ubusuku obunzima, umfanekiso wobumnyama ababeya kuthi kamva babamkele; ke bona babebodwa Ibuhlungu ngakumbi kunobumnyama.