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.